STI ended April 2018 at 3613 points, up from last month despite another volatile month. Banks had been the star performers this month that supported the index, while manufacturing stocks had been laggards.

For this month, I have attended the following AGMs/EGMs/briefing - Chew's Group, UOI, Ascott Residence Trust, CapitaLand Mall Trust, Hotung, CapitaLand Commercial Trust, Sembcorp Industries, IFS Capital, Sinarmas Land, Riverstone, Amara, CapitaLand Retail China Trust, Ho Bee Land, Hong Leong Finance, Hiap Hoe, Hotel Grand Central and Vard.

For my top 30 holdings, Haw Par is the new top holding in the list after it performed well for the past few months. DBS is another top performer after it released its 1Q2018 result that beat expectations. Venture, however, is the biggest loser in the list for the month after news that one of its customer's product is not doing well.

I have bought the following companies from ...