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| 30-Jul-2013 14:01 |
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Erm, I clicked on your link. This is what I saw from your " Singapore Reits Comparision Graph" : - Kep Reit has got high gearing, -but it has low Price/NAV. (By the way: NAV= Net Asset Value) And the following is my intepretation of what I saw: -High gearing means high risk (of bankruptcy). -While Low Price/NAV means that the current price paid for every dollar of Kep Reit's Net Asset is cheap. Since Kep Reit is cheap, one can get a higher return by buying into it. -Thus the Risk-Return ratio of Kep Reit = High Risk/ High Return. -What is there to short for such a balanced Reit? -Shouldn't you call to short reit that has High Risk/ Low return (and so overvalued) e.g. PLife Reit?
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| 26-Jul-2013 21:19 |
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As the limited amount of liquidility that is currently in the system flows to pursue SPH reits, it resulted in Keppel Reits being oversold and SPH Reits being overvalued. This presented a good opportunity for accumulation of Keppel Reits. The following are positive points about Keppel Reits: 1) Investment in Austrialia prime office space: Austrialia has reached the end of its commodity investment journey and the country is now planning to shift its economy focus. Mostly likely than not, the focus will be landed on the country's already well-developed financial sectors - international trade theory of comparative advantage. This would result in demand for more office space in the prime area. 2) Fund flowing back from SPH Reits Singapore like many of the developed economies are shifting toward becoming a service oriented country- fall in manufacturing data. Like Austrialia, this means more demands for office space which lead to higher rental and valuation gains. On the other hand, with the opening of more new malls in 2 years time, retail spaces such as those owned by SPH reits will become abundant. To make things worse, Clementi Mall charges one of the highest rent among comparable malls- the sustainability of those rental charges are doubted. All these mean that liquidity will once again flow back to Keppel Reit once investors get over the excitement of SPH's new reit and rationality picks up. 3) Rising Interest Rate is not a significant concern Singapore % rate is highly pegged to US % rate, which is dependent on US bond purchasing program. According to Fed, the QE program would most likely end by mid 2014. Until then, we could safely assume that there will be no significant rise in % rate and Kep reit could enjoy another year of financial leverage. Furthermore, MAS might choose to depreciate the SGD, which is at its all time high, over inceasing the Singapore % rate. This might be necessary to prevent a sudden spike in interest rate which would cause the high amount of local housing debts to beome Non Performing Loan (NPL). Simply put, interest rate might still stay low for a period of time even after mid 2014. As such I retain my TP at $1.82. As the market get bullish, more liquidity will flows in along with professional fund managers, who tend to rely more on Fundamental Analysis (FA) rather than Technical Analysis (TA). So more foucs on FA might be needed- TA is a self-fulfulling prophecy. |
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| 24-Jul-2013 00:26 |
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Barely out of the red. Just my hunch. |
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| 24-Jul-2013 00:06 |
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American Tower  has been  on a winning streak.  MW made money? I doubt so. Unless MW  is adopting the new  strategy that  the infamous " Peter Pan" , one of  the forum user here, had came up with-" Selling  low and  buying high"   . |
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| 18-Jul-2013 23:49 |
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The End For Block  And His  Muddy Waters?
