Golden Agriculture: Testing resistance at 80c.

The negative divergences on the charts have been there for some time now. However, price continues its levitation act as it retested resistance at 80c today.

In the shorter term, it would make sense to wait for price to pull back to the 20dMA at 77c before loading. Personally, I would wait for a retest of the 50dMA before loading up. Would there be a catalyst for a stronger pull back? If I miss out on this one, then, too bad for me.

Indonesia will raise a tax on crude palm oil exports to 20% for January from 15% this month, an official said late Monday (27 Dec). Trade Ministry Director General of International Trade Deddy Saleh told reporters that the reference price for CPO will be US$1,118.37 a metric ton. (CPO closed at US$1,221 on 28 Dec.)  -By Joko Hariyanto; contributing to Dow Jones Newswires

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Golden Agriculture: Pulling back.

CapitaMalls Asia: Rising on low volume.

CapitaMalls Asia closed closed at $1.91 today, up 2c. The MACD's bullish crossover is following through as it continues rising above the signal line. Being still in negative territory, this could just be a rebound. However, the higher lows on the MFI and RSI suggest firm underlying demand and buying momentum.

Immediate resistance is at $1.92 which is where the declining 20dMA is approximating.  If this is taken out convincingly, next resistance level is at $1.95 followed by the downtrend resistance at $1.97. Closing above $1.97 would break the current downtrend. Support at $1.83 has been established.

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CapitaMalls Asia: Reversal?

Market malaise and First REIT.

I guess it is safe to say we can take the whole week off and we would not be missing anything. The STI rose 15.56 points on thin volume (total value of S$559.8m) to close at 3,159.36. Thankfully, I was rather busy at work today. Otherwise, I might have been quite bored.

So, what am I looking at in the stock market now? Apart from thinking of what would I be doing in 2011, nothing much. Actually, I have started writing but I am still adding some finishing touches to the blog post. I would definitely put it up before the end of the week. Look out for it.

However, there is one counter that is on my mind: First REIT. It would complete issuance of the rights units (including excess rights) on 30 Dec (Thursday) and the rights units would start trading on 31 Dec (Friday). At an exercise price of only 50c, successful applicants of excess rights would make approximately 40% capital gain immediately!

STI gains 0.5% to close at 3,159.36. Shares on the measure trade at an average 15.4 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.4 times at the beginning of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Monday, 27 December 2010

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First REIT: Dragonfly doji at 71c.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A photo of the Helix Bridge I took a few evenings ago as I took a walk from MBLM to Millenia Walk. Yes, it was a long walk but it was a cool evening. I rather enjoyed the walk. :-)

See the Singapore Flyer in the background on the right?  I am quite proud of this photo taken with my free Samsung mobile phone's built in 5 megapixel camera. ;-p

Merry Christmas to one and all!