Henderson Far East Income Share Discussion Threads

[aleman] 05/4/2016 18:43

And zooming in on recent action, we see the 200-day turning up as the 50-day approaches. This is looking quite promising for a move up if the current price gets topside of the 200-day.

[aleman] 05/4/2016 18:41

HFEL seems to be trying to regain the 200-day average.

[aleman] 05/4/2016 18:35

Chinese stockmarket broken its downtrend?


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[soi] 19/2/2016 08:19

Hi Bought a small tranche at 260.

See what happens.

GL

soi

[joy division still] 04/2/2016 11:02

Coolio - i've been thing about this or SOI or AAIF as alternative home to my AAS allocation. I'll carry on thinking for a bit fund.

[aleman] 04/2/2016 10:44

No. You had to buy before today so you own them when they went ex-dividend before this morning's open.

[joy division still] 04/2/2016 10:36

Ex divi today - does that mean if you buy today you get the divi?

[pvb] 01/2/2016 20:46

We seem to be living in Yo-Yo land.

[aleman] 28/1/2016 16:22

28 January 2016


HENDERSON FAR EAST INCOME LIMITED


First Interim Dividend



The directors have declared a first interim dividend of 4.90p (four point nine zero pence) per ordinary share in respect of the year ending 31 August 2016. The dividend will be paid on 29 February 2016 to shareholders on the register (the record date) on 5 February 2016. The shares will be quoted ex-dividend on 4 February 2016.

[goldpiguk] 18/1/2016 20:42

Hi,

I bought an additional 805 shares in my ISA this morning to reach my target holding of 5,000 HFEL shares. I decided not to wait until a possible fall into the 250's, paying just under 262 a share.

Although the technicals still don't look great, with the China GDP numbers out tonight (UK time) my gut feeling is that world markets are so depressed any good news from China should calm nerves and hopefully lift markets. The near 7% yield with a dividend due next month looked too good to pass up!

This holding is LTBH.

Goldpig

[bsharman3] 17/1/2016 11:32

Hi all,

I decided to buy some AAIF because of the discount on offer and broader geographical spread/diversity. It comes with a 5% yield.
This is a long term hold for me based on growth in Asia and growth in dividend payments.
Thanks.

[pvb] 15/1/2016 17:41

2.6% down today. Ouch!

[carterit] 15/1/2016 16:24

bsharman3 - am in pretty much the same boat myself,and am now holding both. AAIF as you say is at a larger discount of approx 10% currently,though historically it had been trading at a 2-5% above its NAV,and is now yielding just under 6%,so i think both of them are good ones to hold. During the crises of 2008,both these fund fell approx 30%,which was good considring that most markets at the time fell >50%,so i am hoping that this could be an indication that we are close to the bottom this time round as well - as both these funds are again approx 30% or so off their highs. Over the period 2007 to date,AAIF has performed slightly the better,and is at a greater discount,so i do have a few more of AAIF than HFEL,but i do think that both are good trusts to have

[aleman] 14/1/2016 14:23

Is the Chinese slowdown being exaggerated?

[droid] 14/1/2016 13:20

HFEL's much lower discount is probably due to it being more popular with investors. Probably fairer to ask the same question on the AAIF thread.

[mozy123] 14/1/2016 12:29

Buy both? :)

[bsharman3] 13/1/2016 18:24

Hi,

I'm looking for a bit of advice.

I'm trying to compare HFEL and Aberdeen Asian Income (AAIF) because i'd like to get some income exposure to Asia.

At the moment I'm thinking that AAIF is the better buy because it's

a) on a 9.55% discount as opposed to HFEL's discount of 1.5
b) HFEL has a 12% exposure to China and AAIF only 3.5% (I would prefer a smaller exposure to China)

However the yield on HFEL is greater at 7% rather than the 5.4% on offer at AAIF.
HFEL has a good record of increasing dividends.

Is there a reason(s) I should or shouldn't choose AAIF that i haven't considered ?

Thanks!

[lord gnome] 08/1/2016 08:30

Hi GoldpigUK,
Thanks for the link. This had been on my watch list for a couple of years, but it had only just reached the top of the buy list. I have no fears for my investment, just minor frustration for bad timing of my purchase. I could have saved myself quite a bit of cash if I had waited a bit longer.

[goldpiguk] 08/1/2016 00:38

Hi Lord Gnome,

I am watching Asian markets closely as I want to add to my holding here. I expect some more downside with a possible retest of August lows. Hoping to buy around the 250 mark as a long term hold.

The video of the shareholder meeting in December is well worth viewing.
Link below

hxxps://www.henderson.com/ukpi/content/trustslive?o_cc=c3926

Goldpig

[droid] 05/1/2016 16:16

LG, not only is the yield superb but the rate of divi growth is also well above average. been topping up all last year.

[lord gnome] 05/1/2016 16:04

In for a few today at 281.15 to provide a yield of 6.96%. Happy with that. LTBH all being well.

[rogerbridge] 29/10/2015 22:34

I will drink to that.

[masurenguy] 29/10/2015 16:26

Thanks - let's hope that the annual dividend growth continues for the foreseeable future.

[soupdragon55] 29/10/2015 12:25

Welcome Masurenguy.