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Every trading day would see me looking at charts in the evening and looking out for pertinent news which might have an impact on my investments. On weekends, I would sometimes blog about my personal experience and some ideas which I might have about investments. The Chinese New Year long weekend is giving all of us a much needed break from trading. Take some time to smell the flowers, so to speak.
I have decided that I will blog about different aspects of FA and this will probably spread over a few posts to make it more manageable. My formal education in Economics and Business Administration, specifically, Financial Management help to inform my FA. Of course, these are textbook material and I try to keep myself up to date by reading weekly periodicals such as Newsweek and The EDGE. I also read analysts' reports, not to blindly follow buy or sell calls but more as an idea generating exercise. Being in business development also gives me an inside feel of the business climate especially in South East Asia where the company I work for has the greatest exposure.
In an earlier post, I said that FA could be done on many levels but the most basic level would be looking at a company's financial numbers. I have learnt much to my own regret that to overlook this for any reason (usually due to complacency) could be a big mistake. Read more...[caption id="attachment_2979" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Photo by striatic"][/caption]
Every trading day would see me looking at charts in the evening and looking out for pertinent news which might have an impact on my investments. On weekends, I would sometimes blog about my personal experience and some ideas which I might have about investments. The Chinese New Year long weekend is giving all of us a much needed break from trading. Take some time to smell the flowers, so to speak.
I have decided that I will blog about different aspects of FA and this will probably spread over a few posts to make it more manageable. My formal education in Economics and Business Administration, specifically, Financial Management help to inform my FA. Of course, these are textbook material and I try to keep myself up to date by reading weekly periodicals such as Newsweek and The EDGE. I also read analysts' reports, not to blindly follow buy or sell calls but more as an idea generating exercise. Being in business development also gives me an inside feel of the business climate especially in South East Asia where the company I work for has the greatest exposure.
In an earlier post, I said that FA could be done on many levels but the most basic level would be looking at a company's financial numbers. I have learnt much to my own regret that to overlook this for any reason (usually due to complacency) could be a big mistake. Read more...
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Every trading day would see me looking at charts in the evening and looking out for pertinent news which might have an impact on my investments. On weekends, I would sometimes blog about my personal experience and some ideas which I might have about investments. The Chinese New Year long weekend is giving all of us a much needed break from trading. Take some time to smell the flowers, so to speak.
I have decided that I will blog about different aspects of FA and this will probably spread over a few posts to make it more manageable. My formal education in Economics and Business Administration, specifically, Financial Management help to inform my FA. Of course, these are textbook material and I try to keep myself up to date by reading weekly periodicals such as Newsweek and The EDGE. I also read analysts' reports, not to blindly follow buy or sell calls but more as an idea generating exercise. Being in business development also gives me an inside feel of the business climate especially in South East Asia where the company I work for has the greatest exposure.
In an earlier post, I said that FA could be done on many levels but the most basic level would be looking at a company's financial numbers. I have learnt much to my own regret that to overlook this for any reason (usually due to complacency) could be a big mistake. Read more...
