Shares & Derivatives
July 2016 – Unit Trust Portfolio Update
By Yaruzi's Learn 2 Live  •  August 15, 2016
July was a good month. XIRR since inception improved to 2.32% , with XIRR YTD at 7.86% and actual return YTD at 4.45% as of end July. United Gold and General Fund was up by 53.7%. I received dividends of $1,024.09. I decided to liquidate $60,000 from the unit trust portfolio, as I planned to reduce the size of the portfolio and channel it to my low cost portfolio instead. I planned to liquidate another $100K within this year and might completely wind down the unit trust portfolio next year. The reason? I was sick of paying $200+ every quarter for "platform fee" i.e $800+ every year. I also felt more comfortable with my own low cost portfolio performance. I believe I'm not the only one doing this and I wasn't surprised iFAST latest result showed half year profit dropped by 62% compared to ......
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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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