Well,... I would think this commands our attention,.. look at your USD holdings. Where do you park them ? In the foreign currency account earning peanuts or nothing ? This is one instrument that you can go into, bro,...... Rather than hold-on to the USD cash, hoping to convert back into the MYR after it strengthened.

I have been saying this all this while,... what do you think ?

Prince, you are a very objective man,... you out in good effort in what you set out to do, I admire that.

No, I'm not going to dive-in yet,...I'll study this REIT first.

US counters - I go mostly into oil trusts and yielding stocks. I invest using my brokerage account in the US.

if not mistaken will deduct  Tax 20 - 30 % for us stock

if not mistaken will deduct  Tax 20 - 30 % for us stock

Very good, David,... exactly, Prince,... whatever dividend you earn will be tax-withheld 30% upon payout by the company. Your brokerage will automatically tax-deduct this amount from the payout.

Just imagine if you are earning a yield of 7.5%, after deducting 30%, you will only be able to get 5.25% only, to me, that's not worth it. You need to have some investing strategies to lower this amount of Withholding Tax.

Then only will your investments be viable.

SGX got few of them... be honest. You got a lot cash then only talk about usa market.... SG market actually enough for me. 

Prince,

I rather buy more unit at SG stock than US market.

Give you example.

1. Buy SG stock you can get 10,000 share then dividend yield 7% = how much you get?
2. Buy US Stock you only can get 100 share share then dividend = how much you get?

Your choice 

Bought 100unit KEP CORP 5.31... test test... Suppose to wait till 4.80. but hand itchy.

To make a long story short    :-

1) Can buy USD-denominated Stocks and REITs in the SGX to help you invest your USD Cash.

2) If buying stocks listed in The US, it's better to go for capital appreciation rather than dividend because of the 30% withholding tax imposed.

3) When I say USD-denominated Stocks and REITs, I meant to say stocks and REITs listed in the SGX which are traded in and 'dividend-paid' in the USD, not the SGD. Kindly do not be confused between USD-denominated Stocks & REITs and US Stocks & REITs.

   

SGX got few of them... be honest. You got a lot cash then only talk about usa market.... SG market actually enough for me. 

Prince,

i know because this is lowyat forum.... thats why i gave my idea .. SGX actually enough for all of us to growth our wealth.... no need to talk about UK / US stock... (Personal View only. )

To make a long story short    :-

1) Can buy USD-denominated Stocks and REITs in the SGX to help you invest your USD Cash.

2) If buying stocks listed in The US, it's better to go for capital appreciation rather than dividend because of the 30% withholding tax imposed.

3) When I say USD-denominated Stocks and REITs, I meant to say stocks and REITs listed in the SGX which are traded in and 'dividend-paid' in the USD, not the SGD. Kindly do not be confused between USD-denominated Stocks & REITs and US Stocks & REITs.

   

anyone load up any recently? so quiet here ...

both of my holding counters XD today DBS & CDG. wait for div $$ come.

Me too. I think is good move now below 8.50 

Better in terms of ??
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/busine...rd/2017258.html
Basically the 3 banks had different in geographic mix, capital market and funding structure.
see more:
http://www.straitstimes.com/business/banki...s-what-it-found

Not yet . I'm aiming to add in uob when fall into my TP. 😆

Looking at fundamentals in these stocks.

Low P/E at distressed times. Business still running at usual. High dividends.

What's not to like?

For Manulife, it's okay if the price falls for now. The short term holders are exiting. The yield is at a whopping 7.6% now,....