July has been a rather busy period for my portfolio as it undergoes a restructuring process as I decide to sell my low dividend yield stocks which coincidentally had a run-up in July.
On my Singapore portfolio, I have sold my positions notably in Comfort, CMT and CMA, all of which had a run up of more than 10% from my purchase price. These are without a doubt good blue chip stocks to have in any portfolio but with a low dividend yield of below 4%, i decided to sell them.
With some cash on hand, I decided to purchase Neratel, Noble and AHT. I am most pleased with my purchase of Neratel as within a few days after my purchase, they went to announce their dividend of $0.04.
Noble has been performing rather disappointingly, which is one of the reason why I have purchased them albeit at a much slower rate than the others, thus allowing me to average them down should I see the need to.
There has been much discussion regarding Ascendas Hospitality Trust (AHT) IPO on whether the stock is attractively valued at $0.88. The opening day on Friday was disappointing, especially that we know the IPO was oversubscribed. With a dividend of almost 8%, I guess it’ll be a good buffer for now.
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Transaction
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Date
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Counters
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No. of Lots
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Price (S$)
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Amount
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Sell
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03/07/2012
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ComfortDelgro
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3
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1.560
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S$4,680
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Sell
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03/07/2012
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CapitalMallTrust
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1
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1.920
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S$1,920
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Sell
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03/07/2012
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FraserCenterPoint
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1
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1.700
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S$1,700
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Sell
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11/07/2012
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CapitalMallAsia
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7
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1.620
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S$11,340
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Buy
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12/07/2012
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Noble
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3
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1.110
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S$3,330
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Buy
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16/07/2012
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Neratel
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10
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0.430
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S$4,300
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Buy
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27/07/2012
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Ascendas Hospitality Trust
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5
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0.89
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S$4,450
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Buy
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31/07/2012
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Neratel
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4
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0.405
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S$1,620
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On my US portfolio, I have sold off all my positions in Halliburton. Though not much gains in terms of dollar value, it has went up about 10% from my purchase price.
Another reason why I decide to sell HAL is also because I still have an open position at Schlumberger (SLB), which I deemed much more attractive than HAL and could further spike up on any ECB or Fed news. Even if not, the price I bought at is attractively enough for me to hold on to the position for now.
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Transaction
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Date
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Counters
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No. of shares
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Price (US$)
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Amount
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Buy
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10/07/2012
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China Petroleum & Chemical
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2
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83.20
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US$166.40
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Sell
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25/07/2012
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Halliburton (HAL)
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50
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31.50
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US$1,575
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