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| 18-Jul-2013 23:20 |
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Muddy Waters Fails to Shake American Tower With Short Bet
American Tower Corp. (AMT) fell 1.1 percent to $73.87 yesterday, the smallest first-day drop ever in a stock after a report from Muddy Waters Research, which built its reputation with bearish calls on Asian companies. New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., Focus Media Holding Ltd. and Sino-Forest Corp. lost at least 20 percent after previous Muddy Waters notes. Investors in the operator of cell-phone antennas were unshaken by Block’s analysis and firms from Wells Fargo & Co. to Macquarie Group Ltd. said they disagreed. Block said yesterday that American Tower is worth 40 percent less than its share price because it overstated the value of its acquisitions and has poor corporate governance. “The market is sometimes a lot smarter,” William Ferer, who manages about $3 billion, including American Tower shares, at W.H. Reaves & Co. in Jersey City, New Jersey, said in a phone interview. “I took it quite positively that after a full day of digesting this Muddy Waters report the stock was only down a little bit.” The shares rose 1.5 percent to $74.95 at 10:13 a.m. in New York today, erasing yesterday’s loss. Wireless TowersAmerican Tower, the second-biggest U.S. REIT by market value, owned or leased 22,599 wireless and broadcast communication towers in the U.S. and 33,074 towers internationally as of March 31, according to its most recent quarterly filing. Matt Peterson, a spokesman for the real-estate investment trust, didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. The Boston-based firm has a market value of $29.2 billion, data compiled by Bloomberg show. About 26.3 million shares of the company changed hands yesterday, the most in five years, Bloomberg data show. More than 171,000 put options traded, about 90 times the average for 2013 through last week. “This stock should be mid-40s,” Block said in a Bloomberg Television interview yesterday. “Our goal with this report was for people to actually read it and I think people are reading it and after they read it, digest it and the company responds, I’m feeling very good about it.” This is the first time Block has targeted a U.S. company. The 37-year-old investor gained fame for his short-selling calls in Asia after regulators halted trading in four of the first five companies he targeted starting in June 2010. Hedge fund manager John Paulson sold his Sino-Forest Corp. stake at a loss after Block said the company overstated its plantation assets. Sino-Forest filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012. Little ImpactAmerican Tower shares have more than tripled since November 2008. The stock trades at 25.8 times funds from operations, compared with a multiple of 19.8 for Simon Property Group Inc., the largest U.S. REIT by market value. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Muddy Waters report having this little an impact on the market,” Ophir Gottlieb, managing director at San Francisco-based Livevol Inc., a provider of options-market analytics, said by phone yesterday. “It just wasn’t that big of a deal.” Hedging by people who owned the stock may explain why the shares didn’t fall more after put trading surged, Gottlieb said. In the two days before the report, more than 40,000 bearish contracts changed hands each day, compared with a historical average of 1,900, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The shares slid 4 percent from July 15 to 16. $250 MillionThere is about a $250 million discrepancy between the price American Tower said it paid for towers in Brazil and the actual sale price, the Muddy Waters report said, citing research from financial statements of the companies acquired, Brazil’s central bank and six industry sources. American Tower rejected Block’s assertion that it paid around $300 million for the Brazilian communication sites, according to a filing released after the close of trading yesterday. The company said the price was about $585 million for the towers, financed by intercompany loans, cash from operations and equity contributions. American Tower’s management shows a “lack of faith” in the company’s stock price, Block said in his report, citing share sales from exercised options. The company also faces weak growth overseas, such as India, Ghana and Brazil, according to the note. “When we have gone into the field and actually rolled up our sleeves and figured out what is going on in many of these emerging markets, the reality is actually very different from what the company tells you,” Block said yesterday. “The way that this business is working overseas, it’s just not going to work as well as it has in the U.S.” Pedestrian, FoolishMuddy Waters failed to identify any new challenges facing American Tower, according to Andrew Hamerling, managing partner of Wavelength Asset Management, a New York-based hedge fund. “This report was pedestrian and foolish,” said Hamerling. American Tower is one of the largest holdings in the Wavelength Asset Management fund, he said. “The emerging market risks were always there, and the company had done an admirable job managing those risks and returning value to shareholders.” Wells Fargo’s Jennifer Fritzsche said she disagreed with Block’s contention that the business faces a major threat from Wi-Fi because data demand is growing, according to a note published yesterday. Investors should buy shares of this “high-class” company, Macquarie’s Kevin Smithen said in a report. The stock has 19 buy ratings, five holds and one sell, according to analyst recommendations compiled by Bloomberg. The shares are down 4.4 percent in 2013. Real estate investment trusts, whose primary income streams are from properties, don’t pay federal income taxes. In exchange, they’re required by the Internal Revenue Service to distribute at least 90 percent of their taxable earnings to shareholders in the form of dividends. To contact the reporters on this story: Nikolaj Gammeltoft in New York at ngammeltoft@bloomberg.net Scott Moritz in New York at smoritz6@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Lynn Thomasson at lthomasson@bloomberg.net |
