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Alignment
    31-Jan-2026 10:12  
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Think about the JP Morgan fund. The govt is paying a US bank a lot of money to invest mostly in non-SIngaporean stocks or large cap Singaporean stocks that don' t need the money. Something is wrong here, and the money is not going where it is most needed in fact a lot of it is leaking overseas.

The govt should be doing two things in parallel to make SGX a better place to invest. First is direct the EQDP funds more appropriately. Second is put pressure on those companies trading at below book value to improve capital structure and governance. China, Japan and Korea have all taken big steps in this direction, compared to which SIngapore is a laggard.

 
 
 
stlimst
    30-Jan-2026 16:36  
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Some good comments made on EQDP in the forum.
Can contribute/consolidate  in this thread created for this purpose.

Thanks all!
 
 
lifeisgood
    11-Dec-2025 14:11  
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It is just telling us to forget about the small and mid caps. The big ones are where the money go... So just follow the money lor...
 

stlimst      ( Date: 11-Dec-2025 10:18) Posted:

Still the same old story...
SGX turnover rises - driven by index stocks, and Reits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The EDMP is supposed to focus on promising mid and small cap listed on SGX - what happened?
$5B went into STI Component stocks?

lifeisgood      ( Date: 10-Dec-2025 21:54) Posted:

SGX&rsquo s November securities turnover value up 18%, driven by index stocks and Reits



Volume is 4% higher year on year, at 29.3 billion shares


 

 
stlimst
    11-Dec-2025 10:18  
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Still the same old story...
SGX turnover rises - driven by index stocks, and Reits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The EDMP is supposed to focus on promising mid and small cap listed on SGX - what happened?
$5B went into STI Component stocks?

lifeisgood      ( Date: 10-Dec-2025 21:54) Posted:

SGX&rsquo s November securities turnover value up 18%, driven by index stocks and Reits



Volume is 4% higher year on year, at 29.3 billion shares

 
 
lifeisgood
    10-Dec-2025 21:54  
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SGX&rsquo s November securities turnover value up 18%, driven by index stocks and Reits



Volume is 4% higher year on year, at 29.3 billion shares
 
 
lifeisgood
    09-Dec-2025 16:41  
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Singing praises already !

lifeisgood      ( Date: 09-Dec-2025 16:37) Posted:

Singapore equities gain traction into 2026

09 Dec 2025 15:11


Initiatives in 2025 have strengthened market performance

By Adeline Gao

THE Straits Times Index (STI) extended its record-breaking rally into the second half of 2025, lifting its price return for 11 months of the year to 19.4 per cent. This surpasses the 15.4 per cent gain over the same period in 2024, underscoring the market' s resilient fundamentals and the renewed investor interest in Singapore equities.

 

 
lifeisgood
    09-Dec-2025 16:37  
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Singapore equities gain traction into 2026

09 Dec 2025 15:11


Initiatives in 2025 have strengthened market performance

By Adeline Gao

THE Straits Times Index (STI) extended its record-breaking rally into the second half of 2025, lifting its price return for 11 months of the year to 19.4 per cent. This surpasses the 15.4 per cent gain over the same period in 2024, underscoring the market' s resilient fundamentals and the renewed investor interest in Singapore equities.
 
 
stonkmaster
    09-Dec-2025 13:18  
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Already said many people are buying SGX shares for dividends hence not many people trading in and out. Want fast profit just buy US stocks. The rest can just earn good tax free dividends why need the price fluctuate so much?

lifeisgood      ( Date: 09-Dec-2025 09:25) Posted:

SGX share price has gone up a lot this year, pricing in a Game Changer with the launch of EQDP.

However, right now, the EQDP looks like heading for failure, with dwindling liquidity beyond the initial euphoria. Would SGX share price crash back to earth?

 
 
lifeisgood
    09-Dec-2025 09:25  
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SGX share price has gone up a lot this year, pricing in a Game Changer with the launch of EQDP.

However, right now, the EQDP looks like heading for failure, with dwindling liquidity beyond the initial euphoria. Would SGX share price crash back to earth?
 
 
lifeisgood
    09-Dec-2025 08:54  
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Time for Chee Hong Tat and MAS to declare it a failure? Or we need many many rounds of $5 billion injections. The first $5 billion is only a starter.

stlimst      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 21:54) Posted:

Pathetic, right?
What happen to the $5B under the much touted EMDP

lifeisgood      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 19:58) Posted:

Today only about 1.1 billion shares traded. Dollar value also only slightly above $1 billion .

This is way too low for global investors to take SGX seriously


 

 
stlimst
    08-Dec-2025 21:54  
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Pathetic, right?
What happen to the $5B under the much touted EMDP

lifeisgood      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 19:58) Posted:

Today only about 1.1 billion shares traded. Dollar value also only slightly above $1 billion .

This is way too low for global investors to take SGX seriously.

stonkmaster      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 15:50) Posted:

Good what. SGX less volatile is good for people looking for dividend. Just dump one lump sum in and collect dividend without worrying about price suddenly crash or shoot up. Want to gamble can always do it at night when US market open


 
 
lifeisgood
    08-Dec-2025 19:58  
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Today only about 1.1 billion shares traded. Dollar value also only slightly above $1 billion .

