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COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant impact to the world. Archives of blog posts and stock news about companies and REITs impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.

New Measures To Help SREITs During COVID-19

On April 18, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock News

Previously I wrote about how the COVID-19 measures have impacted the SREITs. Under the new bill, landlords will not be able to terminate the lease of tenants or claim back the rented premises if the …

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ST Engineering Defers AGM and Dividend Payment

On April 8, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock News

This morning, I read that ST Engineering has cancelled its dividend payout from a post in an investing forum. At that moment, I was shocked as so far no companies had announce dividend payout and …

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COVID-19 Measures To Impact SREITs

On April 7, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock News

The stock market is irrational. With “Circuit Breaker” being announced on Friday, I was expecting the stock market to be in a sea of red however it was the reverse. The stock market went up …

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Investment Lessons Learnt From This COVID-19 Crisis

On March 24, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Miscellaneous

As the COVID-19 outbreak gets more serious, this had caused a significant impact to the worldwide economy. Last week, we just saw the stock prices of REITs falling as much as 50 to 60 percent. …

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Goodbye The Hour Glass

On March 8, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In My Stock Transactions

The Hour Glass is a stock with deep value and it currently makes up 3% of my stock portfolio. This company had been consistently paying investors dividend over the years. In fact, The Hour Glass …

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Impact of COVID-19 to Straits Time Index

On February 17, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock Analysis

We are almost one and a half months since the COVID-19 outbreak. Since the outbreak, people scrambled to wipe out surgical masks and hand sanitizers off the shelves. When the DORSCON (Disease Outbreak Response System …

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Suntec REIT FY19 Distribution Per Unit Fell 4.8%

On February 14, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock News

It has almost been 2 years since I divested Suntec REIT. Recently, I visited Suntec City mall and I decided to take a look how Suntec REIT is performing over the 2 years. In the …

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CapitaLand Retail China Trust and Sasseur REIT Closes Malls Due to Wuhan Virus

On January 29, 2020 By My Sweet Retirement In Stock News

With the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (CoV) in Wuhan, there are two REITs that I have found that the share price was impacted by the virus outbreak. They are CapitaLand Retail China Trust …

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