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Years of Earnings Underperformance Lead to Singaporean ‘Sell’

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 31, 2017

Consensus recommendations on Singapore have gone from a “Buy” in the 2014-2015 period to the current recommendation of “Sell”—a massive fall.

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Learning Valuation: M.C.S. Steel

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 30, 2017

Educational valuation example of M.C.S. Steel Public Company Limited, a Thai company that fabricates and distributes 70,000 tons of structural steel products annually.

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India’s Bad Loan Surge

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 30, 2017

Chart of the Day: The 2008 Financial Crisis in the US didn’t hit Asia. India’s bad loan crisis started slowly in 2011, really accelerating in 2015.

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Come in out of the Cold

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 27, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of January 23 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we discover how to unfreeze your cash assets, the dangers of ego for investors, and how the CAPE ratio can be used for equity valuation. All this and more…

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Appliance Manufacturer Rides Wave of Middle Class Growth

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 26, 2017

Founded in 1981, SNC Former Public Company Limited is a manufacturer of electric appliances, such as air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines. Profitable Growth has fallen to #3 in recent years from #1 in 2012.

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On Heels of Ringgit Depreciation, Analysts Scorn Malaysia

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 25, 2017

Analysts are now negative on Malaysia once again after the Ringgit has continued to depreciate. Analysts now, however, expect 6% upside over the next 12 months vs 3% in August.

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Thai Steel Provider Acts as One-Stop Shop

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 24, 2017

Founded in 1976, Thai Metal Trade Public Company Limited is a steel trading and processing company, serving domestic and international customers with steel products that run the gamut from raw materials to finished products. Since 2012, Tarasombat has led the company to above average rankings for Profitable Growth.

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Philippines: Strongest ‘Buy’ in Asia

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 23, 2017

We can see that the bottom-up country relative consensus recommendation is currently a maximum level “Buy” for the Philippines. The consensus EPS growth estimates have been stable over the last five years at about 11% on average.

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To Forecast or Not to Forecast? That’s the Question

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 20, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of January 16 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we cover a variety of articles which look ahead at 2017, should we be forecasting for the future year or is that a fool’s errand…?

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Following Recognition of Bad Loans, India’s Banks are Struggling

By Become a Better Investor | Jan 20, 2017

With news of bad loans mucking up the Indian banking system throughout 2016, the Reserve Bank of India set a March 2017 deadline for banks to release all data on non-performing loans. The data that has been released thus far, however, won’t steady the nerves of investors.

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