Kaplan Higher Education Institute

Kaplan Higher Education Institute, one of the preferred private education institutions in Singapore, partners Northumbria University from the UK.

Northumbria University is one of the largest and most comprehensive UK education providers in Asia.

This partnership brings to Singapore a wide variety of Direct Honours and Masters programmes. These programmes are mainly assignment based and can be complete in just 16 months!

If you are thinking of furthering your studies, you can now get a study grant should you present the completed maze available islandwide (a print out can be obtained from the website) to their consultants.

Give it a go and you might just get yourself a study grant:
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First REIT: Resistance and supports.

First REIT has been very resilient. It is probably one of the better performers in my portfolio as well. A great investment for income.

However, investing for income does not mean that we cannot trade S-REITs from time to time especially if they remain range bound and somewhat predictable.

In the case of First REIT, if we look at the weekly chart, it is caught between the 50w and the 20w MAs. Immediate resistance is at 77.5c while immediate support is at 76.5c. Breaking immediate resistance could see 79.5c tested next while breaking immediate support could see 74.5c tested.

Now, which way would it go? My take? In the short term, price could go higher. Why?

Looking at the daily chart, we see the MACD just crossing into positive territory while the MFI overcame the 50% line which acted as resistance. The MFI continues to move higher.

However, the formation of a dragonfly doji on a day of relatively high volume suggests that selling pressure at 77c remains formidable. The longer it successfully prevents price from closing higher, the stronger it becomes as resistance.

Why does resistance at 77c seem so strong? It is the confluence of the 50d, 100d and 200d MAs.

SMRT: Downtrend intact.

Technically speaking, SMRT doesn't look good and I am not referring to its trains stalling. OK, bad joke.

Lower high and lower low in price are accompanied by a lower high and lower low in the MACD which is in negative territory. The downtrending MFI suggests reduced demand as the 50% line acted as resistance.

However, forming a doji provides some encouragement for long holders. The doji represents indecision and is a stalemate between bulls and bears.

That the doji formed despite higher volume on a day when price went lower than the low of the previous session suggests that there is some buying support. However, it could also be traders covering their short positions ahead of the weekends.

Single stick reversal signals are usually less reliable. For anyone who is interested in going long here, look out for confirmation next Monday.

If the signal is not confirmed, a lower low could form. $1.70? Perhaps.

Hyflux: Retest of recent high.

Resistance at $1.28 gave way today as price retested the recent high of $1.35. Volume was relatively high. This translates into a higher probability of price pushing higher in the next session. Remember that volume is the fuel that drives rallies.

MACD continues to rise in positive territory. Buying momentum is still positive and strengthening. The MFI continues to rise after bouncing off 50% a few sessions ago. This suggests that demand is still strong.

There is a chance of the counter's price testing $1.39 in the near future. However, I would be happy to divest partially at $1.365 where price could close the gap formed in early November 2011.

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Hyflux: Early stage of trend reversal?