Sunday, July 31, 2011

31 July 2011

Though the market was shadowed by the risk of a US debt ceiling krisis, STI performed relatively well in the month of July, backed by solid corporate results. STI rose in quiet market over 2%, to end at 2189.26.

My stocks did do as well. My portfolio value rose only by 1% in the month. This was due to many counters went on XD.

I didn't do very much on the investment side. I received the bonus shares from Metro and some DBS shares through script dividend scheme. I received S$1,727 on cash dividend (which I spent on a nice guitar! :))

Over the past few months I have been building up my cash reserve to catch any market opportunities. In the month of August, I will be receiving some good dividends in cash, which I will use to invest cautiously, mainly in good value stocks that pay good dividend.

Below are the top 30 holdings.

1. SPH

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

Sunday, July 3, 2011

30 June 2011

I could not update my blog earlier, as I was too busy with other stuff.

We have just crossed the halfway point of 2011. The good start to 2011 was unfortunately not sustained, so my portfolio did not advance as it looked set to do at the beginning of the year. I am not to bothered though, as my focus has shifted to creating passive income from the portfolio. The total dividend received in the first six months rose 38% compared to the same period last year, which is well on target. Baring unforeseen circumstances, I should reach my dividend target this year.

June was a quiet month. STI drop 1.25% for the month in quiet trading, as investors worried about the Eurozone debt crisis. towards the end of the month there seemed to be silver lining in the horizon so market rallied.

My portfolio value dropped with STI, even a tad more than it (1.36%). I bought some HTL shares and participated in script dividend scheme from OCBC. I tried to Q for some other counters but was not successful. I received S$7,300 in dividend this month. Below are the top 30 holdings.

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