Baby Ong is growing up so fast! She's getting more mischievous/playful every day and would rather not sleep so she can explore the world/have fun. She can pronounce "Papa", "Mama" and "Duck" now (random but probably because we have a few Donald Duck in the house. lol.) and can even stand by herself for a few seconds (randomly).
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| Me panicking, trying and bought shoes within 15 minutes |
On a side note, something ridiculous happened to me last month. We wanted to visit KOMA after we were both fully vaccinated and I made a reservation on a day we were both on leave while Baby Ong is in the infant care. The staff called a day before to confirm the reservation and specifically mentioned that no slippers are allowed. Guess what? We arrived on time only to realize I was wearing slippers. GG. In fact, we had already postponed it once back in August because CZM was vaccinated for about 1 week instead of 2 weeks then and she was really looking forward to it this time round. In order not to disappoint her, I googled for the nearest Nike/Adidas shop and bought the cheapest shoe (~$90 *facepalm*) I can find, all within 15 minutes. In CZM's IG post, we spent about $290 on KOMA but that meal actually cost us $380 >.<"
Anyway, our portfolio reaches another new high! It increased by 5.99% to $1,250,214 - $11,240.54 of capital injection and $59,394.00 of capital gain. This includes $206,177 of leverage/debt (gearing/debt ~19.75%).
"Cash Flow" is the amount of money being injected/withdrawn from the portfolio (buying stocks = +ve cash flow while selling stocks and collecting dividends = -ve cash flow)
SOLD
- Tuan Sing (30,400 units) @ $0.485
- Tuan Sing (30,400 units) @ $0.485
- Capitaland (17,434 units) @ $4.102 (Restructuring Offer)
In my opinion, Tuan Sing is still one of the more undervalued developers but I decided to sell it because I wanted to buy more crypto/LUNA before the Columbus 5 mainnet upgrade. After holding for about 2 years, the simple percentage return is 41.57% and the annualized return is 19.52%.
I blogged about CapitaLand at a Discount - CLIM, CICT and Cash before and it was indeed true that the market has discounted CLIM too much then. Congrats to all the CapitaLand shareholders even those that purchased after the restructuring news is out. I believe we all got a pretty decent profit given that CapitaLand Investment (CLI) price continued to appreciate after it was first listed. Similarly, after holding for about 2 years, the simple percentage return is 30.33% and the annualized return is 11.76%.
BOUGHT
- CapitaLand Investment (17,434 units) @ $2.823 (Restructuring Offer)- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust (2,696 units) @ 2.12 (Restructuring Offer)
- CapitaLand China Trust (8,000 units) @ $1.24To be honest, I have not been reading up too much on stocks nowadays but I am guessing the fall in CapitaLand China Trust price could be due to the overall weak/worried market sentiment of china properties after the Evergrande news. Regardless, we see it as an opportunity to accumulate more.
Anyway, the idea of using leverage is simple, borrow the money, buy a good/excellent REIT/stock, use the dividends to pay the interests, and keep the difference while ensuring that we will never get a margin call/trigger. Once again, leverage has its risk and is definitely not for everyone. We see it as our way of buying a second property without incurring any of those taxes (ABSD, rental income tax, etc.). You can take a look at this - Leverage Performance 2020.
Given that it is a brand new year, I have adjusted my SRS contribution to $1,276 per month with the intention of maxing it by year-end. We have also decided to open another StashAway portfolio for Baby Ong. You can read about Our Insurance and Investment Plan for Baby Ong.
Our Monthly DCA for June - $1,376
Our Monthly DCA for June - $1,376
$100 Cash for Baby Ong - StashAway Risk Index 36%
$638 KPO's SRS - StashAway Risk Index 36%
$638 KPO's SRS - Endowus Loss Tolerance -60%Dividends
The total dividends collected this month is $5,295.00. The breakdown is as follows:
Company PayDate Shares Total
Cromwell European REIT 28-Sep-21 10,000 EUR 560.2 (~S$883.47)
CapitaLand China Trust 27-Sep-21 21,000 $888.30
Pacific Century Regional Developments 24-Sep-21 14,000 $494.20
First Real Estate Investment Trust 24-Sep-21 9 $0.05
Starhill Global REIT 24-Sep-21 25,600 $529.92
OUE Ltd 23-Sep-21 11,000 $110.00
AIMS APAC REIT 22-Sep-21 1,600 $36.00
City Developments Ltd 14-Sep-21 2,400 $72.00
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 9-Sep-21 24,800 $1,284.64
Far East Hospitality Trust 7-Sep-21 10,316 $113.47
Mapletree Logistics Trust 7-Sep-21 8,000 $172.88
Keppel DC REIT 6-Sep-21 8,900 $438.23
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust 3-Sep-21 8,000 $162.40
Mapletree Industrial Trust 3-Sep-21 9,600 $109.44
Total dividends collected for 2021: $24,594.74
Average dividends per month for 2021: $2,732.74
StashAway
Average dividends per month for 2021: $2,732.74
StashAway
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| CZM |
Capital: $23,696.39
Current: $25,457.42
If you are interested in StashAway, do use our referral link. You get $10,000 free management fees for 6 months and we will get $16!
