I am just back in Singapore after a week long vacation and it’s nice to find out that it’s another “slow and steady” month on the portfolio front. The 15HWW portfolio increased by $6,000 to reach $406,000. The bulk of the increase comes from savings and the organic portion from the growth of the portfolio accounts for less than $2,000.

But I am not really complaining since the market has run up a fair bit and it’s only appropriate that it takes a breather. As the warchest dwindles with two more stock purchases, building up cash could be the default psyche for the next few months. 

1. 15HWW Permanent Portfolio
The STI appreciated to offset the declining gold prices for the past month. The permanent portfolio is not called the permanent portfolio for nothing.  Although this portfolio has been struggling to hit $154k for the past couple of months, it would ...