Wednesday, 31 May 2017

portfolio update - may 2017

Dividend by month

1) singtel
2) fcot sgx capitacom lian beng starhillg fct sphreit cmt
3) spost  taisin lippo
4) roxy
5) fcot steng sgx  uob sph starhillg fct sphreit cmt cdg hcg lippo
6) tcil ocbc lkh
7) singpost
8) fcot singtel  plife  ocbc  capitacom starhillg sci steng fct singpost sphreit cmt lippo
9)  uob tcil cdg
10) sgx lian beng
11) fcot taisin sgx spost  starhillg fct cmt lippo
12) sph sats ksh


Remarks:


my comments:

Singtel. steady blue chip counter which gives dividend  in jan and august. august dividend maintained at 10.7c.

Comfortdelgro. a transport giant. distinct pattern of raising dividend. like singtel, cdg has also gone global. vesting in this would mean having interest in its transport business in different parts of the world. investing in this means indirectly investing in vicom and sbs. Not sure why the market is selling this counter down. if the earnings and dividends can be maintained, this sell down is uncalled for.

Singpost. we can see changes in top management taking place. its one proxy to invest in ecommerce and elogistics. just got to be patient on this one. it cannot go bust right?


Taisin.holding on to a small number of shares. most of it divested as it appears overvalued to me at this sort of price.


Roxy. barring unforeseen circumstances, it should be a winner in excess of 5 years. take a walk around marine parade area and one can see that the upcoming mrt is just literally in front of its hotel and roxy square assets.


lian beng. deeply undervalued. of course we wont expect it to trade at nav, but its discount to its nav and its low pe appears attractive. lots of hard asset backing and recurring income. its contract works will keep it busy and provide income till 2021. Another big venture announced lately in a hougang en bloc project.


low keng huat, another deeply undervalued counters. revamp of paya lebar area will give it a boost. slow and steady counter. won perumal site bid, this is in close proximity of farrer park mrt. it probably will hold the ground floor units for recurring income, as in the case of plsq.
Another steady ship. 4c dividend declared. nav up to 90c, cash plus deposits equals 1/4bil, so much of the company is actually cash.


tcil, each passing year represents an increasingly wide pb gap. lots of hard asset backing but no clue when would it be unlocked. more than 10 acres of freehold land in  singapore in its books. hk3.5b worth of japan equities. amongst its assets. dividend hk0.07 declared on eps 9c. more tan chong added from my dividends at around 2.40hkd, which is deemed very cheap. to buy a cheap stuff and still enjoy dividend cannot be a bad thing.


sph. fighting digital disruption. downside will be limited by its real estate and cash.


hotel grand central, which imo is a discount to its hard assets. if you trace it to its beginnings, you would have seen it growth in the number of hotels over the years. shareholder friendly is definitely a plus, as can be seen as a willingness to increase dividends when earnings permit. compare and contrast this with hotel royal. will get scrip.


banks. ocbc and uob, provide steady may and august/sept dividend. ocbc's 'hidden' 1b assets provides much comfort in holding it, while uob family conservatively run style provides safety. both has discernible dividend rising trend. getting scrip for uob


sgx. singapore as SEA financial hub now and in the future holds a lot of promise to this counter. 4x a year payout is definitely pleasing. current and historical average yield is a tad low though.


ksh. to me its overvalued. market is pricing it too high. it has lots of jv and its gao bei dian project will take years to happen and years before earnings happen and hence years before increase in dividends take place.


sats. 4th 5th terminal coming up should keep this company with lots of people to feed and things to manage.


sph reit. stable dividend churner.


frasers reits, starhill and parkway life. business as usual.

St E. One of my long term holdings. steady big ship cruising along. Another blue chip which has gone across the globe to usa.

lippo malls. high yield because of its geographical risk i suppose but adding this reduces my own risk to my current portfolio.



Overall,

nothing fanciful and nothing new: dividends received will be used to reinvest in the same counters and/or the counters which are about to pay dividends soon.

No further input is necessary. Portfolio creates the income every month and gets reinvested. One reinvestment move means one more continuous stream of income in the future.

Market up or down doesn't matter too much, in fact is not a bad thing after all. Dividends provided new cash flow as compounding and dollar cost average tool.



DON'T FORGET TO ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS:


1) WILL THIS COMPANY GO BUST IN 10 YEARS?
2) WILL THIS COMPANY STOP DIVIDENDS?
3) WILL THIS COMPANY STOP INCREASING DIVIDENDS OVER TIME?


Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Are times really that bad these days?

recently i spoke to the man on the street, he said "gang kor", hang jeng si bei pai". In english, it means difficult and times are damn bad.

I ask him how come. He said everything going up. utility bills up, a cup of kopi at kopitiam also going up and seems like won't come down. his pay appears to be the only thing which stays. "how to survive?"

i think times are not good generally. the singapore economy is not doing well and the worst it are the normal man on the streets.

innovate upgrade...yeah sure..tell that to someone who has only secondary education earning 1.5kpm doing 2 different shift jobs with little time even to take a breather; and whatever income comes in, it rapidly goes out to pay handphone bills, utlity bills, transport, rental etc... how to innovate, upgrade..? u got to be kidding! As a result, most of them remain stuck, work like hell just to stay afloat.

but hey, on the other hand, you look around the streets in town, you see bentley, ferrari, benz bmw and lots of them there. these people do not seem too affected by the downturn.

