Yup....margin calling week ahead.

http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/viewtopic.php?p=3865191&highlight=#3865191

Some may have miss this......SAD Margin calling lagi sad

Aiyoh aunties yummy dun be angry lah! You are right to say that investing in the right company for a long time can be profitable and one can cut out the whipsawing to achieve results. But IPunter also has his reasons for discouraging holding forever - he probably means to say that all kinds of investment should have a time frame and should not be "forever" becaus forever means no need to be even concern about company's changing business models, management, etc.o I think he is not against long term investment but discourages "deterministic" buy and hold investment attitude.

There are many good business models in Singapore that if one buy and hold, would today made a lot of money - like Kepcorp, all 3 banks, ST engineering, etc.  So both of you are right !

Whether declined stocks return quickly or slowly is only for the market beast to dictate...

     Anyway, holding is not a skill... it is only a human quality...

         But routinely buying in at a low price and selling at a high price is a real skill.

             That is what investment is all about...

i disagree with u labeling investors as irresponsible n taking unnessary risk. Investors invest in companies they are sure of n of sound value. Traders they do alot of speculative trade. They buy today n hope it goes up so they can sell. investors invest n dunr eally care much about up n down of markets since a sound company will almost always be sound(unless its one of those fake companies den u damn sway) If investors are irresponsible u r telling me WB is totally irresponsible??He is well known for holding his investments long time. I totally respect traders .It takes alot of skills n foresight n guts n split second decision to succeed as a trader n not get killed. if one is not nimble on their toes one cannot be a successful trader.At the same time Investors are to be respected too as they are people who normally the ones who can pick a good company n stick with it n eventually they will make alot of money too. If one urgue "ya but in mean time they are POK" den comment alone will show u that that one has no money n should not even be here. not to offend...stock market first rule is to ALWAYS play with money ONE CAN AFFORD. Am i right or am i wrong?

Share junction is one place for people to post their thoughts and normally i really enjoy being here just to read comments by people whom truely earn my respect alexchia, boy boy anthony and victor etc..people who postings help others and not those who get up here just to insult n fill up the comment space.So lets be gracious ok :) k leave ur vicious comments to urself.

It is not funny at all...

And I do not see anything funny in that.

    It is plain fact that holding onto a declining stock

         is an irresponsible act of very high risk.

             Whereas traders are very 'kiasi' people

                 who are afraid of excessive risk...