updated story.

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) – Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., the world’s third-largest made-to-order chipmaker, surged the most in nine years in
Singapore trading on speculation it may be a takeover target.
    Chartered jumped 9 cents, or 43 percent, to close at 30 Singapore cents, the biggest advance since November, 1999 and boosting its market value to S$763
million ($514 million). More than 89.8 million shares changed hands, the most active on the FTSE
 Straits Times All Share Index, which fell 2.3 percent.
    “It’s the old takeover rumors at play,” said Tan Ai Teng, an analyst at DBS Group Holdings Ltd. in Singapore, who rates Chartered “hold.” “Operationally,
nothing has changed for Chartered. Visibility for the company and industry is still very, very
 poor.”
    The jump in the share price and trading volume prompted the Singapore exchange to query the company. Chartered declined to comment on “market
speculation” and isn’t aware of a reason for the share surge, Singapore-based spokeswoman Celestine Lim said
 by telephone today.
    Temasek Holdings Ltd., Singapore’s state-owned investment fund, which owns 59 percent of Chartered, said in an e-mailed statement that it was “inappropriate”
to comment on speculation.
    –Editors: Alan Soughley, James Unwin
    To contact the reporter on this story: Andrea Tan in Singapore at +65-6212-1325 or atan17@bloomberg.net
    To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-Sam Cho at +82-2-3702-1639 or ycho2@bloomberg.net.
    -0- Jan/08/2009 09:30 GMT 01-08-09 0430EST

i didn't mean buying this Chartered stock, sorry for misunderstanding..

i mean, buying any good stocks now can cover his chartered losses.

Dont really know the exact date but around that year if i remember correctly..  (the blow is too big until i live in denial that i never bought the share)haha... but surely more than 10 yrs.

It is a pain to start all over again, ... i sold my car & wipe out all my hard earned savings during that year to settle my debts.

i washed my hands on stocks and share in the golden bowl, until recently where i think i ought to make a comeback. Ha...

My sympathies to you. You must have been holding on to this counter for some time. Some years even?

I can't remember when Chartered was $5.30. 

D deficit is quite substantial. Look like u are the fan of investors believing " Down hold, up Sell". Under current market sentiment, d trick is more or less obsolete liao. But nonetheless, ds is not end of the world, if u can wait, if now u are still not that old. As our top brass claimed that seeing profit 5-30 yrs later still ok ones.

Hence, relax n jangan tension loh. Cheers.

This is my savings and insurance premium. It is a pain to sell them off, so decided to keep, but who knows this bugger never buck up. Nothing to be proud off.. But to share with u my experience.

Wow... you are very rich... 

24 lots at 5.30 =  S$127,200