2013 Investment Portfolio Review

My investment result is stumbled in year 2013.

KLSE went up 10.5% for the entire year 2013, and a lot of the counters have grew a lot more than that. However, I only managed to get 3% net return of my total stock investment in overall, including dividends.

From the look at it, fixed deposit and mutual fund return is a lot better than my investment portfolio for 2013. What a shame!

I did a review this morning and I concluded that not because I did not pay sufficient attention to the market, it's because I did not do sufficient homework.

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Local REIT Yields Expected To Fall in 2011?

The yields of Malaysian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) are expected to come down next year in view of the surplus in office buildings with the completion of new projects. The yield, which is also known as return on investment in properties, is derived by dividing rental with property value. 


President of the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector, Malaysia, Choy Yue Kwong, said while the surplus in office buildings is expected if more developers receive the nod to build, there are very few premium-grade 'A' buildings. 

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