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Did I Apply For Lendlease Global Commercial REIT IPO?
Yes, I did.
I have expressed interest in the IPO in my past few posts, but it was not a firm decision at that point of time as I lack the time to look through and skills to analyst the prospectus. What I would normally do is to read up on the reviews by financial bloggers before making a decision …
October 2019 Singapore Savings Bond
Application Closes: 9.00pm, 25 Sep 2019
Details on this month SSB can be found on SGS website.
The interest rates continue to slide and the 10-year interest has fallen to a low of 1.75%. This is one of the lowest rate since the introduction of Singapore Saving Bonds. The interest rate is at the sam…
Portfolio Performance (August 2019)
Portfolio Returns
Since Inception (Including Dividends) Total Portfolio Unrealized Gain/ Loss: $$51,076.69 Total Portfolio Realized Gain/ Loss: $$95,668.09
XIRR: 7.52%
Portfolio Value
The trade war tension has eased and the Hong Kong protest is seeing less violence this week. Instead of gathering nea…
Dividend Collected (August 2019)
Dividend collected for the month of August 2019: $2,121.37
SINGTELVICOMSHENG SIONGMAPLETREE NAC TRKEPPEL DC REITASPIALTREA200828MAPLETREE COM TRFRASERS CPT TRSTARHUB
Dividend (YTD): $11,387.20
Average Monthly Dividend (YTD): $1,423.40
Total Dividend Collected to Date: $86,243.09
This week, we see F…
Portfolio Allocation (August 2019)
Stock Allocation
Change Log Bought UOBBought DBSBought OCBC BANKApplied CAPITAR CHINA TR with excess
Portfolio Allocation
Due to the escalation in trade war and rates cut, STI has retreated in August and I took the opportunity to do some accumulation. The banking sector caught my attention and I ma…
September 2019 Singapore Savings Bond
Application Closes: 9.00pm, 27 Aug 2019
Details on this month SSB can be found on SGS website.
The interest rates for SSBs continue to fall in August after the Fed cuts the interest rate by 25 basis points end-July. The cut would help to stimulate the slowing economy. It is still unclear whether th…
Portfolio Performance (July 2019)
Portfolio ReturnSince Inception (Including Dividends)
Total Portfolio Unrealized Gain/ Loss: $48,592.62
Total Portfolio Realized Gain/ Loss: $93,546.72
XIRR: 7.44%
Portfolio Value
Due to the offer for 800 Super, some of the unrealized gain was realized. This also resulted in a drop in portfolio v…
Dividend Collected (July 2019)
Dividend collected for the month of July 2019: $171.81
FRASERS CPT TR
Dividend (YTD): $9,265.83
Average Monthly Dividend (YTD): $1,323.69
Total Dividend Collected to Date: $84,121.72
Just a short update. As expected, July is a month with low dividend income, with Fraser CentrePoint Trust the only o…
Portfolio Allocation (July 2019)
Stock Allocation
Change Log Accepted 800 SUPER offerBought SYSMA
Portfolio Allocation
Finally received the payout from 800 Super which means I had officially exited the position. The payout was delayed and I only received on 15 July as my holding is with a custodian and not in CDP. If my holding is…
August 2019 Singapore Savings Bond
The interest rates for the month of August fell off the cliff as the 1-Year interest fell to 1.68% and 10-Year interest to 2.01%. This is the lowest 10-Year interest rate we have since December 2016. It seems like the long term outlook of the global economy is really not so optimistic. Note that t…
Portfolio Performance (June 2019)
Portfolio ReturnSince Inception (Including Dividends)
Total Portfolio Unrealized Gain/ Loss: $63,577.37
Total Portfolio Realized Gain/ Loss: $75,824.91
XIRR: 7.67%
Portfolio Value
Unrealized gain spiked up in June due to the strong rally in REITs, resulting in total gains to reach an all-time hig…