
Hi TuaPekGong9413 ... can you try to impress her?... ha ha ha. Like genting too .. impressive ..
no lah...she still trying to decide wat to give....pacing up and down now....like genting
Think wai leng have been scared off ... ha ha ha ...
make it three...email for pension,hp for tech,me msn can liao.....wif 3 instant advisers,wai leng sure huat in no time. Right, tech & pension?
Do you know what is faster? Phone Number .. ha ha ha ha
wai leng,email slower,msn will be better

Hi CWQuah .. why don't you put me in your gurus' list ... he he he .. (just kidding).
Dear Way Leng, (Looking for sympathy - ha ha ha)
Let me share you something, what I got from my experiances. The first at all you need to train yourself about how to determine a news. (Be a fundamental first). Try to specify news is good, or bad .. or seems to be good, but bad, or in the otherway arround.
To learn this point, using SGX as platform .. goto SGX announcement website. Wait for company news and see what market reaction is. You need to know also how long a news can be faded by time, if there is no follow up. Doing this time by time .. you will know which news is good or bad. Also you need to watch international news. Since most of SGX companies are traded with international partner, so there will be effect more and less.
IF you have mastered this news session. Move to chart. Learn how is market behavior. Identify by trading parttern, which one is bullish or bearish. Since market work by fear and greed, there is certain pattern with the movement. I have monitored stock market in 3 countries, and I see there is certain pattern. (AU, SG, INA). Try to understand Moving Average, Stochastics, MACD, MA Crossover, RSI, William %R, Bollinger, Fibonacci Fan/Arc/Band. Identify which one is market boast by greet and which one is by potential.
The other optional skill that helpfull is try to learn about how to calculate their financial power. You need at least basic accounting skill. You can do it starting from their annual repot, find expend, asset and next project value. Need also floating amout of current traded shares, major shareholders, etc etc ..
The last one, find your own strategy. Even you have powerful information, without strategy, it will be like suicide. My advice is if possible, just trade half of your current power. Keep anticipate the unexpected by having some back up money. Do averaging when your CONFIRMED POTENTIAL stock is drop.
Hi Wai Leng,
There are many schools of thought in the stock market. 2 main ones are fundamental analysis (deals with analysing a company's financial health, business prospects etc), and technical analysis (analysis of a stock's price and volume action, buy/sell points, historical trends etc).
If you can read up on both FA and TA it would go far in enhancing your stock analysis. There are actually quite a few websites like Investopedia, Stockcharts.com and of course Sharejunction where you can find more indepth knowledge.
Bear in mind however, the real stockmarket seldom behaves in a textbook-perfect manner because there are simply so many market participants with varying behaviours. You can either pick up this through personal trading experience, or better still, learn from the experiences of others in the market. Some of the 'gurus' worth picking up points from in Sharejunction are Shplayer, Manikamaniko, Singaporegal, Elfinchilde, and many others.
Above all, just continue to keep an open BUT inquisitive mind to whatever you read. As for tips/recommendations, always take them with a pinch of salt and do some homework.
wai leng,do u play by contra?if u wana play safe then dun buy when price reach its peak..one important aspect is to check its historical chart...and the RSI..ppl always think it will go up further when price peaking...thats where they get stuck....also depends on how u wana trade?would u be happy to sell when up 0.01?first u gotta establish yr point of profit...me nvr take any courses...end of it they will ask u to buy expensive softwares....but books i do read up...if u r buying for long term investment,then look for a strong co. and buy at low price.But if u wana make fast bucks,then its up to BBs to see which counter they wana cheong each day...1 thing in mind..BBs seldom cheong the same counter for more than 2 days...
Courses might help but I always believe in reading books first. Then you can go to a course with fundamental knowledge already in place.
are you full time or partime investor?
if you have some money, buy some banjoo share to keep.
Yes, Terence, I have been diligently following blogs like "Eight percent per annum Value Investing in Spore Stocks" to learn more about value investing. Also will take up techsys' suggestion to go to the library. Cheerio!
Aiyo, fundamentals havn't learn want to learn technicals?
Trust me, its safer to go the value investing way, thats the way to multiply your money. No need to pay thousands of dollars, just pays tens of dollars and buy books will do.
Every investment comes with risks. But risks can be managed. Diversify, but do not over-do it, it will reduce your profit by a substantial amount. My strategy is to pick a few companies and devote your time fully to it. Know the company through and through.
*Give a man a fish today and he will ask you for another tomorrow*
*Teach a man to fish and he will be able to fish by himself for the rest of his life*
There is always a risk in investment. Your task is how to minimize them. Technical analysis is speculation, no rule in using it. YOu should have experiances in using it. But you can start by see when the price was low, and what thing triggered. From that you can train your investment instinct.
The next step is you need to do research by your own. Taking course will help, but I see it only as a guide. Not helping at all. You need to find your own style in investing. Try step by step, don't be rush. Need dedication and patient.
You need to have finanancial and accounting skill to learn for sure. So you will be able to calculate NTA, PE ratio, Forcasting etc etc.
Buy some book and learn from everywhere you can. Library is free .. why don't you start from there ? he he he ... By time you will be a master ... I have been playing stock since 1999.
Thank you all for your advice. At the moment my basic yardstick in buying any share is will I be able to sleep if I lose that sum of money? A sort of worst case scenenario mental preparation. Quite a negative way of investing huh? I also caution myself not to end up like the "Mrs Watanabes" in Japan who had first won then lost heavily in currency trading. I do not want to forget the pitfalls of the stock market even though I have been (touch wood!) quite lucky so far. Think I have to move beyond luck in investing. By the way, I find things like technical analysis and how to calculate the value of a company and so forth quite difficult to follow. Should I pay to attend courses on investing in the stock market? Is it true that I have to pay a few thousand dollars for such courses? And are they THAT value for my money?
Make up your capital first. Don't risk your future just want tobe rich faster. Be a value investor. Once you know more about stock circulation and your capital is strong ... that's your call. What ever you choose .. just enjoy it. Do it with your own care. .. good luck ....
Go for value investing, just like me. Read up lots of books about Warren Buffet. I won't be surprised if you become a billionaire one day. Warren Buffet came from a poor family, but look, today he is a billionaire.
A very good question. I think it depends a lot on the size of your bank account, your character and your risk aversion level.