Dividend Income and Portfolio Update

Dividend Income and Portfolio Update - June

Dividends

CapitaLand Mall Trust: $27.80

Total dividends so far in 2018: $180.05

Average dividends per month: $15.00

Current Portfolio

Stock	Shares	Current Market Value (Based on closing prices on 5/6/18)	Total Paper Return(dividends and capital gains/losses)
CapitaLand Mall Trust	1000	$2090.00	+$184.67
CDL Hospitality Trusts	800	$1344.00	+$327.06
Singtel	600	$1968.00	-$207.20
Nikko AM STI ETF	686	$2442.02	+$452.20
		$7844.02	+$756.73

Update:

Received dividends of $27.80 from CapitaLand Mall Trust.
Overall Portfolio Value increases by $21.47 (based on closing prices on 5/6/18) as compared to the previous Portfolio Update.
Paper losses in Singtel extends to -$207.20 from -$159.20 as compared to the previous Portfolio Update.

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