SGX Portfolio Updates Apr-2025

Acquisitions:

- Bought OCBC at $15.xx

- Bought DBS at $39.xx

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Nil

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -7%

Watch list:

- DBS, OCBC

A big gap down at the beginning of the month. I too the opportunity to add some OCBC and DBS and now my war chest is empty. 

MLT, MPACT and MINT are announcing their quarterly results this month and all do not look good. The price continue to go south and now I am sitting at around 20% loss. Hopefully rebound will happen when the rate cut is announced later this year.

Next month will be my dividend month, expecting around $1,800 to be received. That will make my YTD dividend around $2k, half of the target of dividend to be received by end of 2025.

SGX Portfolio Updates Mar-2025

Acquisitions:

- Bought OCBC at $16.xx

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Received dividend from MPACT, MLT and MINT

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -5% (as-of 4-Apr-25)

Watch list:

- DBS, OCBC

US new tariff kicked in, market fear of trade war, STI went down 100 points in 1 day. I am looking for chance to enter DBS at around $40 and OCBC around $15, hopefully during their XD.

I am also looking forward to add other company like Wilmar and Venture during their XD in Apr-25.

However with limited war chest size, I might only able to add some SG local banks.

SGX Portfolio Updates Feb-2025

Acquisitions:

- Bought MINT at XD

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Received dividend from CFA

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -3% 

Watch list:

- Wilmar, CDG

Placed a wrong bet in MINT, price continue to went down after downgraded by JP Morgan. The price is now below $2.00 at the time of writing. 

Many companies has announced their results and dividends this month, SG local banks again giving good set of results and giving special dividends for this round. I see a mixed results for my other counters but still they are giving dividends despite some of them are not performing as expected. With all these dividends that are expect to come, my 1H 2025 dividends will be breaking the $2k mark.

Outside of this portfolio, I have parked my FD money to SSB and they are fully allotted. I plan to further increase my allocation to these fixed income instruments in the future.

SGX Portfolio Updates Jan-2025

Acquisitions:

- Bought Wilmar at near 52 weeks low

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Nil

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -3% (As of 24-Jan-25)

Watch list:

- MIT, MLT, MPACT

CNY is around the corner and I will be back to my hometown next week, so I decided to have this update one week earlier.

Not much actions on this portfolio this month, only added some Wilmar when it nearly hits it's 52 weeks low.

Results for MIT, MLT and MPACT announced this month, I see result for MIT as positive while MLT and MPACT as mixed. They are still staying low and I think is a good opportunity to add some during this period, for the 6%+ dividend yield. Will see what is the price point during and after XD.

Outside of this portfolio, I have starting to move my FD fund to SSB, due to the not so attractive interest rate from FD. I know there are other HYSA that offers better interest rate but I have chosen SSB for the piece of mind.

The year of snake is around the corner, I wish everybody a good year ahead and huat in your investing journey.

SGX Portfolio Update Dec-2024 and Year End Dividend Summary

Acquisitions:

- Bought MLT at near 52 weeks low

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Received dividend from MPACT, MINT & MLT

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -3%

Watch list:

- SG local banks, Wilmar

Top 3 winners by value:

- OCBC, UOB, MPACT

Top 3 losers by value:

- TG, HSTEch ETF, MLT

2024 dividends summary:

Total cash dividend received in 2024: $3,797, 11% increment from last year.

Average dividends per month: $316

Total Portfolio Market Value: $81,774

* Dividends are recognized after payment

Realized profit from trading: $1,314

Total "passive income" in 2024 = $5,110

Total gain / loss (to-date) = 18.11%

Compared to target set during beginning of the year

1. At the beginning of the year, I expect to increase my portfolio size to $77k, my current portfolio is $82k, achieved.

2. At the beginning of the year, I expect my dividend income this year will increase to $4k. I managed to get $3.8k this year, slightly below target.

3. At the beginning of the year, I expect my portfolio to breakeven with the current market value. In reality I am still sitting on paper loss of 3%, position has improved but not up to my expectation.

4. At the beginning of the year, I hope my overall gain will achieve 9%. In reality, I am making a 18.99% gain.

Again, 2 out of 4 targets achieved, same with last year.

My expectations for next year are:

1. Increase my portfolio size to $90k

2. Increase dividend to $4.2k

3. Turn the portfolio to green position

4. Overall 24% gain

SGX Portfolio Updates Nov-2024

Buy / Sell Actions:

- Added MPACT, Venture and OCBC

- Sold OCBC and CDLHT odd lot

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Small gain in OCBC odd lot and small loss in CDLHT odd lot

- Received dividend from CFA and Netlink

- YTD dividend received: $3,540

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -4% (As-of 26-Nov-24)

Watch list:

- MINT, MLT, MPACT, Wilmar

Confirmed not hitting the target dividend of $4k this year.

To increase the expected dividend next year, I have started to add REITs and banks this month.

The REITs boat is coming back so it might be a good opportunity to buy at low price.

I have also sold my odd lot in OCBC and CDLHT, and bought back OCBC at almost the same price.

I did it via FSMOne, it's kinda easy, just need to call them and tell them the total unit you would like to sell for each counter. The broker fee is same as online rate. I will recommend this if you have an odd lot to get rid of.

I am also starting a RSP in CSPX with FSMOne to test water. Will give it a 1-3 years time to run on it own and see what will be the result.

Tudor Black Bay 58

 

I was thinking to get another Rolex after I bought my first one 10 years ago. 

However, I am tired of all the profile building games from AD, and I am not going to pay higher than RRP to get from grey market, I decided to go for the Tudor.

Been eyeing BB58 black or coke GMT. Coke GMT is still relatively new and hard to get at the point of writing. 

At first I was planning to get from the Singapore AD but they are not giving me a good discount, I am talking about few hundred bucks compared to grey dealer.

So I finally pulled my trigger and get this brand new from grey dealer at around 25% below RRP.

Overall I am happy with the purchase.

I heard that the Rolex supply is getting back to normal and might be able to get the OP and date just from AD at RRP. I strongly hope that one day it will become like 10 years ago, where I can walk in and buy my favorite Rolex model at or below RRP, and walk out as a happy customer.

SGX Portfolio Updates Oct-2024

 Buy / Sell Actions:

- Nil

Dividend / Profit Taking / Cut Loss:

- Nil

- YTD dividend received: $3,423

Current Portfolio Capital Gain / Loss:

- Red @ -6%

Watch list:

- CDG, City Dev, OCBC, Wilmar

No action this month, waiting for companies updates on Q4.

Year end target dividend of $4k cannot be achieved, current forecast is around $3.8k.

Will add more OCBC for long term if the price is falling to $14.xx again.

Will consider to add more of MLT and MPACT if the price is falling below $1.30.