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How much it cost to learn the reliability of Oversold indicator?

May 20, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Just For Thinking … The truth is … Low can be lower.  Oversold can remain oversold long enough that we are already broke! I have paid for this expensive lesson in 2008 to believe in the reliability of Oversold indicator. The real low did come 4 months later in Mar 2009 after I gave up [...]

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Olam: The day I sold this pillow stock!

May 20, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Read? More on Pillow Stocks strategy??? Flexibility is the hallmark of a successful long-term investor. Fully sold is important even when it is FOC!. Read? I have sold this pillow stock: Olam too Read? Market news on Olam The way Capital Group Companies, Inc. (“CGC”) was selling Olam shares made me nervous too. Sometime, it [...]

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Portfolio riding market cycles of Bull and Bear

May 19, 2012 by Createwealth8888
  How bad will the portfolio value fall this time?   STI down -8.2% from its recent peak at 3,026 in 65 days? Where is STI’s Investor emotion in this cycle now? Fear or depression???

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45% of CPF members who made investments suffered losses

May 16, 2012 by Createwealth8888
 Just For Thinking … Createwealth8888: Before any newbies putting their CPF OA 2.5% almost risk free return at risks and thinking “long-term” investing will generate positive return. See the truth for yourself. It is best to leave your CPF OA investment fund alone until you can prove that you can consistently generate more than 2.5% [...]

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If You Still Don’t Believe ILP is a Time Bomb? This time from the Horse’s mouth!

May 13, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Read? If You Still Don’t Believe ILP is a Time Bomb? One more experience shared invest, thesundyatime May 13, 2012. Pg 40 Risks of ILPs Mr Bradnon Lam, senior vice-president and head of consumer investment and insurance products at DBS Bank, explained that as ILPs feed into funds, depending on the structure, some may not [...]

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Does attending investment course really help?

May 13, 2012 by Createwealth8888
invest, May 13, 2012 thesundaytimes me and my money section This couple paid $2,800 each to attend investment course by a local Guru; but their best investment to date turned out to be their 16th-floor, 103 sq m resale four-room HDB in Paris Ris. Their worst investment to date is US stocks. So what is [...]

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Do you ask your barber whether you need a hair-cut?

May 13, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Just For Laugh … Major STI data points since 1990   STI is down only -4.7% from its recent high of 3,026. Technically, STI is not in the Bear market yet. Recently, I have been receiving a few email from readers asking for advice like: To cut loss now??? To average down at support levels??? [...]

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Preservation of capital

May 4, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Just For Thinking …. Preservation of capital Many investors and traders will agree that preservation of capital is the foundation of successful investing or trading. How do we implement it? Some will divest into bonds or preference shares Some think of defensive yield stocks or income stocks Some let the cash rotting in the bank [...]

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Investing Made Simple by Uncle8888 (34)

April 29, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Read? Investing Made Simple by Uncle8888 (33) Taking risks, seeing opportunities and riding volatility When we come to investing in the stock market, we can’t never avoid risks and volatility. We may need to define our own personal risk in the stock market. Every retail investor’s  personal definition of risk in the stock market may [...]

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Visually guided long-term investing goals! (2)

April 23, 2012 by Createwealth8888
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” - Michelangelo Read? Visually guided long-term investing goals! Do read the above quote from Michelango again.   For their investing goals, some retail investors set to [...]

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Visually guided long-term investing goals!

April 22, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Just For Thinking … Track, measure and Visualize!!! When I go for regular jog along Punggol Promenade and Punggol Waterway, I do it “naked”   without musical to my ears along the long and boring kilometres ahead. I depend on distance visually sighted milestones and distance marking along the track to tell me how much slog [...]

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Kep Corp’s dividend history

April 21, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Net profit improved 141% to S$751 million, compared to 1Q 2011′s S$312 million. Lumpy net profit due to recognition of earnings from homes sold under deferred payment scheme at Reflections at Keppel Bay.   Looking at Kep Corp’s past record of returning excess cash back to shareholders, I will not be surprised at receiving special [...]

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Kep Corp 1Q 2012 Report Card

April 20, 2012 by Createwealth8888
1. Net profit improved 141% to S$751 million, compared to 1Q 2011′s S$312 million. Lumpy net profit due to recognition of earnings from homes sold under deferred payment scheme at Reflections at Keppel Bay. 2. Earnings Per Share of 41.9 cents, up 138% from 1Q 2011′s 17.6 cents. 3. Annualised ROE of 21.6%. 4. Economic [...]

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Track, Measure, and Visualize performance!

April 19, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Read? XIRR/CAGR: Investor’s true performance indicator! (6) Read? How to know when I am wrong? (2) How do I know is my current trading or investing strategy still working for me? Simple. I track, measure, and visualise my performance. I only started serious and diligent tracking and measuring from Jan 2003 onwards. From Jan 2003 [...]

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What was I thinking and feeling in Mar 2009 Bear market low? (3)

April 17, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Just For Thinking … Read? What was I thinking and feeling in Mar 2009 Bear market low? (2) Did you read this ad in the newspaper? “Profits of  US$6,179 …..   Thanks GURUxxxx, I can now use your methods to achieve financial freedom.” Yes. It is most likely to be true; but for how long??? It [...]

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What was I thinking and feeling in Mar 2009 Bear market low? (2)

April 15, 2012 by Createwealth8888
Read? What was I thinking and feeling in Mar 2009 Bear market low? Were you among those waiting for STI 1,200 at Mar 2009 with plenty of cash for opportunity? No one can know where is the market low including your favourite and world-renowned Gurus whom you follow God-like in every word that comes out from their [...]

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What was I thinking and feeling in Mar 2009 Bear market low?

April 15, 2012 by Createwealth8888
We like to think that shorting in the Bear market will win big money. Is that really so? Saturday, 28 March 2009, I wrote this post: One honest Guru said that (but still many gurus are not telling us much about their losses in shorting the market), he gave back most of his profits built [...]

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To observe due diligence, observe yourself first.

April 14, 2012 by Createwealth8888
For retail investors, due diligence is about understanding themselves and how an investment product fits in with their life goals, investment horizons and risk profiles Createwealth8888′s comments: How many retail investors seriously do due diligence and put the risks of losing large capital before dreaming of huge rewards. Generally, the nearer an investor is to [...]

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