China has successfully tested its anti-THAAD missile.

http://www.bestchinanews.com/Military/6661.html

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2093711/chinas-missile-tests-bohai-aimed-thaad-south-korea

The new missile EVADF-26b is aimed at THAAD radar because THAAD radar has super high radiation during operations.  SK will be a target if it doesn't get rid of THAAD.

New South Korean President is pro-peace.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0510/c90000-9213354.html

Hopefully, this new SK president can defuse the tension and make peace with China and NK.  THAAD is definitely something China & NK don't like.

Malaysia is at a crossroad now.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/asia/malaysia/2017/05/08/496915/p3/Chinese-dealings.htm

Like it or not, China will be a domineering force in ASEAN and China has fostered strong relationships with Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia which are very near to Malaysia.

If Malaysia doesn't want to deal with China, it will lose its strategic importance for China and also lose China's investments.  China will invest heavily in any country which is of strategic importance to China.  We just need to look at Myanmar and Cambodia where China is building ports and infrastructures in these countries.  As for Laos, China will be turning Laos into a transhipment hub as it is nicely snap-in among a few countries.

Malaysia will lose heavily if China starts to build port in Thailand or the Kra canal.  China can put the Kra canal project on hold as long as Malaysia continues to welcome China's investments because China wants to use Malaysia to contain Singapore.

China will take control of Myanmar port.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-silkroad-myanmar-port-exclusive-idUSKBN1811DF

This deal is not as simple as it looks.

The truth is China gave up its myitsone dam project in exchange for this port control because the port is of strategic importance to China.

Myanmar faced tremendous pressure by locals who resisted the dam construction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/world/asia/myanmar-china-myitsone-dam-project.html

If Myanmar cancelled the dam project, it would have to pay a penalty of USD$800m which Myanmar couldn't afford.  Therefore, instead of asking Myanmar to pay the penalty, China preferred to take control of the port and pay Myanmar for the controlling stakes.  This strategic move will cost China about USD$10b in total.  When China deems something as strategic important, it is willing to pay for it.

http://www.waterpolitics.com/2017/04/19/the-thirsty-dragon-china-ostensibly-cancels-myitsone-dam-project-in-myanmar-in-favour-of-access-to-kyaukpyu-port/

China ports which are near to Singapore.

Phnom Penh Port in Cambodia (East of Singapore)

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2016/11/china-cambodia-port-is-going-to-start.html

https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d55444f32557a4d/share_p.html

Malacca Port (North of Singapore)

Myanmar Port (West of Singapore)

Pakistan Port (Further west of Singapore)

All these ports are linked by the one-belt-one-road initiatives (Railways) and China can totally bypass Singapore because it can upload and download goods from the eastern, northern and western of Singapore without going through Singapore.  We may not feel the impacts now but our future generations will feel the great impacts and they'll have to pay dearly for our current political positions.

OMG! Taiwan is going to drag Singapore into its fight against China.

http://www.intellasia.net/taiwans-pivot-south-on-track-says-tsai-592740

What a devious woman!

Taiwan is trying to drag Singapore into its fight against China.  Singapore is not a pawn and we must not let ourselves be used by Taiwan for its own selfish political gain.

We cannot give more reasons for China to whip Singapore.  China is adamant to reduce the strategic importance of Singapore's port by developing its own worldwide port networks so that its goods won't pass by Singapore.  Why? This is because SG is helping USA to contain China by providing USA a naval base in SG so that we can seal off strait of Malacca during war time.

https://ig.ft.com/sites/china-ports/

China's crude oil doesn't need to pass through Singapore anymore in April 2017.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2086837/myanmar-pipeline-gives-china-faster-supply-oil-middle-east

This pipeline is able to move 22m tonnes of oil per year and SG is not able to earn a cent out of it.

China is also going to build a gas pipeline in Myanmar and SG will also be out of the picture.

Singapore stock calls for 9 May 2017

Nomura is an unscrupulous company.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-08/ex-nomura-trio-taught-junior-bond-traders-to-lie-u-s-alleges

Be careful when you use Nomura services.  The employees will lie to you just to get your business in their own interests and not in your interest.

