Singapore’s Stocks Haven’t Lured This Much Cash in a Decade

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Singapore’s Stocks Haven’t Lured This Much Cash in a Decade

By Livia Yap
November 10, 2017, 4:00 AM GMT+8 Updated on November 10, 2017, 5:19 PM GMT+8

Singapore’s stock market is finally getting some love again.

With almost two months of the year to run, the Straits Times Index has already notched up its best annual performance since 2012 amid an economic recovery and a stronger currency.

The city-state’s equity funds received some $2 billion in 10 straight months of inflows, the most annually since 2007, according to data from asset allocation tracking company EPFR Global. That’s more than the combined inflows of the past five years and the longest monthly rally since mid-2013, the data show.

More details in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...n-a-decade

[Dosser]

Interesting to compare this post from 8 years ago with the current status, from the SGX site (https://www.sgx.com/research-education/m...-purchases):

Over the five trading sessions from May 16 to May 22, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of S$65 million, adding to net outflow of S$55 million for the preceding four sessions. This brings the net institutional outflow for the 2025 year to May 22 to S$1.73 billion. (article dated 26 May 2025).

So, S$1.73 billion outflow in less than 5 months. Not much love there.

On the brighter side, there are now a number of solid stocks offering very decent dividend yields, especially when compared with the miserly yield now available on Singapore T-bills.

[weijian]

hi Dosser,

Probably more context is required here. I attach SGX site (24th April 2025) as below:
https://www.sgx.com/research-education/m...tile-april

So as of 24th April 2025, the 3 banks had ~2bil of net institutional outflow. So they probably account for the majority of the outflows and is not representative of the general market sentiment. Coincidentally, the net retail inflow for the 3 banks is ~40% more than the net institutional outflow, meaning from this supply/demand check, there is more money going in than out. And this probably hasnt accounted for the SBBs that the banks are doing.

So in summary, is the sentiment good or bad on the 3 banks? It is probably anyone's guess here.

[specuvestor]

Moribund for sure though...
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/co...t-listings

水至清则无鱼 contrary to scholars and advocates. Sesdaq was totally euthanised. Provide a culture of risk taking within acceptable frameworks for retail shareholders. Markets can't work without some speculation and risk transfers.

Even other developed Australian HK or Japan markets has fraud it's more Caveat Emptor and swift justice for those that breaks the framework. Some commentators talk as if our listcos are full of crooks Address issues and level playing field across the board rather than petrified by the <5% that break rules.