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Singapore IPOs: Why I No Longer Cover Every Listing

Some readers may have noticed that I have not been writing about every Singapore IPO since last year. The simple reason is that life has become busier. Between my day job, an increasingly packed travel schedule, family commitments and desire to play more golf, I have become much more selective about how I spend my time.  Writing detailed IPO reviews takes time — reading prospectuses, analysing financials, comparing valuations and understanding the competitive landscape. While I still enjoy investing and writing, I no longer feel the need to cover every IPO that comes to market. Instead, going forward, I will probably focus only on IPOs where I am seriously considering investing my own money or where there is something particularly interesting that is worth discussing. I suspect this will make the blog more useful as well. Rather than writing about every deal, I can spend more time sharing my thoughts on the handful that I believe deserve attention. That bring...
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Singapore IPOs Tikams for 2013 and 2014

I am sure this is a blog post which readers will be interested to read now that 2014 is coming to an end and there are no more upcoming IPOs. 

I first blogged about the performance of my IPO tikams in 2012. The post was here. In 2012, i made about $4,923 from my IPO tikams.

2013

In 2013, I didn't blog about it but it was actually a good year for me. I made about $23,467. The top 5 contributors were:
  1. Linc Energy $6,165
  2. Mapletree Greater China Trust $4,681
  3. Money Max $4,654
  4. Kris Energy $2,391
  5. Logistics Holdings $2,158
2014

How did 2014 fare? The IPO market in SGX for 2014 is actually quite bad. I think SGX has somehow lost its way...... and is unable to attract good companies to list here. HKSE is definitely the flag bearer in Asia, due partly to its proximity to China.

Funnily enough, I actually had a good year. However, i don't think the performance can be repeated unless SGX is able to attract quality IPOs to list here or i managed to get placement shares in better IPOs in 2015. 

2014 was very unusual because i managed to get out-sized placement shares in a few stocks and had been lucky enough to 'run road' fast enough with a profit. (Do note that this route can easily back-fire as well). My returns for 2014 is $31,093. You can see that the top 3 contributors made the most returns for me.
  1. QT Vascular $12,817
  2. KOP Limited $12,098
  3. UG Healthcare $4,696
  4. Starburst $1,876
  5. JAPFA $525
I also incurred losses from EMAS Offshore but thankfully, i cut loss very quickly given that i have given it a zero rating.

That's all for now. Here is wishing a readers a Happy 2015 and may 2015 IPOs be a good year for you too.

Happy IPOing

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YAP said…
Nice one for both years.

It would be interesting if you could analyse "what if" you held these IPOs till end of 2013 or 2014. Would it still be a profit, high profit or loss?
30 December 2014 at 23:32
Mr. IPO said…
It would have been a total disaster if i am still holding it on 31 Dec 2014.

My Top 3 gainers would have turned into the following:

1. KOP Limited unrealised loss of $131,996
2. QTV unrealised gain of $4,400
3. UG unrealised gain of $1,785
31 December 2014 at 14:21
anon said…
Hi Mr IPO,
By "tikam", did you flip on 1st trading day or within the 1st trading week, or did you hold until such time when you decide to sell?
If you had held, how long and why sell (other than "to make a profit")?
Thanks.
31 December 2014 at 14:37
Mr. IPO said…
Hi Jojo,

IPO are usually very short term for me. I don't intend to hold unless the fundamentals are really compelling of which I will hold in other investment accounts separate from this.

In IPOs, I will sell when it either hit my fair value range or when it hit my "stop loss" level. (Whichever happens first). It's hard to give u a one size fits all rule.
31 December 2014 at 16:43
ronnie said…
Tikams? Your age is showing.

Great work. Thank you.
31 December 2014 at 16:59
Mr. IPO said…
Haha my age was never a secret. :)
31 December 2014 at 17:06
^_^ said…
well done~, hope 2015 will have more IPOs coming in

cheers
1 January 2015 at 12:20
Mr. IPO said…
Thanks Felix! You too. Huat Ah. Still play poker ?
1 January 2015 at 13:49
Unknown said…
Do you think there will be any more potential for starburst? Given that it looks like it is stagnating already.
5 January 2015 at 04:57
Anonymous said…
So clever good job...you sure deserve to earn more !
What I like about you is your clear transparency and truthfulness.

Keep up the excellent work and share more. Tks
8 January 2015 at 13:22
Mr. IPO said…
Hi Mathias, I don't know. Need to see the next results announcement :)
8 January 2015 at 22:13
Mr. IPO said…
Being transparent and truthful is probably due to my upbringing. Thanks to my parents. :) thanks for the compliment.
8 January 2015 at 22:15
Unknown said…
this blog looking very nice and the company good for business Form a Singapore Company
25 May 2015 at 16:41
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