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.