Presentation Summary
1. Micron Technology — Q4 Results & Sector Outlook
Financial Results: Fourth-quarter revenue and net profit (PATMI) met expectations, driven by rising Average Selling Prices (ASPs) for DRAM and NAND memory amidst ongoing supply shortages.
Strategic Customer Agreements (SCAs): Micron signed 10 new SCAs in Q4, bringing the total to 26. These long-term contracts are projected to account for over 35% of revenue through 2030/2031. SCAs feature strict terms, including take-or-pay contracted volumes (or a 20% deposit penalty) and price floors to protect against down-cycle impacts.
Capital Expenditure & Supply Outlook: First-half FY27 capex guidance was raised by over 60% to fund fab expansion across the US (Idaho), Singapore, and Taiwan. Management expects memory shortages to worsen over the next two years.
Share Buyback Program: Following the expiration of the two-year Chips Act restriction on December 9, Micron plans to return 100% of excess cash to shareholders via buybacks. The base-case estimate projects ~$70 billion in returns, potentially boosting EPS by ~6%.
Recommendation: BUY rating maintained with an increased target price of $1,950.
2. City Developments Limited (CDL) — Strategic Review ("GET+" Strategy)
Strategic Overview: CDL unveiled its 3-year "GET+" strategy (FY27–FY29) focusing on four core sectors: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, and Living.
Key Financial Targets:
Dividend Payout: Maintain a dividend payout ratio of at least 35% of reported PATMI annually.
Deleveraging: Reduce net gearing from ~75% (as of 1H26) down to 55% by FY29.
Capital Recycling: Plan for $6 billion in asset divestments (targeting >1billionin gains,translating to ~ 0.35/share in potential dividends over 3 years) alongside $5 billion in growth investments.
Fund Management: Double Funds Under Management (FUM) from $5 billion to $10 billion by FY29 via a dedicated fund management platform.
Asset Allocation:
Growth ($5B): 60% Singapore, 30% China/Japan, 10% other markets.
Divestments ($6B): 45% Commercial, 30% Hospitality (divesting 20% / $1.8B of owned hotels), 20% Legacy Residential/other (e.g., UK sites), and 5% Living (e.g., Australia). CDL plans a complete exit from non-hospitality sectors in Australia.
Market Reaction: CDL's stock fell ~15% post-announcement due to market disappointment over a lack of explicit ROE targets, clear dividend paths, and execution risks.
Recommendation: BUY rating maintained with an unchanged target price.
3. Technical Analysis — S&P 500 & ETF Monthly Review
S&P 500: Down 0.2% last week but holding key gap support at 7,685–7,710. Short-term resistance is identified at 7,780–7,820.
Asset Class Trends: September was generally weak across asset classes (top gainer: Bitcoin ETF BTO +5.4%; top loser: Gold ETF GDF -6.7%). Sideways consolidation is expected in October for the S&P 500, US Treasuries, Oil, and Bitcoin, while Gold, Singapore Equities, and the Hang Seng Index may extend weakness.
Market Breadth Indicator: The S&P 500 triggered a rare breadth indicator where fewer than 25% of constituents traded above their 50-day SMA while remaining in a broader bull market. Historically, this signal yields positive forward returns: +1.1% on average after 1 week, +10.6% after 6 months (100% win rate across past 10 cases), and close to +16% after 12 months.
4. Singapore Weekly Macro & Market Strategy
Singapore & Regional Macro:
PMI & Bank Loans: Singapore manufacturing PMI reached its highest level in nearly 8 years. Bank loan growth accelerated to a record 13.5% YoY (double last year's 6%), led by strong manufacturing credit demand.
Semiconductor Exports: South Korea's September semiconductor export value jumped 263% YoY.
US Macro: US payroll growth was softer than expected, wage growth decelerated to a 7-year low, and Core PCE came in better than expected at 3.4%.
