Thanks for the update and analysis.

NAV should be rather constant throughout if there is no properties revaluation.

Btw, I haven't look into Arreit report yet.

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Added on February 16, 2011, 4:30 pm

Revaluation doesn't affect anything nor any single cent of cash being earned, until one day the properties being sold off.

A simple illustration.
It is just like you bought a property 100K 10 years before, now market valuation is Rm1 mil, but do you have 1 million in hand now?

For short term ALAQAR look very good .
TP: 1.28
Time frame 20 trading days

1) this as same as ordinary stock, 18 years old can open account already
2) Yes, just as same as ordinary stock
3) Reit risk is different with FD. You can lose money in reit. Although FD is the benchmark, you cannot treat it as same as FD. Do in mind that some overseas reit did go under, due to high leveraged and property price plunging.
4) DPU is the one dictate the yield

Yield = DPU/share price

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Added on February 16, 2011, 9:23 pm
Tower DPU is not 5.50, something wrong in the figure.

Sunway yield is lower, but Sunway properties portfolio is different with Tower, and somemore Sunway has high liquidity as well much bigger in term of size of reit, which is more preferred by fund managers.
Tower is more about office space only, while Sunway is more hotelier and retail.

You can never say which one is better, always got its trade off.

i opened my first CDS account when i was 18 you should be able to do it with no problems.

lol, they don't know what they're talking about.
u can open a share trading account with rm 0, and over 18.

standard brokerage for margin account is around 0.4%, for cash (no margin) account is 0.1%, but that doesn't matter since you're using less than 5k. look for brokers with lowest minimum commission instead to save on commission.

dont know about the rest but hong leong cash acc is 0.1%, rm8 min. which works out to about 0.8% per transaction in your case, so you'll need to account for that when u decide whether to invest in REITs or not.

hope this helps.

The bank staff reply tell u that they are "noob" lolz.. Put FD.. Hahaha. Why they want to care about what you want to do with your money. Maybe they do not even know how to invest.

When i open with PB Bank, i only need Rm30.. After opening, I got an account, a CDS account, balance RM10 inside.

I think they want to push you higher end, so that they can get commission..? Anyone can confirm this (that there will be commission for new subscriber?)

Cash account does not need any money in it. You do not put in money, you cannot buy anything. That's it...
And if you only have 1k, and want to buy REIT... Yes, It is ALRIGHT!
In a long run, if the REIT really does perform, you will get real good returns in fact.

1k can buy 10lot (1000 shares) at RM0.84/share of STAREIT, with some balance left.
STAREIT yield, worst situation - 5% (Still better than FD), and you get bonus of capital appreciation.

Greatly encouraged to Invest while you are young. Go and pursue it. Try Hong Leong, PB Bank as well.

You can cancel your fd.. Don't need any money to cancel it (just lose few days interest = less than RM0.50).

No offense.. But maybe it is because of area you are staying that gives this kind of service.
I still remember how i open my PB Bank trading account.

1st day - Directly walk into a PB Bank branch (Raja Chulan Branch to be precised). Then get a customer service ticket. Once reach, directly tell them "I want to open a share investment account (PB Sharelink Account). She get my IC, ask me to fill up a form, and call up a representative from Public Investment Bank Bhd. After filling up, pay Rm30 for the admin fees. Then inform me that the representative will call me up to meet up and sign agreement/contract.

In the evening (Around 5pm), the representative called me. Booked him tomorrow 12pm to sign agreement.

2nd day - Went to look at the agreement. And sign sign sign. I also don't know what am I signing as well because a lot to sign, and paiseh to read page by page, he needs to wait darn long if I do so. So i requested a copy after I finished signing. Around 15minutes, finished.

On the 3rd or 4th day - Account activated and ready to trade (Wow, very fast. I heard experienced of waiting 1-2 weeks, direct sienz). The account is ready to trade. They will open 1 CDS account and link it to your share account automatically.

Overall, I am quite satisfied with PB Bank experience. Very fast.
Today PB Bank server got problem, I cannot place order. I directly called them (the hotline), and gave orders to them. No extra charges. And quick response. I feel ok with their service, but I do not hope server will ever down.. Sometimes freak us out because each seconds counts.

But back to REITs.. You got 1k cash ready for investment.. I think STAREIT will be good for you as a starting? ARREIT is also a good option. Both also able to get 10 lots within Rm1k.
Be sure that you time your entry.. Some REITs are paying dividend soon, and automatically will be higher..

I believe there is a few divestment particularly from foreign fund.

This is same across reit, mostly down from its peak, although not significantly.

hektar quite attractive .....

now is rite time to go in. there is no best time.

Is not Unit Trust la. Anything listed in KLSE, except those warrants and bla bla bla.. Are shares..

For easier understanding, maybe you can read something more practical about REITs, which is read some REITs website.

Example for Sunway REITs.
http://www.sunwayreit.com/

It will inform investor what are their property, who are renting with them, and which company is contributing the most.
There are a lot more of information out there, just that you need to spend time and look out for them.

Some other examples.
http://www.hektarreit.com/
http://www.atriumreit.com.my/
http://www.axis-reit.com.my/
http://www.tower-reit.com.my/
http://www.alaqarkpjreit.com.my/
http://www.starhillreit.com/

"X" means expiry date for dividend
"*" means this counter lately got news.. announcement or updates.. Check them by pressing F2, then press 5
"!" means this is problematic counter with cashflow problem..
Pink counter - ACE Market
Purple counter - Suspended for trading

Anymore?

In English League, there are a lot of leagues.

English Premiere League is liken to Main Board in KLSE.
1st Division League is liken to ACE Board in KLSE..

So those pink counter are 1st division player lo..
Most of them are technology markets.. Most la..
Hope my explanation is easy enough to understand?

Thanks sharesa, btw how you find those information?  I search google before, even http://mreit.reitdata.com/ also didnt mention about Arreit

to answer your question:

1)The deposit amount will not show in the same day, most likely it will show on next working day or next 2 working day

2)Is it shown on the bottom left part? cimb itrade minimum brokerage is RM12, RM28 is for phone brokerage

Why do people tend to compare FD rate with REIT's yield?
What about ASW / ASM dividend yield? Aren't those a better comparison with REIT dividend yield?

REIT dividend is about 7-8%. Minus withholding tax, should around 6-7%. Almost the same as ASW / ASM. This should be a better comparison than FD, no?

REIT dividend is something like fixed income (it is mainly depends on rent except BSDREIT) as compared with ASW / ASM.

REIT / FD / Bond are almost like fixed income (although REIT / FD / Bond are different).

ASW / ASM provide dividend which was quite constant but it still depends much on the investment profit that year. So people usually compare REIT with FD.