red flag about Cambridge in response to the analysis done by our Sexy VJC Girl. This culminated into this article . We took a look at Cambridge to see what the hoo ha ha ha ha..Santa Claus is about.It states that they still have S$336,843,000 dollars they have to pay within a year. Wow. So, we, being extremely nosey and kaypoh like what a hot auntie would naturally be, decided to look at the footnotes to gain some perspective on this "wow" figure, and here it is:
So, really, dear investors who invested in this counter, keep your eyes peeled on any news on this. BUT, we being extremely irritating, persistent, bo liao and totally curious decided that it shan't end like that. We decided to take a look at Maple Tree Logistics which is another sort of industrial Reit. And..TAaaa DAaaaa.... No mentioning of any debt to be repaid within one year! S$113,701,000 to be repaid winthin 1 year. Compare this with Cambridge.
So can islamic financing save the day for Cambridge? ( Hmm we seem to remember some article back that Islamic financing may not be immune to the credit crisis too?........Just can't find it..)
See below for a post by a nick "Banker" at a forum.
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Cambridge Trust (CIT) has an option to extend the S$330+ mil facility. ABN Amro the trustee of CIT is the arranger for this facility. Moreover, this loan already has been securitized in the ABS market. In addition to the ABN Amro's backup, CIT has Australian National Bank as the major investor at the trust manager. I don't think refinancing is a problem. However, if CIT has to pay higher interest it will affect the DPU.Unquote
Updated 11 Dec 2008: From a forummer nick "caseyc" regarding the Islamic Financing
Quote:According to the following source, it seems like Shariah-compliant loan is dead:http://www.sharesinvestment.co.../35054/en/"Refinancing will stem from conventional financing arrangements (as opposed to Shariah-compliant loan arrangements which CIT has been vying for) in the form of syndicated loan."I can't find any other references that mention this though, so take it with some salt.I've been waiting for the refinancing announcement, but decided to exit after I no longer felt comfortable with the lateness. Let's hope that they can pull through this. UnQuote
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data today. Shit man. Some of our investments SUCK after seeing what she crunched. Anyway, what emerged is so simple to understand but its just that we have been too absorbed into the world of sexy valuation names, such as Sum of Total Parts (SOTP) valuation, Cash Conversion cycle, DCF, PEG ratio e.t.c. . Not that they are useless of cos. What we think and reasoned is that before these ratios are used, the utmost prerequisite is that the investment has to be generating a positive operational cash flow consistently first before one
"owed" by the customers to be paid say in 6 months time. What if the customers default? This sales revenue is then not realised but still recorded as net income previously. Similarly, net income is often contaminated with depreciation expense which is non-cash but purely an accounting concept. So if a company is generating a boatload of cash but if it is capital intensive, then net income will be seen as very little. To clear all this fluff, including management's easy manipulation of net income, one has therefore to look at the Cash from Operations. Or to be more conservative, Free Cash Flow from Operations from a reasonable amount of time period, say 4-5 years or more.( Deducting Capital Exp. from Cash from Operations.)
So, we decided to look at Singapore Press Holdings. Recently, 2 analysts have been stating a BUY call for this counter, including a consensus recommendation calling for a near buy. Its easy to agree with them. Straits Times Newspaper, Business Times everywhere and they should be recession proof, right. Let's look at their data. ( You can find the data at 
Wondering why their revenue have been increasing so remarkably but their net income seem to be going no-where, and their Cash from Operations is bobbing up and down the water. Their FCF seem to have the longest breath, staying submerged, only coming up for some fresh air in year 2004. Come to think of it. Does SPH really have an investment moat? It's great they came up with STOMP , Digital Newspaper ...but...is that enough?
