The market continues to wobble down today as it hits a level of 2,800 before bouncing back a little. I took a chance to nibble some shares of Singtel which I bought at $3.85 for 3,000 shares. My plan was to stock up some purchases when the index hits a level of 2,800 as part…

No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. IReit Global 73,000 0.74 54,020.00 12.0% 2. ST Engineering 13,000 3.36 43,680.00 10.0% 3. Kingsmen 45,000 0.67 30,150.00 7.0% 4. Ascott Reit 10,000 1.14 11,400.00 3.0% 5. First Reit 8,000 1.36 10,880.00 2.0% 6. OCBC 1,134 8.81…

Portfolio management is one of the most important success factor when it comes to personal finance. As we move through different stages of life, we tend to do different things, pick up certain knowledge and set various goals. Because of the psychology involved, endless changes and unknown factor of the market dynamics, it becomes a…

This is going back to the basics 101. All of us are aware why compounding is one of the wonders of the world.  By now, most investors would have known the effect of compounding over time and how they can exponentially grow their wealth to incredible amount, if done correctly.  Compounding returns which are positive…

This is a compilation of my Q3 quarterly update for this year. The previous 2 quarters can be found here and here. The theme for this post will be outsourcing and we will look into how we can do that to our advantage.  There are many companies that are outsourcing their transaction or operational tasks…

I was recently invited by the team from Capitalgains Studio to try out the new Wongamania game on one evening at one of the studio.  There were a few of the financial bloggers which were also around (InvestOpenly, Budget Babe, STE and Musicwhiz) and we played the game together.  This wasn’t the first time I had played the game…

We have seen many companies tapping the market for fund raising activities in the past couple of years and in a world of low interest rate environment, these yields are enticing to folks who are hungry for yield.  The recent Swiber case has probably put an alarm on the reality of what is to come,…

There are some really hot news recently surrounding our small nation. The first is on Pokemon Go, where literally everyone and I really mean everyone, people of all ages I met on the bus and at work playing this game. Even my boss is playing the game. Am I the only one not playing the…

Ireit Global announced their Q2 results this evening which I will take a few moments to quickly update their results. This is a company I’ve taken the decision to average up, with the latest additions coming up only recently this month. It has also taken over to become my largest position currently in the portfolio….

No.  Counters No. of Shares Market Price (SGD) Total Value (SGD) based on market price Allocation % 1. IReit Global 73,000 0.75 54,750.00 12.0% 2. ST Engineering 13,000 3.34 43,420.00 10.0% 3. Kingsmen 45,000 0.65 29,250.00 7.0% 4. HK Land* 2,500 8.55* 21,386.00 5.0% 5. Ascott Reit 10,000 1.13 11,300.00 4.0% 6. First Reit 8,000…