Tuesday, 30 September 2014

September Updates

September is not a good month for the portfolio. Given the issues of the Fed's discussion of raising interest rates and the very recent Hong Kong protests; the STI and other stocks have taken a quite a beating. The portfolio value stayed at a positive growth rate (2.50%) because of the additional funds from the purchase of 2 lots of Sheng Siong.

I have also decided to take profits from M1 and invest the proceeds into Sheng Siong to boost my holdings with them. However, Sheng Siong have not been doing well lately ever since the announcement of issuing 120 million new shares at $0.67 each. The current price ($0.665) now is even lower than that of the placement shares.

The portfolio now have 6 stocks remaining. As the market had taken a beating, I have been looking at a few stocks to purchase, but am torn between injecting fresh funds to the portfolio and saving up a war chest for more opportunities should the market tank further. Will continue to monitor the market and decide October's move later.

September's activities:

10 Sep 2014
Added 2 lots of Sheng Siong

22 Sep 2014
Divested M1 and used the proceeds to add 5 lots of Sheng Siong taking total holdings to 15 lots.


Holding
PositionMarket Value% of Portfolio
Sheng Siong15,000$9,97545%
Starhub1000$4,11019%
Soilbuild Biz REIT4000$3,18014%
OUE HT2000$1,8208%
AimsAmp Cap REIT1000$1,4357%
Ascendas HT2000$1,4307%
Total$21,950100%
*As of 30th September 2014 in Singapore Dollars above

Portfolio Market Value as of 30th September 2014