Huat Huat January, please continue

Baring any major disruption to the stock markets early next week, January 2023 should be a good month for all of us, the stock investors For homeland loyalist, STI is up 4.4% since the start of the year. And for local S-Reit lovers, Lion-Phillip S-Reit ETF outperforms to climb 7.9%. Those who are brave enough …

Still Staying Invested

Fear is common and understandable I know of a few people who got so terrified by the recent sharp decline in the US stock market that they decided to sell off all their stock investments (apparently) at a loss and keep the capital as cash. But who can blame them when we saw the value …

Jan 2021 – Hope & Exuberance

S&P 500 might have shed 1.9%, erasing its gains for January and 2021 to date and the last one week being its worst since October 2020. However, January 2021 has on a whole started with lots of hope in all markets (with vaccination started in many countries) and ended with plenty of exuberance in the …

4.7% Dividend Yield on Equity Portfolio

4.7% dividend yield is the final outcome after all the hardwork this year. Total dividend received in 2020 was 85% of 2019 amount - which is expected given this COVID year. This is actually better than the 4.5% yield that I was expecting back in July when I wrote about it. This outcome was helped …

I Took Profit

In the last one week, STI ETF rose by 10% and my portfolio gained about 5%. I rode the climb with STI and took profit on some of my holdings along the way. I sold across the board - STI component stocks, S-Reits and some HK and US stocks. I was not so sure whether …

4 Unforgettable Months – Hard Ruthless Lesson

I am sure all the investors out there will agree that it was an unforgettable 4 months start to the year 2020. In those 4 months, I experienced more upheavals in my investment portfolio than probably all combined in my last 20 years of investing experience. I have never seen the stock market dropped so …

Nervy but Good Start to a New Year, so I Sold and Strengthen my Warchest

First full trading week of the year has come and gone. What a week! The missile attack by Iran on US bases in Iraq on Monday was a "bombshell" (pun intended). Market went down sharply at the start but surprisingly, it recovered by the end the day. Volatility was written everywhere in the market. If …

Index Portfolio Review

Throughout the years, many of my blogs were focused on equities investment and the dividends that I receive from them. So, I will skip the review on the equities (which achieved my aim of 5% dividend yield) and start with a review on index portfolio as we countdown in this last week to the new …

Having the 5% Annual Yield Target Helps Shape My Investment Approaches

Yesterday X'mas eve dinner with my extended family was nothing fancy but it was a nice and cosy family dinner around our dinning table. It is such moment that makes me feel that it doesn't take much for one to feel contended for and be grateful. I feel the same in personal investment.     …

Queen Mary (EHT)

It has been almost a month since my last post. There was no new inspiration that came to me to want to pen something down in the last few weeks. However, its a different story on the trading front. Reflecting on my trading activities for the last few weeks, I realise that I did quite …