Another brutal sell down for global stock market toward the end of April . My portfolio gain including dividend was cut by $26k compared to March and this has reduced my YTD Investment gain to a meagerly 0.31 % and -1.8% if excluding dividend. It has been a relief that the portfolio did not sink to negative territory with the dividend received.
April Dividend/interest received is about SGD $5.8K and pushed my YTD Dividend/Interest income received to $22641. It is great to receive significant dividend income amidst a stock market turmoil. My liquid networth YTD growth has also decreased by 0.66%. in April as a result of my investment portfolio decline.
In April, I continue increasing my stakes in a few HKSE counters and they are mainly second string HKSE dividend stocks added last month. I increased my stakes in NWS holding(659.hk) , Cosco shipping (517.hk), Pacific textile (1382.hk),HKBN (1310.hk) and BABA. On other overseas market...