Seems the blue chips Reits are moving up,
Interest rate hike and recession risks all price in?
Initially I used to find it silly when SG bloggers used to make picking REITs and stocks so easy. Like, China reopening -> buy hospitality etc. Coming from global markets perspective, I used to always think markets are way more efficient and everything is priced in and institutions would have already entered before retail investors.
But now, I think SG market is different. There are no futures and options, so it is not easy to "price in" everything. Also the institutional interest in SG market is also probably much lower than more efficient global markets.
So, I think in SG markets, it is easier to just do 1st order analysis like China reopening -> Buy hospitality.
In the US, you need to do 2nd order and 3rd order analysis. Like "Okay wait, How is the positioning?" or "How much of that positioning is expecting this factor v/s some other factor?" In the end most people there get it wrong. But here SG bloggers mostly get it right, with just 1st order analysis.
Best example is how all the SG bloggers and Youtubers, attempted their 1st order analysis and ventured into US & China tech and got whacked last year.