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| 18-Jul-2013 18:26 |
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It Is Almost A Dead End Anyway
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| 05-Jul-2013 17:19 |
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Thanks for pointing out.  Was trying to base my argument on M& M proposition, apparently I got it all mixed up.    IGNORE MY ARGUMENT ON ROA & ROE.====> > > > > THEY ARE WRONG!!!!! Sorry About That =.=''
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| 05-Jul-2013 15:23 |
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  How is Olam going to refinance its debt? Well, it could be by bonds, equity, bank borrowing etc. Asking such question is as good as asking: How is Olam going to transport its nuts and coffee from the field? How is Olam going to hire its next CEO?  The answers to these questions should really be handled by the management and that's what they are paid to do. Rather, a better question would be: Is Olam over leveraged such that it's deterimental to the shareholders? To answer the question, we should look at both ROA and ROE. The former is the cost of borrowing while the latter is the cost of using shareholders' fund (aka cost of equity), and the combine of both make up the cost of financing (COF). A firm is able to increase its value by reducing its COF, which is simply a cost. Since cost of borrowing is often cheaper than cost of equity, Olam reduce its COF by borrowing. However, as  Olam take up more and more debt, its cost of borrowing rise due to higher risk for lenders.This means that Olam  can only borrow to increase its firm value, so long as its cost of borrowing is lower than its cost of equity. Simply put, Olam use of debt is benefitting shareholders as long as ROA< ROE. And Olam's debt is deterimental only when ROA> ROE. Now, lets look at Olam's ROA and ROE  to solve the our question:  Is Olam over leveraged such that it's deterimental to the shareholders? Olam's ROA=2.98% while its ROE=11.13%, thus ROA< ROE. We can thus conclude that since ROA  is safely below  ROE, Olam use of debt is beneficial to shareholders as it reduce the cost of financing. Thus Olam is not over leverage, and  in fact with ROE so much higher than ROA, Olam could have use more debt to further create more shareholders' value. Reference: 1) http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials?s=O32:SES 2) http://topmanagers.ca/BlogSubDetail.aspx?DocId=13& CurYear=0
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| 05-Jul-2013 14:50 |
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A number of investors are rather concern of Kep Reit's high leverage ratio. Although it's true that financial cost will increase once interest rates start hiking, that is hardly the full story. Interest rates normally go up during economy recovery, which allows management to increase rental fee that will offset the higher financial cost, at least partially. There is a recent article on Singapore's commercial property rental expect to rise, you can verify it. Anyway, the spotlight is not on whether the rental fee would rise more than the financial cost. Rather, the mainpoint here is revaluation gain from the properties. For the past few years, property developers have largely been focusing on residential properties, and so commerical properties have been neglected. As the economy recovers, business activities will increased and commercial properties (CP) will experience high demand and low supply. Property developers may quickly turn toward developing CP, but the it will still take them at least 2-3 years before the new properties are ready to recieve new tentants. The then higher interest rate would also make it expensive to develop new properties. All these give Kep Reit a strong potential for high revaluation gain. I have given it  a TP of $1.82. P.S. Only good management teams  could recongnise and exploit the opportunities offered by the low interest rates environment, which prevail for the past few years. Therefore when compared aganist lowly leveraged reits, Kep Reit's high leverage ratio is actually a display of strenght rather than weakness.  
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| 05-Jul-2013 13:45 |
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Regardless. Anyway Temasek Holding's porfolio just hit record high: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100864417   So to those who  have  doubted Temasek's capability and foresight, that's something for you to choke on. |
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| 05-Jul-2013 01:34 |
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To some, the sky is not really that clear yet  . According to Block, Olam will still fail within a year after  issuing the $750M bonds. To completely disprove MW's claim, Olam would have to survive for more than a year- 6 months left anyway. As most instituitional investors go for counters with  stable  prospect  and they should be back once Olam completely break the MW's curse.   Indeed, WAY TO GO! AND SIX MORE MONTHS TO GO!    
