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57 Years Old and Currently Still in The Rat Race

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One of my readers asked me for advice on the below scenario that he is facing.


Chance upon your blog since you had one of the REITs that long disposed of but yet I’m still keeping till date (i.e. SoilBuild Business Space REITs). Really enjoy reading your blog and analysis.


I’m 57 years old and currently still in the rat race, having a job that isn’t passionate about and feeling the anxiety and pressure despite already pass the benchmark 55th. I’m not good in investing but saving prudently and working hard, having a bit of equities in CASH, CPF, SRS. Yet the worst performance are those parked in SRS, guess it’s more than 50% lost. The psychologically not willing to let go, couple with the emotional fear of further losing, had since been holding me back from reshuffle the portfolio.


Appreciate any advice you can share.

The first problem that he is encountering is that the REIT that he is holding on is actually on a downtrend which is Soilbuild Business REIT which I have sold long ago. Believe me, it was a hard decision to make when I sold off Soilbuild Business REIT at a loss of 11% and I can understand the feeling of holding a REIT whereby you do not know how much further the value will drop. Like I have mentioned in my previous post, Soilbuild Business REIT is in a risky business whereby 11% of its tenants are in the Marine Oil and Gas Business. This puts SoilBuild Business Space REIT in a high risky position should more tenants default their rent.

My advice is to sell off Soilbuild Business REIT and reinvest the monies into something more stable such as healthcare REITs or retail REITs. Avoid industrial and office REITs as these industries tend to be cyclical. There are plenty other REITs out there such as SPH REIT, CapitaMall Trust and Mapletree Commercial Trust whereby there is still further room for growth.

The second problem is what to do with extra Cash, CPF and SRS? Given his age of 57, I would not put my cash into fixed deposits as this will lock down the monies. I will place the extra cash and SRS into Singapore Savings Bond as there is no lock down period which means you can redeem Singapore Savings Bond any time you want without any penalty. I know the interest rate for SRS is petite and if you didn’t know yet, you can invest in Singapore Savings Bond using SRS which should give you an interest rate of 1.62% for a period of 1 year.

Singapore Savings Bond is an extremely safe investment and I hope the above advice helps!

Goodbye SoilBuild Business Space REIT

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I have long wanted to sell off SoilBuild Business Space REIT almost 1 year ago. Recently, I have divested all my holdings of SoilBuild Business Space REIT. Without dividends, I have made a loss of 11%. With dividends included, I have made a profit of 9%.

Below are my reasons for selling of SoilBuild Business Space REIT.

Risky Business

As we know, two tenants have defaulted over their rent (72 Loyang Way and NK Ingredients Pte Ltd). Blame it on poor economic outlook or collapse of marine oil and gas sector but as I wrote previously, 11% of Soilbuild Business REIT tenants are in the Marine Oil and Gas sector. This puts SoilBuild Business Space REIT in a high risky position should more tenants default their rent.

Declining Distribution Per Unit

Distribution Per Unit declines quarter on quarter. Given the declining share price and declining distribution, there is no reason I should be keeping this REIT.

Something Better to Buy

I am selling SoilBuild Business Space REIT as I have spotted something better to buy which I shall write in my upcoming post.

Temasek Sold 50K shares of SoilBuild Business Space REIT

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If you have subscribed to email news alert from any of the REIT’s website, you may occasionally receive email announcements like the one below. Sometimes, it gets really frustrating that the announcement title does not indicate whether the substantial unit holder is increasing his holdings or selling his shares.

Today, upon receiving the above email announcement from SoilBuild Business Space REIT, I decided to check out Spiking which is a new mobile application I downloaded recently.

Look what I found. Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited has sold 50K of SoilBuild Business Space REIT at the price of S$0.68 per share. Usually when a big shareholder such as Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited dump their shares, it depress the share price of the company. Looks like SoilBuild Business Space REIT share price may go on a downtrend in upcoming weeks.