Ignored small-cap stocks set to see revival in fortune

Good news for smallcap fund holders?

Yea thank you for your reply

Public Mutual declares RM119m distributions for 11 funds


Public SmallCap Fund - 5 sen per unit;

Public Indonesia Select Fund - 0.5 sen per unit;

Public Strategic Growth Fund - 0.5 sen per unit

Public Sukuk Fund - 3.75 sen per unit

PB China Australia Equity Fund - 1.50 sen per unit;

PB Asia Emerging Growth Fund - 0.50 sen per unit ;

PB Islamic Asia Strategic Sector Fund - 0.75 sen per unit;

PB Islamic Equity Fund - 0.25 sen per unit

PB Indonesia Balanced Fund - 0.75 sen per unit

PB Bond Fund - 3.25 sen per unit

PB Sukuk Fund - 3.50 sen per unit

TQ for the update... I got Public Smallcap..

Among the all listed, public smallcap have the highest distribution rate..

I presume u know distribution via PM won't affect your overall value in MYR pre n post event

I need the info to update my own excel worksheet..

Don't forget to multiply cent distribution x units you have got = xxxx

Also UT it is right hand pocket, left hand pocket.
The unit price is being deducted from the Unit Price

guys, i have some units of public mutual funds in 3 different funds

apparently it's been more than 1 year since the last distribution/dividends

how is that so? 0 dividend for the previous 12 months? is this normal? Or is there something wrong with their system?

my agent also dont know why, and he needs to ask his upline

not all fund distribute dividends. some is INCIDENTAL some is YEARLY.

First, you have to know if your funds give out distribution incidentally or yearly.

Second, if you're curious enough to know why you aren't getting incidental distribution this year, read up their annual financial report. Request the reports from your agent. From there on, analyse how's your funds doing for the past year. Or simply check their nav trending. Good agents should be responsible enough to get you through all these when required by clients.

This post has been edited by screwedpeep: Nov 17 2016, 01:03 PM

ok thats something new to me

i thought all funds give dividends annually

thanks for the explanation

my public mutual isnt doing so well, i keen to switch my units in pissf to other fund which invest outside malaysia, any recommended fund ya?

Public Mutual declares RM95m distributions for 9 funds

Public Far-East Dividend Fund - 0.5 sen

Public Ittikal Sequel Fund - 0.5 sen

Public Dividend Select Fund - 0.3 sen

Public Far-East Alpha-30 Fund - 1.5 sen

Public China Ittikal - 0.3 sen

Public Islamic Alpha-40 - 0.25 sen

Public Islamic Asia Leaders Equity Fund - 0.15 sen

Public Islamic Mixed Asset Fund - 0.40 sen

Public Islamic Infrastructure Bond Fund - 4 sen

To chase or not to chase performance: getting your perspective correctly.

This is in reply to all who have asked if there are any recommended funds to invest, when the funds they are having were not performing to their expectations and in negative growth currently.

1. Equity funds are volatile and would be either in an uptrend or downtrend at one moment, and could make a u-turn the next moment. When any recommended fund is suggested, the recommendation is based on its past performance. If you follow the recommendation because of its current positive growth, will you stick to it when it made a u-turn? Or will you curse the so-called sifu who made the recommendation and switch yet to another fund made by another new sifu?

2. Public Mutual has many UT funds, and some of them are in the same market sector. It would be easy to compare those in the same sector and pick the best performing fund. But again, the ‘best performance’ or highest returns is based on the past years’ statistics. Will history repeat itself the next several years? Most probably not, as the topmost funds seemed to be changing every year and each fund rotates to the top each year. (Maybe this is by design so that each similar fund will not be too popular and causes the neglect of other funds... or maybe not, as this is just my speculative conjuncture on how the company could possibly manage the funds.)

3. If you think you are having the wrong fund (because of its negative growth and you are feeling the lost), first ask yourself how and why you had selected that fund. If you are selecting another new fund using the same method as before, then ask yourself why you will not encounter the same problem with the new fund.

4. If you are feeling the pain of having poor or negative returns, are you chewing more than you can bite? In other words, you may be taking more risk than you think you can handle, and had allocated too much money into the fund. Switching to another similar fund will not lower the risk and solve your dilemma.

5. If you feel that the fund you are having is not the “right” fund to have, maybe you should take a step back and review what you are doing and what was your objective in having UT funds. There are lots of articles and writings on this subject in the internet, and this Lowyat forum and some basic points in this thread... maybe a bit too many.

Get to know which ideas and advices would be applicable to you. I had in a couple of previous posts, identified 3 major categories that most UT investors would belong to: the beginner (age 21 to about 45), the mid stage (45 to 55) and the senior (55 and above). Generally, each would invest and behave differently (buying, selling and switching/trading funds and the types of funds, whether it is mainly equity or income funds)... mainly due to their finances and the time they have or running out of.

Cheers.

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Playing the game: Chasing the Hot Funds.

1. What is hot at the moment: a) China Titans Fund, b) Singapore Equity Fund, c) Australia Equity Fund, d) Global Select Fund e) Worldwide Equity Fund.

2. All of the above gained more than 5% last month (Nov.)

3. Or you can play the contrary game and go for Indonesia Select Fund; lost about 5% but YTD still gaining more than 14%.

4. Cut off time is 4pm... and take note that the stock markets are most active in the last hour and could U-turn just before closing.

5. There is a switching fee for all transactions into equity funds. Generally, for those in the beginning stage and still accumulating UT funds (ie. actively doing regular purchases, whether DCA or VA), not ideal and recommended to chase and switch in and out too frequently, as the switching fee will slowly adds up. When the total amount of fees incurred is compared to the total amount of UT funds, the cost may not be justified.

6. If you have to review which are the hot funds, you may have already missed the boat!

thanks, good read. I considered myself as newbie in UT eventhough has been dca monthly since 4 years ago, i was blindly buying fund that was recommended by agent who is also my close family member.. Since started on FSM few month back, i finally learn some babystep in unit trust.

my current portfolio in PM is 100% focus in Malaysia, 100% equity. and i still fail to break even since started.
PRSF:PISSF:PSSCF 40:40:20 .. i will keep current capital remain in public mutual for long ferm investment, while dca in FSM.

i m attempting to switch my pissf to reduce my exposure in Malaysia, split it to few fund, i m looking in public asia ittikal fund, public china ittikal fund, public indonesia select fund..

sifu, any comment?
i was a silent reader in fsm thread, this public mutual thread just too senyap.

TQ... need to update my excel file again!

Which fund u have??

Public Islamic Alpha-40