Self Reflection:Stock Market is a dangerous place. However, placing money in the bank would also erode value as the bank interest is near to nothing.The rule "Never lose money" would not be applicable to ordinary investors like myself, who bascially buy and hold.I am not a good stock picker as I had bought/sold some toxic stocks in the past. For example, Rickmers (41% loss), Hyflux (24% loss), Noble Group (15% gain)......There is also a 100% loss in Eagle HTr.  I took on a major project before Eagle's price collapsed.  As Murphy's law dictates, everything gone wrong, even the harddisk of my new laptop crashed with data non recoverable.  After I completed my project, then I found that Eagle has already been suspended. Luckily, only 1,000 shares involved from its IPO.Tal

Working >50% time at home with minimal social gathering and meet-ups with friends, 2021 sped by like a rocket.  I am not an artistic person and never imagine that I will be doing ART every week...(before going back to office).Stayed in hospital for a week (not covid).  This was a wake-up call for me. I start exercising 4-5 days a week, when not going back to office. Do feel improvement in personal health and fitness.  Well, time to do a final review on my portfolio's performace in 2021.Top 30 positions of my portfolio at end 2021:1. SGX2. ParkwayLife Reit3. UOB4. Keppel DC Reit5. OCBC6. FCT7. Frasers L&C Tr8. AIMS APAC Reit9. CapitaLand I Comm Tr10. Mapletree Com Tr11. Mapletree Indust Tr12. Ascendas Reit13. Keppel Corp14. SPH Reit15. Suntec Reit16. CDL HT

Updated on 12 November 2021 with Business Times report on GIFT 2021 by Michelle Quah NetLink NBN Trust retains number 1 spot in Governance Index for Trusts (GIFT) 2021 and achieves a new high score; newer trusts have generally fared well SINGAPORE, 11 November 2021 – NetLink NBN Trust has retained its top ranking in the latest Governance Index for Trusts (GIFT), a position it has held since its... Source

1.  SPH Reit  --  4th Oct 20212.  SPH  --  5th Oct 2021 3.  Ascendas Reit  --  19th Oct 2021  (Business Update)4.  CICT  --  22nd Oct 2021  (Business Update)5.  Kep DC Reit  --  25th Oct 2021  (Business Update)6.  Mapletreelog Trust  --  25th Oct 20217.  Kep Reit  --  26th Oct 2021  (Business Update)8.  MapletreeInd Trust  --  26th Oct 20219.  First REIT  --  26th Oct 2021  (Business Update)10.  CapitaR China Trust  --  26th Oct 2021  (Business Update)11.  Kep Oac Oak US Reit  --  27th Oct 2021  (Business Update)12.  Frasers Cpt Trust  --  27th Oct 202113.  MapletreeCo

Inflation.  And more of the unhappy kind (stagflation), rather than the happy kind (growth).Long term I see inflation spikes this decade.  Not hyperinflation, just spikes of 5-10% some years with a 'normal' rate 2-4% for others.  Like the 40's or the 70s.  If you haven't already done so, you really have to read Lyn Alden's two pieces on why:A Century of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Inflation vs DeflationThe Ultimate Guide to InflationInvesting in this kind of environment is really tough.  In real terms, expect a sideways market that treads water for ten years.  Its not like the last decade, where ever-falling rates boosted asset prices.  Its the opposite, when ever-rising wages reduce profit margins.  Asking whats a good investment during this is an o

Due to the working from home arrangements during COVID-19, and possibly changing work trends in the future, having a good broadband plan at home has gone from a nice-to-have to a must-have for many households. When it comes to deciding the best broadband plan for our home, there are six main players in the market to consider. No Internet Service Provider (ISP) 1 M1 2 MyRepublic 3 SingTel 4 StarHub 5 ViewQwest 6 WhizComms   When applying for a home broadband service, there are two types of fees that we may be charged, outside of our monthly subscription. NLT Service Activation Fee: We have to pay $56.71 for the NetLink Trust (NLT) Service Activation fee for every new fibre port activation. This is typically for new customers or customers that moved homes, as it a

With a history dating back to 1966, the Straits Times Index (STI) was originally coined as the Straits Industrial Index. After 30-odd years, the Straits Industrial Index was eventually succeeded by Straits Times Index on 31 August 1998. The reason for changing the index was to allow the index to cover more sectors and properly reflect the daily trading activities of stocks on SGX (or then-Stock Exchange of Singapore). Established by SPH, SGX and FTSE Russell, the index is reviewed on a semi-annual basis. Companies can be removed and added to the index based on their market capitalisation changes. Since STI’s official inception, the index has undergone several changes. The most recent major movement would be the replacement of SPH with Mapletree Industrial Trust on June 2020. Here, we com

