Singapore's virus-hit small caps set for big gains, says top analyst


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SINGAPORE, Aug 30 (Bloomberg): Rising global optimism about a coronavirus treatment is prompting a top Singapore analyst to take a bullish view of pandemic-hit small stocks in the city-state.

Newsflow related to the development of a vaccine can stoke long bets on Covid losers, according to Jarick Seet, who was ranked by the Asiamoney Brokers Poll as Singapore’s top researcher for small-cap shares in three of the last four years.

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