The year is ending soon and it is a good time to do another review piece. Bascially, not much had changed for my portfolio though markets had been volatile this year. There are plenty of market noises this year from Ebola outbreak to Hong Kong demonstrations to Russia invading Ukraine and of course, fall in oil price.

Thoughout these events, I stay vested in the market, collecting dividends along the way and re-investing some back into it. The fall in oil price had hit some oil-related counters and I had also increased my stake in some blue chip companies like Keppel Corp and SembCorp Industries this month.

However, I do lost some companies this year due to M&A activities. Stocks like Goodpack, Lee Kim Tah, CapitaMalls Asia, Singapore Land etc are now history and out of my holdings. Companies do come and go, but it is sad to lose some of ...