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Iggy’s Journal: Temasek Fears an AI Unwind and Plans More AI Exposure. Three Questions Explain How Both Can Hold Sun 11 Oct 2026 | Afternoon The Numbers Temasek reportedly calls an AI unwind its biggest risk, and reportedly plans to raise AI from 6 percent of its portfolio to up to 15 percent by 2031, which is up to two and a half times the current share. I have not read Temasek’s own statement, so both points are as reported. A risk named and an allocation increased at the same time look like a contradiction. The new episode takes three questions to test whether they are one. A dividend that has already been declared does not change because someone names a market risk. My Personal Take My first reaction to the headline was that one of the two statements had to be wrong. The episode sets o

Iggy’s Journal: Maybank Cuts Sheng Siong to Hold and Trims Its Target Price to S$3.12 Sun 11 Oct 2026 | Afternoon The Numbers Maybank downgraded Sheng Siong (SGX: OV8) from Buy to Hold and cut its target price to S$3.12 from S$3.22, a cut of 3.1 percent, per a report dated 9 Oct as summarised on SGinvestors.io. Maybank calls the company high quality but says the share price already reflects much of that. Its stated reason is valuation: 28.4 times FY26 earnings and 17.3 times EV/EBIT, against projected net profit growth of 8 percent a year over FY25 to FY28 and a 2.5 percent dividend yield. It trimmed FY26 to FY28 net profit forecasts by 1 to 3 percent and cut its 2028 new store assumption from five to four. Maybank also expects the tailwinds to fade. The S$500 CDC voucher tranche w

Iggy’s Journal: The Price of Retirement Income: What S$1,000, S$2,000 and S$3,000 a Month Actually Cost Today Sat 10 Oct 2026 | Midday The Numbers The same S$2,000 a month needs S$600,000 at CPF’s 4 percent floor rate, but S$1.25 million at the 1.92 percent six-month T-bill yield. The gap is S$650,000, and it comes from the yield assumed, not from any difference in lifestyle. My 4.7 percent hurdle asks for S$510,638. A dividend can be cut, while the T-bill yield resets at every auction. For someone still saving, the target moves whenever the yield moves. At 1.92 percent, S$200,000 pays S$320 a month. At 4 percent, the same S$200,000 pays S$667 a month. CPF’s 4 percent is a useful yardstick, but it is not money you can generally draw monthly in the way T-bill income can be drawn. My Persona

Iggy's Journal: DBS, OCBC and UOB Each Fell More Than 4% in One Day. Who Is Giving You the Reason? Fri 09 Oct 2026 | Midday The Numbers On 8 Oct, DBS closed down 4.7 percent, OCBC down 4.3 percent and UOB down 5.2 percent, per Singapore Business Review citing SGX. The reports I read give four different reasons, from profit-taking to Citi's cut of OCBC to Sell, and they show no announcement from any of the three banks in the two sessions. Most of what is quoted describes market mood or views about price, not facts about the companies. The new episode sorts the reasons by who is giving them. My Personal Take Two of the reasons are easy to place. Profit-taking describes what sellers did, not what a bank did. Citi's cut on OCBC is a forecast and a valuation from one broker, not a result from t

Iggy's Journal: Crystal Jade's Holding Companies Are in Receivership, but the Restaurants Are Open. What That Means Thu 08 Oct 2026 | Midday The Numbers On 30 Sep, receivers from Kroll were reported over two Crystal Jade holding companies, one in Singapore and one in Hong Kong. Little Big Red Dot reports that the restaurants remain open and that key members of management continue to oversee operations. Mothership counted 13 Singapore outlets remaining after five closures in 2026, with the company calling those closures part of an ongoing review of its outlet network. The reports I read do not state the debts, the lenders, or why receivership was the route chosen. Crystal Jade has no listed shares, so there is no share price to watch. The new episode is about reading any announcement like t

