Tuesday, November 16, 2010
See You at the Top!!! Part IV
There is a time to make, and there is a time to rest. My 7week holidays start tomorrow through New Year 2011!
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
After: Soybean Oil Being Hit!
Friday, November 12, 2010
Soybean Oil Being Hit!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
See You at the Top!!! Part III
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Knock! Knock!
Friday, November 5, 2010
See You at the Top!!! Part II
Bonus: This FCPO bull provided plenty of entry opportunities (for short to mid term play). Like this one. Do you see what I See? Looks like I am giving my secret away freely... LOL! (Yes, I am merely bullshitting ;)
Oh My GOlD!!!
The Chart:
The Story: Gold soared Thursday as the U.S. dollar sunk in the wake of the quantitative easing announcement from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday afternoon. The wording of the announcement and the amount of the package--at least $600 billion--was even more bearish for the dollar than anticipated, and that, in turn, was fully gold market bullish, as it suggested heightened inflationary pressures on the horizon.
The Winner:
LOL!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
See You at the Top!!!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Betting Time!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Soybean Oil Approaching 50.00
Sunday, October 17, 2010
We Make Your Dreams Come True!
"The Government is aware of the difficulties faced by the rakyat, particularly young adults who have just joined the workforce with income less than RM3,000, to own a house. To assist this group, the Government will introduce Skim Rumah Pertamaku through Cagamas Berhad which will provide a guarantee on down payment of 10% for houses below RM220,000. This scheme is for first-time house buyers with household income less than RM3,000 per month. In other words, the house buyers will obtain a 100% loan without having to pay the 10% down payment."
This is what I think:
Very creative measure to boost home ownership indeed. (A contrarian approach too, if compared against regional governments' move of raising loan-to-value ratio to curb the sky-rocketing property prices. ) LOL!
Why push young adults to over-commit on something they can't afford. Journey of an indebted life will now begin for many young ones.
(And they have better pray hard that BLR will stay at this level or lower for a very long time).
Why do I have a feeling that we are making a local production of "Subprime Drama"? Perhaps I worry too much. Do enjoy the subprime cartoon of this post, couldn't be better. LOL!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Another Peter, Another Self Made Billionaire
Well, the tough looking CMC founder Peter Cruddas worth £1b in year 2009. I thought he was a fish monger's son, not true, but more humble, a meat-market porter and a cleaner's son. “A lot of people in the City (London's financial district) want to hide their wealth,” Cruddas said in 2005. “Not me. I’m proud to be ranked No 1 and take it as a mark of distinction.”
About him : He left school at 15 and became a telex operator. CMC was launched in 1989 with £10,000. In 1996, CMC branched out from traditional broking into online trading of shares, currencies, gold, oil and spread-bets; Goldman Sachs paid £140m for a 10% stake in 2007. Profits rose sharply to £57.2m in 2007-08 on soaring turnover of £181.4m. Past salaries, dividends and a £30m property portfolio take him to £1 billion.
1996 was a pivotal year for him, had he not persisted on pursing his vision of e-trading, we will probably not know him today. Just like Peter Lim's foresight on future trend, Peter Cruddas was betting on information technology when the IT age was at its infancy. These winners see things into future much further than many of us do. And they work hard to build their futures too.
Most importantly, they are both very charitable.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Who the hell is Peter Lim? Part II
By the way, story of Peter Lim is pretty inspiring, a self made billionaire of a fish monger's son. That reminds me of another financial figure, also a fish monger's son. I will blog it up in the future.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Who the hell is Peter Lim?
Actually, I thought you might be more interested to find out "how come he is so bloody rich?".
Another answer: His foresight on Palm Oil (investment in Wilmar). There's an old 2007 article about him (see below, "Former Remisier King Peter Lim"), which is a pretty good article for us to understand him better, much to learn from this astute and patient investor. He is now into alternative energy (Ring any bell? So is Warren Buffet into electrical car maker "BYD"). In my opinion, he is a true trend follower in a much bigger scale. Move over Michael Covel (yeah, that books salesman). LOL!
"Former Remisier King Peter Lim"
He makes paper loss of $100m in stock market turmoil, but says of his wealth: 'It makes no difference after a point' My money will go to charity
By Karen Wong
WHEN the Singapore stock market took a sharp dive lastweek, it wiped out more than $100million of his stock's value.
But former remisier king Peter Lim did not lose sleep over it.
