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Can STI reaches 1800 tomorrow?
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jonahach
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15-Apr-2009 20:38
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Finally hit 1900...Now 2000? No more dream....
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des_khor
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08-Apr-2009 01:02
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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I sold all my BBCs worth near 100k.... wait for deep correction before re-enter again...
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des_khor
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08-Apr-2009 01:00
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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have u run already ?? STI drop right ?? tonite DOW in red too... what u think tomorrow ?
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freeme
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07-Apr-2009 17:02
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I got a feeling also.. just buy into put warrants on HSI. Today they absorb loses quite well.. lets see tml whether they can hang on anot..
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Hulumas
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07-Apr-2009 17:00
Yells: "INVEST but not TRADE please!" |
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Still in bearish mood perhaps.
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mario1
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07-Apr-2009 16:20
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why u say so? Any gut feel?
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Hulumas
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07-Apr-2009 16:02
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I start switching my super blue and blue chip to "Going Concern" penny stock shares progressively.
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des_khor
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06-Apr-2009 14:12
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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wan to run faster act now !! | ||||
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richtan
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05-Apr-2009 23:16
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Mkts are plain & simple, act on sentiments, no logic. Remember, in bull mkt, we have irrational exuberance, so naturally, now we have irrational fear.
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05-Apr-2009 22:34
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Hi all, This is one of the news letter I subscribe to and it recently released a letter to all about a pertinent question that keeps coming up. I think this is a great article to share plus maybe give us all a little bit of fair headed perspective as to the current turmoil.. Is it still too risky to enter the market? “Lance, you are a big advocate of buying stocks now, even though it seems things are just getting worse, why?” A good question, that’s been asked in different ways, but the question remains the same, “Why am I talking people into investing now?” Here are my reasons. All recessions end, and this one will as well, but about 6 to 9 months before they do, the stock market moves up in anticipation. It happens every time. The matter is when this recession will end. The optimists, think late 2009, the pessimists think it may extend into 2010, making this the longest recession since the Great Depression. The reality lies somewhere in between. Let’s expect an end in the first quarter 2010, which is on the “gloomy side”. If that were the case, then stocks, based on history, could start moving up as early as June or as late as September 2009. So, this means you realistically will be able to buy stocks at around these prices for at least the months of March, April and May, maybe a little longer, After that, the stock market may move higher in anticipation of an end to the recession. Next, the various stimulus packages could have an effect in coming months and may increase the earnings outlook of various companies involved in the construction and infrastructure industries (which we are targeting among others). Based on history, and the Chinese experience, it takes 3 to 6 months before you start seeing some economic movement (a little sooner if it includes cash bonuses or tax cuts, as it does in Australia and the US). Again, this puts us seeing some “stimulus traction” in say, 3 to 6 months in around May to September. If that’s the case, the stock market will react in that time period, it always does. While we are still hearing about unemployment getting worse, and that the financial system is blocked up with bad loans and banks in the US still need more money, the market will sit exactly where it is, right? That’s true, however a survey just released (late February) from workforce consulting firm, Watson Wyatt Worldwide in the US concluded that more companies are resorting to pay and hiring freezes, rather than payroll reductions, to weather the recession. More than half, or 52% of the 245 companies surveyed, said they've already made job cuts. Job cuts were still being planned by 13% of respondents, but that’s down from 23% in December 2008. While all these surveys have a margin of error, it does show a trend that maybe the worst of the job losses may be over, or at worst, stabilised. Of course, there’s always an increase in risk to employment in regard to unexpected bankruptcies of companies, but at least there are signs of the trend bottoming. Companies like Caterpillar in the US are already talking of re-hiring sacked staff. As far as the US banking woes go, the Obama administration has implemented a system of stress testing of banks which will gauge the banks ability to safely operate in much worse conditions than they are currently facing. It will then let the government know which banks could be in trouble and what they need to do to fix their capital situation. This will conclude for all banks in the US by April. Now, once this is done, we will hear some good news and some bad news up until late April as regards the banks. After that, we’ll have a great deal of clarity as to what banks are good, and which ones are in strife. The market will react and buy up good banks and sell down banks that fail the “stress test”. The market overall will move strongly up on the basis of “now knowing”. The market does not like uncertainty. Once they