welcome.. what counter u have?

price drop.. buy some more.
coz my objective to purchase reits is for the dividends.
No intention of selling unless there is huge drop in returns.

the most recent ib reports do not have much great news about sgreits, except for a few selected ones in office and healthcare.
it is always possible some will lose up to 30% in price at some point, happened before!
still, as long as us treasury yields aren't spiking up non-stop, risks aren't that high.
trading reits intraday is...?!!
but i can see the possibilities with the most liquid and relatively volatile ones - e.g suntec, capitalmall.
most people incl me buy for keeps; selling will mean liquidation for good, no going back to that counter.
but...good for u if you make more by trading.

business trusts... can u suggest a couple for me to look at? tq.
firstreit div ex'ed today. we'll see if it creeps back up to 1.24-1.25 soon enough...

not great outlook... but why bleak?

price been 1.04-1.06 for many moons.

yesterday was ex-div, so dropped 2 cents to 1.03, quite normal.

7.2% yield, not bad!

Once if they fill up all the vacant lot, then no more 1.04 story.. the price will be high then.
So, decision lies on how confident we are that the MANAGEMENT can fill up the vacant lots.

Previously SABANA returns use to be very high

you get dividend if hold BEFORE EX DATE.

check here from time to time for div ex dates:
http://www.sgx.com/wps/portal/sgxweb/home/...267378636904/=/
true, sabana's div dropped quite a bit starting some months ago, so yield not so high anymore.

all that due to vacancies. industrials under pressure due to ample space now.
while i'm not expecting great performance, i am quite happy for now with 7+% yield with stable price, no cap loss unlike some others!

having said that, i won't add to sabana. more likely will add soilbuildbiz when div $ available. this one been very steady, inching up very slowing, 7.5% yield. check the charts!

interesting remark about the ex-date...
becos some time ago, the question was raised if it is as simple as holding it till the day before ex or need to hold a bit longer to get div due to diff broker requirements for payment, entitlement date, etc.
about that, i checked with my broker cimb nominee acc and confirmed the rules are same as bursa, i.e. hold until day before ex, can sell on ex, still get div. no need payment if within t+3 which is also same as bursa.
however, there was no confirmation as far as i remember if taht is also applicable to direct acc opened with broker in sg. perhaps elea88 can comment..?

sabana - yr memory serves u well. later part of 2013, it was 1.13 or so. i bot some then but averaged in feb14 at 1.03 and 1.02, so it's 1.05 for me.

soilbuildbiz - i bot in may14 at 0.79, got div in jun; now it's approaching 0.82. happy enough!

in general, i'm happy with all ny sg reits - all in the green incl div, best performers being suntec and aimsampi (mainly due to rights exercise).

was there many times, some time ago!

eh.. i tot dividend received LEGALLY TAX FREE? thats the whole idea of buying SG REITS right?

I top up recently:
LippoMalls
MAPLETREE LOG
MAPLETREE GCC TR

Dividend coming...

also considering OUE H T - results out 31Jul.

if you have ready sgd or can easily transfer to sgd bank acc, it makes more sense to open direct with dbs. cheaper overall.

alternative is thru major local banks incl cimb via a nominee acc where u can buy/sell online, pay thru local bank account at fair exchange rates. this way, not only sgx, can do same with hkx, nyse, nasdaq.
seriously, with local economy, bursa and fd's pretty sterile, putting some money in foreign investment/currency is a good and timely thing, imo.

For clarity of taxable, not taxable, withholding tax, blah blah... - to share findings
NOTE: i'm not a tax expert ya - just reading & interpretation by common Joe.

Bottom line:
For individual investors - not taxable at recipient's end AND no withholding tax
REIT's income is NOT taxable IF distributed within financial year

The related references UNDERLINED for your easy review.

REFERENCES
http://www.kpmg.com/PL/en/IssuesAndInsight...ment_Trusts.pdf
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a. Income tax
• Not taxable if SREIT’s taxable income from Singapore properties is distributed within the financial year
• Any taxable income not distributed within the financial year is subject to tax at the prevailing tax rate, currently 17%

b. Withholding tax
• Withholding tax at the prevailing corporate tax rate, currently 17%, is applicable on distributions made by SREITs, except where the distributions are made to:
• Individuals who will receive the distributions free of withholding tax, unless these are received through a Singapore partnership
• Qualifying unit holders (such as Singapore resident corporate unit holders, Singapore branches of foreign companies, bodies of persons, etc) who will receive the distributions free of withholding tax
• Qualifying foreign non-individual unit holders who will receive distributions at the reduced rate of 10% for distributions made until 31 March 2015

c. Foreign Shareholders - Dividends
• Subject to meeting qualifying conditions, foreign non-individual unit holders are subject to withholding tax at 10% for distributions receivable on or before 31 Mar 201510. This withholding tax is a final tax
• For foreign individual unit holders, the distributions are exempt from tax, unless they are derived through a partnership in Singapore
• Distributions made out of capital gains (except trading gains) are exempt from tax

Additional resources (from Gov itself):
http://www.moneysense.gov.sg/understanding...ent-trusts.aspx

Cumdate .. means the co declared a dividend. and if you bought during cum date u will be entitled to dividend.

If you have bought before ex-date, then you are entitled to the dividends.

If you have bought on the ex-date, then you would not be entitled.

You can read more here:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/ex-date.asp

Thought u quit yr job to trade full time. Then you are not amateur you are a full time trader    U trade reits using chart ? like yr internet speed do u live in sgp ?