STI index was on steroids in December, gaining a whopping 5% in 1 month and erasing all the losses for the whole year. The expectation of the US Fed’s slashing interest rates next year sends investors on a frenzy buying. YTD, the STI has gained 4.5% (including dividends). For 2023, my SG portfolio recorded a slight loss of 1.41% as some of the small caps and REITs are not performing well due to the high interest rate environment. Fortunately the high cash components have kept the portfolio cushioned from any big whipsawing which is not good for trend following strategy. Total return since ..read more

So far this year, my SG portfolio return didn't change much despite the weak performance of small capital stocks due to the high interest environment. The portfolio year-to-date return so far stood at -0.71% and has been heavyweight in cash for most part of the year (technically I should add another +2-3% as most of the cash are placed in T-Bills and Fixed deposit). Overall return since inception remained at +123.76%, still way ahead of STI benchmark for the same period. Moving into the last quarter of 2023, I expect the portfolio to maintain a high cash component as long as the interest ra ..read more

The auction result for BY23102N 1-Year T-bill has just been released in the MAS website here with a cut-off yield of 3.74% p.a. This is higher than the previous one BY23101W in April which was 3.58% p.a. The next 1 year T-bill will be announced on 12 Oct 2023. The TBills, or Treasury Bills, are short-term debt instruments issued by the government to raise funds. They are considered one of the safest investments as they are backed by the full faith and credit of the government. Investors often use TBills as a low-risk option for preserving capital and earning a modest return. The results prov ..read more

So far this year, my SG portfolio managed to remain in green despite the bumpy market. However, the portfolio gain for H1 is merely a +1%, on par with STI. Total return since inception stands at +127.62%. Several stocks in the portfolio helped to keep the portfolio in green namely SIA (+7.50%), MTQ (+49.62%) and Marco Polo (+9.62%). While the US market turned bullish, buoyed by some of the big cap stocks as inflation appears to taper, SG market remains weak, impacted by the slowing global economy. The number of uptrending stocks remain low with many fake bulls. The portfolio remains highly i ..read more

It was a bumpy ride for the STI in Q1 2023 rising to the high in January as inflation appears to be tapering but fell steadily in February and March due to the panic spurred by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. Despite that, STI managed to stage a comeback towards the end of March with a V-shaped recovery to end the month with a small gain of 0.30% as the Fed plan to trim down on the number of hikes this year. My SG portfolio year-to-date return fell 2.11% as the roller coaster ride in the overall market had my SG portfolio taking on some fake bull stocks that reversed ..read more

Before the system invested in this stock, I have never heard of it before. Ardmore Shipping Corporation (ASC) engages in the seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals worldwide. During the market downturn that started at the beginning of 2022, the general market was in a steady decline as the Feds turn aggressive in its rate hiking plan. While we were seeing blood on the streets, this stock skyrocketed throughout the duration of the overall market weakness. I'm not sure what was the news behind or fundamentally what is great about this stock, but looking at the ch ..read more

STI slid further this month as inflation fear persisted, falling 2.17% for the month. For a few days, it went below the psychological level of 3000, a price not seen since last year's March. With the rising interest rates, many folks are flocking to buy Singapore government securities such as Singapore Saving Bonds and T-Bills as the returns from stocks become less attractive.  Despite the weak market, my SG portfolio managed to stay afloat this month with a slight gain of +0.34%. The small gain is due to the fact that the portfolio is highly in cash. In fact, some of the cash ..read more

Thank you InvestingNote for organizing the challenge. I managed to emerged #1 in the competition,  The challenge is to vote on the daily performance of the HSI, STI, S&P500 & Nasdaq-100 Indices and some of us were spot on! And our returns we leveraged by using SocGen’s Long/Short DLCs to capture the strong bearish trend in Sep or rebound rally in early Oct. Waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Fold 4 grand prize.   To know exactly what stocks the system is buying, subscribe to our premium subscription package. You can visit our main page to find out our system's current perfor ..read more

In computer science, FIFO stands for First In First Out. But for this YZJ Shipbldg SGD (SGX:BS6) trade, it is Fast In Fast Out. System gave an entry signal on 29 Sep 2022. I entered at a price of 1.03. Within 6 days, the stock jumped more than 10% and system gave an exit signal today. I exited at 1.14 for a quick profit of +10.68%. Not bad for such a weak market but not as good as the recent Moya Asia +45% profit. Still waiting for my multibagger for year 2022. Check out this page for some of the top performing stocks the system has recommended. To know exactly what stocks the system is bu ..read more

STI went back to where it started this year at the close on Friday, but inclusive of dividend, the return is 3.68%. Not too bad as compared to the US market which has already well into the bear territory, The reason has been the same for the past 1 year - inflation.  For September, my SG portfolio actually rose 0.68% while the STI ETF I used to benchmark (SGX:ES3) fell 2.37%. This is thanks to Moya Asis (SGX:5WE) that got a privatization offer and I profited 45% from the price jump (refer to this post). This has helped to buffer the losses from some other stocks. Also thanks to ..read more