Friday 6 January 2012

Market VIews 06 January 2012


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Announcements

Happy New Year ☺
This year, I will be planning a slew of courses to help everyone better understand the market and also to introduce everyone to topics that no one else covers in courses outside.
The idea is to have one session each month, free for clients.
Keep a look out for details here!


Juice


Shipping
Cosco(F83) announced that it has secured a US$220m contract to build 2 self-propelled construction vessels. Contract is awarded by an Asian Co. to Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard.
Kim Eng note that while the contract is certainly welcome news in the current soft offshore market, margins are likely to remain depressed due to learning curve issues on its earlier contracts. Bulk shipping newbuilds are still also dogged by execution issues and low pricing. Overall house maintain Sell recommendation with $0.72 TP.
Similarly CIMB maintains Sell with TP $0.92.
Comment: I won't pay too much attention to the analysts. Cosco is a counter to look out for in better times. Price is relatively high in this environment otherwise, it can be a good catch


Sources: Bloomberg, Reuters, WSJ, The Business Times, Analyst Reports, Company Announcements

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