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Another Volatile Week Ahead
By Alpaca Investments  •  March 23, 2020
Just a short post on a Monday morning to kick off the week.

Transactions during the week of 16 - 20 March

Bought Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT) at $1.70, with the intention of holding for the long term and collection dividends. However, its share price shot up to a high of $1.92 the next day, and I felt that in this market, such a strong bounce was too compelling to ignore, and I sold at $1.88. That would have been the equivalent of collecting two years of dividends in a single day. My current perspective for holding my dividend stocks would be that once the capital gains exceeds x number of years' worth of dividends, then I would be better off selling the stock to lock in my gains.

An example would be my investment in UOL - I bought it back in 2018 at $6.85 - at that point of time, it...
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By Alpaca Investments
I'm currently an undergraduate studying accountancy in one of the local universities. My ideal career would be either in private equity or venture capital, as the analytical process involved greatly interests me. I believe in working hard, while concurrently putting our money to work. I currently have a low five-figures portfolio, accumulated from working part-time jobs, my National Service allowance and my savings.
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