Dividends received as at end March 2014

For first quarter of 2014, my stocks remain having no capital growth. However, I will still be receiving dividends.

Summary of dividends received by first quarter 2014:

1. First state dividend advantage (unit trust) - 98.17

2. Sabana reits - 65.70

3. Cache logistic - 64.11

4. Rickmers maritime - 304

5. HPH trust - 435

6. Far East h trust - 42.60

Total = 1009.58

In March, I bought 3lots of ums at 0.64 and sold them at 0.72. I made a small profit of 184.

In March, I accidentally sold 3lots of Cache logistic trust at a loss of 191.92. Must remind myself to be careful next time.

In March, I bought 1lot of Sembmarine at 4SGD. I should be keeping it for more than 1 year.

CapitalMall Trust 7-year bonds

CapitalMall Trust (CMT) is offering S$200 million in retail bonds as part of its S$2.5 billion retail-bond programme.

The seven-year bonds will pay a fixed interest of 3.08 percent per year, with payments made every six months – on 20 February and 20 August each year until 2021.

CMT said up to S$150 million of the retail bonds will be offered to the public, while the rest will be offered to institutional and other investors.

Should the public offer and placement be oversubscribed, the trust's manager, CMT Management, may increase the issue size to up to S$350 million.

Subscriptions under the public offer will be subject to balloting once the total subscriptions exceed the available amount. The minimum investment amount is S$2,000, with incremental multiples of S$1,000.

The public offer is open for subscription until 18 February.

Second Chance selling 45 properties

Second chance stock: They are selling "all 45 properties in its portfolio to REIT manager Celestine Management Pte Ltd for $175.4 million with the intention of listing the property fund as a REIT."

SMRT share too expensive

If Maybank Kim Eng is right, SMRT's stock is now only worth $0.60 a share and they arrived at that target price using a PE ratio of 14x. So, even at $0.985 a share which is another support level, SMRT's stock is way too expensive. 

Yikes!

iPad addiction for kids "checklist"

Dr Graham has previously published a checklist to allow parents to gauge if a child may be developing a technology addiction. It includes five key indicators: showing a lack of interest in other activities, constantly talking about technology, displaying mood swings, withdrawal symptoms and devious behaviour.

Investors flee US stock market

The financial markets have taken a look at 2014 and aren't liking what they are seeing. "We're getting slapped around here a little bit," says Andrew Brooks, vice president and head of U.S. equity trading at Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price. "The world is a little nervous."

And how. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 326.05 points Monday, a 2.08% decline, bringing its 2014 loss to 7.3%.

Fear is in the air.