Why? 'I've been a stock broker for all my life - I've seen all the crashes, financial crisis, where really, it's only a paper loss,' replied the self-made billionaire.
'Just make sure you are not jammed with cash flow.'
Mr Lim was referring to his almost 5 per cent investment in Wilmar International which saw its share price move from a high of $3.78 to a low of $2.89 in the space of a month. The share price last closed at $3.
To him, his wealth is less important than his family and philanthropy. His attitude towards money is almost casual. It reflects his philosophy on investing and wealth.
For those who feel they are badly mauled by the current share doldrums, Mr Lim has this piece of wisdom to share: 'I used to say to my friends, 'When you are holding stocks, if it goes up, don't be too happy; when it goes down, don't be too sad'.
'Otherwise, how? Your life will also be fluctuating and you'll die of a heart attack.
'If you really lose sleep over it, maybe the best way is to keep the money in thebank.'
So what does he lose sleep over?
He replies with a laugh: 'My kids. Like other parents, I worry about what they're doing and whether they'll pass their exams.'
On Thursday, he made his debut in Forbes' latest rankings as Singapore's seventh-richest man, with a reported net worth of US$830m illion.
Mr Lim revealed that he intends to give a large part of his money to society later. How will Singapore benefit?
Through his pet cause: Education.
He made this revelation quite casually, as if he were talking about the weather.
He said: 'I think it's very likely (that) a big part of my wealth will be directed towards education.'
'It will be either a straight donation towards assisting educational institutions or maybe I'll set up a foundation.'
He supports Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's call at the recent National Day Rally for more Singaporeans to make charitable contributions.
Mr Lim echoed PM Lee's views that it is happening all over the world, and especially in the US.
'Asia is a bit behind because generally, when you have money, you think of your sons and your daughters when you die.
'But I think it has changed a lot here, principally because now, the wealth isbigger.'
He was reluctant to reveal his charitable contributions over the years, except to say that much of it was anonymous and that in the early '90s, he was one of the earlier donors to the National Kidney Foundation.
HELPS POOR
His friend, Mr Dennis Foo, chief executive of St James Power Station, later told The New Paper that Mr Lim not only donates money, he also takes it upon himself to deliver food, like rice and cooking oil, to needy families in one-room flats and old folks' homes.
Why education?
Mr Lim said: 'Education must be cheap and accessible to anyone.
'For me, I was the son of a fishmonger, but I could still go to the best school. I had the opportunity to make money. There's no discrimination.
'I think this policy of meritocracy actually works. It's very very fair and nobody cancomplain.'
The New Paper managed to get hold of Mr Lim last Wednesday, after his meetings and before he left for a short trip overseas.
The publicity-shy tycoon was extremely reluctant to talk about his wealth. It didn't help that he again made news recently with his involvement in one of Singapore's largest reverse takeover bids, with his investment vehicle Rowsley buying up a chunk of a China solar power company.
But he agreed after some persuasion. He met us at Brewerkz, which he also has a stake in, at Riverside Point two hours before his flight.
Dressed in a polo T-shirt which has seen better days, a pair of cargo pants and trainers, he certainly didn't seem to wear his wealth on his sleeves.
Why so casual? He replied that he plans to sleep on his flight.
DOESN'T MONITOR
Ironically, Mr Lim, who was one of Singapore's leading stockbrokers and is now a private investor, does not monitor the stock market every day.
He goes through the financial reports of companies; he watches financial news to get a summary of what is happening, but he does not track the daily ups and downs of the stock he owns.
He said: 'I only check in intervals, depending on the company.
'If it's a structured company, then (I check) when the results come out. For the bigger ones, quarterly results; for smaller ones, twice a year. But if it's a start-up, I'll check it more regularly.'
Mr Lim made headlines in the late-'80s as a star remisier, in the mid-'90s in his divorce battle and in early 2000 for his involvement in the first instalment of the Raffles Town Club court saga.
Much of his wealth now comes from a single investment: Palm oil.
In the early '90s, he invested about US$10 million in a start-up Indonesian palm-oil company, Wilmar. Today, his almost-5 per cent stake is worth more than US$700 million.
This is a far cry from his humble beginnings. When he was young, he said, he did not even have his own room in the two-bedroom government flat he shared with 11 others.
He grew up, with three brothers and four sisters, in one of Singapore's oldest public housing estates, Bukit Ho Swee.
His father was a fishmonger and his mother a housewife and the size of the flat was the equivalent of a three-room HDB flat today, hesaid.
