Portfolio – Q215

 

Portfolio Breakdown

My portfolio (at cost) of S’pore stocks for Q215 close,

 

% Holding

Stocks

Total

> 10%

UMS

37.6%

  

M1

  

5-10%

King Wan

25.1%

  

KingsmenCreative

  

  

SMRT

  

  

Starhub

  

< 5%

F & N

21.2%

  

ARA Asset Mgt

  

  

Genting Sing

  

  

OCBC Bank

  

  

Frasers Com Tr

  

  

SingTel

  

  

Kep Infra Tr fka CIT

  

  

IREIT Global

  

Cash

  

16.1%

   

Note : Stocks are arranged in descending order of % holdings

 
Summary

The STI closed at 3317.33, -1.42% from end 2014. Using cost as a reference, my portfolio stats (vs 2014),

  • Size (Stocks Only) : -7.39% (Cost) / -6.08% (Market Value)
  • Portfolio Performance (Includes Cash) vs End-2014 Mkt Value : +1.74% (Unrealised) + 1.16% (Realised) + 2.29% (Div) = +5.19%
  • Further Breakdown of Realised P&L : -0.84% (Stocks Bought before 2015) + 2.00% (Stocks Bought in 2015)

So, +5.19% vs -1.42% (STI), finally better than STI.

For Q215, the better than expected performance came mainly from taking profit for ARA & FCOT.

ARA is mostly due to luck as it suddenly shot up to $1.78 and briefly to $1.8x. This is despite my having made a mistake in my EPS estimate and the Q1 results was worse than my projection. As such, I took the opportunity to reduce my stake significantly.

As for FCOT, there was an announcement of a sale of Hotel Lease cum Australia acquisition. The key was in their circular, their projected DPU was worse than my original expectations. Together with a continued price rise to $1.58 (which is higher than NAV) and a projected Yield of closer to 6%, I decided to sell a large part of my holding. The additional fear for me is the acquisition will be funded by Private Placement, which can be value destructive if it’s at a big discount (max 10%).

My difficult decision to reduce my stake in UMS plus Genting (Q1 Results was worse than my expectation) & SembMarine (Oil Price continued to be weak and volatile) at a huge loss increased my Free Cash by a lot. This Free Cash was useful for me to take advantage of short term opportunities in several stocks. But, I continue to be stuck in many of these Blue Chips as my entry price now looked high (on hindsight). For eg, M1, SMRT & Starhub are now quite significant holdings in my portfolio.

The key fears for now are GREXIT, which is causing huge drops in EU mkt & China, causing volatility in our mkt. FED Rate Hike is now deferred to Sep-15 at the earliest, but, may be further delayed if EU issues become bigger.

My likely strategy for Q3 will be to make good use of my Free Cash to take advantage of market volatility when opportunities arises. OCBC & TELCOs may become longer term holds plus a few High Yield Trusts such as KIT & IREIT.

 

Portfolio Changes (vs Q115)

  • New Additions : M1, SMRT, Starhub, Singtel, OCBC, KIT, IREIT
  • Increases : King Wan, Kingsmen, F&N
  • Decreases : UMS, ARA, FCOT, Genting 
  • No Change : —
  • No More : A-Htrust, SembCorp Marine

 

Exchange Rates

  • IDR (Indonesia Rupiah) -4.47% : LMIR – Continue to weaken after -1.04% in Q115. Looks bad again
  • AUD (Australia $) -1.27% : AusNet, A-Htrust, Singtel – Continue to worsen, after -3.31% in Q115, -5.07% in Q314 & -3.10% in Q414
  • JPY (Japanese Yen) -4.08%  : Saizen – Weakening again, after +3.51% in Q115, -5.69% in Q314 & -5.23% in Q414

IREIT Global @ $0.795

Buy @ $0.795

A new addition to my portfolio. The only time I'd held IREIT was from IPO allotment but I sold off as Euro Exchange Rate dropped from $1.70 to $1.5x.

This AM, before mkt opened, there was an SGX Annc on a proposed acquisition to be funded by Debts & 45-for-100 Rights @ $0.468. Proforma figures projected an increase in Yield by ~1%, but mainly due to an increase in Gearing from 31.8% to 43.7%. Last day cri is 3-Jul-15.

The key risk is still on Exchange Rate as GREXIT is now a very high probability. Their assets, being in Germany, a stronger economy, do provide some level of comfort. For now, with EU QE, interest rate will remain low for a few more years, altho' for the proposed acquisition, Interest Rate is fixed for 10yrs and is not a key concern.

M1 @ $3.18

Buy @ $3.18

Not as badly hit as Starhub. Decided to buy to average down my holdings as I'm left with the $3.4x to $3.5x ones… 😀

OCBC @ $10.02

Buy @ $10.02

Jump-Q at 9am to buy… What helped me to decide to buy was seeing 2 preopen married deals at $10.255 (124k) & $10.276 (1050k) plus it was -20ct… It hit a low of $10.01 and hovered aro' $10.04 to $10.06, occassionally hitting $10.10.

 

Sell @ $10.09

Contra off… I deicded to Q @ $10.09 as mkt fears on GREXIT seemed bad…. After Q'ing for half the day, it got done and proceeded to hit a high of $10.15…. closing at $10.10 (was aro' $10.12 just before 5pm matching). Kopi-$$ only… Cheap thrills… 😀

 

Starhub @ $3.86

Buy @ $3.92, $3.80

Very happy to see 9am matching at $3.92, -5ct from last Friday close. Quickly went to Jump-Q, only to see it plunging to a low of $3.70! Mkt was filled with fears due to Greece imposing Capital Control… chances of GREXIT is very high now…

The drop to $3.70 was too fast and even as I was still thinking at what price to buy more, it'd quickly recovered to $3.80. I bought some more to average down… It dropped back to aro' $3.76 but quickly recovered to $3.84 and hovered aro' $3.86 (my average buy price for today) for most of the rest of the day. It hit a high of $3.92 before closing at $3.89.

Will most likely hold till it's at least closer to $4 (my previous target buy price) as Yield is now 5.141%…

Starhub @ $4.04

Sell @ $4.04

Contra off… Couldn't resist the temptation to take profit… Perhaps cos' I have 2 more batches at 2ct & 4ct steps higher, which I can sell if prices go up further… 😀