I do hope the singapore economy will pick up and better times for more people in singapore.

Happy Vesak Day to all the people in Singapore!!!

Monday, 1 May 2017

portfolio update - april 2017

Dividend by month

1) singtel
2) fcot sgx capitacom lian beng starhillg fct sphreit cmt
3) spost  taisin
4) roxy
5) fcot steng sgx  uob sph starhillg fct sphreit cmt cdg hcg
6) tcil ocbc lkh
7) singpost
8) fcot singtel  plife  ocbc  capitacom starhillg sci steng fct singpost sphreit cmt
9)  uob tcil cdg
10) sgx lian beng
11) fcot taisin sgx spost  starhillg fct cmt
12) sph sats ksh


Remarks:


my comments:

counters which appear this month and say, 2 months ago are still the same counters. however, they might not be the same quantity.

Singtel. more added during the recent sell off, from profit taking in taisin and ksh.

Comfortdelgro. a transport giant. distinct pattern of raising dividend. like singtel, cdg has also gone global. vesting in this would mean having interest in its transport business in different parts of the world. investing in this means indirectly investing in vicom and sbs.

Singpost. in process of ecommerce/elogistic transformation. traditional mail expected to see gradual decline. contribution by singpost centre would come soon. give the counter some time. give the new ceo come time to transform this mail giant. needs to be patient with this counter. anyway, getting paid 4x a year while waiting is not a bad deal.

Taisin. profit taken. ard 45c. to me, this represents overvalue, from the yield and nav point of view.

Roxy. will go xd in april. slow and steady counter. deeply undervalued imo. barring unforeseen circumstances, it should be a winner in excess of 5 years. take a walk around marine parade area and one can see that the upcoming mrt is just literally in front of its hotel and roxy square assets. impressive 60m gain in 3 years from selling its australian asset. management appears very shrewd.


lian beng. deeply undervalued. of course we wont expect it to trade at nav, but its discount to its nav and its low pe appears attractive. lots of hard asset backing and recurring income. its contract works will keep it busy and provide income till 2021.


low keng huat, another deeply undervalued counters. revamp of paya lebar area will give it a boost. slow and steady counter. won perumal site bid, this is in close proximity of farrer park mrt. it probably will hold the ground floor units for recurring income, as in the case of plsq.
Another steady ship. 4c dividend declared. nav up to 90c, cash plus deposits equals 1/4bil, so much of the company is actually cash.


tcil, each passing year represents an increasingly wide pb gap. lots of hard asset backing but no clue when would it be unlocked. more than 10 acres of freehold land in  singapore in its books. hk3.5b worth of japan equities. amongst its assets. dividend hk0.07 declared on eps 9c.


sph. fighting digital disruption. selling its m1 stake will unlock lots of cash.


Hotel grand central. if you trace it to its beginnings, you would have seen it growth in the number of hotels over the years. shareholder friendly is definitely a plus, as can be seen as a willingness to increase dividends when earnings permit. compare and contrast this with hotel royal. will get scrip.


banks. ocbc and uob, provide steady may and august/sept dividend. ocbc's 'hidden' 1b assets provides much comfort in holding it, while uob family conservatively run style provides safety. both has discernible dividend rising trend. will get scrip for both.


sgx. singapore as SEA financial hub now and in the future holds a lot of promise to this counter. 4x a year payout is definitely pleasing. current and historical average yield is a tad low though. 5c dividend maintained.


ksh. imo overvalued from the dividend point of view.

sats. 4th 5th terminal coming up should keep this company with lots of people to feed and things to manage.


sph reit. steady properties in orchard road and clementi and low gearing.


frasers reits, starhill and parkway life. business as usual.

St E. One of my long term holdings. steady big ship cruising along. Another blue chip which has gone across the globe to usa. Lot of business deals recently.


9/5/2017
FORGOT to add: I added some lippo malls to divest away from singapore. to me lippo malls is something like frasers. yield is somewhat higher because of geographical risk but to me my risk is reduced because of its purchase.



Overall,

nothing fanciful and nothing new: dividends received will be used to reinvest in the same counters and/or the counters which are about to pay dividends soon.

No further input is necessary. Portfolio creates the income every month and gets reinvested. One reinvestment move means one more continuous stream of income in the future.

Market up or down doesn't matter too much, in fact is not a bad thing after all. Dividends provided new cash flow as compounding and dollar cost average tool.



DON'T FORGET TO ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS:


1) WILL THIS COMPANY GO BUST IN 10 YEARS?
2) WILL THIS COMPANY STOP DIVIDENDS?
3) WILL THIS COMPANY STOP INCREASING DIVIDENDS OVER TIME?