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All three local banks flagged tariff uncertainties from US President Donald Trump’s trade policies and boosted allowance reserves. Let’s check their earnings performance. $DBS Group Holdings(D05.SI)$ Beats Across-the-Board; Profit Hits Record High After Tax Adjustment; Management Maintains GuidanceEPS: 1.02 (2.78% beat)Revenue: SGD 5.90 billion (2.69% beat)Net Interest Income: SGD 3.68 billion (0.75% beat)Net Interest Margin (NIM): 2.12% (1.47% beat)Net Profit: SGD 2.89 billion (0.70% beat)DBS’s Q1 net profit fell 2%, mainly due to higher tax expenses following the implementation of the 15% global minimum tax in January. However, pre-tax profit hit a record high of SGD 3.44 billion, up 1% year-over-year.Outlook: Management broadly maintained its

Stock Take. Shares of Chinese EV maker $NIO Inc.(NIO)$ have soared by almost +40% since first week of April 2025. One Wall Street analyst thinks that's just the beginning. Not only that, $Citigroup(C)$, Analyst Jeff Chung believes more moves higher are imminent. As reported by Barron, Chung has in a Sunday (28 Apr 2025) report: Placed NIO on a 30-day positive "catalyst watch". Chung even thinks the stock is worth $8.10 per share. That would represent a more than 100% gain from where it traded at the time of his report. NIO stock to double? Nio delivered about 42,000 EVs in Q1 2025. This is more than +40% YoY increase. (see above) Chung still sees sales growth meaningfully accelerating from here. The new optim

It’s said that 85% of people don’t make money trading stocks. Even someone as brilliant as Newton wasn’t spared. That’s because trading isn’t just about technicals and fundamentals—it’s a game of human nature. Let’s take a look at the five key habits that lead to losses. Which one sounds familiar?1. FOMO: Sell and then buy again—and always go all-in, never holding cash The moment you sell, you’re itching to buy something else, afraid of missing out. This is classic greed. But remember: as long as the market exists, opportunities will always come. Ironically, when the real opportunity does arrive, you probably won’t have any cash left.2. Wrong take-profit and stop-loss method: Take quick profits but hold onto losing trades This is a classic retail investor trap—taking tiny profits out of fe

Bill Gates recently visited Singapore to attend the 2025 Asia Philanthropy Summit, where he announced the establishment of a new Gates Foundation office in the country.Over the past two days, photos of Gates casually dining at the Newton Food Centre have gone viral on social media, sparking lively discussion among netizens.During his visit to the hawker centre, Gates tasted chicken rice, satay, carrot cake, roti prata, lime juice, and sugarcane juice. He didn’t seem to mind the crowd watching, recording, or snapping photos—instead, he immersed himself in the experience, thoroughly enjoying the food.One netizen jokingly asked, “Mr. Gates, can I borrow 10 dollars?” to which another replied, “By the time you finish asking, he’s already made another $1.3 million…”A Singaporean commenter quippe