The S$10,000 Bonus Challenge: Dividing Your Windfall Between SG REITs and US Growth

The Smart Investor06-19 07:30

Receiving S$10,000 is easy, but deciding what to do with it may not. A luxury getaway would feel great for most people. So is a splurge on the latest shiny gadget, such as the latest AI-powered PCs....

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(50/50 Split)\nYou are looking at two pairs of shoes – a lightweight version optimised for speed, and a well-cushioned version optimised for stability. \n\nAs both are useful in different situations, you decide to invest equally in both.\n\nWhy not apply the same thought process to your portfolio?\n\nWith S-REITs and US equities being historically uncorrelated, an equal mix of both could result in the most resilient strategy.\n\nWhile US stocks suffer an occasional meltdown, local REITs – with their cash payouts anchored by local occupancies – are expected to hold the line.\n\nTo turbo-charge your returns, use your tax-free S-REIT returns to buy US stocks while they are selling cheap during a meltdown.\n\nImagine this – using the money derived from the rising rental rates of Singapore properties to own a larger stake in future global growth anchored by high-growth US companies – the smartest way to fund tomorrow’s upside using today’s income.\n\nGet Smart: Choose Your Cash Machines Wisely\nThere are no wrong choices, just those that your future self will thank you for.\n\nCan’t even pay your bills? Lean towards REITs.\n\nPursuing a sizable net worth to gain “Financial Independence and Retire Early” (FIRE)? Go heavy on high-growth US equities.\n\nGood investment habits are built over time.\n\nBuild the discipline to regularly invest your future bonuses, turning your one-time windfall into a lifetime compounding machine that works towards your financial goals.\n\nMany Singapore stocks fall behind inflation, which means your money quietly loses strength over time. Dividend stocks have a very different track record. Some continued delivering 6% to 13% every year across the toughest market conditions.\n\nIn this FREE report, discover 5 crisis-tested dividend stocks that kept rewarding investors while the market struggled. Download your dividend investing guide now.\n\nFollow us on Facebook, Instagram and Telegram for the latest investing news and analyses!\n\nDisclaimer: Larry L. owns shares of Keppel DC REIT, Parkway Life REIT, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Nvidia and Alphabet","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"isLaohu8Offline":false,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.44.0","shortVersion":"4.44.0","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2644032352","isCrawlerRequest":true}