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| 29-May-2013 03:49 |
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Singapore Hot Stocks: Olam International Continues to Embarrass Muddy Waters Olam has been one of our best performers this year, as people panicked and sold on the Muddy Waters nonsense, I made Olam a strong buy, that move has brought our investors solid returns over the year. (Become an Investor) Technical Outlook Short Term: Neutral Intermediate Term: Bullish Long Term: Bullish   SOURCE: http://www.livetradingnews.com/singapore-hot-stocks-olam-international-continues-to-embarass-muddy-waters-115979.htm |
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| 23-Jan-2013 14:11 |
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Don't let my random opinion affect any of your decision. And definitely I wasn't hinting at anything. Pay more attention to the research papers.
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| 23-Jan-2013 14:01 |
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Because one of the  research  house (CIMB, I think) upgrade SATs to buy in, on the expectation that the increase in flight traffic would increase SATs revenue.   But there are obviously good (in fact very  strong)  reason why UOB downgraded the share. Go find out for  yourselves. A hint here: Go do an informal talk with some of its staff, treat them to some kopi or something.   I have not taken any position on this counter.
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| 04-Jan-2013 12:14 |
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Good News, there are quite a number of shares in the lending pool- a sign of shortists covering their positions. Time to increase holding and corner the shortist.   https://www1.cdp.sgx.com/scdcint/sbl/viewLendingPool.do# |
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| 03-Jan-2013 17:57 |
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Olam 'at its strongest since IPO'
08:35 AM Jan 03, 2013
SINGAPORE - Olam International, the commodity trader that short-seller Carson Block said may fail, said its balance sheet is the strongest since it first sold shares to the public in 2005 and that it is " comfortable" with its current equity levels and gearing.
The company had S$3.42 billion of equity and S$6.99 billion of utilised net debt as of Sept 30, Singapore- based Olam, the world's second-largest rice trader, said yesterday in a filing. It had S$10.71 billion in liquidity as of that date, Olam said. Mr Block first questioned Olam's accounting methods at a conference in London on Nov 19, and later likened it to failed energy trader Enron in a report by his research firm Muddy Waters. Olam, which counts Singapore's Temasek Holdings as its second-biggest shareholder, refuted Block's claims and responded with a proposed US$1.25-billion (S$1.53-billion) bond and warrants offering to address " lingering doubts" about its liquidity. " The company has the strongest balance sheet position including its highest equity base and lowest gearing since its initial public offering in February 2005" as of June 30, 2012, Olam said yesterday. The company " has a solid future on the back of a clear and differentiated strategy, a strong business model, and a proven execution capability," it added. The stock rose 5.8 per cent to S$1.645 at the close of trade in Singapore yesterday. The statement was filed after trading ended. Olam, the second-worst performer on the STI in 2012, lost 27 percent last year and is down 5.5 per cent since Mr Block's comments in November. Olam has said it faces no risk of insolvency and sued Mr Block and Muddy Waters on Nov 21 in the Singapore High Court, calling their comments malicious falsehoods. Muddy Waters rated Olam a strong sell in a 133-page report in November, saying the commodity trader was likely to fail. " The board is comfortable with the current equity levels and gearing," Olam said yesterday in the filing. Olam does not need any further new equity at this stage and does not need to access the debt capital markets until the end of fiscal 2014 should it choose to, it said yesterday. BLOOMBERG |
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| 30-Dec-2012 18:38 |
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Regarding your statement " Sunny quoted " We will take stock and see whether we need to slow down, decelerate, recalibrate. We're convinced that we've got a great strategy . . . but we might recalibrate . . . the pace at which we are doing things," . Sunny merely felt that the company's acquistion plan might be too agressive and too rapid, thus leading to investors' doubt and uncomfortableness. Sunny did not say anything about the firm has difficulty in its debt repayment. If you think that investors' uncomfortableness is a fundamental problem, I have got to fully agree with you. Although it is true that some investors are concered with its high debt, there are still a large number of investors who are willing to buy into Olam. This can be easily seen from Olam current share price- Olam's market value is merely 8% less than what it was piror to MW's attack. Thus such fundamental " problem" is not a major concern for me and it appear to me that the most of the shareholders remain comfortable with this firm. As for the " much anticpated second report from Olam" , I