Datadog: Top dog in IT observation

Datadog is one of the larger positions in my portfolio and I was happy to add more when the share price fell despite revenue growing 61% y/y in the recent quarter. What does Datadog do? It is 3am and your phone starts ringing. You are the CTO of one of the world’s largest banks and …

Fiverr: A 5 bagger in 10 years?

I recently bought shares in Fiverr, a marketplace which connects companies with freelancers because I'm increasingly drawn to small but fast growing platforms. Platforms such as Fiverr benefit from wide moats because of their network effects and are highly scalable businesses because most of their costs are fixed costs. Here’s a description of Fiverr from …

3 reasons why I’m still holding my iFAST shares

iFAST, a large Singapore-based investment platform is one of my earliest and largest positions since 2017 so I have been grateful for the recent ~100% jump in the share price. Here are 3 reasons why I haven't sold any of my shares. iFAST operates a large non-bank investment platform in Singapore but the company is …

Singapore O&G 1H 2020 results: The good and the bad

Singapore O&G (SOG) reported a decent set of 1H 2020 results despite the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. Revenue fell 4% to SGD17.8 million while net profit fell 21% to SGD3.7 million Here's the good and the bad about Singapore O&G results. Good Let's start with the good. Singapore O&G reinstated their dividend (0.5 cents). The …

MasterCard/Visa: Down but not out

MasterCard and Visa reported weak second quarter 2020 results with revenue and net profit falling year on year. MasterCard 2Q 2020 revenue fell 19% while net profit fell 31%. It was a similar trend for Visa with revenue falling 17% and net profit falling 23% year on year. The good news is that things are …

iFAST: 3 myths about 2Q 2020 results

iFAST share price is up 26% in the last month which has led to many questions about the company. Here are 3 common misconceptions: Myth 1: iFAST will grow 80% every year iFAST reported great set of results for the second quarter of 2020 which warmed the cockles of my heart. Net revenue grew 21% …

iFAST: Don’t bank on it!

iFAST has a 1 in 7 chance to become a digital bank. Here's why. iFAST is one of the nine bidders who made the shortlist for the Singapore wholesale digital banking license and only three licenses will be awarded by end-2020.  iFAST is up against bidders which are partly owned by the Singapore government and the …

TripAdvisor: Don’t check out yet!

TripAdvisor Q1 results are out and they are ugly as expected. Q2 will be even worse but TripAdvisor should be able to ride out this downturn. TripAdvisor has cut expenses dramatically including 22% of its workforce while suspending CEO salary for the rest of 2020. In a worst case scenario where sales drops to zero, …

Is iFAST antifragile?

"Antifragile" refers to things which gain from disorder and iFAST had some big gains in the first quarter of 2020! 1Q20 net revenue grew 25% year on year(yoy) and 11% quarter on quarter(qoq) Recurring net revenue grew 11% yoy and 2% qoq Net client inflows was 224% higher year on year and 119% qoq Net …

Singapore O&G: 6 things to note in the 2019 annual report

Am I the only SOG shareholder who has given up looking at the share price?  Anyway, here's are six key highlights from their 2019 annual report. Let's start with the bad news: Dermatology impairment Increasing competition and weak medical tourism trends in Singapore resulted in a SGD11.3 million goodwill impairment for the year. Excluding the …