31 July 2008

Market continues to be plagued by bad news from US. The end of the volatility is still not in sight. Market indices went up and down this month, and by the end of the month my portfolio lost about S$10,000 in value.

As at 31 July 5:00pm, portfolio value reduced by S$4,102, despite injection of S$5,833. Fresh fund was injected to buy ST Engineering when it dropped to S$2.72. Script dividend from ChinaFlexP was treated like new buy.

I only received S$260 in cash dividend this month. Below are the top 30 counters:

1. ComfortDelGro
2. CoscoCorp
3. OCBC Bk
4. SPH
5. Semb Corp
6. ST Engineering
7. Raffles Edu
8. HG Metal
9. S I A
10. SingTel
11. Food Junc
12. SPC
13. FrasersCT
14. MacqIntInfra
15. MetroHldg
16. CapitaComm
17. Celestial
18. Cambridge
19. F & N
20. Int-Roller
21. Hiap Moh
22. Sing Food
23. Aztech
24. SP AusNet
25. AllcoReit
26. MIDAS
27. CitySpring
28. Ferrochina
29. FibreChem
30. KS Energy

ChinaFlexP and SAT svcs dropped off the list after post Ex div price drop. Ferrochina and KS Energy replaces them due to price surge in the last week.

30 June 2008

US stock post the biggest monthly lost in this Month. STI also lost ground. China shares plunged... So did my portfolio. The total value lost as compared to 31 May is S$46,730, or 8%! All the news, fund houses are predicting more down side a head. Hmm... maybe time to be greedy (when others are fearful).

I bought some ST Engineering shares to average down the cost in June, injetting fresh fund of S$5,880. I received cash dividend of S$1,256.67 and CPF dividend of S%560 in this month.

Below are the top 30 holdings:


1. CoscoCorp
2. ComfortDelGro
3. SPH
4. OCBC Bk
5. Semb Corp
6. Raffles Edu
7. ST Engineering
8. HG Metal
9. S I A
10. SingTel
11. Food Junc
12. SPC
13. MacqIntInfra
14. Celestial
15. MetroHldg
16. FrasersCT
17. CapitaComm
18. Cambridge
19. Int-Roller
20. F & N
21. Hiap Moh
22. MIDAS
23. Aztech
24. Sing Food
25. SP AusNet
26. ChinaFlexP
27. AllcoReit
28. CitySpring
29. FibreChem
30. SAT Svcs

Ferrochina dropped off the list and was replaced by Fibrechem.

31 May 2008

The month May saw 2 major disasters happened in China (Sichuan/Wenchuan) and Myanmar. Many lives lost, many survivors lost their love ones, their entire procession. These acts of God remind us that while money or material asset are important, they are not 100% dependable. God only is our guarantee.

Inflation keeps going up, food and petrol prices continue to be major concerns, but the stock market somehow recovers a bit from its low. STI stands near 3,200 again.

My portfolio recovers with the market, those I am still in RED (that is, not taking consideration of dividends received). There are some movement in the porfolio too. Hartford Edu is gone through volunteerily delisting. I sold them back to the company in exchange of Raffles Edu shares, as proposed by them (Realised loss S$5,664).

I got 807 MIIF shares through the script dividend scheme. I was also award 2000 bonus shares from Singapore Reinsurance. I bought SingTel(CPFIS), Midas and SPH shares in this month (top up).

Compared with 30 April, the value of my portfolio rose by S$33,000 to S$572,433.37. New fund injected was S$21,557 (incl. the dividend script from MIIF).

In this month, I received S$7,576.10 of dividend. Below are my top 30 holdings:

1. CoscoCorp
2. ComfortDelGro
3. OCBC Bk
4. SPH
5. Semb Corp
6. Raffles Edu
7. S I A
8. HG Metal
9. SingTel
10. SPC
11. MacqIntInfra
12. CapitaComm
13. Celestial
14. FrasersCT
15. Food Junc
16. MetroHldg
17. ST Engineering
18. Int-Roller
19. Cambridge
20. Hiap Moh
21. Aztech
22. F & N
23. MIDAS
24. SP AusNet
25. Sing Food
26. Ferrochina
27. AllcoReit
28. CitySpring
29. SAT Svcs
30. ChinaFlexP

MIDAS and SAT are the new comers, replacing Hartford and Fibrechem. Raffles Edu and SingTel move up the rank through new acquired shares, while Cosco regain top spot asComfortdelgro declines due to high oil price.