To all my fellow investors out there,

I am writing this message to remind everyone about the past two crashes we had over the past decade.

While stocks were decimated, many of us took flight and joined the mass exodus exacerbating the already dire situation.

What most of us failed to realized was that there were a few brave souls who boarded the boat of opportunity and bought shares while everyone was getting out. With the benefit of hindsight, those who dare made a huge fortune while those who got out, missed the boat of opportunity a few years later.

This boat right now is almost empty and it is sitting in your back yard with almost no takers. This boat is even bigger and it will be a once in a lifetime event (my life at least).

I know that I may be a lone voice in this mega mess but without it, the opportunity boat would not have arrived. Call it the half empty or half full cup syndrome. Or better still is the cup 1/4 full or 3/4 empty...take your choice. I'm sure that most will see this as 3/4 empty going to oblivion...

BTW: Did you know notice that Berkshire Hathaway close up when the DOW melted away last night?
Don;t get me wrong. I am as fearful as everyone out there and as conservative to my next door neighbor. But that doesn;t mean that
I would avoid stocks altogether...it is just the opposite. Just at the beginning of last year, I was lamenting to my better half that to get outsize returns (over 15% pa) from the market over the long term is difficult when the SGX, DOW and the HKSE was in record territory.

Now it seems that the outsize returns are more than possible and maybe 15% pa is far too low..I can even see many potential 10 baggers (in 5+ years)with reasonable valuations.

Again although I may sound contradictory my advise to everyone is continue to be afraid...be very afraid as this will heightened your sense of choosing only the best stocks BUT start now...in batches. If you have $10,000 to invest choose a minimum of 10 stocks and allocate an equal amount weighting to each meaning $1,000 exposure or 10% of your total portfolio for each stock.

Buy using time as your friend in batches of 25% (or $250 worth) every 3 months for the next one year. In a year you should have reach the maximum single limit exposure to the stock.

This method is probably the safest route as there is no telling where the bottom is and it is easier to catch the bottom this way than timing it all at once.

Of course the above is only a guideline and feel free to modified it according to your own risk profile.

(FYI...I only do longs and do not trade which I consider gambling plus I do not put my children's future at risk.)

Once again everyone, the boat has no takers now and my bet is that it will leave with only a few passengers.

Take care everybody