My portfolio performed very well this month. Its value rose 2.3%, beating STI performance. I bought into QAF this month. I received some shares from Global Investment Limited through scrip dividend scheme this month. I also received some shares from Boustead Project this month (spin off from Boustead). As the counter started trading at 88 cents, I treat this as the buy price in my record. The fund was treated as dividend from Boustead for record purpose.
In previous years, April was normally a month with low passive income. This month, I start to received dividend from a UT (this one pays dividend quarterly) and this boost the income. With the extra dividend from Boustead (in species) the total passive income this month amounts to S$17,500!
Below are my top 30 share holdings as at 30 April 2015. SIA Engineering entered the list, replacing FCT. YZJ moved up a few positions due to price increase.
| 1 | ComfortDelGro |
| 2 | SPH |
| 3 | DBS |
| 4 | OCBC Bank |
| 5 | Ausnet Services |
| 6 | Sembcorp Ind |
| 7 | Metro |
| 8 | ST Engineering |
| 9 | SGX |
| 10 | Starhub |
| 11 | Frasers Comm Tr |
| 12 | CapitaLand |
| 13 | CitySpring Trust |
| 14 | OUE |
| 15 | AIMSAMP Cap Reit |
| 16 | CapitaComm Tr |
| 17 | YZJ Shipbldg SGD |
| 18 | United Engineers |
| 19 | Nikko AM STI ETF 100 |
| 20 | Mapletree Log Tr |
| 21 | Ascendas Reit |
| 22 | SingTel |
| 23 | SIA |
| 24 | Global Inv |
| 25 | Sing Inv & Fin |
| 26 | SATS |
| 27 | SingShipping |
| 28 | Lippo Malls Tr |
| 29 | SIA Engineering |
| 30 | Sembcorp Marine |
9 comments:
Hi Sanye
Simply amazing!!! $17.5k income for an April month is very impressive. May should be the major month for you.
HI B,
Yes you are right. May dividend should exceed 20K. :)
Oh I should clarify, not all 17.5K are received in cash. Some are received in form of shares, i.e. GIL, Boustead Proj.
Hi Sanye,
The buy price of Boustead Proj should be $0 and not the starting price of $0.88, since you received the shares for free and the share price of boustead Sp has adjusted lower accordingly after distribution. In that sense, your returns this month should be much higher ! Congrat!
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks for pointing it out. I did consider to put the buy price of Boustead Proj as zero but there will be a problem with my spreadsheet. So I decided to put it at 88 cents and treat the amount as an extra dividend (or capital return) from Boustead. It's just for record purpose and since both are in my pocket, I think I don't have to be too exact. :)
Well done!
Hi Sanye, what proportion of your portfolio does your emergency funds constitute?
paul
Hi Sanye, what proportion of your portfolio does your emergency funds constitute?
paul
Hi Paul,
Sorry for the late reply, I just come back from overseas trip.
When I started, I set aside 6 months of family expenses as emergency fund (cash).
After I reached 55, I left part of CPF OA untouched to serve as emergency fund, which is about 18 months of family expenses.
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