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Friday, December 26, 2014

Review/Reflections for 2014

The year is ending soon and it is a good time to do another review piece. Bascially, not much had changed for my portfolio though markets had been volatile this year. There are plenty of market noises this year from Ebola outbreak to Hong Kong demonstrations to Russia invading Ukraine and of course, fall in oil price.

Thoughout these events, I stay vested in the market, collecting dividends along the way and re-investing some back into it. The fall in oil price had hit some oil-related counters and I had also increased my stake in some blue chip companies like Keppel Corp and SembCorp Industries this month.

However, I do lost some companies this year due to M&A activities. Stocks like Goodpack, Lee Kim Tah, CapitaMalls Asia, Singapore Land etc are now history and out of my holdings. Companies do come and go, but it is sad to lose some of these companies through privatisations.

This year also seen me joining another investment group. Actually, this group is a sub-set of the main investment group I had been joining for the past few years. It had been great interacting with fellow like-minded investors in these two groups. You know who you are, and I thank you all for making my investment journey more enjoyable and less lonely.

I have attended more than 90 AGMs, EGMs, briefings etc this year. Though it fell short of my target of around 100, it is still a reasonable amount considering the fact that I fall sick for a period of time this year. I have met the usual faces and also new ones. Again, thanks for all of you whom I met during these meetings for making it an interesting interaction and exchange of investment ideas.

I had been a full-time investor for 3.5 years now. The years of being a corporate employee is clearly over. My market value in the employment market is now almost zero. I think I have reached a point of no return. Clearly, my focus is on my portfolio and investment going forward.

Again, I didn't compute my portfolio return but I think this year should be an average year for me. Though my portfolio didn't lose much value, I don't think it had gain much too due to many volatile days in the markets. Having said that, I do think that my strategy of staying invested had taken emotions out of the markets which makes me sleep better at night.

I hope that 2015 will be a great year for investors and all you readers out there. I certainly hope so and hope to share with all of you my activities in my portfolio every month at this blog. 

Do take care and enjoy your holidays!

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Monday, December 01, 2014

My Investment Portfolio (November 2014)

STI ended this month up to close at 3305 points.With fewer news on the corporate front as the year draws closer to the end, investors were mostly reacting to news on the economic front and oil price. Oil producers' cartel decision not to slash output resulted in many stocks related to the oil and gas industry having a bad month in terms of share price performance.

For this month, I have attended the following AGMs/EGMs/briefings - Sunningdale, MFS Tech, LippoMalls, Fraser Centrepoint, Straits Trading, Fung Choi, Keppel REIT, Keppel T&T, Khong Guan and TTJ.

For my top 30 holdings, Singapura Finance dropped out of the list as I have applied for the rights issue but those shares had not been credited yet. GK Goh moved quite a few places up as the stock benefited from the news that EuNetworks had been subjected to a general offer as it holds around 9% stake in the company. EnGro Corp is a new entry to the list as I also added more to the stock this month. OSIM International returned to the list due to share price recovery after being heavily sold down last month. Otherwise, there is no major movements in the list.    

I have bought the following companies from the market this month - AV Jennings, Bund Center, Design Studio, EnGro Corp, Hiap Hoe, Intraco, Isetan, Saizen REIT, Shangri-La Asia, Sinarmas Land, Singapore Reinsurance, Stamford Land and Yeo Hiap Seng. There is no sale done this month.

I have participated in the following scrip dividend schemes this month - Boardroom, First REIT, Frasers Commercial Trust, MapleTree Logistics Trust and United Overseas Australia. I have also accepted the following voluntary delisting/cash offers this month - Lee Kim Tah and CityBar Holdings (formerly known as St James Holdings).

I have participated in the following rights issue - Singapura Finance.

December will be a quiet month as there are not many AGMs/EGMs. Also, most fund managers will be going on holidays and therefore the market is expected to be quiet. Having said that, it is a good month to take stock of my holdings, review and reflect on 2014 before the year ends.
 
My S'pore Stock Portfolio - Top Holdings, cash investment only (correct as at 30 November 2014)

Top 30 Holdings (Sing$ Denominated shares)
1. United Engineers
2. Sarine Technologies
3. Jardine C&C
4. Old Chang Kee
5. Haw Par  
6. Metro Holdings
7. Bukit Sembawang Estates
8. Bonvests   
9. Hong Fok
10. Hotel Properties
11. Hotel Grand Central
12. SGX
13. A-REIT
14. Hong Leong Finance
15. GK Goh
16. Hotel Royal
17. Hiap Hoe
18. Noble Group
19. Straits Trading 
20. Sing Investment & Finance
21. OSIM International
22. VICOM
23. The Hour Glass
24. Isetan
25. ComfortDelgro  
26. Far East Orchard
27. CapitaMall Trust 
28. Keppel T&T
29. Stamford Land
30. EnGro Corp

Note: Singapura Finance rights shares not credited yet and Hour Glass share price is based on pre stock spilt.

Top 5 Holdings (US$ Denominated shares)
1. Jardine Strategic
2. Dairy Farm
3. Mandarin Oriental
4. Hong Kong Land
5. Jardine Matheson

Top Holdings (HK$ Denominated shares)
1. Fortune REIT
2. Tan Chong International

Top Holdings (Aust$ Denominated shares)
1. AV Jennings

Top 5 Holdings (CPF OA investment)
1. Keppel Corp
2. Streettracks STI ETF
3. CapitaMall Trust
4. A-REIT
5. Challenger Technologies

My Hong Kong Stock Portfolio
1. Peace Mark Holdings - Under Voluntary Liquidation

My Australia Stock Portfolio
1. GPS Alliance Holdings Limited

My Unlisted Company Portfolio
1. Automated Touchstone Machines Ltd
2. Iconic Global Limited
3. Greatronic Limited
4. General Magnetics
5. Fastech Synergy
6. Beauty China- Under Liquidation
7. Memory Devices
8. Jurong Tech - In liquidation - Compulsory winding up (Insolvency)
9. FM Holdings
10. Japan Land - In liquidation - Members' voluntary winding up
11. Zhonghui - In liquidation - Compulsory winding up (Insolvency)
12. FerroChina - Under Liquidation
13. FirstLink Investments
14. NEL Group
15. KXD Digital Entertainment - In liquidation - Compulsory winding up (Insolvency)
16. Jets Technics
17. UIS - In liquidation - Members' voluntary winding up
18. Guangzhao Industrial Forest - In liquidation - Compulsory winding up (Insolvency)
19. Hongwei Technologies Limited (In Provisional Liquidation)
20. FDS Networks Group
21. Aussino Group
22. Sunray Holdings

My Unit Trust Portfolio:
http://www.fundsupermart.com/main/community/Portfolio_View.svdo?id=P199

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