My Unit Trust Investment as of 1st May 2020

So what happened last week ending 1st May 2020?

Nothing much other than the Prime Minister announcing on the reopening majority of businesses and social activities starting 4th May 2020. Though permission was given, everyone must adhere to the strict standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.

However, any activities that involve a large number of people remain close. These include schools, places of worships, entertainment outlet such as the cinema and indoor or outdoor sports. So the key point is, anything that involves large gathering is a no-no.

I have mixed feeling about this though. It’s good that some business could start to operate to kick start the economy. Heck, I also want this because my business relies on meeting people. Thank goodness for technology that I can also do than online. But at the same time, I’m worried about the spread of the virus. There are still new cases being reported even though it’s low. There’s also concern about some cases where those that were infected do not show any symptom. And most of all, the human factor. Not everyone adheres to health SOPs, not to mention those who will take advantage of the conditional movement control order.

I pray that everything will be okay.

What’s in the stock market?

The local stock market is going up because of higher crude oil price and the regional market index went up. Asia’s stock market also rose because of the ease of lockdown across the region.

How My Unit Trust Investment do last week?

Date	Gain or Loss	Equity Holding	Bond Holding
01 May 2020	5.86%	63.36%	36.64%
24 April 2020	4.41%	62.98%	37.02%
17 April 2020	5.41%	63.55%	36.45%

My unit trust investment value goes up to 5.86% as compared to 4.41% last week. If I didn’t do portfolio rebalancing, my investment value would be at 3.04%. How is your unit trust investment doing?