This is way too low for global investors to take SGX seriously.

stonkmaster      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 15:50) Posted:

Good what. SGX less volatile is good for people looking for dividend. Just dump one lump sum in and collect dividend without worrying about price suddenly crash or shoot up. Want to gamble can always do it at night when US market open.

stlimst      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 15:48) Posted:

Any omore wise ideas or views of our pathetic mid and small cap (MSC) stocls?
Even promisiing IPOs also sliding.
How to attract investors to our almost dead market?
Only action in SGX are handful of gambling traders playing the few usual penny stocks.
So sad.


 
 
stonkmaster
    08-Dec-2025 15:50  
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Good what. SGX less volatile is good for people looking for dividend. Just dump one lump sum in and collect dividend without worrying about price suddenly crash or shoot up. Want to gamble can always do it at night when US market open.

stlimst      ( Date: 08-Dec-2025 15:48) Posted:

Any omore wise ideas or views of our pathetic mid and small cap (MSC) stocls?
Even promisiing IPOs also sliding.
How to attract investors to our almost dead market?
Only action in SGX are handful of gambling traders playing the few usual penny stocks.
So sad.

 
 
stlimst
    08-Dec-2025 15:48  
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Any omore wise ideas or views of our pathetic mid and small cap (MSC) stocls?
Even promisiing IPOs also sliding.
How to attract investors to our almost dead market?
Only action in SGX are handful of gambling traders playing the few usual penny stocks.
So sad.
 
 
stonkmaster
    06-Dec-2025 19:30  
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Singapore market is good for collecting dividends. Price don?t fluctuate so much and good for people with large some of money to invest for dividends. Many rich people are in SG stock market solely for the dividends.

Nippon72      ( Date: 06-Dec-2025 17:41) Posted:

No amount of ah gong money can prop up the market if international funds don' t come in. The EQDP is the first initiative. 
Start first by not bashing our own market. If you are some international fund managers, would you invest in a country or market when their own citizens are not even interested??? 

There are gems to be uncovered in SGX too and our tax regime is friendly, gov is stable and won' t prata their rules. At least your divvy won' t get taxed away by ah gong 30% for doing nothing. While our market is not exciting as the DOW or NASQAQ, nobody says we cannot be the equivalent for Asia or at least Asean. Let' s have our Asean500 soon!!!

 

 

 
Nippon72
    06-Dec-2025 17:41  
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No amount of ah gong money can prop up the market if international funds don' t come in. The EQDP is the first initiative. 
Start first by not bashing our own market. If you are some international fund managers, would you invest in a country or market when their own citizens are not even interested??? 

There are gems to be uncovered in SGX too and our tax regime is friendly, gov is stable and won' t prata their rules. At least your divvy won' t get taxed away by ah gong 30% for doing nothing. While our market is not exciting as the DOW or NASQAQ, nobody says we cannot be the equivalent for Asia or at least Asean. Let' s have our Asean500 soon!!!

 
 
 
lifeisgood
    05-Dec-2025 23:53  
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But these 2 are very high brow leh. How can they touch the lowly small and mid caps? Our local small and mid caps stocks are too " hanky panky" for them lah. 

stlimst      ( Date: 05-Dec-2025 22:36) Posted:

Can persuade GIC and Temasek to be players to save our pathetic SGX???

lifeisgood      ( Date: 05-Dec-2025 16:30) Posted:

We need PLAYERS !


 
 
stlimst
    05-Dec-2025 22:36  
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Can persuade GIC and Temasek to be players to save our pathetic SGX???

lifeisgood      ( Date: 05-Dec-2025 16:30) Posted:

We need PLAYERS !

 
 
lifeisgood
    05-Dec-2025 16:30  
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We need PLAYERS !
 
 
lifeisgood
    05-Dec-2025 16:05  
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Thats the problem. This is so lame. There are enough type (1) funds around. For a change, give to the sell side like Brokers/Dealers and Chng Kays type, and there will be lots of excitement  (if I dare mention Soh Chee Wen type, I will be whacked hard !)

stlimst      ( Date: 05-Dec-2025 11:25) Posted:

Without a doubt, the answer is 1.
No charity work here in SGX.
Even GIC and Temasick also is the 1 category.

lifeisgood      ( Date: 05-Dec-2025 10:03) Posted:

Just what is the mandate for the recipients of the EQDP funds? 

Is the objective to:

(1) Produce a nice returns for MAS?
(2) Or is it to stir up a totally dead stock market in SGX?
(3) others

If answer is (1), then you can expect those funds to sit around and (worse still) press down stock prices in order to collect cheap, so buy low, sell high
If answer is (2), then Buy High, sell Higher!

Looking at the lack of activity, I believe most of those EQDP funds think the answer is (1), as all fund managers are automatically expected to produce a nice returns for the " investors" . Is MAS objective aligned with that of an " investor" , or as a saviour for the moribund, and like a joke, stock market in SGX?

If these mandates are not spelt out clearly, and have investors believe in them, the market will continue to lie dead.
 


 
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