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TSjutamind
post Apr 15 2008, 03:24 PM, updated 18y ago

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Should we have switching/cut loss strategy for unit trust investment? Below are some of the switching/cut loss strategies that i can think of:

Strategy 1: set a maximum loss % we can take. If the price dips further than the max loss %, we switch/sell off the fund, irregardless of the time frame we've been holding the fund.

Strategy 2: let's say our investment objective is to get 8% returns p.a. over 3 years period. so over this 3 years period, we dollar cost average our investment $ into the fund. However, upon 3 years time frame, we didn't achieve the objective and thus decide to switch/sell off the fund.

Strategy 3: through rebalancing of our asset allocation annually/half yearly, i.e. sell/switch the fund that performs well, and buy more of non performing fund.

so, which strategy is advisable for those who invest in malaysian unit trust funds? appreciate some feedbacks and comments.....
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post Apr 15 2008, 04:42 PM

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QUOTE(b00n @ Apr 15 2008, 03:42 PM)
1. Switch to a more stable money market or bond fund yes; sell maybe no. As obviously even in other investment you'll hear ppl which pumps in more money when it falls. It's to recoup even more in the event that it bounced back.

after switching to money market/bond fund, any strategy when to go back into the "market"?

3. Switch or sell funds performing well?! Sell annually? You do realise the unit trust is usually not for "short term" i.e. usually during the first 2 years you might get nothing back because of the service charge imposed when you buy 5%-6.5%.
Also, buy non performing fund? For what? Hoped that after all these years they do not perform so suddenly they would shoot up?! I would definitely go with the "bull" instead of the "bear".

what i meant here is you have a portfolio of funds and each of these fund have a certain asset allocation. so when fund A is performing well, the % of the value of fund A in the portfolio will surely outgrows the original %. therefore, rebalancing means switching/selling fund A to another fund in your portfolio that has lesser % of value in your portfolio. in this way, it will bring back the % of asset allocation to the original state.

perhaps, another way to do this if you have extra cash, is to buy more of lesser performing fund in your portfolio and less $ for the better performing fund....

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post Apr 16 2008, 11:41 AM

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if we look into the case of asian financial crisis when KLCI dropped from ~1000 points to 200+ points, will you still hold on to your investment (whether it's your core or higher risk investment)?

if you hold on to buy and hold concept, you might still be in the loss after 10 years. that's why i think we still should have the max loss % threshold for unit trust investment for both core portfolio and higher risk funds, for cash preservation purpose. imagine how much $ you have saved if you have sold off all your UT when KLCI dropped to 850 - 900 points (assuming 10 - 15% max loss threshold).
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post Apr 17 2008, 02:50 PM

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i think most of you misunderstood what i meant...what i wrote here is switching OR selling strategy. of course i agree with all of you that UT is for long term and we should average down during short term correction. as far as i know not all funds can be switched, there are some funds out there that the only way to exit is to sell off...

the discussion point is that are you willing to hold on to your UT investment even if the total value has dropped 15%? what if it keeps on dropping until 20%, 25%, 30% or even more? key question: when do you switch your funds (or even sell the funds if there's no option to sell)? any trigger point?


 

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