Haiting and Yangzijiang, these two ships stopped halfway at sea and didn't move forward. Are they fishing? 🐟 😳 Could these two be drifting fishing boats at sea? 🫢🫢🤣
Haiting is up 1.94, and Yangzijiang broke through 4.8. Are these two ships setting sail? 😃
With the US Democrats in power, US chip stocks, AI, and even tech stocks are being suppressed. Last night, over 80% of stocks were wiped out, and several have turned into meme stocks? 😓
Despite global turmoil and unstable inflation factors, DBS Bank's earnings report this morning showed solid performance, which is already very impressive 👍
Democrats swept Congress and the Dow had its best post-midterm day in 44 years, but chipmakers sank as voters turned on AI data centres. At home, DBS missed forecasts, the second big local bank to stu...
Tech stocks wiped out after US stocks gap up 80% tonight? 😓
87 picks in October, and two of the winners had never posted before. November is running now, let's post & join!
I know DBS is a popular choice, but I still opted for OCBC because of its stable performance, and I already hold OCBC stock 🫢😁😁
Our three biggest banks report on three consecutive mornings this week — and they go into it off a four-day slide. 🏦$UOB(U11.SG) — Wednesday, before SGX opens$DBS(D05.SG) — Thursday, before SGX opens$...
Haiting is up 1.94, and Yangzijiang broke through 4.8. Are these two ships setting sail? 😃
Apple reports Q4 FY2026 after the US close tonight — the first earnings call under new CEO John Ternus. It ended last week as the world's most valuable company again, and the average analyst target now sits below the share price. Call Tuesday's close, back it up, and the 3 best takes win 2 SGD each.
Have the Haining and Yangtze River vessels been cleared? Can loading into the warehouse begin now? 🤣🤣😃
Iggy’s Journal: Own Fewer Than 100 Shares? What an Odd Lot Is, How It Trades and What It Can Cost
Wed 4 Nov 2026 | Midday
The Numbers
A board lot is 100 shares, so an order for 50 is an odd lot. It can still be traded, through the Unit Share Market, which has its own bids and asks. In a made-up example, buying 50 shares costs S$200.00 at the main board ask and S$202.50 at the odd-lot ask, an extra S$2.50. Selling later at the odd-lot bid leaves S$197.50, so the round trip loses S$5.00 from the spread alone.
My Personal Take
Permission is not what I question here, because a 50-share order is allowed. The price is the part I want to understand, since the odd-lot bid and ask sit in a separate market from the main board. That leaves me with two questions. What does the separate market charge through its spread, and on a small order, when does a broker’s minimum fee matter more than that spread? The episode takes the 50-share order from the first bid and ask to the sale and totals the cost at each point.
📺 YouTube: https://youtu.be/I-POoVa-kWM
Cheers,
Iggy 🦖
Not financial advice. Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards apply.
Lately, both US stocks and new IPOs have been staging the same drama around earnings dates: plunging and tanking. Are Singapore's top three bank stocks also playing the 'massive liquidity injection' game? If DBS keeps falling from such high levels, will it drop even deeper? Day after day of selling—could DBS keep tumbling until it hits just $50 a share? 😳🥹😓
Stocks to watch: UOB, SGX, CLI, SIA Engineering, CSE, MUST, IX Biopharma
Has Yangzijiang Shipbuilding's stock run its course? Is it time to enter the market now? 😁
Iggy’s Journal: The STI Fell 1.36% on Monday, a Bigger Drop Than the Previous Five Sessions Combined
Tue 3 Nov 2026 | Morning
The Numbers
The STI closed on Monday 2 November at 5,303.83, down 72.91 points or 1.36%. On Wall Street, the Dow rose 213.67 points or 0.41% to 51,983.98, the S&P 500 fell 38.67 or 0.51% to 7,541.40, and the Nasdaq fell 272.68 or 1.07% to 25,164.32. The Associated Press tied the split to continued selling of AI and technology shares, while a 7.6% fall in crude oil lifted most other stocks. January Brent futures settled at US$104.77, down US$8.66 or 7.63% (ICE Futures via Xinhua and The Star). A Business Times headline says the STI’s total returns slid 5.2% in October. MAS has set aside S$30 million for a grant to help insurers build infrastructure investment teams, and opened a consultation until 18 December on lower capital charges for qualifying infrastructure assets.
My Personal Take
The size of the move is what I notice first. Monday’s 1.36% fall is larger than the whole of the previous five sessions, which took the index from 5,422.16 on 23 October to 5,376.74 on Friday, a fall of about 0.84%. The Business Times headline on October’s 5.2% fall in total returns shows the day came after a weak month. I will watch what SGX does at 9am and whether Monday stays a one-day event.
Cheers,
Iggy 🦖
Not financial advice. Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards apply.
Are the top three Singapore bank stocks playing a crash? 😓
Iggy’s Journal: The STI Fell 1.36% on Monday, a Bigger Drop Than the Previous Five Sessions Combined
Tue 3 Nov 2026 | Morning
The Numbers
The STI closed on Monday 2 November at 5,303.83, down 72.91 points or 1.36%. On Wall Street, the Dow rose 213.67 points or 0.41% to 51,983.98, the S&P 500 fell 38.67 or 0.51% to 7,541.40, and the Nasdaq fell 272.68 or 1.07% to 25,164.32. The Associated Press tied the split to continued selling of AI and technology shares, while a 7.6% fall in crude oil lifted most other stocks. January Brent futures settled at US$104.77, down US$8.66 or 7.63% (ICE Futures via Xinhua and The Star). A Business Times headline says the STI’s total returns slid 5.2% in October. MAS has set aside S$30 million for a grant to help insurers build infrastructure investment teams, and opened a consultation until 18 December on lower capital charges for qualifying infrastructure assets.
My Personal Take
The size of the move is what I notice first. Monday’s 1.36% fall is larger than the whole of the previous five sessions, which took the index from 5,422.16 on 23 October to 5,376.74 on Friday, a fall of about 0.84%. The Business Times headline on October’s 5.2% fall in total returns shows the day came after a weak month. I will watch what SGX does at 9am and whether Monday stays a one-day event.
Cheers,
Iggy 🦖
Not financial advice. Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards apply.
Apple's performance has always been hidden👍😃😃
Apple reports Q4 FY2026 after the US close tonight — the first earnings call under new CEO John Ternus. It ended last week as the world's most valuable company again, and the average analyst target now sits below the share price. Call Tuesday's close, back it up, and the 3 best takes win 2 SGD each.
Silver and gold have all broken down; gold fell below 39,000, BTC dropped below 77,000, and stocks are all falling. What happened? Is it related to Binance having $6.5 billion stolen by hackers? 🫢
Alphabet had its worst day ever, and Amazon and Intel slid after hours. Eli Lilly and Apple bucked the selloff with records. Let's dig in 👇 💬 Big Tech is paying for AI with cash flow. Buying the Alpha...
Crypto BTC opened directly lower this morning ⬇️ to 76k, what's going on? 😂
Alphabet had its worst day ever, and Amazon and Intel slid after hours. Eli Lilly and Apple bucked the selloff with records. Let's dig in 👇 💬 Big Tech is paying for AI with cash flow. Buying the Alpha...
Recently, several US stocks have crashed directly in the after-hours and night sessions. Is a financial crisis approaching? Singapore IPO Min Material dropped from 1.8 to 1.49 within just a few days of listing. The position is too risky ⚠️
Alphabet had its worst day ever, and Amazon and Intel slid after hours. Eli Lilly and Apple bucked the selloff with records. Let's dig in 👇 💬 Big Tech is paying for AI with cash flow. Buying the Alpha...
