A reader, Mark Wong, asked this in the comments section:
"Hi AK71
"The REIT is trading at $1.315 now. Will you consider this as a good price to enter? I have not yet holding any of the REIT at this moment."
As I feel that many do not read the comments section of my blog and I really think that my reply to Mark could be of interest to others, I am publishing my reply as a blog post instead:
"Hi Mark,
"I feel that the more important question is to ask whether you are getting the value you want. What do I mean?
"Referring to the blog post above, a realistically optimistic distribution yield at $1.08 a unit (the price of the rights units) is estimated at 9.26% , post rights issue.
"So, at $1.315 a unit, we are looking at a prospective yield of 7.6% with the added benefit of a stronger ......