27 April 2012

I have to close this month's account a day earlier since I am going for an overseas tour tonight.

This April has been a quiet month with thin trading volume in SGX. In my opinion, global stock market is also going sideway. STI ended today at 2981.58, 29 points lower than last month. SG corporates' good earning failed to offset the Europe worry and hence did not boost up the index.

As at today, my portfolio value stands at almost the same level as end of last month. To be exact, 0.1% higher. Nothing much happened to the stocks in my portfolio. I also did not do much there, since the STI is at around 3000 and the direction is not clear. I participated in the rights issue of Global Inv. and Pac Andes. I received S$1,981 in dividend this month.

As many companies have declared dividend, I will received quite a big sum next month. I will reinvest the money into the market should there be good opportunities.

Below are the top 30 holdings. Changes are mainly at the bottom of the list.

1.   SPH
2.   Semb Corp
3.   OCBC Bk
4.   ComfortDelGro
5.   DBS
6.   F & N
7.   SP AusNet
8.   ST Engineering
9.   SGX
10. Starhub
11. MetroHldg
12. SembMar
13. Kep Corp
14. Nikko AM STI ETF 100
15. CitySpring
16. FraserComm
17. CapitaComm
18. SIA
19. Ascendasreit
20. SATS
21. MacqIntInfra
22. CapitaLand
23. MapletreeLog
24. FrasersCT
25. AIMSAMPIReit
26. Sabana Reit
27. AscottReit
28. CoscoCorp
29. UE
30. ASL Marine

30 March 2012

March was not an eventful month. Share prices go yo-yo and STI goes up and down around the 3,000 mark. At the end of the month it settles at 3010.68, 15 points (0.56%) higher than end of last month.
My stock portfolio value went up in line with STI, rose 0.6% in march.

I did not do much in the month. ITwo of the counters, Global Inv and Pac Andes offer right isssues, which I will participate. I received S$2,500 of dividend this month.

Below are the top 30 counters as at 30 Mar. Not much changes compared to last month.

1.  SPH
2.  Semb Corp
3.  OCBC Bk
4.  ComfortDelGro
5.  DBS
6.  SP AusNet
7.  F & N
8.  ST Engineering
9.  SGX
10. Starhub
11. MetroHldg
12. SembMar
13. Nikko AM STI ETF 100
14. Kep Corp
15. CitySpring
16. CapitaComm
17. FraserComm
18. SIA
19. Ascendasreit
20. CapitaLand
21. MacqIntInfra
22. SATS
23. MapletreeLog
24. FrasersCT
25. Sabana Reit
26. CoscoCorp
27. Noble Group
28. AIMSAMPIReit
29. Yangzijiang
30. CWT

29 February 2012

Sign of US economy recovery, and reaching of solution to European Crisis help to lift market sentiment in the month of February. Though some analyst continued to warn that the European crisis was far from over. Other world issues like the Iranian stopping the oil export to some European countries were not severe enough to rock the market, at least for now.

Global stock market continue to trend upwards, with DJ closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008 financial crisis. STI touched 3000 level in the middle of the month but failed to stay at it at month end. STI closed at 2994.06 today, up 3% from last month. My portfolio value increased by 4.63% in this month.

I bought Transpac shares this month, triggered by the annoucement from the company to issue 1 bonus share for every 3 shares held, and I don't want to hold odd lot. Anyway this counter has been generous in dividend payout and the shares in hand are almost FOC.

I received a total of S$4,734 in dividend this month. Below are the top 30 holdings as at today. Some changes due to price fluctuation. SingTel and KS Energy were replaced by Yangzijiang and AscottReit.

1. SPH
2. Semb Corp
3. OCBC Bk
4. ComfortDelGro
5. DBS
6. F & N
7. SP AusNet
8. ST Engineering
9. SGX
10. Starhub
11. SembMar
12. Kep Corp
13. Nikko AM STI ETF 100
14. MetroHldg
15. CitySpring
16. SIA
17. FraserComm
18. CapitaComm
19. Ascendasreit
20. CapitaLand
21. MacqIntInfra
22. SATS
23. MapletreeLog
24. FrasersCT
25. CoscoCorp
26. Noble Group
27. Sabana Reit
28. Yangzijiang
29. AIMSAMPIReit
30. AscottReit

I don't quite understand the price movement of Yanzijiang and COSCO. There were many reports saying the shipping industry is not doing well and will face more challenge. NOL even reported RED in their numbers. HOwever these 2 counters have moved up recently. Strange....