Equity Market Strategy & EQDP: Following a challenging September (25 out of 30 STI constituents posted losses), October looks tactically more favorable. The Equity Market Development Programme (EQDP) continues to act as a structural catalyst for local small/mid-caps, expanding Singapore-dedicated equity fund sizes from $1.2B to $5B (e.g., OCBC's Singapore fund jumped from $200M to $2B).
Sector Focus: Top preferred sectors for small/mid-cap EQDP flows are Semiconductors and Oil & Gas / Energy.
Model Portfolio Changes: Removed Stoneweg European REIT (SDERT) due to interest-rate drag and added Singtel.
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Q&A Session
Singapore & Regional Equities
City Developments Limited (CDL): Addressed why CDL underperformed relative to Hongkong Land post-review. Unlike Hongkong Land (which set explicit $10B asset sales and a 20% share buyback target), CDL planned to reinvest $5B of its $6B divestments into growth without share buybacks or explicit ROE targets, causing investor confusion and persistent RNAV discount de-rating. Divestment details for China (commercial exit, focusing on upper-tier residential) and the UK ($800M legacy residential/commercial sites) were clarified.
Hongkong Land: Highlighted as a positive benchmark due to its explicit $10B asset sale targets, 20% commitment to share buybacks, and executive compensation tied directly to capital recycling.
Singapore Banks (DBS, OCBC, UOB): Loan growth is primarily driven by manufacturing, data centers, tech, and renewables. DBS and OCBC are outperforming UOB due to superior wealth management fee income and stronger HNW client capture.
Singapore Exchange (SGX): Plunged ~6% on 4x average volume following a broker downgrade from JP Morgan to Neutral (matching earlier downgrades by Macquarie and Philip Securities) due to stretched valuation multiples despite solid business fundamentals.
Singtel: Added back to the model portfolio due to operational strength, mobile tariff recovery across Singapore, Australia, and Thailand, and upcoming data center capacity expansion/monetization in Tuas (Bharti Airtel makes up ~40% of RNAV).
Stoneweg European REIT (SDERT): Proposed a €122M internalization of its REIT manager and acquisition of its sponsor's property management platform. The transaction is estimated to be ~6% DPU accretive (~3% if the property management platform is excluded).
Soilbuild Construction & Pan-United: Maintained a $1.20 target price for Soilbuild Construction; elevated diesel prices weigh on main contractors, but private sector building demand is up +25% YTD. Pan-United's target price was also maintained on expected progress payments for Changi Terminal 5 and HDB BTO projects.
Geo Energy Resources: Recent share price weakness was attributed to weak Q4–Q2 earnings hit by tax revisions and Indonesian coal purchasing monitoring regulations via the Danaharta agency. The analyst remains bullish for FY27 on a projected production increase to 15 million tonnes.
CNMC Goldmine: Trading weakly due to high bond yields competing with gold and elevated diesel costs (20–30% of underground mining operating costs).
Ultra Green: Maintained target price despite board changes. Operations are pivoting toward low-cost handheld surgical cameras targeting non-US / rest-of-world markets where competitor Zydus cannot match pricing.
Valuetronics: Maintained Accumulate rating ($1.24 target price). Sluggish near-term earnings are expected due to rising Vietnam tax rates after tax allowance expirations, though supported by $300M in cash returned via share buybacks.
Marco Polo Marine: Market concerns center around potential timeline slippage on its $100M+ 2-year Taiwanese seismic vessel contract.
Q&M Dental Group: Legal and compliance procedures are underway for its acquisition of Chinese dental clinics at a $0.70 share issuance price.
KSH Holdings: Trades below book value despite high occupancy (95% at Middle Road), as the market treats it as an interest-rate-sensitive property play.
IX BioPharma: Executed a $1.7M debt-to-equity swap at 56 cents/share (vs. 8 cents book value); immaterial to market cap but generates a positive one-off accounting paper gain and saves cash.
SREITs Sector: Down ~13% YTD and trading at 0.85x P/NAV due to expectations of one final Fed rate hike and cap rate expansion.