Chilean navy captured UFO on cam.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/groundbreaking-ufo-video-just-released-from-chilean_us_586d37bce4b014e7c72ee56b

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095314/It-s-verified-UFO-Chile-release-footage-mystery-object-flying-navy-helicopter-two-year-investigation-fails-explain-it.html

Nobody could explain this flying craft.

North Korea Kim accused CIA of trying to assassinate him.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-northkorea-usa-idUKKBN181142

I'm confident that CIA is capable of doing that.  However, this might be just a false allegation by Kim.

It's hard to know who's telling the truth now.

Who was Singapore's first elected President? - Part 2.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/tan-cheng-bock-files-court-challenge-term-count-elected-presidency-115325926.html

Finally! Someone is standing up to seek the truth when no Singaporean cares about it.  An elected president should be a presidential candidate who won with a majority vote count in an open election and not someone who was appointed but exercised presidential power.

Our first elected president will always be Ong Teng Cheong, not Wee Kim Wee.  The national library archive is correct.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/02/who-was-singapore-first-elected.html

Yuuzoo's auditor quitted because of financial concern.

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/yuuzoo-says-audit-delay-due-to-intense-interaction-with-auditor

This is definitely a warning sign for more troubles to come as perceived valuation of Yuuzoo's franchisee's shares can evaporate like a whiff of smoke.  Yuuzoo should be more upfront on the rationale and methodology used to value the shares and the concern raised by the auditor.  Why did the auditor disagree with the valuation?  Equities received in place of receivables meant that its franchisee was not doing well and couldn't pay the money owed.  Therefore, there must be massive writedown of the shares to be used to replace the debt owed to Yuuzoo as the on-going concern was hard to assess.

Singapore stock calls for 8 May 2017

Massive UFO in France's sky!

This is truly a huge cigar-shaped UFO in the sky that can cast light from its bottom.

Malaysia is the first to regret for awarding the KL-SG HSR to SG.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/capital-controls-high-speed-rail-behind-collapse-of-bandar-8823716

China will not deem any investment to be strategic when it's taken out of the equation.  Malaysia had excluded China from the SG-KL HSR project in favour for less experienced partners.  Please bear in mind that nobody on this earth had built more HSRs than China.

Therefore, it's no surprise that China doesn't view the whole project as strategic anymore.

Baltic dry index - 994

Today, Friday, May 05 2017, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 10 points, reaching 994 points.

Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.

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Related stocks: Sembcorp Marine, Cosco, Pan Ocean.

US rig count - 877

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by seven this week to 877.

A year ago, only 415 rigs were active amid a slump in energy prices.

Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 703 rigs sought oil and 173 explored for natural gas this week. One was listed as miscellaneous.

Texas added six rigs, Louisiana gained four, Alaska and Wyoming were up two each, and Colorado and New Mexico increased by one apiece.

Oklahoma declined by seven rigs while North Dakota, Pennsylvania and West Virginia each lost one.

Arkansas, California, Kansas, Ohio and Utah were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out last May at 404.

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Related stocks: Keppel Corp, Sembcorp Marine, Cosco.

Singapore stock calls for 5 May 2017

Oil prices won't go higher in the future. Here's why!

USA had discovered some big oil fields recently that would put the world's pricing power in its hand.

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2017/03/10/northern-alaska-oil-discovery-just-got-lot-bigger/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/17/untapped-oil-texas-permian-basin-900-billion

Coupled with its shale oil technology, it is able to be self-sufficient and export its oil.  Therefore, its oil imports will start to dwindle and eventually stop and this will greatly affect the middle east oil markets.

US Marines sent to explore Ancient Pyramids discovered in Antarctica.

Singapore stock calls for 4 May 2017

Malaysia and Singapore must be regretting now for not getting China to build the HSR.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0503/c90000-9210265.html

The current HSR speed is around 300km/hr and this current technology will be applied to the HSR between Singapore and Malaysia because not many nations can build HSR at much higher speed.

China's HSR speed will be hitting 400km/hr soon and this will make our current technology an obsolete technology.  Passengers who are used to 400km/hr will find our 300km/hr a tad too slow.

