With AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT's 7 for 40 rights issue on the horizon, suddenly, I feel nostalgic. This is a REIT which I have been invested for many years.
Looking back, my very first blog post on the REIT was on 31 Dec 2009. I had only been blogging for a few days back then.
At the time, the REIT was trading at 20.5c a unit ($1.025 post consolidation). It offered a distribution yield of about 10% and I said, "I bought a large chunk of MI-REIT at 20.5c after the recapitalisation exercise. At that price, it gives a yield of about 10%. It's trading at about 30% below NAV. It has the lowest gearing amongst Singapore industrial REITs. For anyone looking for high yield at a bargain, this is a BUY even at 21.5c."
I kept on accumulating units in the REIT and when it had a 7 ......