Friday, February 17, 2012

AIMSAMPI & Sabana Divestments

The latest rally that began in the early January, has gradually moved stocks up to another new price level. Without further delay, I divested more than half of my total holdings to lock in profits. I reduced the size of my investments from 95% to only 40%. I completely divested Sabana @ $0.915 (bought at $0.895) and a small portion of AIMSAMPI @ $1.07 (bought at $1.10 but already profited from 3 quarters of DPU payouts).



As you can see from the chart, AIMSAMPI experienced an unusual high shock from $1.03 to $1.10 before ending the trading day at $1.085. My next sell order is at $1.125, after which, I will leave the remaining small lots in my trading account to reap dividends.

I am still waiting for Starhill Global to recover from its seemingly hard-to-achieve rally. The highest it went was only $0.61. I have repeatedly laid down sell orders at $0.615 but all were unfulfilled. Quite disappointing with the performance. I bought these lots at $0.645, $0.64, $0.635 and $0.63 last year. For over 4 quarters, I have received enough dividends to cover the losses if I were to sell it at $0.615.

I am heading for an eventual 80% cash in hand. I have a feeling that this 2012 bullish rally would not last long as I was a victim of a similar rally that took place in 2010. In the 2010 bullish rally, after I moved in at a relatively high price, the market turned bearish and I incurred massive paper losses, which became real losses after I divested them. These stocks, as of today, are still below where they were in 2010. Better be safe than sorry, I divested majority of my holdings in 2012 to get ready for a possible market downturn somewhere this year (global economy is still weak, don't forget). Should that scenario be materialised, I will buy again at a much cheaper prices.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Starhill Global: Sell Order Fulfilled @ $0.605


Continued on my quest to divest Starhill Global this morning. I took the advantage of the pre-XD rally to sell more lots in this REIT.

I will pour in more funds into AIMS and Sabana, the highest two dividend-yielding REITs.

At the same time, I am also replenishing my warchest to get ready for any possible downtrend in coming months. Both AIMS and Sabana have posted excellent financial results and continued to increase their DPUs quarterly. Not only that, the fluctuating prices of these two added a lot of trading fun and opportunities to get quick bucks.