Iggy's Journal: Parkway Life REIT's Dividend Rose 14.6% on 1.6% Less Revenue. The Reason Is One Lease Clause. 🦖 Wed 07 Oct 2026 | Midday The Numbers Parkway Life REIT's revenue fell 1.6 percent in the first half of 2026, while its distribution per unit rose 14.6 percent, from 7.65 cents to 8.77 cents. Both figures come from the REIT's own results announcement. I found the reason for the gap, and it sits in one lease clause that does not show up on the first page of the results. At the 5 Oct close of S$3.95, the last 12 months of distributions give a trailing yield of 4.15 percent. That clears the 3.2 percent minimum I track, but sits 55 basis points below my 4.7 percent hurdle. In my tracking, Parkway Life REIT is flagged for caution, with the yield below the hurdle at that price. My Perso

Iggy's Journal: OCBC Split Decision, Why Citi and UOB Kay Hian Disagree Wed 07 Oct 2026 | Midday The Numbers OCBC shares fell as much as 5.2 percent today. The Edge Singapore reports that Citi analyst Tan Yong Hong cut OCBC to Sell on 6 Oct with a target price of S$27.50, and Citi expects third-quarter earnings to be flat year on year. UOB Kay Hian points the other way, citing first-half earnings growth of 22 percent and the bank's wealth management business. Two brokers, one bank, opposite conclusions. A negative rating does not mean the bank itself has changed, and the new episode shows how both views can stand at the same time. My Personal Take A heavy-volume day tells me investors reacted. It does not tell me which note is right. The question I am putting to each of the two calls is wh

OCBC Securities Removes Its Minimum Commission on Online SGX Trades From 5 October Tue 6 Oct 2026 | SGX Daily Pulse Podcast The Numbers OCBC Securities removed its minimum commission on online SGX trades from 5 October. Its managing director cited one transaction falling from S$25 to about S$2. The firm says roughly a quarter of its clients' Singapore holdings are odd lots, often built up through scrip dividend schemes. The change is aimed at investors adding S$500 to S$1,000 at a time, while trades of S$50,000 to S$100,000 will see little difference. Today's podcast explains why a fixed minimum falls hardest on small trades. SGX also cut board lots for 11 stocks, including DBS, OCBC and UOB, on the same day. $OCBC Bank(O39.SI)$ My Personal Take

UOB Holders Now Collect About 10% Less Than a Year Ago. A New Buyer Starts at 3.69%. Mon 5 Oct 2026 | Longform The Numbers UOB's trailing ordinary dividends are S$1.59, about 10% below S$1.77 a year earlier. The FY2025 final fell 23% to S$0.71, while the 1H26 interim rose 3.5% to S$0.88. Payout stayed near 50% on UOB's adjusted basis. CET1 rose to 15.4% from 15.1% at the end of FY2025, and NIM slipped to 1.74% from 1.89%. At the 2 October close of S$43.11 the yield is 3.69%, 101 basis points below my 4.7% Minimum Yield Hurdle, while a holder with a S$20 cost sees 7.95% on cost. Iggy's Forensic Zone for UOB is Zone 4, Caution -, at the 2 October close. Yield is the only gate failing. My Personal Take This morning I wrote that SGX's smaller board lot cuts the cash for one lot to a tenth and

A New York Class Action Alleges Ryde Shares Were Pumped by Online 'Advisers' Mon 5 Oct 2026 | Podcast The Numbers A class action in New York federal court alleges that people posing as financial advisers online inflated the share price of Singapore-based Ryde, and that the shares then fell about 75% in after-hours trading on 11 September 2024. No court has ruled, and Ryde says it intends to defend the case. The plaintiff allegedly bought about 19,000 shares at roughly US$21 each, close to a US$22 peak, before the fall. By 1 October 2026 the shares closed at US$0.68, about 97% below that high. Today's podcast turns the complaint's pattern into three checks for any sudden price jump. My Personal Take This week I have been taking numbers apart: OCBC's 3.3% into two payments, DBS's gap into a