ah.. is it?!!! I also blur.. soli soli

You can allocate max 5% to single country if you want to boost certain country. Even if you have regional like Asia ex Japan for example.

So you can still keep the regional amount and boost countries you think will do well. IMHO for single countries best not to exceed total 20% of your portfolio. The other 80% is your 'core' portfolio, which will not change and maintain constant asset allocation. The 20% 'boost' portfolio is medium-term, but change as the situation/economies change...

Treat you core as elephant gun and boost as sniper rifle...

Example of equity 'core' & 'boost' portfolio....

30% Global equity
20% GEM
20% Asia ex. Japan
10% Frontier

5% Indonesia
5% China
5% Malaysia
5% Brazil

This post has been edited by gark: Mar 9 2013, 10:46 AM

Golden words
But I prefer bazooka, 1 shot kill all

I wonder those who were burnt by PCSF got in how much? 100%?

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Mar 9 2013, 10:57 AM

Talking of which, my "sniper" (Hwang Global Financial Institutions Fund) actually made up 1/4 of my equity portfolio. Back then dunno anything about portfolio investing. Luckily it did not tank like China funds, giving me a tiny return of 4% annualised since 2008

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Mar 9 2013, 11:02 AM

My 'boost' portfolio is..

10% China
5% USA
5% Indonesia

So far so good....the china was the laggard for a while but has now improved. The core portfolio is doing quite well... The china & Indonesia is lumped into Asia ex. Pacific for me...

Looks like your portfolio needs some 'rebalancing'.. mine definitely does... so I am busy moving funds..

This post has been edited by gark: Mar 9 2013, 11:27 AM

Main drivers of my portfolio returns are EM bonds and Hwang Select Income Fund. Current portfolio IRR: 6%, these two consistently delivered above that. The rest +/- around 6%. The monster is Hwang Asia Quantum Fund with double-digit IRR. IF ONLY I had invested in it earlier.

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Mar 9 2013, 11:26 AM

Remember not to get too attached to good performance fund.. need to rebalance. Convert some of the outperformance to underperformance fund...

What goes up will.... (fill in yourself).

This post has been edited by gark: Mar 9 2013, 11:29 AM

...get shot down in flames?

I know lar, just as we need not get overly upset with a laggard for 1-2 years which might shoot up in the 3rd year, we must also not get too excited with a superstar which might turn out to be a supernova

hi im newbie here, im only got

kenanga growth &
osk uob emerging market bond

Now i got new $$, where to invest?
appetite: medium.

Hi there,

Take a look at my portfolio
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Atta...post&id=3314350

That was last month's position, some changes were made since then but not really that significant.

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Mar 9 2013, 12:09 PM

wow so many fund HAQ giving me 4% return for around 1week plus, doing quite well tis fund, not affected by HSI slump i saw they switched their CCB holdings to other things.. great decision, banking is doing bad in HSI currently.

CCB always sounds wrong to me

What does CCB stand for?

My guess is China Construction Bank

As for the indecent version...I don't wanna kena warn by mod

Don't worry about the indecent version. I like in Penang now and I understood that.

Pink Spider, regarding your recent switch to EI Asia Pacific Shariah Equity Fund, I was told by Morningstar that the fund's rating is dowgraded from 4 star to 3 star. Your comment on the potential of the said fund?


http://my.morningstar.com/ap/quicktake/ove...ceId=0P0000GEZX

Yup, it's China Construction Bank, even when dealer talked to me CCB she also curi curi laughed abit

Finally found your reply. Thank goodness for the 'replies to me' function.

I prefer Lipper to Morningstar cos it's got 3 different ratings for Total Return, Consistent Return and Preservation. I usually don't bother much about Morningstar.

Well, among the Asia Ex-Japan funds available on FSM, this is perhaps the best.

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Mar 9 2013, 02:05 PM

Shahriah compliant fund. What a surprise, I thought you don't like Shahriah fund because it generally posts lower return.