As a Reit investor, one of the objective we would like to see from the management is to increase DPU over time through both organic and inorganic growth. For organic growth, this probably means that they will need to increase their rental over time, passing down the costs to retail tenants who will be increasingly…
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Vicom – Is special dividend going to increase again this year?
We know that Vicom is a cash-rich company that has made consecutive growth of profits year after year. However,with the recent announcement of results for Q1 FY14 and with Cash & Cash Equivalent finally reaching top of 50% on the overall total asset, the question is whether the management is going to increase Vicom’s special…
“May 14″ – SG Transactions & Portfolio Update”
No. Counters No. of Lots Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. FraserCenter Point Trust 30 1.825 54,750.00 22.0% 2. Vicom 6 5.83 34,980.00 14.0% 3. SembCorp Ind 5 5.40 27,000.00 11.0% 4. SPH 5 4.20 21,000.00 8.0% 5. Ascott Reit 15 1.195 17,925.00 7.0% 6. Mapletree Greater China…
Dedicated to the Ultimate job of all time
This post is dedicated to the one and only mother of our baby Oscar and also to every mother in the world. It is a role which pays next to nothing but the amount of dedicated hours needed to take care of the children is immensely huge. There are no emergency, sick and vacation leave,…
Dividend Income for May – Fruits of Our Freedom
The month of May has been my favorite month of the year because of dividends that start pouring in, rewarding shareholders that believe in the company throughout the thick and thin. I love dividends simply because they are hard actual figures that anyone anywhere in the world can earn. They represent the fruit of my…
Sembcorp Industries – Q1 FY14 Results
Sembcorp Industries has just release its first quarter set of results for FY14. The highlights were: Turnover at $2.6 billion, up 12% Profit from Operations at $300.9 million, down 4% Net Profit at $184.8 million, up 5% EPS at 10.3 cents ROE (annualised) at 13.5% My thoughts Following my post back in Feb, we would…
The idea of experimenting and making mistakes
The life expectancy we have in Singapore is probably around 80 years old. By then, irregardless of what happen during the course of our life, we probably have to bid farewell to our tiny little earth when time is up. Because of this, many people are advocating us to live life each day to the…
First time is always the most difficult but special moment
First time in doing anything is never easy. You get the tension and nervous syndrome that came out random from your body system sending special moments of spiral when you do things for the first time. First time is also special because it is the one moment in your life that you could probably remember…
$250K – First Milestone Target Reached!!
I started out my journey some 4+ years ago and back then I had set out a 10-year projection target for myself. I tried to review them at the every interval of my birthday month to see how I was doing and if the target was overly ambitious. Projection Target Year Year Starting Capital Cumulative…
“Apr 14″ – SG Transactions & Portfolio Update”
No. Counters No. of Lots Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. FraserCenter Point Trust 30 1.795 53,850.00 21.0% 2. Vicom 6 5.95 35,700.00 14.0% 3. SembCorp Ind 5 5.40 27,000.00 11.0% 4. SPH 5 4.13 20,650.00 8.0% 5. Ascott Reit 15 1.235 18,525.00 7.0% 6. FraserCommercial Trust 14…