Updates for Mar 2017

As always March is a quiet month with no buy/sell action taken and minimal cash inflow from dividends or coupon payout from bonds/ preference shares. 

The only action that 笨mummy took this month was to subscribe for the Ascott rights. She decided to subscribe to the full entitlement of her rights of Ascott Trust as well as excess rights of 680 to make it a round amount of 3000 units. Let's wait patiently for the result that would be out 11 April. 

This month is ended with a major personal decision made that would have a very huge impact to the overall financial of 笨mummy - she has decided to quit her job to be a stay at home mum. Yes, it is a major decision that was attributed to a number of push factors - family conflict with sibling over getting her mum to take care of her children (家家有本难念的经, that's a story for another time), lack of motivation at work due to the mismatch of abilities vs work expectation (she rather spend her time on something more meaningful, like her family, than on a job that go nowhere) , mid life crisis (wanting to have a more meaning in life than being tied down with the routine stuffs with no time to rest). 

Although 笨mummy has not ascertain how much the finance of the household would be impacted by the decision, she is confident that a single income from her husband should be able to support the expense of the family of 4. Meanwhile she would explore alternative source of incomes to increase the cash position. Some avenues she is exploring are selling used stuff on carousell (mainly preloved baby clothes and toys), earning more dividend income from shares, finding part time work that can be done at home or during spare time and renting out a spare room of her house. 

Dividend / interest for month of Mar 17: 

HPH Trust - 29.93

Dividend received in Year 2014	$ 8,241.99
Dividend received in Year 2015	$ 8,978.59
Dividend received in Year 2016	$ 12,145.15
Dividend received in Mar 2017	$ 29.93
Dividend received in Year 2017 to date	$ 2,190.13