Steering your dividend portfolio through choppy waters

IF there is one word to sum up what Singaporean investors feel today, it would be "uncertainty". As a nation, we are back in Phase 3. Yet, we are not out of the woods.

Singapore is accelerating its vaccination roll-out with a target of having three out of every four residents fully vaccinated by October. Yet, last month's return to Phase 2 is a reminder that the threat of the Covid-19 virus remains ever present.

The city-state is on the road to economic recovery, with a 1.3 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the first quarter. Yet, many of the safe-distancing restrictions remain, hampering economic activity.