SINGAPORE INDUSTRIAL
Safe Havens in Turbulent Times
In the first half of August, a few days after Standard & Poor’s downgraded US debt and caused a 600-point drop in the US stock market, a related entity S&P Equity Research published their stock recommendations which consisted of big names such as General Electric, PepsiCo, McDonalds, Abbott Laboratories, etc.
Industrial strata units as an alternative investment?
The recently imposed Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) on certain categories of residential properties had some analysts predicting a spillover of demand to non-residential properties like industrial, retail or office strata units, but the situation might not be as straightforward as it seems.
