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description: "🦎 IGGY MORNING BRIEF, 21 AUGUST 2026☕ Good morning, Iguanas. SGX opens at 9 am SGT. Banks stayed under pressure yesterday, and there is a REIT angle worth watching today.OVERNIGHT US SUMMARYWall Street had its worst day in three weeks. Dow -1.32% to 52,759.21. S&P 500 -0.87% to 7,641.16. Nasdaq -1.00% to 26,067.17. Rising oil and expanding US debt revived inflation concerns, while Walmart’s cautious guidance weighed on sentiment. Brent climbed for a fourth straight session to US$92.67 on Middle East supply risk. VIX edged up to 15.21. For SGX, the pressure on banks remains the same story: higher yields and oil, not a new driver.SGX PRE-OPEN PULSESTI fell 0.39% to 5,672, slipping below 5,700 early and staying there. DBS -1.03% to S$75.22, with OCBC and UOB also under selling pressure. USD/SGD at 1.2721.SINGAPORE NEWS ON IGGY’S RADAR📖 Rising bond yields and S-REITsA Business Times opinion flags REITs as a quieter casualty of higher yields. The logic holds: higher rates lift funding costs for leveraged assets, already visible in names like Keppel DC REIT. Worth digging deeper if REITs are core holdings.💰 VICOM raises interim dividend 27.4% to 3.95 centsRevenue rose 6.4% to S$74.3 million, with profit supported by a 44.2% drop in subcontractor costs. This is operational improvement, not just payout. VICOM remains linked to ComfortDelGro, which stays on my watchlist.📈 Economists lift 2026 growth forecasts on AIAnother extension of the AI growth narrative. But stronger GDP does not guarantee broad income gains, an important distinction behind the headline numbers.IGGY’S GAME PLANFour sessions of pressure on banks is not noise. With rates and oil both moving higher, I am watching this closely. The REIT angle matters more than it looks, funding pressure builds slowly until it does not. VICOM stands out as a genuine bright spot in an otherwise cautious tape.Not financial advice. Iggy’s Forensic Compliance Standards apply."
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# 🦎 IGGY MORNING BRIEF, 21 AUGUST 2026☕ Good morning…


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