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Ho Bee announced their first quarter results recently for FY16, so I thought of covering a few thoughts here. The company reported a 19.9% increase in the rental income year on year from $31m to $37m due to contributions from the 3 new acquisitions in London in the 2nd half of 2015 – mainly 39…

I made my way down today to Changi South lane where Kingsmen HQ was located. It was my first time attending the company’s AGM and getting to know the management personally so it was a very good impression after listening to them speak about the company’s vision towards the future. The management was very shareholder’s…

The STI market has not been in ferocious mood since last October when we witnessed a sharp drop from a high of 3,521 to a recent low of 2,520. Since then, the market have recovered slightly – moving up and down cautiously and consolidating without any sort of seriousness to show a longer uptrend or…

I attended the Ireit AGM this morning which was held at Suntec convention hall which I will summarized below based on the meeting and my conversation with the CIO, Mrs. Jeremy thereafter (2nd pic from the left)  After the meeting was concluded, I also took the chance to accumulate Ireit shares by adding them for…

I had some time this morning so I thought I made a trip down to Star Vista to attend Ascott Reit AGM before going back to the office in the afternoon. I was back vested in this company only recently (Link here) after divesting years ago.  The place was easily accessible and I arrived earlier…

No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. OCBC 6,000 8.78 52,680.00 13.0% 2. Kingsmen 80,000 0.67 53,600.00 13.0% 3. Ho Bee Land 22,000 2.15 47,300.00 12.0% 4. ST Engineering 12,000 3.11 37,320.00 10.0% 5. China Merchant Pacific 45,000 0.82 36,900.00 9.0% 6. Fraser Centerpoint…

This is a true story. I was lunching with my colleagues the past week and midway we had a conversation about the topic on finance and the stuff I was writing in my blog every other day which they saw appear on their facebook news feed. The conversation goes something like this: Colleague A: “Hey,…

This will be a short update to the latest portfolio as I’ve recently added 1,500 shares of HK Land at a price of US$5.95. For the benefit of those who had never of HK Land, they are one of the top 5 STI constituent in terms of market capitalization and a conglomerate which develops and…

Investing in properties is a favorite pastime for Singaporeans because they have been rewarded well over the years in the past. People are also attracted to property investing because they are able to leverage on their limited capital to buy something which is tangible and much “easier” to manage than dealing with equities. That is…

I’ve made some small purchases lately for the child portfolio so I thought I made a quick update here. In the past week, I’ve invested his share of money into the STI ETF (ES3) at $2.85 for 300 shares which I thought was reasonably priced here for the long term. This is in addition to the…