30 November 2011

November has been a very "short" month for me in term of investment. With 2 business trips in 2 weeks plus all the preparations and meetings, there was hardly time for me to do much for the portfolio.

The stock market continue to be volatile. Euro Zone crisis casts a big shadow over the global market. Stock market went up and down on news. Due to this confusion and my busy schedule, I did not make any purchase/sell this month.

At the end of the month, STI settled at 2702, 5.3% lower than end of October. My portfolio performed slightly better, dropped only 3.95% in value. I received S$4,700 in dividend this month. Together with the dividend which I am going to receive next month, the total dividend this year will exceed the 50K target set. However, the investment as a whole still give a negative return, as the value dropped (upto today) more than the dividend received.

Given the uncertainty, I will continue to position my stock portfolio towards defensive and high dividend stocks. Blue chip and high yield stock will still be my preference.

Below are the top 30 holdings. They are still the same counters as in October, besides some postion changes.

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

Noble lost a few positions after the price plunged when it reported its 1st quarterly loss.

31 October 2011

Stock market rallied when the EU leaders annouced their agreement to the rescue plan Greek's debt crisis. October turned out to be the best month of this year so far for STI. The index ends the month in positive note, rising 6.75% in one month to end at 2855.77. Good corporate results announced in the 3rd quarter also helped the restore investors' confidence.

My portfolio value rose 5.54% this month (net of fund injetted), slightly lower than STI. I think this is because I have more defensive stocks. I bought Sabana Reit, DBS STI ETF, and received some OCBC shares through script dividend scheme this month. I received S$1,800 in dividend.

Going ahead, the uncertainty still remains. It remains a concern if the EU plan is able to solve the debt crisis (or for how long?). US unemployment is still high. Our Minister warned of low Growth ahead. So market volatility poised to stay.

For me, the strategy of building cash and improve passive income through high yield stocks remains. I will continue to position my stock portfolio towards defensive and high dividend. Total dividend this year will exceed target of S$50,000, the next target is set at S$60,000 for 2012.

Below are the top 30 holdings. Basically not much change except Sabana Reit replaces Pacific HC.

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

30 September 2011

September has been a bad month for equity investors. STI dropped 7.28% in this month and ended at 2,675. Main reason was the European dept crisis, resulting in fear of a recession. My portfolio value dropped 7.2% (net, excluded the fund injected), so in line with STI.

I did not do much buying except the buying of some Capitacomm Trust from open market. I also participated in Citysprings' right issue. Going forwards, I intend to seek out value stocks with good dividend payout. As the market is expected to continue its volatility, purchases will be in 'nipping' form.

This month I collected S$6,223 in dividend.

Below are the top 30 holding. Their relative positions do not change very much. Citysprings and Capitacomm advanced their position due to new purchases. Shipping counters did badly. Cosco dropped to the bottom and Pacific Health Care replaced Yangzijiang.

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