China's HSR speed will hit 600km/hr in the future which will be double our current speed now.  What a shame for a high-tech country like SG!

China has built the first quantum computer in the world!

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0503/c90000-9210418.html

China can proclaim that it's the first to build quantum computer now.  If USA also manages to build a quantum computer, China can say that USA has stolen the technology.

I'm not surprised that China is the first to build a quantum computer because of its profound understanding of quantum physics.  It's the first to produce a quantum satellite and radar too.

Kudos to China! We'll have super fast computers now!

Is North Korea going to do nuclear test soon?

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/activity-resumes-north-korea-nuclear-test-monitor-043456879.html

Let's hope not but satellite images show that there are activities going on.

Singapore stock 3 May 2017

China medical breakthrough - A drop of blood can be used to detect cancer.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0502/c90000-9209605.html

Wow! This is really great news for humanity.  Early detection will aid in saving lives and China deserves to be extolled for such an invention.

South Korea's citizens are protesting against THAAD.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0502/c90000-9209898.html

THAAD has put the citizens in dangers because it has strong radiation and the location will be targeted by NK & China missiles.

Is USA preparing for a nuclear war in NK?

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0502/c90000-9209996.html

I think this is just a scare tactic deployed by USA to frighten NK into giving up its nuclear programme and force Kim to return to the round table discussion.  I hope that Kim will be succumbed to submission and not harbour a do or die attitude.  Kim has to put up a brave front or he will lose his respect and leadership.  This is something that cannot be taken lightly because he will go all out to save his face.

China also will not allow any nuclear war in NK because it will affect China's borders.

Singapore stock calls for 2 May 2017

Do not buy Samsung S8.

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170501000550

Samsung S8 has a lot of problems and you will regret buying it as it's very expensive.  Why buy an expensive but defective product?

Travel alert to Europe!

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/u-issues-travel-alert-europe-citing-threat-terrorist-032734182.html

Do not travel to Europe now as USA has issued travel alert.  However, if you feel that your life is of lesser value to Americans, you can travel to Europe at your own risk.

USA growth is also slowing.

http://www.investors.com/news/economy/ism-manufacturing-index-slides-to-54-8-in-april/?src=A00220&yptr=yahoo

USA & China growths are in diminishing return modes.  If this phenomenon continues, we'll be heading for a stock correction soon.

China growth is slowing.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-april-factory-growth-slows-043242671.html

If commodity prices are rising but manufacturing growth is slowing, we'll have stagflation which is difficult to deal with.  Furthermore, interest rates will be rising to curb inflation and investments.

Do you believe that the first airport was built 7,000 years ago?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-spaceships-transport-minister-kazem-finjan-iraqi-sumerians-space-travel-7000-years-ago-a7340966.html

Iraqi transport minister declared that the first airport was built 7,000 years ago by aliens.  This is the 2nd minister to declare that Aliens exist after ex-Canadian defence minister.

North Korea wanna do nuclear test.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/n-korea-warns-nuclear-test-time-071955761.html

Let's see if he has the guts to do it.  He will lose China's support immediately once he does that.  Russia also won't support him anymore after the nuclear test.

It's a lose-lose situation for Kim if he pushes ahead with the nuclear test.  He should just accept China's proposition to drop his nuclear development in exchange for China's defence/protection plan.  China is capable of defending NK now.

Wow! China maybe the first country to build a vacuum train.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-04/26/content_29091266.htm

This is the latest transportation technology which can travel at 2900km/hr which is about 3x the speed of a commercial airliner.

China has really improved by leaps and bounds in engineering technology. No wonder it can complete the carrier construction in 3 years.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/8000-innovations-added-on-chinas-1st-home-made-aircraft-carrier/articleshow/58417638.cms

China is increasing its trading with EU by railway.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/first-direct-london-china-train-completes-12-000-024752742.html

What can I say? Well done!  This will definitely help to cushion the economic impacts of Brexit for UK.

EU inflation is heating up.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/european-bonds-slide-core-inflation-102153013.html

Interest rates won't stay low for too low because of increasing inflations.  Governments around the globe will definitely increase interest rates.  Those who are behind the yield curve will definitely pay a much higher price because their economies will have more knee-jerk reactions due to the magnitude increases.

