Financial Horse - Singapore Stock and REIT Investments 🐴

So the next 6-month T-Bills auction is on 23 May 2024. After closing as high as 4.07% in late 2023. T-Bills yields then dropped as low as 3.54%. In the most recent auction however, T-Bills closed at 3.70% yield.

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Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial trust (MPACT) was removed from the MSCI Singapore Index this week. This led to MPACT’s share price dropping as low as $1.18 at one point. But it closed the day flat at $1.22.

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Let’s say you’re a Singapore investor – looking to invest for dividend yield today. What are the options available? A common approach would be to select a couple of Singapore blue-chip dividend stocks / REITs. For instance, DBS, OCBC, CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, CICT

The market is now only pricing in 2 interest rate cuts in 2024. Yet bank fixed deposit interest rates keep dropping. And yet the most recent 6-month T-Bills interest rates closed at 3.7% - significantly higher than most bank fixed deposits.

The recent rise in interest rates has provided a nice sell-off in dividend stocks (especially REITs) that has opened up interesting opportunities for long term investors. Based on today’s prices. What are the Top 5 Dividend Stocks or REITs I may buy in 2024 – for dividend yield and capital gains?

In my weekend article, I estimated a yield of 3.70% - 3.80% for the upcoming 6-month T-Bills auction. Well, the auction results are out at 3.70% cut off yield, right on the bottom of my projected range. To be fair though, latest US economic data came in slower than expected, raising market hopes for 2 interest rate cuts in 2024.