Mapletree Commercial Trust (N2IU)
October 2013 Source: MCT website I remembered the day I bought my first stock - Mapletree Commercial Trust ("MCT"). I was having a hard time at work and decided that I need a way out of this never ending nonsense. I walked out of my office and within minutes set up an account at SGX and then at OCBC. When I was back at my seat, I went to SGX and looked at the different sectors. I decided that since I'm new at this, I should pick an easy sector with a short list. That was how I ended with REITS. I figured that REITS would suit me to a T as I know a bit about the industrial and commercial property market in general due to my previous job as a corporate banker. As for retail, I've heard and read the news on how rents are going through the roof. The rest of the day I was looking at each REIT carefully, doing my research, checking out the charts (which I still have no idea how it works) and concluded that only 3 REITS deserved my attention. They were CapitaM...