Friday, December 31, 2010

31 December 2010

Stock market has been rather "stable" this month. STI was in positive territory whole month. Worry in the Euro-zone did not affect the market too much, similarly the Korean situation, and the icy winter in Europe and America. Even the latest interest rate hike in China did not hit the market badly. Figures released by US government indicated the recovery is on track, so global stock market advanced. DOW hit 2-year high a few times.

STI advanced and hit 3,200 after Christmas. It eventually close at 3,190.04 today, or (45.34 points) 1.44% higher compared to End-November. My portfolio performed even better. Its value rose 2.76% this month, net of fund invested.

I bought First Reit this month. I received Bonus shares from ASL Marine. On the dividend side, December has always been a "bonus" month for me. I received S$9,700 in cash dividend.

The list of top 30 holdings has little change. Suntec Reit came back and squeezes SingTel out of the list. KepCorp and Sembmarine advanced due to price surge over the last few days.

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

Come next year, I will go more defensive in my investment as STI is already quite high. Objective will be to increase my passive income through dividend.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

30 November 2010

The stock market started well in November. STI closed above 3300 on 8th and 9th November. Unfortunately the market lost steam after that. major incidents afftecting the market are: Euro Zone debt crisis, China's measure to cool property market, Conflict between South and North Korea.

Affected by the above, market gave up the gain in early month, and closed eventually almost flat, only 2 points above last month-end. My portfolio, however, faired worst than that. As at 30 November, it is 0.3% lower than 31 October level.

I did not invest very much this month. At the first half of the month, as the STI was high, I didn't try to purchase any share. Subsequently, when prices soften, I tried to queue for some dividend stock, but was not successful. The only investment made this month was the participation in script dividend scheme from Cambridge industrial trust and OCBC. Another reason for not investing was I was tied up with my work this month.

I received S$3,600 in dividend this month. Below are the top 30 holdings. There isn't much changes compared with last month(no change in first 11 positions). SingTel replaced Suntec.

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

Saturday, October 30, 2010

29 October 2010

STI gained further ground in the month of October, even touched briefly the 3200 height. It finally closed at 3142.62. Compared with Septermber End, it rose 44.99 points, or by 1.45%. My portfolio value grew slightly better than STI. It rose by 1.68%, net of the funds injetted and dividend received.

I invested S$16,500 this month, which I used to buy K-Green, participated in the IPO of MIT and GLP, right issue and preferential offering of AscottReit, Mapletree Logistics Trust,AmpSampIReit, and Script Dividend Scheme of DBS.

I received S$900 in cash dividend and S$180 in SRS.

The top 30 holdings have little change, besides some position swopping. The only new comer is AscottReit. It replaces SingTel due to new buy in. Below are the top 30 holdings:

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

Comparing the top 30 holdings in October and the one in January, one can see that my portfolio is moving towards more defensive and dividend play, which is the direction I set for the year. Going forwards, I shall continue in this direction, as I have achieve the objective set for portfolio value for the year, and see a good chance in achieving the target set for dividend income.