It was a month to forget for investors. STI ended the month down at around 3202 points. The shaky China market, decreasing oil price and pending US interest rate hike were the factors contributing to the market weakness. Furthermore, news of short sellers targeting stocks like Noble Group contributed further to the selling.

For this month, I have attended the following AGMs/EGMs/briefings - Ascendas Hospitality Trust, Fu Yu, SMRT, Azeus, The Hour Glass, MapleTree Industrial Trust, LHT, SATS, SingTel, Metro, Bukit Sembawang, PM Data, Keppel Infrastructure Trust, GLP, AIMS AMP Capital REIT, SIA, GP Industries and MYP.

For my top 30 holdings, Jardine C&C moved up the list after I subscribed for their rights issue and those shares were credited this month. Stamford Land re-entered the list after I bought more shares in the company from the open market.

I have bought the following companies from the market this month ...