This Week at InvestKaki:
Big Hits [U.S.] 💵
Moving on, here are the news that shocked the world…
Trump-Venezuela $SPX ( ▲ 0.65% ): Trump launched a raid on Venezuela, and captured its President and wife. Now, he says he’s in charge for a while to keep the oil flowing [Read More]
Trump-Greenland: Fresh off his high on capturing Venezuela President, Trump now wants to ‘take’ Greenland whether by money or force [Read More]
Sandisk $SNDK ( ▲ 12.82% ): Sandisk - yes, that pendrive company, rose by 27% as the Consumer Electronics Show hype spilled over to investors [Read More]
Microchip $MCHP ( ▲ 2.3% ): Microchip has raised its guidance for sales, as companies are struggling to find stock for semiconductors as demand outpaces supply [Read More]
Costco $COST ( ▲ 1.05% ): December has gone swellingly well for Costco as sales were very strong during the holiday season. It grew by 8.5%. [Read More]
Big Hits [Asia] 📊
Here are the news covering the Asia market…
Foxconn: Foxconn is riding the AI wave comfortably. Revenue rose by 22% as AI players continue to buy more chips and data centre buildouts from the company [Read More]
UI Boustead REIT IPO: The REIT could be listing in the Singapore market in March 2026 to raise about $900 million [Read More]
Civmec: Civmec has secured contracts worth A$400 million for 2026 and 2027. Notably, it has a contract with BHP for the Port Debottlenecking Project 2 [Read More]
iFast: iFast is investing $19.6 million to acquire a 30% stake in Financial Alliance Corporation. [Read More]
Grab X GAC: Grab and GAC has agreed to deploy 20,000 EVs across Southeast Asia, specifically the Aion Y, Aion ES, and Aion V models [Read More]
Reports 📝
See below for our handpicked analyst reports:
Stock | Headline | Link |
|---|---|---|
Costco | Scalable model reinforces value retail leadership | |
Amazon | E-commerce and Web server markets leader | |
Alibaba | Undervalued with high upside from cloud | |
Keppel REIT | Resilient earnings from expansion in Singapore | |
Sea Ltd | Selling overdone with attractive risk-reward |
Posts of the Week
If you let emotions dominate your investments …
Stock of the Week
Surprisingly, Microchip rose this week like a bunny in heat.
It is up by 13% for the week as companies are scouring the market for semiconductor chips to feed the AI sector.
Microchip Technology produces and sells semiconductor products and solutions, with a diversified revenue base.
United States: 25% of revenue
Europe: 20%
China: 17%
Taiwan: 16%
Recently, it has raised its 3Q sales forecast as it sees higher orders from its customers. It expects 3Q revenue to be $1.19 billion.
Its client companies are starting to burn through most of its semiconductor inventory accumulated during the pandemic. Now, they are looking to fill their inventory again to fulfill the high demand from their AI clients.
This might be a shift towards profitability as the company has incurred losses in 3 out of the last 4 quarters.
Analysts now have the company at a target price of US$76.3 with an implied upside of +3.7%.
Hope the above is fruitful for you all..
Cheers,
James Yeo