Monthly Portfolio 28-August-2007

This month (August 2007), KLSE market took a tumble on concerns of US Subprime mortgage tussle. However the KLCI meltdown recover from a 17% drop to a 9% drop as at yesterday closed. Would this bumpy ride continues....? I would say it certainly depend very much on US Dow Jones, it seem like DJ creating a tank for Asian Markets. When DJ is up, Asian Market would follow and vice versa. The dust has not settled as yet.

This month i bought in JAKS for a quick hit and run at 0.90 sen, luckily was able to dispose at 0.93 sen for a small gain. It was never my policy to buy this type of stock but just can't resist the temptation to join others for a quick punt. Other than this i also received a 25% dividend on PBBANK and have adjusted the purchase price accordingly. My portfolio's profit shrunk from 66% to 60%, a 6% reduction compare to last month. Will certainly take a closer look at the market since September is a budget month, traditionally some tide would be expected especially some of the tobacco & beverage counters. Till then happy trading.

Public Bank not exposed to US subprime mortgage market

KUALA LUMPUR: THE Public Bank group has no exposure to the US subprime mortgage market and expects this year to be another year of strong performance, said chairman Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow.
"The Public Bank group's overall operations, including its Labuan Offshore Bank and overseas operations in Hong Kong and China, Indochina and Sri Lanka have absolutely no exposure to the US subprime mortgage market segment whether directly or indirectly in its investment portfolio," he said in a statement.
The unit trust funds managed by Public Mutual also do not have any direct or indirect investment in the US subprime mortgage market.
Teh expects the group's loans growth to be sustained at the annualised rate of 17% as achieved in the first half of the year.
"The group's customer deposits continue to grow strongly. Asset quality is expected to remain strong.
"Currently, the group's net non-performing loan ratio is only 1.5% – the lowest in the banking industry in Malaysia.
"With its healthy loan to deposit ratio of 75%, the group is very liquid," he said.