Investment Outlook and Stock Picks for 2013

What better way to start the new year then to give an outlook on what 2013 ought to bring?  And what better way to know what 2013 will bring by looking at what the experts think will happen.

OCBC Research will be sticking to the strategy of overweighing in the oil & gas, banking, healthcare and selective property sub-sectors.  Their stock picks for 2013 include Biosensors, CapitaMalls Asia (CMA), CapitaMall Trust (CMT), City Developments (CDL), DBS, Ezion Holdings, Keppel Corp, M1, Sembcorp Marine, Starhill Global REIT, UOB and Venture Corp.  Despite strong gains in 2012, they expect further upside for these sectors/stocks.

For Phillip Securities Research, their top picks include SIA Engineering Company, Capitaland and Pan United.  Thematic plays will be dividend stocks and construction stocks.

Here are the closing price of all the stocks on 31 Dec 2012:

	Closing Price on 31 Dec 2012
Biosensors	1.205
CMT	2.130
CMA	1.940
City Developments	12.870
DBS	14.840
Ezion Holdings	1.690
Keppel Corp	11.000
M1	2.710
SembCorp Marine	4.600
Starhill Global REIT	0.785
UOB	19.810
Venture Corp	8.060
Capitaland	3.700
SIA Engineering Company	4.390
Pan United	0.775