Anyone here with AMB Dividend Trust got their distribution units from dividends reflected in their holdings yet?

This post has been edited by yenforyen: May 30 2013, 02:11 PM

Plotted the 1-month treasury yield curve and the yield has been increasing since mid-may.

Bond yield increases when there is a decrease in bond-buying (demand).

From Feb 13 to May 13, the yield has been on a gradual decline from a maximum of 0.12% to a minimum of 0% in mid-may. The average YTD 1-mo yield is 0.05%. As of Jun 4, the yield was 0.05%. This could be a possible indication of the Fed tapering its bond-buying program of $85 bil/month. (see jpeg attached)



Data source: U.S Department of Treasury

Pink Spider, does a fund's NAV usually fluctuate within the 1-yr high and 1-yr low range?

Funds like Hwang Select Income doesn't seem to break out of the 1-yr high and 3-yr high of 0.68. Even if it did, it was only marginally to 0.6829. Thereafter, it's a downhill movement to fall back to preceding levels of the 0.68.

This post has been edited by yenforyen: Jun 5 2013, 10:25 AM

Well yes, even if distributions come into play, I still don't quite get the concept behind the range-bound NAV. -__-

This post has been edited by yenforyen: Jun 5 2013, 10:33 AM

Yeah, read through post 1 before. Am also aware of the NAV-drop post distribution.

This is quite a good analogy. Thank you!

Thanks! Yes, fair enough. It goes back to the fundamentals, future earnings growth, and also not to look too much into the NAV per se but the total value (units x NAV) of one's holdings.

now that's crude! haha

Chill la bro, the more you share the more pahala.

Scroll down further till you see bid-to-bid annualized returns. It's there. In a table format

Whoa now my chart is immortalized on the first post itself lol

no prob!

You could always start by perusing their annual report, the underlying funds are usually outlined towards the end of the report. From there you can sorta gauge if the individual stock component is trading at an overvaluation or vice versa. When looking at P/E as a gauge, one has to compare it with its peers in the same industry/sector. Take into account also if the company has solid fundamentals moving forward, such as future earnings growth.

Yeah, but at least after you know the underlying stocks, then can track it against the current valuations.

This post has been edited by yenforyen: Jun 12 2013, 12:21 PM

Great info gark! May I know the source to the data?

I think it is more of an act to deter investors from using their EPF to invest in funds. Since the attachment of EPF statements can be somewhat tedious and cumbersome, it indirectly discourages a lot of people from using the EPF to invest. (Some may beg to differ)

After all, the second highest withdrawal in value happens to be the EPF members investing scheme after the primary withdrawal at 55 years of age.

But there are still a lot of people who don't use the e-statement service