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  Please click and read this disclaimer if you wish to continue with the contents below. For my previous portfolio review click here YTD(2021) I have made a total profit of S$100,926.24 from my equity investments(predominantly in HK) with an XIRR of 2,562.89%(XIRR is annualized). From my 6 years of tracking, I have made a total of S$200,568.90 from this portfolio alone. In terms of benchmarking with STI, HKSE and World index, I seem to have made further improvements in 2021. I have started to outperform the World index. The large difference between my XIRR and TWR is due to XIRR being annualized in nature and the drastic price appreciation of some of my stocks recently. Portfolio composition(4 index etfs and 25 stocks): Transactions:Initiated a position

In the early part of November, global investors rotated out of momentum stocks (particularly those benefitting from work-from-home trends) to value stocks. This was mostly driven by developments of multiple working vaccines, following the US elections. One of the sectors that have come back into focus in the transport industry. In Singapore, the 10 most traded transport-related stocks gained 11% in November alone. Read Also: Joe Biden Is Now U.S President: 7 Things Singapore Investors Need To Know In 4 Stocks This Week, we look at 4 of the best performing transportation stocks on SGX in the past 4-weeks period, above the $500 million mark. COSCO SHIPPING (SGX: F83) Singapore-listed COSCO (SGX: F82) is engaged in the business of 1) logistics; 2) dry bulk shipping; 3) ship repair and marine

Dear Readers, Notice of EGM hereby issued. The company seek the mandate to go beyond 10% of the holding in overseas market. As SillyInc expand the radar, It is quite likely that Hong Kong Exchange counters will exceed 10 percent of porftolio very soon. Singapore will remain the core and majority of the portfoilo for years to come. Beyond Hong Kong, Silly Inc has made a maiden investment in AT&T and might invest further if the price is right, so it is very unlikely that SillyInc can be a pure local player Some of the Hong Kong Counters vested1) Lonking 33392) HSBC 00053) SinoPec 03864) GA pack 04685) Cosco Ship Int 0517Those in watchlist include1) APT Satellite 10452) Stella Holding18363) Ping An Insurance 23184) ICBC 13985) Tracker Fund 2800US companies will play a secon

Please click and read this disclaimer if you wish to continue with the contents below.Bench marking myself against STI and World Index:Year to date:STI Index: -18.52%World Index: -10.83%My Portfolio: -8.90%Three years trailing:STI Index: -17.17%World Index: 4.36%My Portfolio: 8.4%Last three years trailing was semi decent since I transitioned out of my bond portfolio completely by end 2017. Year to date, I managed to outperform STI index by 9.62% and World Index by 1.93%. Three years trailing, I manage to outperform STI index by 25.57% and World index by 4.04%.Portfolio composition:Comments on some of the counters:Sunevision(HK:1686) operates and owns the largest data center in Hong Kong. With more people working from home, more bandwidth demand will need to be met. More

2020 1H is really a roller coaster ride. In march, the market drops more than 5% consecutive for days. The plan to purchase companies as they fall 20% became 25% to 30%, and towards the end of march become a wait and see move.There are several questionable coporate actions, the purpose of the piece is to crystallize the thinking process through writing, and please forgive me if I sound incoherence.1) Moments of freezing in actionBut all accounts, Singpost, Hong Kong Land, Capitaland has hit 30% threhold of fall. Yet, I freeze. I have not mentioned Hong Kong counters like 0517 cosco and GA pack. While it is understandable to focus the firepower in the local market where there is high degree of familarity, there is no reason why I let a 30% fall go, and I did nothing.Reflection: When the mar

Please click and read this disclaimer if you wish to continue with the contents below.COSCO International Holdings Limited (SEHK: 517) is the subsidiary of COSCO (Hong Kong) Group (COSCO Hong Kong's parent company is COSCO Group). It is headquartered in Hong Kong and it was listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1992. It is 66% owned by the COSCO SHIPPING Group.The value thesis for this company is in its balance sheet. 6.09bil hkd of net cash which equates to HK$3.97 of net cash per share vis a vis a market cap of 3.34bil hkd(2.18 per share). This will likely allow the company to make a series of small acquisitions to complement its existing businesses and/or enable it to make a transformational acquisition to substantially expand its earnings.This company is trading at 45% di

The bear market has brought intense reactions. Everyone has different plans or coping mechanisms.My friend ask for divine advice. I am not kidding. The advice he got is stay out of the market for the time being. That is when I started buying when STI is at 3000. The way I see it, there are a few ways.1) Exit to a level of comfort, taking some loss if necessary and stay out of the market 2) Accumulate at various points and continue buying3) Short the market4) Rotate your holdings, buy and sell at the same time and liquid some bonds (if u have)5) Look at signals (whatever sect u below) and trade in and out of marketIf u have a different option that I have not heard of, please leave a comment below.The point I am trying to make is, no matter which path u take, u will most probably b

This is my second overseas investment. However, it is my maiden investment into Hong Kong exchange, my first is GA pac，which is also in Hong Kong and both were purchase within the same fortnight. I shall let pictures tell the story of why I bought. Maybe u can pinpoint the main reason why I think it's a good deal. This is the story or business part. The numbers part is below. Which numbers do u think catch my attention? ....... ......The numbers is interest income or finance income's proportion to operating income, and u can understand the risk of this business. Unlike YZJ whose finance income come from riskier HTM investment, 517 income come from bank deposits.Shipping is a scary industry, but 517 is the back support service of this industry, spar

This will be a short post.I believe in investing, we need the connect the numbers to a story to make better sense of a business. U can call it growth modeling or revenue projection, but I feel both u can't really make it buy or sell call without both.For a stock that I owned, I usually sit up when it falls 20 percent. I will ask my self to do 3 things. 1) Buy more, 2) Sell some or all, 3) find out more so that I can do 1) or 2) within days or a week.This approach has mix results but it keeps me sanity and allow me to sleep well. I will share examples and what I have learn from themA few examples. Sembcorp Industries, SIA engineering etc. Both I have been accumulating as they retreat. SIA engineering has rebound from a low of near 2 dollars and to a high of close to 3 dollars before th