He slept in the living room, or wherever he could find space to lay his mattress down for the night.
On his wealth now, he said: 'It's no different from what it was before I had the money. It makes no difference after apoint.
'Like what they say, you can only talk louder. You can only eat so much and fly so many trips.
'Money lets you enjoy a lot of things, but I don't think I'll die without money.
'I don't think I'm eating a lot better than when I was a lot poorer than now. I don't really go for very special kinds of food. I'm still very local. I like my mee siam, mee rebus and lontong.'
When his father died in the late '60s, when Mr Lim was 22 years old.
Mr Lim completed his secondary school education in Raffles Institution and was an officer in National Service.
It was then, at the age of 18, that he bought his first lot of shares.
Did he make a killing?
'In fact, I lost money,' he laughed.
But not much.
'I was only paid $385 a month, so I can't have bought, or lost, very much.'
He then went to Perth to further his studies at the University of Western Australia.
To fund his university education, he said, he worked part-time doing odd jobs as a taxi-driver, cook and waiter.
It was one of these jobs - in the Australian fast-food chain Red Rooster - that opened his eyes to how business was done.
'I watched how they started, how they grew, and how they scaled up.'
It was also in university where he honed his instincts and skills as an investor.
He graduated with a degree in accounting and finance and stepped out into the working world.
'My first job was as an accountant. It lasted three months,' he said with a chuckle.
He did some tax consultancy before he went into stocks, he said.
Mr Lim is in his element when dealing with numbers. 'It's something I'm very comfortable with, something I understand.
'Give me any numbers. I look at (them) and I'm happy. It can be in any industry. You give me the numbers; somehow I can figure it all out.'
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His secret to investing is...
WHAT is Peter Lim's secret to successful investing?
Prospect, he replied.
He looks at sectors.
'Like if I think solar is good, I go into solar; if I think palm oil is good, then palm oil.
'Share prices go up because the sector grows. So if I think this sector is going to be good in the next 10 years, then I'll just invest in it.'
Another key reason for his success, he said, is patience.
Mr Lim, who also acts as a consultant to companies and helps them find multi-million-dollar investors, does not subscribe to buying one day and selling the next to cash in.
His advice to young investors: 'You have to invest with a longer-term mindset. You buy a good stock, leave it there for 10 years. Come 10 years, this dollar can be many, many multiples.
'I think the trick is really to think long-term.
' You may not have a lot of money, but you have a lot oftime.'
'The minimum length of my investments are five to six years, if not 10 to 12 years.'
He cites the example of his condominium.
He owns an entire 11-storey block at prestigious Ardmore Park, near Orchard Road. He and his wife, with his 85-year-old mother, live in one apartment, while three other maisonettes and the penthouse sits empty.
'I bought it in 1994 for $13m and I just hold there and wait. With the current property market, it is worth more than $100m.'
Same with Wilmar, which he invested in in the early '90s. It was then a US$10m investment. Now, his stake is worth some US$700m.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Surviving the Shakeout
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Falling Star
Before anyone thinks I am going to talk about Biblical Myth, sorry to disappoint you, I am not.
Just to share some nice poem:
NIGHT-SKY AND FALLING STAR
HEAVEN, mighty, full of glorious withholding,
a store of space, a staggering world-display.
And we, too distant for a full beholding,
and yet too near it all to turn away.
A falling star, with which our scarcely-owned,
heart's wish, with startled uplook, is descending:
What is beginning now and what is ending?
What's been committed? What's been condoned?
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Friday, October 8, 2010
Soybean Oil Hit the Roof!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Yesss, finally it CAME!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Hot Chart - Harley Davidson
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Looks like the floodgate is open!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Here we go again.
Chart missing from my previous post of "Take a Bite of the Apple"
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Bill, Warren, & BYD. Najib & NYSE.
The two Americans rode in a BYD van from behind a cloud of mist and onto the stage of a Beijing media event for the company, before giving lavish, if seemingly rehearsed, praise for the van.
“It was fantastic. I am amazed at the quality of that vehicle,” Gates said after exiting the van, called the M6.
Sept 28 (Bernama) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and rang the closing bell on Monday.
He had earlier held discussions with the bourse's top executives led by NYSE Euronet chief executive officer (CEO) Duncan Niederauer, on ways to assist Malaysian investors in securing access into the US capital market.
In a brief remark after signing the guest book, Najib said that he had proposed the hosting of a Malaysia Day at the bourse, to attract US investors into the Malaysian market as well as other markets in the Southeast Asia region.
