Investing for income to help support a small family.

Hi AK,

I'm a 34 years old on a stable job earning enough to support a small family. I have a sum of around 50k to 70k set aside purely for investment for passive income.

Although the sum is not a lot but I'm looking at buying blue chips (im looking at singpost and starhub) and REIT (I'm looking at Aims and Cambridge industrial trust).

Its my 1st time investing and im a very lazy person and I don't want to be bothered about or worry about whether the stock will crash or not with minimal montoring.

May I have your opinion on whether the 4 stocks mentioned above serve my purpose of minimal monitoring?

Regards,
D

Hi D,

They are all good investments for income. Well, they have been so for me (except for Singpost which I do not have) ;)

Minimal monitoring but still must monitor. ;p

I am ready to buy more in the event of a stock market crash, all else being equal. :)

Best wishes,
AK

Passive income will be useful in helping D pay some bills regularly at home.

"That is what passive income is for at the most basic level, to help pay some of our bills." 
Source:   http://singaporeanstocksinvestor.blogspot.sg/2015/06/thank-you-for-investing-in-income-for.html

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What BREXIT means for my money?

Many are worried about BREXIT and what it could do to an already anemic global economy. Many are also worried about the high level of liquidity in the system becoming more elevated and how ineffective it is in addressing the global economic malaise.

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  Notice that you have been accumulating stocks. Do you think that in the current climate the prices are distorted? The sentiment and the stock price seem to diverge. Also there is no optimism and extreme pessimism. But there are some heighten risk. Eg. Long term bonds seem to be over valued, EU seem weaker with the BREXIT and may trigger the rest of countries to exit euro, euro banks having high NPL, and current monetary policy seem ineffective.
  
• Are you only nibbling? Or buying in big quantities? Mind if you share how the allocation of cash in this climate i.e. Your warchest. Small, moderate or large amount of cash allocation?
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  11:23am
  

  Assi AK
  

  
  

  
  

  There is ample liquidity in the system. With BREXIT, there will probably continue to be more liquidity. Money needs to go somewhere.

  
  

  Global economic growth is anemic and the fundamentals are not fantastic. However, money still needs to go somewhere.

  
  

  There are relatively inexpensive offers in Singapore's stock market. Despite the negative news, I believe that DBS is now a bargain and at the current price, OCBC is also looking interesting.

  Nibble or gobble? Still nibbling.
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What I am more concerned about is where my money should go for it to be treated better. 

Money needs to go somewhere and the next stock market rally here will most likely be a liquidity driven one.

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