am not sure who is anticpating such a report. You or the market? MW's 133 pages report has already been retorted by Olam's 45 pages report. After its 133 pages report, MW has yet to make any new claim- " new" is the key word here. What is there for Olam to response to? Maybe you would like to quote us some articles on market expecting Olam's second report. As for your demand for a perfect company without any weakness, perhaps Olam with its high debt is reallynot an investment option for you and you should seek for other counters. If you are kind enough, you might like to share with us who are the perfect companies before you leave for other topics on this forum. Remember to quote us the reasons and your definition of a " perfect firm" too- maybe a firms which are monopoly and have 100% of its assets in cash are perfect firms? Thanks in advance.   You have also raised the concern that many of the forum users, who posted supportive comments about Olam, are actually multiple accounts owned by the same person. However, this is something that you can't verify or prove. So what happened to your call for a " more balance,truthful and enriching discussion in a respectful manner" , when you keep harping on something you can't prove? Why not be more respectful, and give everyone on this forum the benefit of doubt. Afterall when it comes to discussion, it's the content of the comments that matter, not the person behind it- be objective!!!! Before I end my comment here, I would like to reiterate the great opportunity I see in the agriculture business in the coming years. Comparative advantage (CA) of farming lies with developing countries due to its cheaper labor, land and other legal aspect. However, for decades developed countries (mostly from Europe) have distorted such CA, by providing their farmers with generous subsidies- for political reason.Such large subsidies lead to great competition for firms in developing countries who giving out lesser subsidies. As a result, agriculture firms in developing countries recieved much thinner margin and are forced to operate in a much more efficient manner in order to survive. Nevertheless, the situation is changing, the recent European financial crisis have forced many of its government to reform: cut subsidies to farmers and move to export goods that they have CA in. One of the most recent example is Dairy farmers from France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands went on a strike aganist the low purchase price set by their governemts. Refer to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9705438/EU-dairy-farmers-spray-Brussels-parliament-with-milk.html   With the European nations moving away from subsidising agri businesses, we can expect farmers in these nations to shift toward other industries that their countires have CA in. This would in turn reduce the competition for agri firms operating in the developing countries, and their margin would also improve. Most of Olam operations are in developing countries. Olam with its newly acquired business units would provide it with the economies of scales it needed to compete in the agriculture industry when the world economy recover. Just as the lemon are pretty good, grapes are pretty sour too.
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| 20-Dec-2012 13:44 |
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According to MW, the latest bonds issuance will extend Olam's life span for a few more months only, and Olam would have bankrupt without it. MW also claimed that it did not change its view on Olam unless Olam were to raise another 3 billions- simply put, this bonds issuance is deemed to insignficant by MW. If you really believe in what MW has claimed so far, you should keep your short position for another 1 year or so. Secondly, Temasek simply agree to be be an underwriter  for the latest issuance but  has yet to  provide any significant  help to  Olam. There might not even be a need for Temasek to underwrite anything if every shareholder takes up his right. Finally, when  one attack a company, he can expect retailation from its shareholders. This is especially the case for firms with  powerful and influential shareholders. For MW's case, apparently  it did not put in sufficient effort in their game theory analysis when it claimed that Olam will go bankrupt. This goes to say something about MW's so called comprehensive study on Olam and MW's foresight.  
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| 18-Dec-2012 17:50 |
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Erm, those shareholders who wish to exercise their right got to recall their shares 4 working days before XD. Refer to the following SGX page for more rule on borrowing and lending shares: http://www.sgx.com/wps/portal/sgxweb/home/products/securities/sbl/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gjR0cTDwNnA0t3d0M3A8_QkDAXxzAv41B3Y6B8JE55Vy9zinSbEdDtpR-VnpOfBHSln0d-bqp-pH6UOUK9f6ihOVC9U6CJU1ioobOFsX5kTmp6YnKlfkFuaESlc7oiAOE33LE!/dl3/d3/L0lJSklna2shL0lCakFBTXlBQkVSQ0lBISEvWUZOQzFOS18yN3chLzdfMkFBNEgwQzA5T1UxNzBJVUJRNEJWVTFDODM!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_2AA4H0C09OU170IUBQ4BVU1C83017268_WCM& WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/sgx_en/home/products/securities/sbl/education/
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