I treat studying companies and investment strategy as my hobby. During the recent Lunar New Year break, I managed to have some time alone to surf the internet on these. I get to read all kind of nonsense on the web (on top of watching all kinds of crappy chinese movies on TV yippee!) :P So far, this is the report card for my portfolio (as of 18 Feb 2015). Well, I am only showing the percentage in terms of unrealized loss & profit (excluding dividends). There was a time not too long back (3+ years is not long) when it was all red. See table below for my portfolio results in 30 Nov 2011: Some people would probably freak out at seeing all red. And I admit that it does test my limits and beliefs – esp. when the paper loss can stretch for years. I am not a macro kind of ......