He said Malaysia could be a gateway for US investors into the ASEAN market, which he described as one of the fastest growing, in Asia.
Morale of the stories : (1) Rich folks come to you when you have the right product. (2) Well, you know...
Take a Bite of the Apple
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
What's your problem, Mr. CPO?!!
FKLI, a swing down in the making. Sit tight, baby! LOL!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Interesting Week
Thursday, September 23, 2010
TechCrunch
John Keatley
Cap'n Crunch: Michael Arrington says his style is to “bust the door down and clean the mess up later.”
" alt="Cap'n Crunch: Michael Arrington says his style is to “bust the door down and clean the mess up later.”">John Keatley
TechCrunch, a San Francisco-based company that publishes the influential blog of the same name, started as a hobby. In 2005, Michael Arrington, a serial entrepreneur and former lawyer, was researching Silicon Valley start-ups and decided to post his findings online. Since then, TechCrunch, which draws about 9.2 million visitors a month and boasts annual revenue of about $10 million, has become the go-to source for breaking news about Internet start-ups and tech companies. Although TechCrunch has 25 full-time employees, Arrington, 40, still spends much of his time reporting and writing. On most days, he works remotely from his home near Seattle, in a cavelike home office. From morning until night, Arrington sits in darkness in front of his computer—blasting music, working his contacts, and focusing on what he loves best: breaking big stories.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
As Flat as a Pancake
Saturday, September 18, 2010
FA Point of View, on Gold
UniCredit has upgraded their target price for gold from $1,250 to $1,600 by the end of 2012. The reason for the upgrade is based on three powerful trends: the fear over “money printing” at the Fed (QE), the idea that the Euro sovereign debt crisis represents a condemnation of fiat money and increasing demand for gold from China.
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“The Chinese government has encouraged consumers to invest in gold, and with great success. In the last 12 months, demand for gold totaled 532 tons. While jewelry demand is merely stagnating, investors are increasingly discovering the gold market. While as recently as 2008 only 17 tons of gold were purchased, in 2009 the figure was already 73 tons. In the last 12 months, demand was even 143 tons! Although China has evolved into the world’s largest gold producer in recent years, the annual production of most recently 330 tons is by no means sufficient to satisfy this demand.
China announced important gold market reforms at the beginning of August. Foreign companies are now permitted to offer their gold coins at the Shanghai Exchange, more banks are permitted to import gold from abroad, and more domestic, gold-based investment products are to be developed. As a result, demand of Chinese investors will increasingly be felt on the global market. But the Chinese government also has an ever greater interest in gold imports. In April 2009, China had reported an increase in its gold reserves from 19.29mn to 33.89mn troy ounces. Nevertheless, they are still at a very low 1.7% of the entire foreign exchange reserves. If China is targeting a gold reserve of, for example, 10%, it would have to purchase 6,130 tons of gold or 2.4 times global annual production. If China were to meet the demand only from domestic producers, it would take 19 years to achieve this objective. Since the gold market is per se only a very small market, further increases in the price of gold are pre-programmed.”
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
What is "Technical Buying"?
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Market Nuggets: Technical Buying Boosting Comex Gold
14 September 2010, 9:38 a.m.
By Allen Sykora
Of Kitco News
http://www.kitco.com/
(Kitco News)-- Technical buying is playing a big role in the rise for Comex gold, says Charles Nedoss, senior market strategist with Olympus Futures. December gold is $13.80 higher at $1,260.90 an ounce. The market held around support at the 20-day moving average on a pullback late last week. "Last night, we never took out yesterday's low. And we took out Friday's high. So we saw a little bit of stop-loss buying," Nedoss says. "And you're close enough to the new highs that you brought in fresh buying." The move suggests traders still want to get long in gold, he adds. "They are looking to buy the breaks (lower). I think the breaks are becoming less shallow."
By Allen Sykora, of Kitco News; asykora@kitco.com
Gold Price Poised to Test New High - Part V
Message from a Cliff Hanger
Nonetheless, if you are a breakout player, you should know where to look at. No kidding.
Guess Not!
Monday, September 13, 2010
SoyBean Oil Taking Off!
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Review on Maoxian's SLV
And this is how it looked like moment ago:
If you wanna learn, learn from the real pro. Never compromise. LOL!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Gold Price Poised to Test New High - Part IV
No joke, this test of new high of gold is so significant on setting path of its future trend.