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Portfolio Allocation (June 2020)
Stock Allocation
Transaction Summary for June 2020 BOUGHT CAPITALANDBOUGHT SPDR BARCLAYS CAPITAL HIGH YIELD BOND ETFSOLD ISHARES SILVER TRUSTPortfolio Allocation
For the month for June, I have accumulated CapitaLand on retracement as I saw a post on InvestingNote mentioning there will be an upcoming d…
Moving Towards a Core-Satellite Portfolio
Moving ForwardRecently, I have been thinking about my portfolio asset allocation and was wondering if there are any improvements that can be done. I have the habit of reading up on financial blogs and InvestingNote, and so a new idea came up when a came across an article. It was an article on '…
July 2020 Singapore Savings Bond and Weekly Updates
Average Interest Per Year (over 10 years): 0.80% Interest for First Year: 0.30% Application Closes: 9.00pm, 25 June 2020 Details on this month SSB can be found on SGS website
Interest rates continue to fall to an all time low for SSBs. With the interest rates so low, investors are all flocking into the…
Dividend Collected (May 2020)
Dividend Breakdown by SectorTop Dividend Contribution (Last 12 Months) Dividend Collected to Date Dividend Collected in 2020
Dividend by Month (Last 5 Years)
Dividend collected for the month of May 2020: $1.55K OXLEYMTNB200518SPHDBSFRASERS CPT TRMAPLETREE COM TRST ENGINEERING Dividend (YTD): $5.10K
Averag…
Portfolio Profit and Lost Updates (May 2020)
Portfolio P/L Breakdown Portfolio P/L
Since Inception (Including Dividends)
Total Portfolio Unrealized Gain: $28.15K Total Portfolio Realized Gain: $107.19K XIRR: 5.99% Portfolio Market Value
After a month of consolidation, we are finally seeing a breakout in prices, especially the retail REITs and bank…
Portfolio Allocation (May 2020)
Stock Allocation
Transaction Summary for May 2020 BOUGHT UOBBOUGHT CAPITAR CHINA TRUSTREDEEMED OXLEYMTNB200518 Portfolio Allocation
Sell in May did not occur and STI was generally in consolidation mode for the month. Despite this, I went in and made two purchases. One of which was UOB and the other was…
June 2020 Singapore Savings Bond and Weekly Updates
Average Interest Per Year (over 10 years): 1.05%
Interest for First Year: 0.57%
Application Closes: 9.00pm, 26 May 2020 Details on this month SSB can be found on SGS website
Both the short (1-year) and long (10-years) term interest rates for next month has fallen off the cliff to the lowest since t…
Portfolio Performance (April 2020)
Portfolio ReturnsSince Inception (Including Dividends)
Total Portfolio Unrealized Gain: $21,522.33
Total Portfolio Realized Gain: $105,648.48
XIRR: 5.75%
Portfolio Value
In April, my portfolio had staged a rebound back into the positive territory after crashing into unrealized lost back in March. M…
Dividend Collected (April 2020)
Top Dividend Contribution (Last 12 Months)
Dividend Collected to Date
Dividend Collected in 2020
Dividend by Month (Last 5 Years)
Dividend collected for the month of April 2020: $0.08K
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Dividend (YTD): $3.56K
Average Monthly Dividend (YTD): $0.89K Total Dividend Collected to Date: $95.3…
Portfolio Allocation (April 2020)
Stock Allocation
Transaction Summary for April 2020 Nil
Portfolio Allocation
There was no transaction done for the month of April. One noticeable change in my portfolio is that Sheng Siong has overtook Mapletree Comm Trust to become the largest holding. This is due to the accumulation in March, rall…
May 2020 Singapore Savings Bond and Weekly Updates
Average Interest Per Year (over 10 years): 1.39%
Application Closes: 9.00pm, 27 April 2020 Details on this month SSB can be found on SGS website
As the Fed reduces the interest rate to close to zero, the SSB interest rate also collapsed to a new low of 1.39% if you held the bond for 10 years. The 1…