Therefore, it is a matter of WHEN, not IF that interest rates will rise.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/04/high-interest-rate-environment-is.html

Baltic dry index - 1109

Today, Friday, April 28 2017, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 25 points, reaching 1109 points.

Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.

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Related stocks: Sembcorp Marine, Cosco & Pan Ocean.

US rig count - 870

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 13 this week to 870.

A year ago, 420 rigs were active.

Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 697 rigs sought oil and 171 explored for natural gas this week. Two were listed as miscellaneous.

Texas added 11 rigs, Oklahoma gained three and Wyoming gained one.

New Mexico lost three rigs.

Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah and West Virginia were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out last May at 404.

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Related stocks: Keppel Corp, Sembcorp Marine & Cosco

China's one-belt-one-road initiatives are increasing trades.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0428/c90000-9209056.html

China has shown that its one-belt-one-road initiatives are beneficial to all trading partners with trading figures in the double digits growth.

Kudos to China for improving world trades.

There won't be any war in Korean peninsula unless China agrees.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0428/c90000-9209089.html

No wonder China and Russia have amassed troops at the borders because China has drawn a red line for US, NK & SK.  The troops are not just to manage war refugees at the borders but also to defend NK if US & SK attack it.

USA economy is not as resilient as thought.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-growth-hits-3-low-0-7-trumps-132946785.html

US growth is faltering but its contribution is not as huge as China.  Therefore, it's more important to monitor China economic growth.

Conflict of interest between USA & Japan

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-not-concessions-two-way-trade-talks-u-020810258--business.html

USA president and Japan PM are supported by farmers and it's very difficult to back down on either side on agricultural trades because both will lose political powers if they do not protect their own farming industries.

We foresee Japan to be the greater loser as Japan's economic power is nowhere near USA's.

LOL! Trump is demanding protection fee from South Korea.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/seoul-rejects-trump-demand-pays-missile-system-042006455.html

Guess what! South Korea is not paying for THAAD and THAAD will be kicked out of SK after the tension subsides in North Korea peninsula.

Nobody will pay for a useless defence system as it cannot defend against low flying rockets.

Singapore stock calls for 28 April 2017

Something is seriously wrong with Trump's grandeur plan.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-trump-wants-to-cut-business-rate-to-15-1493215127-htmlstory.html

How is he going to plug the budget deficit that he's creating with all the fiscal spending, military expansion and corporate tax cut? Money doesn't just drop from the sky unless he's planning to print money again.

How can the government continue to finance welfare benefits such as unemployment claims, medicare and so on with lesser tax receipts?

Singapore stock calls for 27 April 2017

SGX is finding increasingly hard to attract companies to list.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/more-chinese-firms-saying-goodbye-044700267.html

SGX is nothing compared to HKEX as HKEX is 10x bigger than SGX.  SGX can only attract mid-size and small companies to come to list on SGX.

When China companies don't come to SG, SG stock valuations will fall because of illiquidity.

Singapore stock calls for 26 April 2017

Singapore stock calls for 25 April 2017

North Korean missiles were made from UK components.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4436180/Why-UK-parts-turning-Korean-missiles.html

UK is trying to exonerate itself from North Korean missiles now like what it did when UK approved export of nerve gas chemical to Syria.

NASA captured UFO on cam in space again.

US space station captured an UFO which could go invisible.

Thailand has bought China military arsenal.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/thai-junta-defends-cheap-393-mn-chinese-sub-041435682.html

Thailand and China have formed military pact through these purchases as the thais will be trained by the chinese.

The Thais sure know how to diversify their weaponry and not rely just on USA.  This is definitely a good strategic move as Thailand won't be restricted by one nation.

China naval military prowess.

China has certainly improved by leaps and bounds and cannot be underestimated.

North Korea is still defiant because US carriers are not in sight yet.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-says-ready-strike-u-aircraft-carrier-060107207.html

Let's see how defiant he will be when 3 USA carriers are near NK waters.  He is pinning his hope on China & Russia to get involved in the possible war against USA.

