In the more foreseeable year ahead, the investment theme for the STI in 2026 is “ride secular winners, seek SMC [small- and mid-cap] opportunities”, say the DBS analysts.
DBS Group Research is not deviating from its projection for the Straits Times Index (STI) to hit nearly 10,000 by 2040 in a report issued Dec 11.
In order for the STI to reach this presumably giddy height, analysts Yeo Kee Yan and Foo Fang Boon make the following assumptions — continued improvement in investor sentiment, reforms to revive the Singapore equity market and a benign interest-rate environment.
