SRS Portfolio - 30 April 2022

It had been a bloody 4 months.

For investors who have been averaging down the tech stocks, more likely than not, they would be down at least 50% from their purchase price.

My US positions are no exception and many hit my money management level (i.e. cut loss levels). Some of you don't practise (or don't believe) in having cut loss levels but it has always been my  mantra to have them whether I am investing or trading.

My SRS portfolio has been pretty resilient and the only sore position was OTS Holdings. It suffered from a few things that I would have traditionally avoided – low trading volume, small cap and lack of institutional following. I had wanted to cut loss on this position but the bid-ask spread and the lack of liquidity prevented me from doing so.

 

The portfolio is up about 5% due primary to the Suntec REIT that have done very well and you can see the breakdown below. I have about $86,732 cash to be deployed.

 

I think the next few years will be challenging for businesses with a potent mix of inflation, high oil prices, rising interest rates and crazy world leaders. Just when we thought Covid is going to be over, we have a massive outbreak in China and a egoistic leader who refused to admit that the zero covid policy is flawed. The supply chain is going to be badly affected and we will see the results only in Q2.

There is a saying "Sell In May and Go Away", and May is not even here yet … good luck (we all need a bit of that!) 😊