Singapore stock calls for 24 April 2017

NASA found tree stump on mars.

This is another amazing discovery after finding some big insects crawling out from crevices on mars.

China is trying to erode Singapore's financial hub.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-12/chinese-backers-said-to-plan-derivatives-exchange-in-singapore

The one-belt-one-road initiatives will definitely erode Singapore's sea hub status and this will diminish our port annual handling volumes.  China is trying to erode our financial hub status by setting up an asia pacific exchange now.  Our stock exchange is not doing well lately with many delistings and SGX has difficulty in attracting big companies to list in Singapore.  SGX will be marginalised with this upcoming China's asia exchange.

Baltic dry index - 1195

Today, Friday, April 21 2017, the Baltic Dry Index decreased by 48 points, reaching 1195 points.

Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.

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Related stocks: Sembcorp Marine, Cosco & Pan Ocean.

US rig count - 857

HOUSTON (AP) - The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 10 this week to 857.

A year ago, 431 rigs were active.

Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 688 rigs sought oil and 167 explored for natural gas this week. Two were listed as miscellaneous.

Texas added six rigs and Alaska, Colorado, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Wyoming each gained one.

Oklahoma lost one rig.

Arkansas, California, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah and West Virginia were unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out last May at 404.

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Related stocks: Keppel Corp, Sembcorp Marine & Cosco.

Trump has enraged South Korea.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4431840/AP-Explains-How-single-Trump-sentence-enraged-South-Korea.html

Factually speaking, South Korea did pay tributes to China for a long period of time.  However, this antagonization is not about history but more for political reason.

South Korea is making a big fuss because it is afraid to be sold out by USA.  Trump is offending SK deliberately because he knows the next SK president may not want to install THAAD.  This incident may actually force SK to accept the THAAD installation because SK doesn't want to be sold out.

OMG! Russia is troop massing along North Korea border.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/794110/russia-north-korea-border-vladimir-putin-relocating-tanks-and-troops

It's strange that Russia is moving its troops to North Korea border as it has only about 17.6km long border with North Korea which is nothing compared to China.  This military movement shows that Russia will definitely get involved in the war if USA attacks North Korea.

China has already moved 150,000 troops to its North Korea border and has prepared its bombers for the war.

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-150000-troops-north-korea-xi-trump-2017-4?IR=T&r=US&IR=T

USA lied about sending its 3 aircraft carriers to North Korea.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-north-korea-carl-vinson.html?_r=0

As posted previously, there would be a tell-tale sign of USA military attack against NK.  However, we see no such sign and we're right because USA carriers are not in sight near NK.

What a joke!

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/04/how-do-you-know-when-usa-will-attack.html

Singapore stock calls for 21 April 2017

Accounting scandals are emerging again!

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/nikkei-rises-to-112-week-highs-but-fujifilm-stumbles-on-probe-20170421-00074

After the Toshiba's accounting scandal, Fujifilm is the next to join the scandal club.  Many conglomerates are fudging their accounting books again.

https://www.ft.com/content/98ecd5fc-5312-3cef-b66c-b0df0be366cc

New russian missile, zircon, strikes fears in USA & Europe.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179089/russia-hypersonic-zircon-missiles-speed-of-sound/

Russia has recently tested its hypersonic zircon missile and found that it could reach a speed of 8x of sound.   This missile cannot be intercepted as the best missiles interceptor can only shoot down missiles travelling at 2.5x.

Kudos to Russia for this development to curtail USA & NATO aggression.

This world is about USA first, Australia first but Singapore second.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/australia-first-foreign-visa-changes-spark-cheers-fears-074544414.html

Singapore's propaganda is always foreigners first but Singaporeans second.  USA and Australia governments will never call their own citizens xenophobes but Singapore will. Sigh!

Singapore stock calls for 20 April 2017

This is a tell-tale sign of what's to come for Singapore.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-junior-colleges-merging-first-time-eight-schools-affected-043852181.html

Singaporeans are getting fewer and fewer!  In time to come, PRs will be more than Singaporeans.

25 April 2017 is a special day for Asia. Why?

North Korea is expected to launch another missile test on 25 April 2017 and USA has declared that it will intercept the missile.

