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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 7, 2019 21:42:21 GMT 7
My dealings over the last year or so are on here for all to see.
I dont need income, hence the divis are reinvested.
I intend to weather the storm and stick with what I have.
You?
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Post by Fletchsmile on Jan 9, 2019 12:17:42 GMT 7
No major changes for me. Though I continually monitor things and adjust my portfolios from time to time. Particularly at year end, as I sum up the past year and look forward to the next one.
Last year was a poor year for me, which always brings the question of hold or change. As well as the opportunity to add to things that may be better value now.
Most of what I hold I'm happy with it. The reasons I hold things long term are generally still there for most things, despite market blips.
The only changes I've made/ am in the process of making so far this year:
1) I'm setting up a facility which allows me to borrow EUR @ 1.5% via Stan Chart Singapore. I intend to use some of it to buy some mutual funds in areas which fell last year and I think offer better opportunities now. A global fund and a european fund are the first.
So I guess you could describe this more as "opening a new hand" or "twist plus", given the leverage and it's a new game (borrowing EUR) for me
I'll leave some powder dry on the facility though in case further opportunities present or I need the cash in Thailand. After a poor investment year last year, we've less THB cash than usual, as I took very little capital out of our investment portfolios with many funds having negative returns. Living off the portfolios I prefer to take out more in good years and less in poor years.
2) Swapping my bond and gold RMFs into Thai equity and TMBAM Property RMFs. Given market corrections last year, I feel less of a need for the gold and bond RMFs as defensive assets which don't return much, and be a bit more aggressive on Thai equities and the property fund
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Post by AyG on Jan 9, 2019 12:28:23 GMT 7
The one major change for me is that I no longer look at my investment valuations daily. It's simply too disheartening.
I am hoping that once Trump is emasculated, and Brexit is behind us, markets will pick up. And an elected government in Thailand should give markets here a small boost (even if it is a case of, as The Who sang, "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss"). Of course, there could still be big problems stemming from the Eurozone.
So, at the moment I'm sticking with what I have. However, once there's a return to normality (if you can remember what that was like), I will be changing some of my holdings to be less defensively positioned.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jan 9, 2019 23:34:03 GMT 7
^^^, daily, I dont even look on a weekly basis, the old ticker cant take it.
Funnily enough, I will be adopting a more defensive position, if normality ever returns.
The Alliance Trust jinx strikes yet again, every time I think about offloading something comes along.
At the moment I am, stockbroker 40%, Alliance Trust 30%, cash in bank 30%.
I am seriously considering transfering the bank holding to Thailand and reinvesting here, anything over 40 baht to the worthless pommie peso is a bonus.
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Post by 3 on Jan 10, 2019 7:59:04 GMT 7
My dealings over the last year or so are on here for all to see. I dont need income, hence the divis are reinvested.I intend to weather the storm and stick with what I have. You?
You invest/deal with scousers?
God blimey!
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