Author: STE's Stocks Investing Journey

“Photo taken inside Langjokull Ice Cave” Market looks more volatile in June and STI was down by almost -5% since beginning of June , there may be some truth about ” Sell in may and go away “…some might have started to deploy their war-chest to buy stocks listed in their “watch list ” which have hit their so call “target price”. Ops ! I am not going to talk about buying stocks in current market condition here today, which I also think that there might be some “value ” started to appear but definitely not in “crisis mode”...

Recently, it seems that more and more companies are choosing to issue “Non-renounceable Rights” in equity raising activities instead of “Renounceable Rights “. My friend “ B “from “ A Path to Forever Financial Freedom (3Fs) had just written a good blog post in explaining how to take advantage and possibility of making some “profit or lowering your entry price “ by capitalizing the rights issue offer by company from time to time. ( here ) , and his detail analysis on FLT’s asset acquisitions into Germany and Dutch industrial properties  ( here ) First and foremost , allow...

Interest rates increase was really a hot topic in last two weeks since US 10 Years Treasury Note hits above 3% for first time since 2014. Market also react negatively with full of comments on interest risk due to this increase. “Auto loans, home mortgages, and other loans are tied to the benchmark 10-year yield. Investors fear that higher interest rates could start to eat into corporate profits and also signal that more inflation is coming.” This is why everyone is paying so much attention on the 10 years Treasury Note. Some even talking about “ Inverted Yield Curve...

<image credit:Shutterstock.com> “Soon after I bought the stock recommended by my broker, its value dropped by half so I decided to cut loss “, sounds familiar right.  While investing in financial markets over the long-term is an excellent path to wealth, it’s not unusual to experience occasional losses as investment values goes up and down, depending on market cycles. Every investors ever incur loss in our investment during the journey, the point is, do you keep track of your “realized gain/loss” on all your stocks’ transaction? Yes, I know , nobody like to mention or talk about their losses...

It has been quite sometimes I never update the performance of my “STE Smart Beta “ since last one in Aug 2017 ( here ).   You may also want to know what is “ Smart Beta “ ( here) , for those who are not so familiar with this investment / financial ” jargon”. Here is the latest update : In last year, STE Smart Beta outperformed the market (STI ) by 5.7% as the composition including some of star performance like banks ( DBS/UOB/OCBC) and two Oil& Gas counters although SPH and StarHub lagged behind. After the portfolio...

I hope stock market will crash tomorrow !! Hey ! wait a minute (ちょっと待って) , don’t throw rotten eggs or curse at me !! J Here is my story …. Every stock market investor knows the old adage: Buy low, sell high. We often hear this in investment courses or seminars we had attended, even in financial blogsphere. We talked about “ Price is what you pay ,value is what you get “ , we wanted to buy cheap at best “bargain “ and high M.O.S ( margin of safety ). But every day when we log into our PC...

According to Warren Buffett “Investing is not a game where the guy with a 160 IQ beats the guy with a 130 IQ” and what Buffett says about what is necessary for investing successfully:  Temperament is also important. Independent thinking, emotional stability, and a keen understanding of both human and institutional behavior is vital to long-term investment success. I’ve seen a lot of very smart people who have lacked these virtues. Also, investing is simple, but not easy. It requires independent thinking and emotional intelligence more than IQ. When markets are tumbling and fall like no tomorrow, IQ is...

 I have written about the “ The Power of Divided “( here ) and shared my view on the important of dividend throughout my investment journey.  I try to visualize it through the chart as below which I published every quarter in my portfolio and dividend update.As I am not really good in doing analysis on financial detail for companies or trying to identify the next FANGs type of exponential growth companies, my investment philosophy is quite simple that buying those company with strong fundamental (clean balance sheet with less debts ) and have dividend pay-out regularly. Of course...

I have written about the “ The Power of Divided “( here ) and shared my view on the important of dividend throughout my investment journey.  I try to visualize it through the chart as below which I published every quarter in my portfolio and dividend update. As I am not really good in doing analysis on financial detail for companies or trying to identify the next FANGs type of exponential growth companies, my investment philosophy is quite simple that buying those company with strong fundamental (clean balance sheet with less debts ) and have dividend pay-out regularly. Of...

<Image credit: steemit.com> With increasing usage of internet as main platform of social media for us to communicate and as source of news replacing traditional printed media, corporate and government starts to pay more attention to the problems and consequence of  “fake news “ and its impact on society at large. Quote “The relevance of fake news has increased in post-truth politics. For media outlets, the ability to attract viewers to their websites is necessary to general online advertising revenue. If publishing a story with false content attracts users, it may be worthy of producing in order to benefit advertisers...