Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Bob’s Bedokian Portfolio Had Started

From this post, on Tuesday (3 Jan 2017), the first trading day of 2017, Bob had invested SGD30,000 and kickstarted his Bedokian Portfolio. Here is a summary of what he had transacted:

Asset Class
Security
Price
No. of Shares
Amount (including transaction costs)
Percentage
Equities
SPDR STI ETF
S$2.96
3,500
S$10,395.48
34.65
REITs
Philip AP Dividend REIT ETF
S$1.285
8,100
S$10,444.15
34.81
Bonds
ABF Singapore Bond ETF
S$1.135
5,200
S$5,931.28
19.77
Commodities
SPDR GLD ETF
US$109.72
10
S$1,615.581
5.39
Cash
Cash in Bank
NA
NA
S$1,613.51
5.38
Total
S$30,000.00
100

Bob is adopting the balanced Bedokian Portfolio2 which is consisted of 35% equities, 35% REITs, 20% bonds, 5% commodities and 5% cash. As you can see, it is difficult to make it a round figure, but as long as it is within the tolerance of ±5% for asset classes of more than 10% allocation and ±2.5% for asset classes below 10%3, it is fine.

I have set up a separate page in this blog detailing the figures and statistics of Bob’s Bedokian Portfolio using the SGXCafe platform, as well as the basic assumptions such as the calculation of transaction costs and determining the price of the security.

Let us wish Bob a good investment journey ahead and achieve his “passive income through dividend and index investing”. As time goes by, we will visit his portfolio and transactions once in a while.


1 – USD 1 = SGD 1.4506, from https://www.sgxcafe.com as at 3 Jan 2017.
2 – The Bedokian Portfolio, p69.

3 – ibid, p82.

2 comments:

  1. what's the blended expense ratio of the portfolio?

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    1. Hi Serendib,

      Thank you for your question.

      From the respective ETF factsheets, the expense ratios are:

      SPDR STI ETF - 0.3%
      Philip AP Dividend REIT ETF - 0.5%
      ABF Singapore Bond ETF - 0.195%
      SPDR GLD ETF - 0.5%

      Putting these according to the weight of each asset class for Bob's portfolio makeup, the blended expense ratio would be 0.339%.

      (35% Equities x 0.3%) + (35% REITS x 0.5%) + (20% Bonds x 0.195%) + (5% Commodities x 0.4%) + (5% Cash x 0%)

      Other transaction costs such as brokerage fees and GST are excluded.

      The blended expense ratios do change depending on the asset class allocation of the portfolio and whether individual company securities are included.

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