Monday, October 31, 2016

Oct 2016 Portfolio

Well, we survived the month of Oct which is usually infamous for many of its stock market crashes in the past such as The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29), the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday").

This month is rather quiet with low instream of dividends. But managed to get my monies back for SMRT which was privatised by Temasek Holding. The majority of the fund will go back into my warchest to be deployed later into other assets.

STI vs my portfolio

My portfolio is still hovering in the negative region :( but good news is that I beat STI at least a consolation prize :)

PeriodSTIMy Portfolio (Realised)Verdict
Jan 2016-20.78%-15.15% I win
Feb 2016-18.98%-12.11% I win
Mar 2016-13%-8.28% I win
Apr 2016-13.55%-6.50% I win
May 2016-14.46%-6.27% I win
Jun 2016-12.95%-5.18% I win
Jul 2016-13.25%-4.07% I win
Aug 2016-13.86%-4.27% I win
Sep 2016-12.35%-4.17% I win
Oct 2016-14.89%-5.12% I win

Total 23 stocks in portfolio



This month is got a big chunk of dividends from my one and only Global Investment :)



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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Certainty of death, Small Chance of Success, What are we waiting for?




I especially like LOTR and there was this part where the gang are going to setup a rather odd fellowship of ring comprising of a human, a elf, a dwarf and 2 hobbits. It was when Gimli the dwarf said this 'Certainty of death, Small Chance of Success, What are we waiting for?'. Kinda of funny though, I would think. Also kinda sink in deeply into me as after a few years after the movie was shown, I still remember this dialogue :)

Well, I think its pretty practical in our real life too. Just like in the movie, we only live once and during our lifetime is there something you are dying to do and it is within your means ie your health, time permits and expense that you can do it?

Then do not take too long to fulfil your dreams or wishes. Remember we only live once. Do not waste your youth away, and by the way, it will not come back.

As for me, I am quite a simple person, I have no craving for branded goods or do not blindly chase after fabs or fashion or the 'in' thing. I am ok to own a XiaoMi handphone and I must say it is performing very well. At least it doesnt cost a bomb and doesnt explode in your pocket :) I also stay in a HDB flat, got a family car to travel to different places to eat. Every year get to travel around the world for a holiday. Opps not forgetting that I have a stable job and doing ok in my career. But nothing fantastic baby came out of it :) But still got to be thankful for that.

Come to think of it, I have actually done most of the things that I wanted in life.

Since young, I am very interested in investing and growing my wealth. I have since setup a retirement portfolio step by step. Hopefully I can live long enough to enjoy the fruits of my labour. If not, my spouse and children would be very happy when I am not around :)

The latest 'want' or what I hope to achieve is for myself to be a sexy trader, owing a flashy sportcar and stay in big terrace haha Kidding.. but such dreams do keep me going in my trading journey. I keep imagining or having that illusion that someday I will be like those superstar trader on the youtube.

Yes, I am still at it after failing a few times but I have not given up yet. I am still progressing and the equity curve does look better nowadays, I feel that I have seen through the 'trick' and I hope I can maintain it and be a consistently profitable trader every month. I am in the realising stage and hope to grow along the way.

I will give a separate update on my trading journey and I do have some things or experience to say about it.

So its the same for everybody, a certainty of death so what are you going to do when you are still alive and breathing? What are you waiting for? Remember we only live once ;)

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Sep 2016 Portfolio

The Friday before the fateful Sep 11 anniversary, Dow Jones made a surprised downturn of almost -400+ cut of its index. This has caused the global markets to react to it. It could be a change in market trend which we will see market fall further in the coming months as we near the year end.

I finally managed to get some SingPost after aiming for it for sometime. Should be quite a good addition into my portfolio and collect dividends.

STI vs my portfolio


My portfolio is still hovering in the negative region :( but good news is that I beat STI at least a consolation prize :)

PeriodSTIMy Portfolio (Realised)Verdict
Jan 2016-20.78%-15.15% I win
Feb 2016-18.98%-12.11% I win
Mar 2016-13%-8.28% I win
Apr 2016-13.55%-6.50% I win
May 2016-14.46%-6.27% I win
Jun 2016-12.95%-5.18% I win
Jul 2016-13.25%-4.07% I win
Aug 2016-13.86%-4.27% I win
Sep 2016-12.35%-4.17% I win

Total 23 stocks in portfolio



This month I got some dividends from my portfolio.



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