By: La Papillion Durio asked me to write an article on how to make investing enjoyable. I thought that was a very good topic to explore, and what better time then to do it in a bear market like this? Have fun while working and you’ll never find yourself working again. My definition of investing in this article refers to a very general kind – any activities related to the stock market, which includes trading for short term. Why not try some of the activities suggested while waiting for the Return of the Bull? I divided the activities into two parts, one for the technically inclined and the other for the fundamentally inclined. For the fundamentally inclined: For those who are classified as ‘long term investor’ type, you can play a stock market trivia. There are so many companies listed in SGX, each with their own peculiarities and oddities that you’ll never run out of pure fun! You can do a search of the ‘most’ list, like: 1. Which company has the lowest PE? 2. Which company has the highest dividend yield? 3. Which company has the highest net margins? 4. Which has the greatest discount to NAV? Actually the harder questions are those that relate to the business, not the numerical figures as the latter can be easily found using any competent stock screeners. For more advanced level, try these: 5. Name a listed company that deals with printing of annual reports, IPO prospectuses, and shareholders’ circulars in Singapore? 6. Is there a listed company here that do funeral and crematorium business? 7. Is there a listed company here that manufactures and sells batteries? 8. Is Sakae Sushi listed? 9. Is POEMS listed? Suggested answers: Do note that the thing is based on Shares Investment book, number 338 edition, which is from 18th Aug to 31st Aug 2008. As such, new market information thereafter might change the answers. Read more...