| No. | Counters | No. of Shares | Market Price (SGD) | Total Value (SGD) based on market price | Allocation % |
| 1. | China Merchant Pacific | 69,000 | 1.16 | 80,040.00 | 26.0% |
| 2. | FraserCenter Point Trust | 24,000 | 2.06 | 49,440.00 | 16.0% |
| 3. | SembCorp Industries | 10,000 | 4.71 | 47,100.00 | 15.0% |
| 4. | Vicom | 6,000 | 6.70 | 40,200.00 | 13.0% |
| 5. | FraserCommercial Trust | 11,000 | 1.52 | 16,720.00 | 5.0% |
| 6. | ST Engineering | 4,000 | 3.81 | 15,240.00 | 5.0% |
| 7. | Stamford Land | 10,000 | 0.58 | 5,800.00 | 2.0% |
| 8. | Noel Gifts | 18,900 | 0.30 | 5,670.00 | 2.0% |
| 8. | King Wan | 5,000 | 0.31 | 1,550.00 | 1.0% |
| 9. | Warchest* | 45,000.00 | 14.0% | ||
| | Total SGD | | | 306,760.00 | 100.00% |
*Does not include emergency, social security (CPF), insurance endowment, and short term (1 month) funds for immediate working capital.
There's a couple of changes made to the portfolio since the last Mar update here which was roughly more than a month ago. I've added new counters into the portfolio for Noel Gifts which I blogged at over here and divested part of the stake in FCT which I also blogged here.
I have not made any transaction yet for the month of Apr but there's a few more days to go before the end so we'll see if that works out well in the end. I have been researching for at least two of the counters which attracted my attention and I may go for them depending on the market conditions. I'll blog about it should I be able to get them.
There's a flurry of good news for the month of April which I am very fortunate to be part of it and would like to share with fellow friends and readers. They are not entirely financial related, but to a large extent a big part of my life which I hope to do well in.
The first is the extended bull run which we've seen over the past few weeks and being heavily vested in equities, I've managed to participate in a lot of the recent run-up which pushes the market valuation of the counters rather high. I've considered the options about locking in some of the gains to some extent and I'll be honest to say that I've thoroughly looked at the counters in my portfolio and doing review after review to each and every one of them but have yet to come up to a decision. In the previous post, I've blogged much about finding the right conviction to sell and I certainly do not want to end up having to liquidate because of fear in the market for the short term. If I decide to sell, it'll probably mostly because of the right reasons I believe in - either an asset allocation rebalancing or valuations for stocks which I think has been overvalued.
The second good news is about the performance bonus which was distributed based on past year performance. Due to moving out to another company in the middle of last year which I blogged here and then going back halfway, the amount of bonus was pro-rated. Although the amount isn't anywhere significant, the timing of the bonus was perfect as I am in the midst of increasing cash as part of overall portfolio allocation. The recent run up has allowed equities to gain much and the cash portion would come in really handy to balance the increase value in the equities. I'm also glad that I am able to use part of the cash from the bonus to top up $7,000 for my special account which I have blogged about here.
The third good news is still somewhat related to my corporate role. I am extremely fortunate to be promoted within my organization this month which rather comes at a surprise. I wasn't definitely expecting any promotion to come so this is definitely a bonus for me. Human assets in an organization play a very important role in the capital I've managed to put in so far so this is something that I think many active workers out there have to fight for especially in the first few years in the corporate role. Even though my aspirations to quit the corporate world one day may resemble across many other aspiring financial independence bloggers out there, we still need to make it count for as much as we can. Just like dividend investing, the more we get out of our active income early in our life, the faster the compounding effect will kick in once you get to the 30s.
The fourth good news is probably by far the biggest impact I have for the month. My baby son is finally turning 1 year old this month and as a parent, I must say that I am delighted to be able to watch him grow and by his side every single day after my working hours and weekends. To make it more pleasing, the first word that he can mutter out of his mouth was "Daddy", which really makes it count for the amount of quality time I have been able to spend with him and my wife all these long. I thank every part of my lucky stars, including my wife for that to happen and probably what makes Financial Independence really about one day.
Last but not least, the final good news is my portfolio has finally been able to breach across the $300K for the first time ever. This is a great milestone I have been patiently waiting since my last milestone at $250K which was exactly a year ago (original post here) and even though the market run-up has been the major culprit, I must thank the spirit of continuous perseverance and persistence which have somewhat paid off rather nicely.
So that's it for the month of April.
Having recounted all the positive news that has happened this month, I just want to thank a lot of these things to my families, friends and fellow bloggers who have supported me and make me who I am today. I know I can count on them for almost anything that happened in my life and I am so grateful to have them in my life.
Next month will be huge in terms of dividends. A lot of companies will be going ex-dividend in May and with market volatility as high as we are seeing right now, it's probably prudent to keep our eyes close for our investment.
Thanks for reading.
What about you? How did you do for your April month?
