May 2018: monthly update, first trip to the US

May was an interesting month. For the first time ever I visited the US. How did my my investment plan go?

In May I had my first trip to the US ever. I visited more than 30 countries, but had never made it to the US so far, so this business trip was an interesting experience. I was really impressed and surprised. Bicycle paths crossed a walkable metropolis, great weather, fit people jogged through lush parks… The whole city was clean to Singapore standards and even the border guards were nice! Not at all what I was expecting. Where was the US that is portrayed to us in European media?

The only picture I took during the business trip. For someone who spent so much of his life in Singapore I tend to take very few photos…

Portfolio update

In May my portfolio increased by SGD 3,852 or 1.3% to SGD 305,841 (USD 228,400). Fresh investments of SGD 6,582 were offset by paper losses of SGD 2,730.

Portfolio May 2018

Investments vs. plan

I invested SGD 6,582 which was more than planned (SGD 6,200).

Investments vs. Plan MayDividends received

None, one of the sad “no dividend” months…

No dividends received in May...

Asset allocation

All on track!

Asset allocation in May

Outlook:

Things are going rather smoothly. There is hope that I can escape office work in a few years or so 🙂

One thought on “May 2018: monthly update, first trip to the US

  1. says

    I had no idea that Europeans think American cities are dirty on the whole. (NYC is definitely dirty) My European sister-in-law was so enamored with how clean DC was, she walked around bare-foot.

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