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Real trading statement proof: $50,000 to $86,674 – CEO of Tactical Trading Academy

January 28, 2012 by Alvin
Welcome to BigFatPurse Interview show. Today’s guest is BL, he is the CEO of Tactical Trading Academy. He was an ex-banker, and now he has strike-out on his own to teach trading. Find out how he walk the talk. BL, I understand that you worked in a bank, what made you join the banking industry [...]

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Bruce Lee – “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”

January 18, 2012 by Alvin
Are we having too much clutter at home? Are we adding more material things into our life but not necessary needing them? Are we spending our time aimlessly watching TV or surfing the internet? We have limited time and one life. We must learn to stop wasting our time and money on unnecessary things. Discard [...]

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3 ways to live better

January 15, 2012 by Alvin
Live life with more courage We have a lot of fear in our lives. Although fear has kept our ancestors alive (avoiding dangerous creatures), it has limit our potential too. Thanks to great men who had abolished fear that we are able to advance to what we are today. Thank you Thomas Edison for having [...]

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Peter Lynch’s Rule of Thumb in Investing

January 11, 2012 by Alvin
I found this on Wikipedia and it is worth archiving: Market cap Market capitalization less than $5 billion – Lynch generally avoids large, well-known companies in favor of small-cap stocks that still contain significant upside potential. Most fund managers define small-caps as companies with market capitalizations under $1 billion. Institutional investors often use market one [...]

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Secrets of Singapore Trading Gurus vs Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders

January 8, 2012 by Alvin
People who frequent the bookstores would know that besides my book, “Secrets of Singapore Trading Gurus”, there is a similar book, “Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders” by Chin Yong Sak. Before these two books, there were no books on the interviews with Singapore traders. Probably that was the gap that Yong Sak saw. You can [...]

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Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis

January 4, 2012 by Alvin
Liar’s Poker is a book about Michael Lewis’s (author of the book) experience working in the once prestigious  Salomon Brothers investment bank. He gave an insight into the internal workings, tension and ugly side of the firm. I shall pick out the useful and amusing things from the book. Interview for an investment banker job [...]

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Investment & Trading Report Card – Dec 11 and Year 2011

January 1, 2012 by Alvin
2011 has been a tough year to trade, especially for trend following strategies. Post August 2011, the market has been volatile with no clear indication of direction. Only Dow Jones closed the year on a slightly positive note while the rest of the European and Asian indices were negative. Equity Markets +4.49% (Dow Jones Industrial [...]

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Top 10 Favorites of BigFatPurse 2011

December 28, 2011 by Alvin
Here is the list of 10 BigFatPurse posts most viewed in 2011! Thank you for the support and I wish you a great 2012 ahead! Play CASHFLOW Game Online! How to buy Singapore Government Bonds? How did I open a Silver Savings Account with UOB How to buy silver? Straits Times Index Exchange Traded Fund [...]

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10 things I learned about life in 2011

December 25, 2011 by Alvin
We have come to the final week of 2011 and I have 10 things to share about life: 1) I have everything I need Looking at the things I have, I can conclude that I have everything that I need. Humans do not need a lot of things to survive. To survive is not difficult [...]

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Earned almost $400k from investing – Sam Goh of Wisdom Capital

December 21, 2011 by Alvin
Download audio file (2011-11-28_Sam_Goh.mp3) Alvin: Welcome everyone, welcome to the first video interview I am doing on BigFatPurse.com. My guest today is Sam Goh, a young and promising investor, who started Wisdom Capital at the age of 22. He is still studying in SMU by the way. Despite his age, he has already earned numerous [...]

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T3B Forex Gathering – 17 Dec 11

December 18, 2011 by Alvin
Clarence called for a year end gathering to introduce passive income strategies for short term volatility and long term stability. It may sound grand and good. In actual fact, he meant an automated forex trading system and land banking. Algojunction Algojunction was started in Sep 11 and had performed very well for the past few [...]

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MasterYourFinance.com Investing Mentor Session – 12 Dec 11

December 13, 2011 by Alvin
I have the privilege to conduct the mentor session on 12 Dec 11. For the first part, I shared about the book that I wrote, “Secrets of Singapore Trading Gurus”. There are many good points mentioned in the book but I will only highlight one secret from each trader. Someone in the audience has requested [...]

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On Sale: Secrets of Singapore Trading Gurus

December 11, 2011 by Alvin
Finally, the book is on sale at major bookstores! Over the past year, I have interviewed 8 traders in Singapore and recorded their wisdom into this book. Besides the book, you get to watch hours of interviews online! Thanks to Eileen of Moolah.asia and Aktive Learning who had helped to make this happen. Click here [...]

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On Sale: What Your School Never Taught You About Money by Dennis Ng

December 7, 2011 by Alvin
Dennis’s third book is on sale now! Free delivery to your home! BUY IT NOW! Titled “What Your School Never Taught You About Money“, the book covers 41 topics including: What Your School Never Taught You About Success Mindset What do successful people share in common? Learn how the rich think to become rich Increase [...]

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Style of no style approach to investing

December 4, 2011 by Alvin
Dennis shared a nice video interview of Bruce Lee. The legendary kung fu master is well known for his philosophical approach to fighting. He invented Jeet Kune Do, which emphasises on developing your own style of fighting that suits you, and not trying to stick to one school of kung fu. Don’t get set into [...]

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Investment & Trading Report Card – Nov 11

November 30, 2011 by Alvin
Olympus was hit by accounting scandal. Unlike MF Global, Olympus did not filed for bankruptcy. It hid its debts for many years but its business is still afloat. Being the world’s largest endoscope maker, the company still has a foothold in the market. I see this as a temporary problem and it would turn around [...]

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T3B Gathering 23 Nov 11

November 27, 2011 by Alvin
Keane opined that the market is confused. Despite the indices making lows, there are still many US stocks that broke 3 year high within the last 2 months. Asian markets have retreated relatively more as Europe pulled their money away from Asia to save themselves. US has a lot of multinational companies overseas and hence [...]

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A kind reader rebuts

November 23, 2011 by Alvin
A kind reader has commented on my previous posting regarding options and sent me an email for clarification. I do not know everything and I can be wrong. Hence, I appreciate readers who bother to tell me that. Although we all want recognition to feel good but no one is perfect and it takes more [...]

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