have certainty, we may see a rally set off by US financials in late April or early May. By then Obama’s Housing Bailout Program should be arresting the foreclosure problem as it will have been in place for at least a month. This will start to add confidence to the average people on the street and give consumers just a little confidence to open their wallets. This should occur by May. Also, by May, we should have heard all the worst on the unemployment front, if we haven’t already. By this stage, the banks will have already passed their stress tests and have all the capital they need to start lending again, which will also help stressed homeowners renegotiate mortgages, the thing that started all this in 2006/7. So, to sum all this up, we may see the start of a stock market recovery as late as July 2009 or as early as April 2009. This gives you the opportunity to buy stocks at around these prices for at least another 2 months or possibly 5 months. Now, I could be wrong and the rally could start next week, or could start as late as August, but remember, when news is at it’s darkest and worst, that is the time to act. Yes, it’s also a time when you take the biggest risks, but reward, never comes without some risk. Consider this. Many stocks are down by around 55% from their highs in October 2007. In those days, many stocks had PE ratios of 15 to 20+, now they are much lower, around 6 to 10 and that’s after factoring in recent drops in earnings, which as you know always recover after a recession (for good companies anyway). Do you think these good companies (forget the bad ones, we don’t want invest in those) will ever get back to their former valuations of a PE of 15 to 20 with growing earnings and a new all time high for their share price (I’m only talking about the good companies here)? Of course you do, but it’s the time frame that’s the problem right? Well, let’s have a reality check and you’ll see why I’m always going on about buying stocks. Just say a company’s share price has fallen 55%, it will take a rise of 122% to get it back to it’s high, correct? If you bought it now, and it reached a new all time high in a year you’d make 122% on your money. But what if it took 2 years? You’d make 61%pa on your original purchase price. What if it took until 2012, 3 years from now? You’d pick up 41% each year. Amazingly good returns in anyone’s language. Even if you asked the question, “But what if it took until 2019, ten years away, to get back to a new high?” I would respond by saying, it doesn’t happen if you pick the right stock, but then you would have earned over 12%pa on your original investment. See my point, the rewards are there waiting. This opportunity, may not happen again in your life. The trouble is people can’t see past the current situation. They become “myopic”, they only see what’s right in front of them, not a little farther out. They are overcome with fear, and that’s what stops them doing anything in times like this, and it’s also the reason they will never do really well out of investing in stocks. Billionaires like Buffet and Soros are aggressively buying right now, will it be another case of looking back in years to comes and wondering, “What if……” Until Next time, Lance Spicer Editor, Trident Confidential 27 February 2009 |
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Hulumas
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05-Apr-2009 20:17
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That sounds good........ Amithaba........
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Eagles
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05-Apr-2009 01:25
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If Citi and BOA Q1 results are per what the CEOs said (verygood)...expect a bull stampede in in Q2....Deleveraging over, newly pinted trillion $ leveraging back in action soon...(a few USD100Bs will buy over all SGX counters) | ||||
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mario1
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05-Apr-2009 00:17
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mkt is irrational, if sentiment carries on to be that gd, mabe when Q1 result is out, pple might again think that it's expected and ignore all the bad news.. just like when sentiment is bad, pple ignore all e gd news.. now even the highest jobless rate doesnt stop the DOW from gaining.. | ||||
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DnApeh
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04-Apr-2009 19:52
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Perhaps you would like to take a look at the weekly charts.Doesn't look too weakly to me.
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HLJHLJ
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04-Apr-2009 17:43
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Cheem..Don't understand. Anyway, looks to me that Dow is losing steam now. I might 'chow'...bit by bit... | ||||
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Andrew
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04-Apr-2009 14:07
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Well....heee....we just have to eat the poison like eating breakfast....hahaha
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iPunter
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04-Apr-2009 13:23
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Andrew... my friend... :) Hahaha... I agree with you on that... hehehe... 
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Andrew
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04-Apr-2009 12:19
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Q reporting season coming, if results not up to market expectation then you know what will happen. Trade with caution in the coming weeks according to the 958 PMFT. My opinion......two emails from C and BAC cause a 2000 point up on DJ......after it rise enough.....their gahman say want to banktrupt GM and a jobless is at 26year high or 8.5% of their workforce. I am seeing it as a new way to tell you the bad news......release the poison slowly.
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richtan
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04-Apr-2009 00:18
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U have to ask those MFT, but remember ah... boh pau choon one hor.
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jonahach
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03-Apr-2009 17:18
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Now targeting 1900...will it reach by next week? | ||||
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