A US Market Bubble?

Is there a bubble in the US stock market now?

The S&P closed at a high of 1,845 two nights ago and people were already calling that a new high.

Last night it closed at 1,854.

This afternoon the S&P Futures' high of the day was 1,858.

Maybe the lack of tapering from the FED is starting to show as more and more Fiat money flushes the stock markets.

This will only lead to further inflation.

Something's gotta give at some stage, and me feels that that something is gonna happen sooner rather than later.

USDSGD Trade

This trade feels like quite a no brainer if you're in tune with the Monetary of Singapore's fiscal policies.

The current floor is around 1.2580 and overall expectation is for it to go to 1.3.

Of course the markets may counter otherwise, but I think for FX if you're investing based on fundamentals and making trades with longer time horizons (>1 week), it can be quite profitable.

Day trading on FX is one of the surest ways to burn money.

Always remember that 99% of FX traders loss money, 0.9% breakeven, and only 0.1% actual can make money consistently. So the odds are quite badly stacked against you.

My Current Stock Portfolio Breakdown

Since the middle of last year, I have tried my very best to pursue a double pronged stock investing approach. I wanted to keep a portion of the portfolio strictly for passive income investing, and another portion strictly for value investing.

Unfortunately at this stage, I'm still unsure of what my optimal portioning(%) or the portfolio should be. Should it be 50/50? But value investing takes a far longer time to realize any capital gains. How can I achieve my target of attaining $500/mth dividend income in 2014? What if some stocks are both providing good passive income and are undervalued?!

There is still much that I haven't properly considered.

Nonetheless, my current portfolio breakdown is as such, in the most approximate sense:

38% Passive Income Stocks
60% Value Investing Stocks
2% Net Cash

Might have to do abit of rebalancing soon.

Also from a country breakdown:

25% US Stocks
75% Singapore Stocks

Maybe I will add other countries to the mix in future.

Will update on this portfolio breakdown on a monthly basis if possible. And add further data as I see fit.

2014 Dividend Accumulator Continued

As one of my resolutions for 2014 was to amass at least $500 worth of dividends per month from my stock investments, I have decided to blog about it each time I get a credit from my passive income portfolio.

So for the rest of this year, each time I get credited a dividend, I will add it up using the above titled post.

This is what I have since the start of the year:

01 Jan $155.23
10 Jan $1.22
05 Feb $5.88

Total Dividends for 2014: $162.33
Average per Month: $13.53

Really hope I can hit my target by year's end!

Short Gold Position Opened

After deliberating for some time, I was prompted to make my move thank's to Saxo Bank's Steen Jakobsen's short gold call.

Managed to go short at $1,320.

Let's see how this trade goes.

I noticed that I've called for a short on Gold several times already in the last few years.

HUAT AH!

My New Investment Blog

I have decided to shift all posts that are investment-related over here. This way I get to better manage my posts and privacy a wee bit better.