Following is an example plan to show how an investor can start a Singapore Permanent Portfolio. The figures here are for readers to double check against the figures in their own plans to start a Singapore Permanent Portfolio, and are not advices nor recommendations that readers should invest in these particular assets. In the example, an investor starts with minimum sum S$12,000. The investor strives to get as close to 25% initial allocation for each asset as possible. Below figures exclude brokerage fees and annual fees.

Example: Using data from 2 April 2012, to start a Singapore Permanent Portfolio, an investor can invest about S$12,000 all at once in:

25% Stocks: 1 lot (1000 shares) of SPDR STI ETF (SGX symbol ES3) at S$3.04 per share – total investment S$3040. ES3 is traded in individual board lot of 1000 shares each.

25% Bonds: 3 lots (30 units) of Singapore ...