Shares & Derivatives
March 2016 – Unit Trust Portfolio Update
By Yaruzi's Learn 2 Live  •  April 11, 2016
My unit trust portfolio recovered in March but the return was still in red. YTD return was -0.13% as of March 2016. I received $143.45 in cash distributions. I'd been wanting to reduce my exposure on high yield bonds after listening to Carl Icahn's videos, so I completely liquidated these 2 high yield bond funds during March recovery: Legg Mason WA Global HY Fd A SGD H (mdis) plus - $6,251.87 Allianz US High Yield AM Dis H2-SGD - $2,911.43 High yield bonds were issued by companies with credit ratings below investment grade, and therefore offered higher interest. In Icahn's view, diversifying by holding high yield bonds from different companies didn't help reduce risks. He drew the parallel between high yield (junk) bonds and subprime mortgage securities. In the search for yield, the price of the junk bonds had been chased to potentially bubble level. I ......
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By Yaruzi's Learn 2 Live
I live in Singapore with my wonderful wife and 2 kids. My wife is a stay-home mom, while I'm the sole breadwinner. I work as an engineer. I started investing in unit trust in July 2012. I was 36 years old then. My goal was to build assets and passive income for my retirement. I'm particularly interested in dividend investing, and I intend to build my own dividend portfolio.
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