NCC - service for month Oct

07/10 - Cam 4, 3rd session
14/10 - Cam 2, 4th session
28/10 - Cam 2, 2nd session

Portfolio Update - September 2007

Top Ten Holdings ( by market value )

1. ST Engineering
2. Noble Grp
3. UOB
4. SIA
5. Swiber
6. SingTel
7. OCBC
8. Comfort Delgro
9. Allgreen
10. Semb. Marine

Noble shot up 2 places becos of a sharp increase in price. SIA has a capital reduction exercise, so reducing my share in it. A surge in price for Singtel, also see it climbs up slightly. Banks are hard hit this month by the sub prime issues in US. Allco REIT has remained undervalued and it drops out of my top ten.

Dividend for the month of September = $2,298.34

change in Equity m.v. = $39,372.13
change in Equity profit = $34,020.63

Pleasantly surprised that i got another $2k+ dividend payout month.
From 05-09 year2007 ( over 5 months ), my total is $13,478.99

When my oilpods preproduction payment starts, i will have another $2000 per annum of income.

This dividend forms my passive income.

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Oilpods - Biamante

On 21/09/07, I purchased 1 unit of Biamante project ( location in Goliad county ) from OilPods.Com
Contract was signed on 22/09/07
Cost = US$5,000 ( S$7586.50 )

( 1 unit = 0.0476% of 19% of the WI in the subject property
which is a proportionate 0.009048% of 100% of the WI in Biamante project )

See contract ( subscription and appointment agreement ) point 3 and 4 for details on the scheduled payout.

The rationale for continuing to invest in this oilpods is because i want to generate other form of incoming cash flow and also as a form of diversification from equities/stocks.

This unit and the previous 2 units would generate an incoming cash flow of about $2000 per annum for me, when both starts pre-production payments.

I could have used the money to buy into dividend yield stocks to generate similar and slightly lower yield, but i feel that i should not focus on keeping everything in equities. Also oilpods has a possibly of giving better than 12% per annum in the residual stage.

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1. goto SGX url.
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3. select "Corporate Distribution" on the top right under "view results by"
4. select the company under the the alphabetical order.
5. the display will show the dividends, rights etc.

Oilpods investment - Brookshire Salt Dome

On 28/03/07, I purchased 2 units of Brookshire Salt Dome project from OilPods.Com
Contract was signed on 30/03/07
Cost = US$10,000 ( S$15,210 )

The idea behind OilPods investment is broken down into 3 stages
1. Development Phase ( 1-2 years )
9% p.a. ( monthly income )

2. Breakeven Period Phase ( 1.5 - 3 years )
Steady stream of monthly income to recover capital

3. Residual Returns Phase ( 10-20 years )
9-12% p.a. ( monthly income )

My share of the project is
Brookshire Salt Dome Lease, Waller County, Texas, USA.

I received my first monthly income on 7 sept 2007
= $114.49

I received my title deeds from my agent on 13 sept 2007
( ~ 6 months from contract )

Oilpods.Com is the marketing agent of Powder River Basin Gas Corp in Singapore. PRBS is a revenue generating producer, acquirer, and marketer of crude oil and natural gas properties. It has interests in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, Mississippi and Wyoming.

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HDB resale - first appointment

On leave today for HDB resale first appointment at 0900 at Toa Payoh HDB Hub.

total paid in addition to the selling price of $218,000.
Stamp fee = $2,570.00
Conveyancing fee = $247.15
Convey n Conveat fees = $69.80

2nd appointment in between 16 to end Oct 2007

Things to settle at 2nd appointment
- transfer of electrictiy, water etc. ;
- keys;
- purchase of fire protection plan.
( stainless steel window grilles )

RaboJet Certs - Series 5

Launching date = 28 Aug 2007
Listing date = 5 Sep 2007

Daily lock-in starts on the next day after the launch date ( i.e. 29 Aug 2007 )

Information on RaboJet Certificates - Series 5 can be found here.

For launch prices and daily status, the information can be found here.

I bought 1 lot of $1000 on its listing date 5 sep 2007.
cost = $1043.43
( bought through my remiscier )

Wanted to experiment with RoboJet Certs, so bought 1 lot for testing.
If i were to bought it before its launch, it would be $1000. As I bought it on listing date, there is the cost of brokerage.

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Portfolio Update - august 2007

Top Ten Holdings ( by market value )

1. ST Engineering
2. SIA
3. UOB
4. Noble Grp
5. OCBC
6. Swiber
7. Singtel
8.Comfort Delgro
9. Allgreen
10. Allco REIT

Dividend for the month of August = $2,314.14
Dividend for the month of July = $5.00
Dividend for the month of June = $329.64
Dividend for the month of May = $8,531.87

Profit change from last month = $0
( since this is my first month of record )


Currently I am holding on to too many junk stocks to my own liking. I have learnt much ( still much more to learn ) from many goodwill people from sgfunds about value investing. I intend to move forward in that direction. In the month of august, with the big correction from the sub-prime mortgage issue, my portfolio's profits at one point in time dropped by 40%. It was hard to stomach, but it also make me understand the value of value investment.

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