Let's hope we can get pass this date peacefully.

Singapore stock calls for 19 April 2017

Singapore stock calls for 18 April 2017

What's happening to USA bond yields?

The 10-year USA bond yield has fallen to 2.26% because of geopolitical reasons in Syria & NK.

A low bond yield is bad for the economy because it will denote that the economy is not growing and fixed-income investments will have very lousy rates of returns because the returns are eroded by inflations.

Gold is also affected by geopolitical reasons.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/gold-hits-five-month-high-042918105.html

Can you imagine an inflation of 2% and 10-year bond yield at 2% too? This would mean that fixed-income return would be negative after costs.  When fixed-income investments are losing money, consumer spendings will be greatly affected and a vicious cycle will develop that will cause recession.

China 1st quarter GDP growth is 6.9%

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-17/china-roars-back-to-lift-global-outlook-as-u-s-consumer-weakens?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=bd&utm_campaign=headline&cmpId=yhoo.headline&yptr=yahoo
It's good to see China growing at 6.9% in the first quarter of 2017 because China is helping to prop up the world economies.  China accounted for 1/3 of global growth per se in 2016 and China would contribute more this year as US would be in protectionistic mode.

China is likely to be the first country to complete a quantum computer.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0411/c90000-9201395.html

As predicted in our earlier post, China is likely to be the first country to produce a quantum PC because of its profound understanding in quantum physics after its successfully developed quantum satellite and radar.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2016/11/china-is-having-leapfrog-technology.html

China driverless truck will be on the road soon.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0415/c90000-9203422.html

Chin'a artificial intelligence has reached a level that is ahead of many countries now.  It is one of the best AI developers in the world.

This is how Germany welcomes China's investments.

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0417/c90000-9203858.html

Germany is the biggest economy in Europe and it is welcoming China's investments like never before.  This is something we'll never see in Singapore because we need to help USA to contain China.

Singapore stock calls for 17 April 2017

South Korea will enter economic downturn in 2017 - Part 5

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170412000787

Besides the Korean Conglomerates' fallouts from THAAD, Korean tourism will also suffer greatly and this will hit the citizens directly because services industry like hotels, coaches, eateries, etc employ more people.  Services sector usually contributes a large chunk of GDP growth than manufacturing in a developed country.

Part 4:
http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/03/south-korea-will-enter-economic.html

It maybe unwise to intercept NK's missiles.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/japan-pm-issues-sarin-warning-083354792.html

NK may install sarin gas in its warheads that are targeted at Japan.  Therefore, it's unwise to intercept the missiles as Japan will suffer chemical poisoning like Syria.

Pissing match between USA & NK.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-may-launch-strike-north-235410571.html

Just ignore the pissing match between USA & NK.  However, we need to monitor the situation in Seoul.  If foreigners start fleeing, it means war is coming.

Baltic dry index - 1296

Today, Thursday, April 13 2017, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 14 points, reaching 1296 points.

Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.

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Related stocks: Sembcorp Marine, Cosco & Pan Ocean.

US rig count - 847

The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by 8 this week to 847.

A year ago, 440 rigs were active.

Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Thursday that 683 rigs sought oil and 162 explored for natural gas this week. Two were listed as miscellaneous.

New Mexico added seven rigs, Oklahoma gained three, Texas increased by two, and California, North Dakota and Ohio each gained one.

Mississippi fell by three rigs, and Alaska and Louisiana each lost two.

Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming were all unchanged.

The U.S. rig count peaked at 4,530 in 1981. It bottomed out last May at 404.

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Related stocks: Keppel Corp, Sembcorp Marine & Cosco.

Syria declared it didn't launch the chemical attack.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/syrias-assad-says-chemical-attack-100-percent-fabrication-135550221.html

There's really no reason for Assad to conduct a chemical attack because he's winning the war and he would risk Putin's support if he did that.

Fake news! Fake news! Fake news! By USA!

How do you know when USA will attack North Korea?

There are about 25m people living in Seoul.  If there's news that foreigners are leaving Seoul, it will mean that USA is going to attack North Korea.  This is a very obvious tell-tale harbinger for war.