1.  SPH Reit  --  12th Jul 2021  (Business Update)2.  Mapletreelog Trust  --  19th Jul 20213.  SPH  --  19th Jul 2021  (Business Update)4. Suntec Reit  --  22nd Jul 20215.  Frasers Centrepoint Trust  --  22nd Jul 2021  (Business Update)6.  SATS  --  22nd Jul 2021  (Business Update)7.  MapletreeCom Trust  --  23rd Jul 2021  (Business Update)8.  SIA Engg  --  23rd Jul 2021  (Business Update)9.  Keppel DC Reit  --  26th Jul 202110.  Keppel Pac Oak US Reit  --  26th Jul 202111.  Mapletree NACT  --  26th Jul 2021  (Business Update)12.  Keppel Reit  --  27th Jul 202113.  MapletreeInd

Netlink NBN Trust is the sole owner of Singapore’s fibre network infrastructure. It’s responsible for maintaining and operating any infrastructure related to the fibre network including ducts, manholes, fibre cables, and central offices. A large part of its income is derived from a Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) model. Under the RAB model, Netlink is promised a pre-tax return that is equal to its pre-tax weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The WACC measures the company’s net cost of borrowing money, weighted by the company’s total debt and equity. During the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s last round of price revisions in 2017, Netlink’s pre-tax WACC was 7%. As such, IMDA has set fibre connection prices such that Netlink will make a 7% pre-tax return on its past

1. SPH Reit  --  29th Mar 2021 2. SPH  --  30th Mar 20213. Kep Infra Trust  --  19th Apr 2021  (Business Update)4. Kep Pac Oak US Reit  --  19th Apr 2021  (Business Update)5. Kep DC Reit  --  20th Apr 2021  (Business Update)6. Kep Reit  --  21st Apr 2021  (Business Update)7. Mapletreelog Trust  --  21st Apr 20218. Kep Corp  --  22nd Apr 2021  (Business Update)9. MNACT  --  22nd Apr 2021  10. Frasers Cpt Trust  --  23rd Apr 202111. Parkway Life  --  23rd Apr 202112. Ascendas Reit  --  23rd Apr 2021  (Business Update)13. CICT  --  26th Apr 2021  (Business Update)14. Starhill Global  --  26th Apr 2021 

Half Yearly Report just out. 5.1 cent dividend. Respectable returns. Far from Tech and Crypto and slightly lower than average reits returns iirc of different level risk. With a yield of 5.2% annualized, this is 1.2% higher than government guaranteed CPF SA account.Netlink NBN Tr is a regulated business on how much they can profit. At current rate, is not significantly overvalued and I would think

One of the reasons for investing is so that we can enjoy regular income from our investments. While we can invest in high dividend-paying stocks and bonds to earn regular dividend income or coupon payments, it also makes sense to consider investing in dividend-paying ETFs. When we invest in dividend-paying ETFs, we enjoy diversification as our investment is made into a variety of stocks (or bonds), as opposed to having exposure to just a single company. Of course, this doesn’t mean that our investment portfolio is fully protected. Similar to stocks and bonds, the value of ETFs can also go up or down depending on the components that make up the ETF. Unlike investing in growth or value investing, the idea behind dividend investing is to generate a consistent stream of income from our inve

The Straits Times Index (STI) is comprised of 30 of the largest and most liquid companies listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Account for nearly 80% of the entire value of all listed companies on the SGX, the STI is commonly referred to as Singapore’s benchmark or market return. We can gain exposure to the STI by investing in one of the two STI ETFs listed on the SGX. With one investment decision, we become broadly diversified to 30 high quality companies and will earn the Singapore market return. Read Also: Complete Guide To Investing In The Straits Times Index (STI) ETFs In Singapore How Did The STI Perform In Q1 2021? While many of us may be attracted to invest in U.S. or Chinese companies, the STI has been no slouch in 2021. According to SGX, the STI delivered a world-leading ret

 I wrote in my previous post that a stock market correction is imminent, just that I didn’t expect it to happen just right after I published my Portfolio Update. Seems like all eyes are on TLT – iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF now. The bond yield has been steadily rising since Aug 2020 but only started making waves recently. As trust in Covid 19 vaccines are growing, investors in general are betting on an economic recovery and setting expectations on higher inflation rate to come. That means they are expecting higher yield to compensate inflation risk. Higher treasury yield means higher risk-free rate, and that reduces the intrinsic value of growth companies when we apply DCF formula to value stocks. Growth stocks, especially tech stocks which has not shown bottom line grow

