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Foreign shareholding in listed Malaysian banks is nearly at a five-year peak, even as foreign funds remain as net sellers of local equities for 21 straight weeks.
Rising protectionism, recent tariffs and an uncertain inflation outlook all reflect heightened policy uncertainty, as illustrated by the Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) Index.
The forthcoming fourth-quarter 2024 earnings reporting season will likely have less influence on stock movements amid continued uncertainties on the international geopolitical front, according to analysts.
PETALING JAYA: Kenanga Research continues to like the utilities sector for its earnings defensiveness and resilience, backed by regulated assets that generate recurring cash flow to provide decent dividend yields of up to 3%.
Malaysian banking stocks could be looking at more modest returns this year, after a strong performance in 2024.
PETALING JAYA: Analysts remain largely sanguine in their outlook for the banking industry, supported by stable dividend yields, limited downside risk to sector earnings and a conducive operating environment in 2025, among other factors.
The utilities sector shone brightly as the earnings performance of many players in the recent second quarter reporting season exceeded expectations.
The utilities sector continues to be attractive for its earnings defensiveness, which is backed by resilient earnings from regulated assets, while recurring cash flows also anchor decent yields of 4% to 5%, according to Kenanga Research.
Money managers overseeing US$4.2 trillion in Chinese stocks boosted their allocation to the electronics sector by almost three percentage points quarter on quarter
KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank and Hong Leong Bank are top scorers for banks' defensiveness against credit risks under CGS-CIMB Equities Research's new scoring methodology.
The outlook for the utilities sector remains positive following its decent financial performance in the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 (1Q24).
PETALING JAYA: Despite elevated raw material prices, Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) has no intention to raise the prices of its goods.
PETALING JAYA: Earnings recovery is underway for Sunway Bhd given its resilient healthcare division and strong rate of property take-up.
PETALING JAYA: The current declining gas prices are expected to have a mixed impact on utility companies.
His response, laced with excuses and defensiveness, added to my distress. At that moment, I couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of disappointment.
PETALING JAYA: The utilities sector’s financial performance in the fourth quarter of last year (4Q23) has been a disappointment, prompting a downgrade by analysts.
For more than a month in late 2023, a 73-year-old woman thought she was being investigated by the “police”, and was on the verge of transferring a chunk of her savings to scammers.
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government pledged there would be no repeat of injustices suffered by families of the 97 victims of the 1989 Hillsborough crush but rejected calls for a new law in the wake of failings which followed the country's worst stadium disaster.
“YOU’RE starting to look like a housemaid,” my aunt said one day as she picked me up from rugby practice.
