October 2018: monthly update: worst month of my portfolio ever

Oh man, it is nearly December and I only manage the October update now! October was the worst month for my portfolio on record – an interesting experience!

Portfolio update

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October was the worst month since I started tracking my portfolio. Portfolio declined by SGD 14,299 to SGD 311,394 (USD 226,200). Fresh investments of SGD 7,132 were offset by a decline of SGD 21,431

In general this did not bother me too much. I am still in the accumulation phase and so busy with life and chaos in Europe that I hardly look at my portfolio.

Gone are the days that I obsessed over the Excel sheet every day 🙂

Investments vs. plan
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I invested SGD 7,132 into my portfolio which was less than planned (SGD 8,300). This means that I am now SGD 1,649 behind the plan for the year.

Own company has cost over SGD 3,000 so far and will probably cost another SGD 2,000 or so until it is fully operational.

Dividends received

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SGD 2,944 – new record.

Portfolio allocation

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When Asian stocks were taking a beating in October, I used the chance to buy some Bank of China stock which was quite cheap in my opinion and comes with a nice dividend yield. This reduced the cash portion of the portfolio a bit.

Outlook:

November is almost over, will try to post the November update quicker!

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