Friday, February 8, 2019

January 2019 - Yaruzi's Portfolio Update

January 2019 was a stark contrast from December 2018. STI regained +200 points, Hang Seng +3300 points from their October low. Dow Jones regained +3300 points, S&P 500 +350 points from their December low. FED seemed to signal a pause in interest rate hike, changing from their hawkish tone last year.

I took the opportunity of recovering market to reduce my equity holdings to 18.09% as of end January. Cash & short term bond allocation increased to 81.91%. Portfolio value increased by $16,301.72 to $706,392.26 with $4,000 from fresh contribution. Profit YTD was 1.77%, XIRR YTD was 23.08%, and XIRR since inception improved to 4.86%.

January was a dry month for dividends. I received total dividends of $278.80.

DateSecurities NameFCYSGD
10-Jan-2019Singtel278.80 278.80



Link to Yaruzi's low cost portfolio as of January 2019
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3 comments:

  1. RenFebruary 15, 2019 at 10:07 PM

    Hi Yaruzi,
    InteresintI post. Realised you have been repositioning your portfolio by actively reducing your equity exposure. Do you mind sharing your opinions on doing so..? Instead of staying in the market.

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    1. YaruziFebruary 18, 2019 at 5:49 AM

      Hi Ren, 2 reasons:
      1. In my view, the longer term expected return from the current level will be low or flat. Hence risk/reward ratio to at the current level is not favourable to keep or add.
      2. In my experience, such a sharp rally like what we saw in Jan/Feb would not be sustainable. There will be opportunity to add or reenter at lower price.

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  2. RenFebruary 18, 2019 at 5:52 AM

    Sure, thank you for sharing. That's really valid reasons to revisit portfolio amidst the economic changes these days.

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