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Hectic but fruitful life after a new entrant
Ever since my girl was born and my confinement lady left, life have been very hectic, tiring and sometimes frustrating. Eventually, when she learnt to smile at us, its had been one of the happiest moment of my life and instantly felt all this was worth it :). Looking back, my last post was more than 3 months ago and I haven’t really got the time to meddle with my portfolio or look up company reports ever since.
Missed opportunities?
As my girl grow up, nearing her fourth month on earth (not counting the time she spent evolving in my wife’s womb), she finally seems to be able to adjust to our earthly culture and give me some peace to do my stuff without constantly crying and requiring us to decipher what she want. So finally I an able to find time to stock take on my portfolio, read up a little on my companies and what had gone on in the last 3 months. Surprisingly (at least to me), I neither didn’t miss much of the action nor any really great opportunities. As far as fundamentals go, the reporting seasons only occur once every 3 months and the last one was just concluded. Looking at the results and outlook stated in the financial reports of my companies and those I’m interested in, none really warrant much action and there isn’t really much changes in their stock price for me to bang wall on missed opportunities. Read more…
259 pips profit was generated for the month of February 2010. 12 trades were executed: 9 trades won and 3 trades lost. This results in a Success rate of 75%!
If you are trading 1 full contract (100,000) per trade, your profit for 259 pips will be around US$2590.
Here are the details of my trades:
1. [...]
I attended a Thai language workshop that my organisation offers as part of the self-development training that staff can apply for and realised that personal growth comes from trying new things all the time.
Personal growth by itself is rewarding. You feel that you gain mastery over a skill, ability or technique and you are also exposed [...]
It’s only been almost 2 years since I began trading and I must say I am still learning how to trade. I have summarized the lessons learnt so far in my trading journey:
Be patient and wait for the best opportunity to place a trade
Trading is really a patient game. It is not as quick as I imagined in the first [...]
I purchased shares in Kingsmen Creative on January 25 and 26, 2010, and the following few postings will elucidate the thought process and analysis which went into the rationale for the purchase decision. Note that some of the factors which led to this decision are qualitative by nature, and are also known as “intangibles”, but [...]
You might have experienced deja vu before. It has happened to me countless times. Psychic? Maybe but sometimes, things just fall into place in the strangest ways.
Today, I received a payment voucher from my broker on income distribution from First REIT. This is not a very glamorous REIT but I count [...]
Estate planning addresses lifetime needs like permanent mental or physical disability and post-death arrangements.
The objectives are unique to the individual but generally include:
- Distribution of property in accordance to one’s wishes
- Sufficient liquidity to pay off debts
- Appointment of executors
- Security for dependents
- Contingencies
The 4 step process:
(1) Determine goals
(2) Preparation of plan
(3) Implementation of plan
(4) [...]
You will need to be creative in finding ways to reduce your expenses that will not negatively impact your current standard of living.
However, no matter what you need to buy, if you invest time and energy into shopping around for the best possible deals, you will almost always save money. 7 questions you may consider [...]
This post arises from the gentle prodding of La Papillion (aka Bullythebear) on the state of my personal finance and financial freedom blog posts of late. He commented that I seemed to be busy and the frequency of my posts had gone down.
The reasons for me posting less are several. The most obvious one is [...]
Just some thoughts on this term “financial freedom” that has become a much coveted goal in life popularized by Robert Kiyosaki in Rich Dad Poor Dad. Btw apparently Kiyosaki was never as rich as he proclaimed. He got rich after selling his book. Well, some of his ideas are refreshing though.
What is the definition of [...]
259 pips profit was generated for the month of February 2010. 12 trades were executed: 9 trades won and 3 trades lost. This results in a Success rate of 75%!
If you are trading 1 full contract (100,000) per trade, your profit for 259 pips will be around US$2590.
Here are the details of my trades:
1. [...]
It’s only been almost 2 years since I began trading and I must say I am still learning how to trade. I have summarized the lessons learnt so far in my trading journey:
Be patient and wait for the best opportunity to place a trade
Trading is really a patient game. It is not as quick as I imagined in the first [...]
329 pips profit was generated for the 1ST 3 Weeks of February 2010. 11 trades were executed: 9 trades won and 2 trades lost. This results in a Success rate of 81.82%!
If you are trading 1 full contract (100,000) per trade, your profit for 329 pips will be around US$3290.
Here are the details of [...]
TA is not about predicting price movements. TA always presents two possible scenarios. To most people, this immediately means it’s as good as not saying anything. Well, if we had a tool that could tell us if a security was definitely moving up or down, …………..; you fill in the blanks.
Then, why [...]
The Year of the Metal Tiger is upon us. Traditionally, the Lunar New Year is a festive period where the Chinese celebrate by giving angpows, buy new stuff after doing a thorough spring cleaning, clear outstanding debts and look forward to bountiful rewards. However, given that the tiger is a ferocious animal, this year is [...]
A reader, CT, posed some questions in response to my post yesterday:
“i was wondering why u would reduce ur exposure at this point in Goldenagri and STI. do u think that there will be another correction soon? or are u just afraid of high volatility? could u expand ur thoughts on that? i ask because [...]
You might have experienced deja vu before. It has happened to me countless times. Psychic? Maybe but sometimes, things just fall into place in the strangest ways.
Today, I received a payment voucher from my broker on income distribution from First REIT. This is not a very glamorous REIT but I count [...]
Sing Holdings, one of my newer Stock Picks released its 2009 results last Friday. There were no major surprises in the numbers but the company did give an update on its project in Cairnhill – The Laurels”.
2009 results take-aways:
a) revenue in 2009 rose 243.6% to S$71.03mn
b) net profit was S$7.24mn up 426.6% from 2008 with [...]
In this final Part 3, we will look at Tat Hong’s Inventory levels and I will comment on their slow but steady transformation into a “rental” company and also their building of their tower crane business in China. I will also give a quick summary and low down on the progress of their planned China [...]
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