Japan should stop its illegal occupation of Diaoyu islands.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-defence-scrambles-idUSKBN17F0J6

The truth is already out and Japan should stop whitewashing the history.  Oxford's library archives and China's own documentations already prove that China is the true owner of Diaoyu islands.  Therefore, Japan should stop its illegal occupation of Diaoyu islands.

Russia is right to veto the UN resolution against Syria.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/russia-vetoes-un-resolution-condemn-syria-chemical-attack-220532406.html

There is no concrete proof that Syria government is the mastermind behind the chemical attack.  The accusation is solely based on USA intelligence.  UN is not under the control of any country and must be impartial on its own or risk losing credibility.

Singapore stock calls for 13 April 2017

Singapore didn't do well in the first quarter.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-apos-economy-contracts-annualized-000000991.html

Despite all the bullish economic growth forecasts by economists, Singapore didn't do well in the first quarter by declining 1.9% on annualized basis.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-retail-sales-swing-red-090100355.html

Our retail figures also didn't do well either.

Big insects found crawling on mars!

Wow! Curiosity rover drilling forced insects to crawl out from underground.

Singapore stock calls for 12 April 2017

Rickmers Maritime to close down!

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/rickmers-maritime-to-wind-up-after-failing-to-reach-deal-with-lenders

We had stated in March that Rickmers Maritime would have great difficulty to restructure its debts.  Therefore, it's not surprising that Rickmers Maritime will close down.

http://sg-stock.blogspot.sg/2017/03/rickmers-will-have-hard-time-to.html

Shame on you, UK!

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-asks-g7-consider-160117776.html

UK really got the cheek to ask for sanctions against Russia & Syria when it was UK who exported nerve gas chemicals to Syria.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/revealed-uk-government-let-british-company-export-nerve-gas-chemicals-to-syria-8793642.html

How to believe UK that none of the chemicals was exported?  If there's no intention to export the chemicals, why allowed such an export in the first place?

OMG! UN is conducting a prejudiced chemical attack investigation.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/draft-un-resolution-calls-syria-gas-attack-probe-170012268.html

Logically speaking, Assad won't be using any chemical weapon because he is winning the battles in Syria and Putin also won't approve it.

UN should investigate the site as chemical remnants will definitely be found on the ground which would be different from a chemical airstrike.  UN should investigate the site, Assad & rebels to find out the truth.

Russia has intelligence that rebel fighters use chemical weapons to frame Assad.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/putin-warns-future-chemical-weapons-provocations-frame-assad-132438198.html

Russia definitely has better and accurate intelligence than USA.  It will just take UN only a few days to find out the truth behind the chemical attack in Syria.  Let's see how this will pan out.

United Airlines CEO lied about the mishandling of its male passenger.

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/video-united-passenger-dragged-off-033451430.html

The airport police used excessive force on a male passenger who refused to disembark the plane as he had to perform surgery for his patient the next day.  He was randomly selected by computer to disembark because United Airlines wanted to put 4 staffs on board a fully booked airplane.  Airport police were called in to forcefully remove the male passenger and the male passenger was injured by the airport police with a bloody face.  The airport police lied about the male passenger being aggressive and belligerent and the injury was due to a fall which turned out to be caused by the airport police when videos started to surface.  Thereafter, the airport policeman was suspended.

United Airlines CEO defended the removal of the male passenger forcefully.  Why the hell must a paying customer sacrificed his ticket for non-paying staffs?  This is not putting customer interest as a priority for this airlines.

People are calling for a boycott of this Airlines.

Singapore stock calls for 11 April 2017

Recession risk is high despite all the bullish economic growth forecasts.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/10/theres-more-than-60-chance-of-a-global-recession-within-the-next-18-months-economist-says.html

Higher interest rates, higher inflations and geopolitical situations are the factors contributing to recession risks.

AFP is creating fake news!

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/china-remains-worlds-biggest-executioner-amnesty-233315115.html

If you look at USA statistics, USA police killed or executed more people on the streets than the country did.  When more people are killed on the streets by police, there will be fewer people for the country to execute.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2016/

The police killed 963 people in USA in 2016 while the country only executed 20.