2019 Look Back

Another 2 more days, and we will enter 2020. For the investors, looking back at 2019, it has been a year filled with market excitements and the ever erratic Twitter messages from Mr Trump which most of the time causes Mr Market to react.

My overall portfolio performance as follow:

Dividend received = $16,800
Profit from sale of stocks = $14,000

Total profit 2019 = $30,800

Below are my worst performing counter:

1. SIA Engineering (-25%)
2. Sing Shipping (-15%)
3. Sunningdale Tech (-20%)

Below are my best performing counter:

1. UMS (40%)
2. YZJ (22%)
3. Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (19%)
4. ComfortDelgro (18%)

My transactions for 2019, I had added the following stocks from the last 2 weeks:

1. HongKong Land
2. Genting SG
3. YZJ
4. SilverLakes
5. Singapore O&G

Moving into 2020, let us all HUAT together ... ... :)

Warning signs from these 2 stocks before last week crash

By now most of us would have heard or seen news about the Dow Jones correction last week, and one that affects major markets including STI. No one can predict what will happen to the market next, but out of curiosity, I noticed that these 2 counters (may have more) reacted 3 days before the correction. They may be more sensitive than the rest of the counters to what's happening, it is interesting but I am not sure if there is any correlation of any sort. Just for fun.
It may be interesting to watch these 2 counters next as it may be a leading indicator which one can use for the local market.

A quick look at HongKongLand

Everyone loves to buy winning stocks and for the past year, the local banking stocks have been in the limelight due to being able to benefit most from the rising interest rates. To make money in the stock market, it is not to follow where most of the crowd go, it is to identify the un-loved counters. Congrates to those who have taken the lonely journey and invest in Comfortdelgro, SingTel and SPH the past few months, you may refer to my posts on those counters.
One of the counter which caught my eye was HongKong Land, however, the not so nice about this counter is that it is not suitable for dividend play.