Portfolio Update March 2019

I never expected so many business trips from a part-time job. Okay these trips are not so stressful but just time consuming. I was away for almost two weeks and have to go on another trip next week. So this update comes a little late.

Market sentiment was still not very good in March. The UK Brexit saga may not affect us too much, but the trade war is still weighing down the sentiment in March. As as 28 March, STI dropped 14.52 points, or 0.29% from a month ago. My portfolio performed better than the index in March. Its value rose 0.38% in March. Some heavy weight counters and REITs in my portfolio performed well last month.

I received some shares of Mapletree Logistics Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Fraser Commercial Trust through scrip dividend scheme lsst month. I chose to subscribe the right issues of Keppel Infr trust also. This will be settled in April. I sold my retail bonds from Oxley, after news that their intended sales of 2 properties fails. I thing their gearing is way to high.

Total dividend received in March was S$17,200. Majority comes from bond coupon payment. For the first quarter of this year, I received more dividend from bonds than shares. This is the result of my switching to fixed income investment in the past two years.

Below are my top 30 stock holdings as at 28 March 2019.

1.         ComfortDelGro

2.         DBS

3.         OCBC Bank

4.         SingTel

5.         SPH

6.         CapitaComm Tr

7.         ST Engineering

8.         Frasers Comm Tr

9.         Metro

10.     Kep Inf Tr fKa CIT

11.     AIMSAMP Cap Reit

12.     Mapletree Log Tr

13.     SGX

14.     CapitaLand

15.     SATS

16.     Sing Inv & Fin

17.     Ascendas Reit

18.     Global Inv

19.     Keppel Corp

20.     Sembcorp Ind

21.     YZJ Shipbldg SGD

22.     United Engineers

23.     Cache Log Trust

24.     Nam Lee Metal

25.     Ascendas-h Trust

26.     Nikko AM STI ETF 100

27.     OUE

28.     Suntec Reit

29.     Tai Sin Electric

30.     Frasers Cpt Tr