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ah, retired. what a nice position to be in :)

standard what private funds will advise for wealthy clients is 80% in FDs etc, 20% in equity. THe aim is actually capital protection, since it's assumed that such investors cannot afford to lose their nest egg, and are comfortable enough already.

if you like only stocks, i personally think a good split is 50-80% in divvy plays (wait til correction ends before buying in pls), and keep some for playing. like all good singaporeans, we can't resist a flutter now and then. hehe. your divvy stocks should yield abt 5-8% returns y-o-y, which balances the risk from playing.

good divvy stocks (that i've held before): SGX, st engg, smrt, singpost. you can also take a look at the S44 companies; tho what their payout will be is a guess. your hint *haha* will be if temasek or some such is a major holder, then the payout is likely to be higher. good luck! :)

 

?? eh? actually, i've never read that book.

surelywin, introduce yourself! :)

hehe btw, have you all noticed the nicks of some of the rest? quite a few have to do with money/cash, and a lot of lucky 8s. heh heh. Quite a few animals too!! there's a penguin and a koala-something! ahhhhh so cute, i wonder if i can have them as pets! wheeee....

haha.

on a more serious note, looking at the genting post, em.. not to be a wet blanket, but i think a lot of small timers are gonna get caught. For their sakes i really hope not.   

 

yep, but not currently. working full time job (and one or two part times haha) so not much time to monitor. free now 'cos still newbie to job.

plus, i want to build up my seed fund first. when it's sufficient, then i'll consider diversifying. Otherwise, i believe that diversification reduces risk, but over-diversification dilutes rewards.

act, i'm looking to buy land. prob hawaii.  

 

There are actually dividend play stocks trading below $1. Look ard harder you will find them. One I can reveal is Datapulse. Look at it's share price and the dividend they gave out. Based on percentage it is not lacking those > $1 stocks.

Somehow I got a passion to support cheap stocks. Maybe I am a cheap person at heart hahahahaha :P

 

20% or more...it means you trade in mainly pennies isn't it? good that you balance it out with the divvy plays then. :)

hehe. divvy plays. i've parked my money into macqinf (long term, so dont bother doing a TA on it). at approx divvy yield of ~5%, it's my 'savings account'. haha.

POSB gives like a measly 0.25% only... >~< maybank's the best for FDs.

 

If it is a high dividend paying stock I prefer to keep it. For those not paying dividend stock my guideline is 20% or more I start to let go. The 20% is after deducting the buy in and sell out charges.

 

hm. just wondering (a bit premature), but what's on the Fellowship's stock watchlist for jan-feb?

elf's positioning for then alr. looking for counters.

and hey, let's share. how do you guys decide when to lock in profits etc? For me, i set an actual profit target to be made annually; and then divide that up by the no: of mths. So if i've made 'enough' already--like for jan now--i'll actually 'close shop', esp if i don't trust current market.

ya i know, i'm very much a coward aren't i. hahaaaaa... 

 

or, as Einstein once said, "There are only two constants in the world, death, and stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former."

haha. welcome, welcome all! :)))

yep singaporegal, wise words from our Arwen indeed. Gotta get rid of the ring that binds us!

giantlow, put it all together: hannibal lecter's in the house and mummy's gone shopping and left her baby unattended. *uh oh*

ipunter, sorry to hear you got whacked. no wonder you seemed subdued. hehe.

 

I remember Sir Isaac Newton once said

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people. "

 

Armies in the Fire

The lamps now glitter down the street;
Faintly sound the falling feet;
And the blue even slowly falls
About the garden trees and walls.

Now in the falling of the gloom
The red fire paints the empty room:
And warmly on the roof it looks,
And flickers on the back of books.

Armies march by tower and spire
Of cities blazing, in the fire;
Till as I gaze with staring eyes,
The armies fall, the lustre dies.

Then once again the glow returns;
Again the phantom city burns;
And down the red-hot valley, lo!
The phantom armies marching go!

Blinking embers, tell me true
Where are those armies marching to,
And what the burning city is
That crumbles in your furnaces!

Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Hope I'm not talking crap...  :)

 

The ring in the movie is evil and changes Frodo into a bad person. The fellowship journeys to get rid of the ring.

The "ring" in the stock market is fear and greed. Like the movie, we need to get rid of the ring in order to be successful in the stock market.

 

I'll start with some ways to describe the market.

1. The diapers in the market remain unchanged today.

2. The knives were up sharply in early trading.

3. Light switches were off in the market today. 

 

Haha... I'm in.

 

This thread is started for this lighter aspects of trading or just simply  for interaction between members.

Thanks to elf for her suggestion.