US & Global Tech / Equities
SpaceX: Maintained SELL recommendation. While Starship and Starlink core businesses perform well, heavy capex and losses in its folded AI division drag down overall profitability. Upcoming share unlocks (Q3 results and the 180-day lockup ending Dec 8) create supply overhangs.
Tesla: Negative stance maintained. Although Q3 deliveries (486k) beat consensus by 25k on European registration recovery (+50%) and inventory drawdowns, trailing 12-month vehicle sales remain flat/down 7% YoY. Tesla continues to lose market share to Chinese EV competitors like BYD, and the market is pricing in long-term speculative projects (Cybercab, Robotaxi, Optimus).
Microsoft: Trading strongly above $500 driven by Azure cloud growth accelerating to 43%, capex restraint relative to hyperscaler peers, and rising monetization of Office 365/E5/CoPilot seats.
Broadcom: Trades at ~28x forward P/E (vs. peer average ~40x). The $40 billion AI contract deal with Anthropic is expected to revitalize sentiment.
Nvidia: Announced the Open Agent Safety Platform for AI agents. Clarified that this complements rather than directly competes with pure-play cybersecurity platforms like Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike.
AppLovin: Target price maintained at $610. Short-term pressure stems from a lawsuit against Unity Software over unauthorized data collection and AI advertising model (AXON) rollout timing, offset by strong >50% operating income growth.
Alphabet (Google): Gemini 4's initial rollout had a muted share price impact because access is restricted to trusted defenders rather than a full consumer/enterprise launch. Fundamental monetization will depend on enterprise client adoption and ad integration.
Meta Platforms & OpenAI: Compared Meta Muse (everyday consumer tasks integrated into WhatsApp) against OpenAI Dots (enterprise/professional productivity workflows). Meta Muse is viewed as a solid monetization tool, though adoption will take time due to privacy and platform partnership hurdles.
SK Hynix: October 7 marks the post-90-day unlock date for ADS/shares. Parent SK Group holds 20.5% (close to the 20% minimum Korean regulatory limit), meaning parent selling volume will be constrained, though the ~40% ADS premium over Korean counters poses short-term price pressure.
Netflix: 1H US engagement fell 8.6% (global engagement rose +2%) due to uneven slate timing (facing tough comparisons against Squid Game/Stranger Things) and structural screen-time competition from YouTube (14.2% US TV viewing share) and TikTok.
Technical Analysis Counters (Q&A Segment)
Frencken Group: Positive recovery holding support at $2.64 (5/10 SMAs); resistance at 2.72–2.75, next at 2.81–2.82.
AEM Holdings: Positive uptrend making higher highs and lows; support at 10.00–10.20, resistance at $10.65, next target 11.00–11.50.
Aztech Global / Ad Value Tech: Sharp pullback breaking below 100 SMA ($0.158); key support at $0.138, resistance at 0.151–0.157.
Ever Glory: Sideways/weak momentum; support at 0.765–0.78, resistance at 0.79–0.81.
CSC Holdings: Range-bound; support at $0.123, resistance at 0.127–0.130.
ESR-LOGOS REIT: Downtrend continuing; resistance at 2.07–2.10, psychological support around $2.00.
Ping An SDR: Weak trend with lower highs; testing $4.25 support (potential breakdown to 4.05–4.10).
Johnson & Johnson: Range breakdown; testing support at 250–253.
Eli Lilly: Range pullback; resistance at $1,187, support at $1,110.
Ross Stores: Short-term breakdown below $232; next support at $222, followed by 217–218.
Walmart: Breakdown below $106 support; testing lower range support at 102–103.
Alphabet: Range-bound between support at 331–337 and key resistance at 349–350.
Katrina Group: Speculative pullback following sharp spike; resistance at 0.065–0.066, support at $0.055 and $0.047.
ComfortDelGro: Range-bound between $1.24 and $1.29.
Manulife US REIT: Consolidating sideways following a sell-off, holding $0.032 support; resistance at $0.036.
Rex International: Extended downtrend following breakdown of 0.062–0.065 support; next key support at $0.050.
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