If you want to extract those transactions information from StashAway, do take a look at this article - StashAway Transactions Parser.
If you are interested in StashAway, do use our referral link. You get $10,000 free management fees for 6 months and we will get $16!
If you want to extract those transactions information from StashAway, do take a look at this article - StashAway Transactions Parser.
Endowus
Capital: $26,890.00
Current: $31,203.43
Current: $31,203.43
I decided to invest my CPF OA a few months back and blog about it here - Investing CPF OA Through Endowus.
If you are interested in Endowus, do use our referral link for our readers! You will get S$10,000 managed free for 6 months ($20 equivalent) and we will get $20 too! This access fee has no expiry date.
Crypto
Tracking crypto investment becomes very painful when the number of coins increases or when I move across to different networks. Hence, to simplify the tracking, I will just be tracking the capital I put in vs the current value at the end of the month.
Capital: SG$163,175.11 + US$3,127.73 (leverage) ~ SG$167,418.75
Current: SG$301,957.51 + US$3,127.73 (leverage) ~ SG$306,201.15
Current: SG$301,957.51 + US$3,127.73 (leverage) ~ SG$306,201.15
Crypto - Binance
Last month, I allocated US$2k from my ADA profit to margin trade LUNA and lost almost everything when it got liquidated on one of the days when crypto got dumped hard last month. Oh well, I will just take it that I sold ADA at a lower price. Anyway, I have decided that I am not suitable to be a trader and have stopped margin trading. lol. Unfortunately, I still have some LUNA which I bought before the mainnet upgrade and could not transfer out as withdrawal is being suspended by Binance at the moment. I have transferred my RUNE to FTX and will be transferring everything away before the end of the month due to the Binance ban.
Crypto - FTX
I bought a bit more RUNE during the dip and have transferred all of them here from Binance. FTX is more flexible in the sense that USD wired to their platform can be withdrawn/converted to different stablecoins such as USDC, BUSD, HUSD, etc. The unfortunate part is native LUNA is not listed on FTX so I will probably have to explore other exchanges going forward. Likely to be Kucoin, shall share more once I figure things out.
Crypto - CakeDeFi
CakeDeFi - Deposits US$50 or more into your CakeDeFi account, you will earn US$30 in DFI and we will earn US$10 in DFI too.
Crypto - Celsius Network
I still have a bit of BTC and Celsius token which I accumulated previously while earning high interest using GUSD. No plans on moving them at the moment.
Crypto DeFi - Terra
I blogged about it previously - DeFi - Terra (LUNA & UST) & Anchor Protocol (20% Interest) and DeFi - Terra Mirror Protocol Delta-Neutral Strategies. I have moved most of my money to Terra including CZM's initial investment because this is my high conviction crypto pick. lol. In my opinion, LUNA can easily go to 3 digits because it is based on the demand for UST which will only increase as time goes by where more projects are being launched (it is happening right now!), UST going cross chains, and getting listed on more exchanges. We have about 4.6k LUNA now with 55% of them staked, 21% as bLUNA, 20% in LUNA-bLUNA LP and 3% in the wallet/exchange. We will become a crypto millionaire once LUNA reaches ~$200 :)
I have also purchased my first NFT (Galatic Punks) on Terra too. The above 3 jpg cost 9 LUNA in total which was around US$369 at the point of minting. I was lucky enough to get 2 rare (top 10%) and 1 in the top 25%. The plan is to sell one of them (the least rare) and recover my "capital" first and the floor price now is around 70 LUNA (23x) for the common ones. Having said that, I am in no hurry because the roadmap states that there will be a spaceship NFT airdrop for the Galatic Punks holder.
