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Noble Round 2

May 11, 2012 by OT83
It been many weeks since I last post anything and months since I last bought anything. Today bought Noble at 1.155. Pray hard. Usually after I bought it will go down more, see this time happen again or not. haha.

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News – Breadtalk

April 19, 2012 by OT83
SGX source From 9.61 % To 7.00 % Sell through an open market transaction by Keywise Greater China Opportunities Master Fund. Keywise Capital Management (HK) Ltd is the fund manager of Keywise Greater China Opportunities Master Fund, which holds shares in BreadTalk Group Limited. Fang Zheng is the sole shareholder of Keywise Capital Management (HK) [...]

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Traits of Good Companies

April 8, 2012 by OT83
 ”Stocks do well or poorly in the future because the businesses behind them do well or poorly – nothing more, and nothing less.” [Some famous investor said this phrase, you know who? I hope you know :)] Cheap Valuation – P/B, P/E, discount to NAV etc Business Economic Moats – high barrier to entry, unique [...]

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FA Valuation?

April 1, 2012 by OT83
In FA, there are many ways to value a stock. P/B, P/E, cash return, DCF etc. Some investors also look at things like net debt/net cash, free cash flow, ROE, ROA, dividend payout ratio, EPS growth rate etc for the financial health of the company and the total return of money to investors. Some also [...]

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Window Dressing

March 30, 2012 by OT83
Came across this phrase very often in Cbox recently. Decided to look up the meaning of this word. From investopedia, A strategy used by mutual fund and portfolio managers near the year or quarter end to improve the appearance of the portfolio/fund performance before presenting it to clients or shareholders. To window dress, the fund [...]

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Patience

March 18, 2012 by OT83
The market has been raising for past few weeks. For those who are in the market, congrats! Huat ah! May you huat more! For those people like me who still has lots of cash, this will be a good test for your patience. Do you feel that your money is rotting in the bank with [...]

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Reminder for myself

March 9, 2012 by OT83
Will you jump from a job with higher pay to a job with lower pay? Will you jump from a job with higher prospect of career advancement to a job with lower prospect of career advancement? Its a struggle between $, career prospects and life. I will if current job cause me to drag feet [...]

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Perpertual Securities again?

February 29, 2012 by OT83
Perpertual Securities must be the latest “in” thing in SGX. Genting – PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF SINGAPORE DOLLAR-DENOMINATED PERPETUAL SUBORDINATED CAPITAL SECURITIES http://info.sgx.com/webcorannc.nsf/AnnouncementLast3Months/437539A8F0980037482579AC00372AFC?opendocument

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Be discipline

February 28, 2012 by OT83
Did you notice that you always change your buy and sell price very easily because you got influence by something or someone? In the end, you either missed or buy/sell at a bad price. I used to do that and still have the tendency to do that, but I am trying to change. Few strategies [...]

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BreadTalk’s revenue grew 20.8% to $365.9 million in FY2011

February 25, 2012 by OT83
Group’s revenue grew 20.8% in FY2011 to historical high driven by broadbased growth across all businesses and geographical segments. Excluding one time gain on sales of property in FY2010, profit after tax attributable to shareholders jumped 63.1% in FY2011 supported by higher operating profits across all business segments. Proposed ordinary dividend of 1.0 Singapore cent [...]

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Perpetual Cumulative Securities

February 23, 2012 by OT83
Singpost – 23 Feb 2012, Proposed Issue of Singapore Dollar-Denominated Senior Perpetual Cumulative Securities http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/VwAttachments/Att_93D6940B13E37BEF482579AC007D8E62/$file/SGXAnn.pdf?openelement Olam – 23 Feb 2012, PROPOSED ISSUE OF S$275,000,000 7 PER CENT. PERPETUAL CAPITAL SECURITIES http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/VwAttachments/Att_A7F1BBB0C11D1FE1482579AC00806992/$file/23Feb2012-SGDPerps_SGX.pdf?openelement How come nowaday so many companies issue this thing? Did a google but couldnt find information on this. Closest which I can find is [...]

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Does account size matter?

February 14, 2012 by OT83
Does account size matter? Yes it does! Very often, we would say we earn a return of capital of example 6% after this trade of xxx days. This 6% seems simple but it is not exactly simple. 6% of 10k = 600 6% of 100k = 6000 6% of 1 mil = 60000 6% of [...]

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Which method(s) should I use?

February 3, 2012 by OT83
Many of us including me are always wondering which is the best method to invest/trade? Which books should I read to learn more? Which guru’s seminars should I attend so that I can invest/trade better? Which blogs should I visit? SO the QUESTION is: Which method should I use? FA? TA? value investing? value growth [...]

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Sold AIMS

February 2, 2012 by OT83
Sold AIMS today. Decide to sold AIMS as it hit resistance of 1.025 and forgo the dividend since today is the last day before xD. ROC: 6.95% Will re-enter again when time is right. (As a personal reference pt, this is the first day where my personal account turns positive with healthway still have xxxx [...]

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Investment Grading

January 30, 2012 by OT83
Recently, many people would came across with the headliners in the news that state, S&P downgraded XXX country to AA grading or BB grading etc. I guess many people do not understand what it really mean. I did a search and found the following: ‘AAA’—Extremely strong capacity to meet financial commitments. Highest Rating. ‘AA’—Very strong [...]

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Property – HDB Loans

January 17, 2012 by OT83
There are many schools of thoughts regarding paying up your loans for your housing. This post serve as a summary of what I heard about what people did with their HDB housing loans of 2.6% p.a. (1) Should borrow as much as possible since it is only 2.6% p.a. It is the cheapest and safest [...]

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SIPS test

January 4, 2012 by OT83
Those who are interested to take the test but scare that after you read you will forget the answers to the questions, you can refer to http://sgmarketwatch.com/sgx-online-education/ while taking the test. Anyway I only took the test for fun, I guess at most I will only trade ETFs. My result…

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2011 – Year end Review

December 29, 2011 by OT83
Similar to most people, let me share my year 2011 review. My first post is on 1 Apr 2011. April fool day! My blog is now 8 months old! Thank you! It was, is and will be a very fulfilling and exciting journey to record and share my journey in investing. In this year I [...]

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