2016 has been a great year for stocks in the U.S., but not much in Malaysia except for some companies if evaluated via value investing methods. 

Expect another volatile but seemingly positive year ahead, barring any unforeseen events. Trump’s possible future business friendly policies should help businesses as mentioned in previous posts. 

We maintain all previous outlooks, hence, hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and have a great New Year ahead.

Stocks In View

Tune Protect Group Berhad (5230)

Good future business prospects however seen with setbacks due to loss of 2 top level executive employees. 

British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Berhad (4162)

Stock is down at its more than 5 year lows. However, high duty tax remains the usual skimmer of company profits.

Steel companies in Malaysia 

The Store Corporation Berhad (5711)

The offered buyout price appears too little considering the company’s asset value. All shareholders are advised to not sell at a bargain. 

[ Note: Shareholders own shares/stocks that are pieces of a business that you own, wherein the business took money from the first shareholder in exchange for ownership to grow. Hence, any buyouts should be at a price a business owner would sell his business e.g. How much would you sell a restaurant or a franchised outlet that you bought at $100,000, now worth $400,000 but offered lower say $250,000? ]