To be honest, I never thought I would be spending money buying jpg and actually enjoy the process so much. During the mint, you do not know what you will be getting. After you have gotten it, you do not know how rare the jpg can be. Anyway, it is like going back to my childhood where I used to collect Pokemon cards. I decided to give it a try because the founder of Terra, Do Kwon changed his Twitter profile photo to one of the Galatic Punks which is the best endorsement any project can get. I guess I will be trying a few more NFT new launches such as LunaBulls and Terrapins. Shall update more next month!
For a more detailed breakdown, you can refer to our Terra portfolio on Ape Board below.
My Terra Address:
Anyway, I have blogged about different ways to leverage crypto to build wealth for people with different risk appetites:
The safer approach using stablecoins
Risky approach but more hassle-free
Highest risk and you are on your own
- DeFi apps on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) such as PancakeSwap and PancakeBunny
If you are interested in the platform I am using, do sign up using our referral links for some bonus :)
BlockFi: Deposits US$100 or more into your BlockFi Interest Account (BIA), you will earn US$10 in BTC and we will earn US$10 in BTC too.
BlockFi: Deposits US$100 or more into your BlockFi Interest Account (BIA), you will earn US$10 in BTC and we will earn US$10 in BTC too.
Celsius Network: Earn US$50 in BTC with your first transfer of US$400 or more and we will earn US$50 in BTC too.
CakeDeFi - Deposits US$50 or more into your CakeDeFi account, you will earn US$30 in DFI and we will earn US$10 in DFI too.
Gemini: We will both receive US$10 of bitcoin after you buy or sell US$100.
Crypto.com: Sign up using our link, stake SG$500 worth of CRO and we both get US$25 in CRO
FTX: We will receive 25.00% of your trading fees and you will receive a 5.00% fee discount on all of your trades.
If you are interested in the smart portfolio tracker (StocksCafe) which I am using as shown above, sign up using my link for a longer trial period :) Refer to our Referrals page for more information.
On a side note, Futu's moomoo app sign-up promotion is slightly different for this month (from SGD 200 stock cash bundle to iPhone and AAPL shares. Do read the T&C here for more information). If you have yet to open an account, you can do so using our referral link :)
- 2020 Net Worth
- Portfolio - December 2020 - $669,630
- Portfolio - January 2021 - $712,898
- Portfolio - February 2021 - $742,364
- Portfolio - March 2021 - $866,309
- Portfolio - May 2021 - $952,839
- Portfolio - June 2021 - $988,215
- Portfolio - July 2021 ($1 Million Achieved!) - $1,030,905
- Portfolio - August 2021 - $1,179,579
- Portfolio - September 2021 - $1,250,214
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Hi, I am using Gemini, which has LUNA listed on it. Hopefully binance allows withdrawals of LUNA soon else the tokens will be stuck there...
ReplyDeleteHi FYY,
DeleteThe LUNA on Gemini is the wrapped version/ERC-20 token which can only be withdrawn to the Ethereum network. I know one can bridge over from Ethereum but the fees are too much, not very cost effective. Yes, I'm waiting too...
Sorry I'm still pretty new to all this, may I know what's the diff (going from ethereum to terra network) between using terra bridge and using something like kucoin to withdraw directly? Is it only fees? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi appalachia,
DeleteYes, mainly fees and the hassle. When you withdraw from an exchange that supports terra network, it will be exchange --(tiny fee)--> your terra wallet.
If you go from ethereum, it will be exchange --(no fee to some fee depending on the exchange)--> your ethereum wallet (e.g. metamask) --(bridge with more fees)--> terra wallet. Based on my own experience, I paid around US$20-40+ per transactions on ethereum previously.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI am new to crypto. I see that you had put most of your money in Luna. What’s your feel that Luna will perform better than other altcoin? Need some advice on which crypto coin to invest in. Thank you
Hi GK,
DeleteJust to be clear, I'm not giving anyone advice on which crypto to invest in. I am just blogging about our own journey/experiences. In addition, I don't invest based on feeling so I have no answer to your question on my feel for Luna. lol.
Having said that, you can check out some of my previous articles to get a better understanding on why I decided to allocate most of my crypto portfolio to Luna. Besides that, best to do your own research :)