2020 was an unprecedented year. Many of us never expect that the medical advancement of mankind would ever face another pandemic like the Spanish flu 100 years ago...   Well, time to do a final review on my portfolio's performace in 2020.Top 30 positions of my portfolio at end 2020:1. SGX2. ParkwayLife Reit3. UOB4. FCT5. Keppel DC Reit6. OCBC7. CICT8. Frasers L&C Tr9. SATS10. AIMS APAC Reit11. Keppel Corp12. Mapletree Com Tr13. Ascendas Reit14. CDL HTrust15. Suntec Reit16. SingTel17. SPH Reit18. Capitaland19. Keppel InfraTr20. Starhill Global Reit21. VICOM22. Bukit Sembawang23. Netlink NBN Tr24. Sembcorp Indust25. ST Engg26. SIA Engg27. ARA LOGOS Log Tr28. Cromwell Reit Euro29. Frasers Property30. AstreaIVB4.35%Total dividends collected in 2020: $15,399.93Average monthly

This is a continuation of the previous post.The replacement of OCBC is Singtel.The joke is on me. Many months ago, for those that asked me about Singtel, I will tell them I do not like it. The main issue is cash burn in the future and the “traditional” management. But recently a friend changes my thinking and it kept me thinking on all the future possibilities. Basically, in my opinion, the opportunities exceed its own weaknesses. Thus, let me get into the reasons.1. Digital BankingGrab-Singtel JV (GSJV) has been awarded for the full digital banking license. Singtel has a 40% stake in the S$1.5bn entity (around at least S$600million outlay from Singtel).Recently, I have a deep discussion on the Fundamental Scorecard Telegram Group on Digital Banking. Basically, I commented th

STI closed at 2843.81DBS  ($25.04)UOB ($22.59)SPH   ($1.13)NetLink Trust ($0.965)SingTel ($2.31)StarHub ($1.31)CityDev ($7.97)Keppel Infra Trust ($0.545)Olam ($1.53)SIA ($4.28)SIA MCBZ300608 ($0.972)Keppelcorp ($5.38)SembCorp ($1.71)Sembmarine ($0.143)SIA Engineering ($1.97)CDL Trust ($1.27)AsiaPay TV Trust ($0.119)Capital China Trust ($1.39)Ascendas India Trust ($1.38)Lippo Malls Trust ($0.062)SuntecReit ($1.49)OUE Comm Trust ($0.385)StarHillGlobal Reit ($0.505)MapleLogistics Trust ($2.01)SATs ($3.98)First Reit ($0.235)KReit ($1.12)SoilBuild Trust ($0.535)HPH Trust ($0.26)AscotReit($1.08)SingPost ($0.705)Comfortdelgro ($1.67)Dutech ($0.24)Ezion ($0.046)*SunningdaleTech($1.53)Kimly($0.315)UOL ($7.71)ST Engineering($3.82)SBDEC17 GX17120W (25,000)SBOCT18 GX18100V (13,000)ATREA

Elon Musk is planning to launch its SpaceX's Starlink services soon. Starlink is actually a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX providing satellite Internet access. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit, working in combination with ground transceivers. An estimated investment of more than US$10 billion has been pumped into this decade old project from Elon Musk. This space internet broadband project actually went on track as per forecasted with various beta testing being done already. It is scheduled to launch soon in USA and Canada this year and to rapidly expand to attain global coverage of the entire world by 2021. I was rather surprised that Elon Musk managed to pull this off and they are in the midst o

Would like to emphasise this to readers again as before : stay the course .... dont panic. this time its NOT differentDividend by month1) singtel Panasonic tai Cheung  Chen Hsong holdings2) sgx  starhillg fct sphreit cmt  capitacom mit suntec hsbank lian beng nam lee singpost LPI capital3)   taisin  hsbank petronas capitaretail pbb clp manulife4) hsbc dbs cimb5) steng sgx  uob sph starhillg fct sphreit cmt cdg hcg Singre teckwah mit sci suntec  hlf ocbc ge ckh6)  netlink hsbank maybank petronas Kc dbs hkland FLT clp manulife Lung kee7) singpost  tcil hsbc bochk aeon creditHK hk Beijing enterprises8) singtel  plife  suntec ocbc  starhill sci kc steng fct singpost sphreit cmt ock  capitacom  siaen mit sats uob cd

Netlink Trust seems to have weathered the current coronavirus storm well and its price shot up to S$1.010 per unit from S$0.945 per unit just 2 weeks back (13 Jan 2020). For its Q3 FY2020 results, Netlink Trust reported a 9.6% year on year increase in profit after taxation from S$19.6Mil to S$21.5Mil. For the 9mths YTD FY2020 performance, it was even more impressive with a 14.5% profit after tax increasing from S$57.3Mil to S$65.6Mil mainly due to the higher revenue generated from residential connections from the shift of Starhub cable subscribers to fibre optic which was completed by period ending September 2019.With the upcoming collaboration with telecom companies for the deployment of 5G infrastructure, Netlink Trust should be able to continue to deliver even higher revenue and profita