Monthly update on my Portfolio percentage breakdown and dividends received (if any). It’s the last day of the month, so it’s time to do a portfolio update. (: My portfolio listed here consists purely of equities only, and excludes social security (CPF & SRS), debt instrument holdings (i.e. bonds & SSBs etc), emergency funds, as well as personal savings. As such, any returns from the excluded items above (e.g. dividends, coupons and interests etc) will be excluded in the total amount in the 'Dividend Updates' section below as well. Portfolio Breakdown by Securities For the month of September, I took up a decent position of Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in my portfolio. AAPL and MSFT are Apple and Microsoft respectively, and I believe they need no further introduction. I didn't look at much financial statements or ratios, or scroll through forums and stock rating websites before...