GIC invests $14 billion in Swiss bank UBS

last SG · 2007-12-12T22:13:51+00:00

i'm thinking of buying some UBS shares, what do u folks think?I asked for advice at www.secondopinion.asia and was told they do not advise on specific stocks...

CX SG

Actually, if UBS now came forward and said that they now believe that 100% of their sub-prime exposure will need to be written off (which is an absurd hypothesis) and they need another 5 billion from GIC, I would think that its not a bad idea to buy in some more.

Ceteris paribus, their business model is, after all, fundamentally sound. Their wealth management business, barring their exposure to CDO, is world class and their brand equity is second to none.

CX SG

duplicate post

will4 SG

Thaksin asset already kena seized by the revenue authority.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21992889

AndrewPKYap SG

... people get sentimental when they are holding on to money losing positions... they will look at straws to clutch... they become subjective...

... if UBS is as excellent as you say... why did they make that 10s of billions of dollars losses?

... is UBS the best place to park your funds at this time?

... are the despots parking their money in UBS because they have become emotionally attached to their position?

... most likely... because the people in-charge are put there by despots practicing nepotism and cronyism...

Gazelle SG

You mean his thai asset?

will4 SG

Correct but his children asset also kena confiscated. The trouble is the junta will not allowed his party to be elected as the winner in the coming

election.

CX SG

UBS is not the only bank to lose money in collateralised debt obligations.

Deutsche Bank analysts estimates total losses from the subprime crisis will reach about $400 billion.

Is UBS the best place to park money now? Hmmm... I don't know...

Its a question that can only be answered perfectly with hindsight. And doing that makes us no better than the weekly 4-D and TOTO punters: If only I knew ah, I box then sure tio liao ah...

Sure, they were warning signs. Analysts spilled ink and some of the smarter investors and institutions did damage control early and limited their exposure... Mind you: LIMITED their exposure. No one got away untainted.

And I don't see how the issue of whether the government is despotic or not will impact on what seems to be, by most measures, a sound, long term investment.

Gazelle SG

i believe this is about the right time to scope up banking share when banks are now going through credit crunch and opportunities like this is hard to come by, especially if you talking about bluechip like UBS.

watch out for the middle east and china investment funds, they are all waiting at the sideline for USA to go into recession. Once that starts, billions of funds will go into US to acquire companies.

As for Temasek and GIC, we are in good position both financially and politically to take advantage of the situation, as long as we dont get into a major bidding war with other major sovereign funds.

AndrewPKYap SG

all well and good... except for the fact that they lost a billion dollars in three days..

... think how much returns they could have gotten with the $1billion dollars... if only they have put it in the right place instead of chasing after their losses in UBS...

Gazelle SG

Andrew, please dont bored us with what we already know. If you want to call youself a smart investor, you should at least demostrate to us you smell where are the opportunties during a crisis because that is really the best time to invest.

AndrewPKYap SG

Gazelle, are you sure you know what you are talking about and are you sure you are not confused like in the last thread, quote me as saying I bought Thai Bahts in November and stupidly ask me when in July I bought it?

CX SG

Just a thought: If Microsoft announced record losses following the flop of their latest software products and defects leading to product recalls of their x-box consoles, how do we expect the market to react?

If they announced in the same press release that they had found a strategic partner willing to pump is tons of dollars into the company to make good the losses and bring the company to new heights, would the market react any different?

My answer to both question is "NO"... pple will panic at the sight of bad news and sell, sell sell...

The long term profitability and viability of the company however, is a totally separate matter altogether.

AndrewPKYap SG

The issue is whether the despots should be chasing after their losses in UBS or made an conscientious well thought out investment that has nothing to do with their losses in UBS and do not end up with a billion dollars loss in three days... the billion dollars loss in three days could be better spent buying something else...

Chasing after losses is what big time losers like Nick Leeson and CAO does...

... they see their positions making losses and they pile in more money to try to recover their losses instead of taking a step back and asking themselves where they should put their money....

AndrewPKYap SG

... you buy a $1000 TV and the despots take $70 in GST...

... a $1billion dollars loss means that they took $70/- out of 14,285,714.28 in the number of $1000 TV sets that Singaporeans bought...

... and lost it to foreigners in 3 days flat... the money could have been better spent investing elsewhere instead of chasing after their UBS losses...

CX SG

So... where should they put their money Question

AndrewPKYap SG

what a stupid question... you think I am paid millions to make that decision?

.... they should be honorable like the Japanese and if they dare to take the public money, then they should ready to kill themselves if they make a mistake...

walesa SG

Try reconciling your hopelessly incoherent logic of judging their track records under the circumstances that their stock price is immaterial. Laughing Just what spin are you trying to sell here? Your argument is getting more self-contradictory and senseless as you try to skirt round your ridiculous propositions.

AndrewPKYap SG

... the despots should have killed themselves many times over if they are honorable like the Japanese, for their stupid mistakes and for talking as much of Singaporeans' money as possible...

... they dare to take so much public money? They should have no qualms killing themselves for their mistakes...

lionnoisy SG

u need not be too sad.

GIC is not holding the share yet.

This is subject to the approval of UBS shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) which will take place in mid-February 2008.

share price here.check here 5 years later.

Dividend payment history

few_figures.

AndrewPKYap SG

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