Author: B

The month of May has always been a favourite month for proponents of cashflow and investors piling on a dividend investing strategy because that’s when most companies pay out their final dividends based on the previous financial year result. What this means for investors is a direct income received through owning part ownership of the…

Sembcorp Industries has announced its Q1 FY15 results for this evening after market close. Even though I had fully divested in the stock (original article here), I still keep a close lookout on its development and there are some things that I am particularly eyeing on in addition to what I’ve discussed in the past….

This past weekend we’ve witnessed one of the most eagerly awaited boxing match in the century. To be honest, I’ve hardly watched any boxing match since my last days of Mike Tyson before switching to a regular in Wrestling event. In any case, let’s go through the 3 things that we can learn from the…

I have kept this counter in my watchlist for a long time now and I decide to enter into a position recently at a price of $0.29 for 70,000 shares. I have been sick recently because of the cold so didn’t have time to write the report immediately. Some of you may have heard of this…

I haven’t been doing this for a really long time since my son was born and turned a month’s old. Some of you might remember that I had used some of the “angbao” money given to him back then to purchase some stocks in the market for the long term. My wife and I topped…

Having been invested in the market for the past 5 years, it seems too easy, at times falling a little complacent to extrapolate past performances to future returns. 5 years of experience in the market is not extremely long nor can it be considered short. The truth is there’s plenty to learn from our own…

It’s been a pretty eventful week for me as I went on to take some time off away from work and the market to prepare some of the things required for my son’s birthday celebration last Thursday. I have previously been alerted of some of the reporting earnings season, which did happen for both of…

A quick update on the latest transaction I’ve done since my last portfolio update: As part of my ongoing resolution to rebalance my equities and cash allocation due to the recent market run-up, I have divested all my 10,000 shares for SCI at a price of $4.84 today. The counter will be going ex-dividend this…

 No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. China Merchant Pacific 69,000 1.16 80,040.00 26.0% 2. FraserCenter Point Trust 24,000 2.06 49,440.00 16.0% 3. SembCorp Industries 10,000 4.71 47,100.00 15.0% 4. Vicom 6,000 6.70 40,200.00 13.0% 5. FraserCommercial Trust 11,000 1.52 16,720.00 5.0% 6. ST…

Imagine yourself as an investor holding shares in ABC company at an average price of $10, which you have bought at a reasonably fair price based on your conviction. You see the stock price slide downwards to $9.50 in the short term and you managed to convince yourself that you are a long term investor. A…