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I made a significant move this weekend.
I sold all my RHB EMB [ all MYR 50K worth ] with a loss of around 4% within a six months holding period.
I switched approx RM 35K to Lee Sook Yee

fund
and
approx RM 15K to Eastspring Dinasti [ Pure China fund ].
I am bullish on equity in 2018 especially Malaysian and China. M'sia has been oversold in 2H2017 and China / Hang Seng PER stands at single digit.
I'm underweight with regards to fixed income [ bullish sentiments, hence reduce fixed income portion ]
Maintain neutral call on US [ high PER ]
Above neutral for REITs [ I am experimenting using this asset class as " semi fixed income" role ]
My target for this year has now become 70% EQ : 30% FI.
Huat ! Huat ! Huat !
Xuzen
The below piece of op-ed is a follow up on my writing above. The writing is not targeted at noobs, it is for those who have been follwowing Algozen ver four or for those with a a few years of experience with UTF investing.
Over the weekend, with some free time on my side, I went back to revisit Algozen ver four recently. I inputed fresh data into the algorithm and this is what I get.
The feeling is the risk to reward has dropped. Generally the writing is that you need to take greater risk to maintain the same reward going forward versus previously. My gut feel is that the Quant Easing that took place a few years ago is starting to wean off. Now the new normal is you need to assume greater risk than before.
In other words, your port need to work harder to cari makan. Work harder in this sense means your port need to take on more risk to find the same amount of return. Life sucks right? But hey, if given lemons, just make lemonade lah!
The main engine of growth is in the China region. Algozen ver four keeps recommending to put a high percentage in the China region.
Algozen ver four has assigned an underweight call for Bond or Fixed Income asset class going forward. The new asset class that will fill in this role of fixed income but with decent ROI is REITs.
In summary:
1) Overweight Equities especially the China Region [My personal preference is Eastspring Dinasti ]
2) Underweight or ignore Tradtional Fixed Income 3) Use REITS or Conservative Balance fund [ My personal preference Manureits or RHB AIF ] as an alternative to Fixed Income in your portfolio.
4) expect more swing in your port going forward.
Xuzen.