Invest
Listen to the walk; not the talk
By Singapore Man of Leisure  •  December 14, 2011
Do read the below conversations between a newbie and 2 “seasoned” investors with a light-hearted touch:
Newbie to Investor A
“Is this stock a good buy?”
“Sure! This stock’s P/E ratio is at all time low of 9 times; the forecasted growth next year is 20%; it’s selling at 30% discount to its book value; the chart is showing it is building a strong base – which means it will break out in price soon! Plus it got lots of dragons and phoenixes…”
“That’s great! I assume you already own this wonderful stock?”
“I not vested in this counter.”
“..........”
Newbie to Investor B
“Is this stock a good buy?”
“This stock is the pits! I spit on it! The management don’t care a damn about shareholders’ interests; take on massive amount of crazy debt to diversify to new businesses that are not complementary to it’s core competences; and the stock is now selling 50% below it’s IPO price; and the management still got the cheek to issue a Rights Offer to beef up it’s shaky balance sheet!?”
“Oh dear… I assume you are shorting it?”
“Short you head! I will be subscribing to the Rights Offer so that I won’t get diluted.”
“..........”
I leave it to you to take out what you may from the above 2 conversations. 
We see what we want to see; hear what we want to hear J
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