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Hulumas
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08-Dec-2010 12:12
Yells: "INVEST but not TRADE please!" |
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To me from the chart . . . it indicates 2011 is PENNY STOCK YEAR !
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Hulumas
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08-Dec-2010 10:30
Yells: "INVEST but not TRADE please!" |
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What you said is right, only if applied to efficient and ideal stock market! Theoretically correct but practically incorrect!
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iPunter
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08-Dec-2010 10:19
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No matter what you believe in... just simply bet on what you think... because you may be right ! ...
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alexchia01
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08-Dec-2010 10:07
Yells: "Catch The Stars And Ride With Them" |
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I don't believe in Pattern Formations and Elliot Wave Theory, so I don't have any view on this. I only use Trend Channels, Support and Resistance, MACD, Stochastic and Candlesticks in my Technical Analysis.
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iPunter
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08-Dec-2010 07:57
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Nice and good charts from krisluke...  |
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krisluke
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08-Dec-2010 01:08
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After breaking trendline "A" and found support at Line "C", the index return to touch trendline "A" again and thereafter loss ground on Friday moving toward Line "C". So far, all the moves have been typical textbook fashion per my post dated November 24. We are still looking at trendline "B" as the target for trendline violation.
If, however, the index managed to break above trendline "A" decisively this will invalidate the hypothesis market wizards |
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krisluke
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08-Dec-2010 01:04
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des_khor
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08-Dec-2010 00:43
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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Ask STI to use head & shoulder shampoo !!
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beruangface
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07-Dec-2010 23:56
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Isn't share price is market estimation of discounted future earnings? the fluctuation of share price has close relation with its fundamental i.e. performance i.e earnings
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virgoan
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07-Dec-2010 22:54
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Just want to share this article.....interesting read...... First the good news: Improving U.S. economic data. Surprising strength in consumer spending. Solid earnings. Then the bad: Irish banking problems. Korean military exercises. Disappointing employment figures. As the year winds down, investors confront a number of confusing trends, making it harder to figure out if it's a time to buy or sell. One example of how bewildering it's become: The Federal Reserve has launched a historic program to buy bonds, a step termed "quantitative easing," aimed at pushing down bond yields and mortgage rates and other consumer interest rates. But long-term bond yields and mortgage rates have climbed, not fallen, since the program was unveiled just over a month ago, underscoring how mystifying the current investment environment is. Indeed, on Thursday, stocks capped their best two-day performance since July, only days after dealing with marked weakness. Then on Friday data showed a much-weaker-than-expected job market in November. To try to make sense of it all, we examined key sectors in the investment world and asked top analysts whether investors should be bullish or bearish in the near and longer terms. Small-Cap Stocks: BUY The year has been good for stocks, but it's been great for smaller companies. The Standard & Poor's 100 index, which represents the 100 biggest stocks, rose 6.5%, through Thursday, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index was up 9.5%. By contrast, the MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600, which track smaller companies, rose 21% and nearly 20%, respectively. Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of Harris Private Bank in Chicago, advises investors to stick with smaller stocks, especially those in international markets. That's because these companies have seen bigger earnings improvements, so they still trade at attractive levels. Small-cap shares trade at a price-to-sales ratio of about 0.4, compared with a more expensive ratio of 1.2 for stocks in the S&P 500. Tobias Levkovich, Citigroup's (NYSE: C - News) chief U.S. equity strategist, argues that during periods of profit-margin improvement — which has been happening lately — small-cap stocks best their bigger brethren. That trend should continue for the next six months or so, Mr. Levkovich predicts, making small- and mid-cap shares the place to be. A big risk for stocks: China. With annual inflation running at 4.4%, Chinese leaders are working hard to slow their economy and keep a lid on price increases. If the economy slows too much, it will affect global growth and U.S. shares. Technology: BUY So far this year, betting on consumer spending has worked out, even as most consumers work to cut debt. Consumer discretionary shares, or those of companies that sell items like clothing and music, are up 24%, while utility and health-care shares are down about 1%. Some say that technology shares, up nearly 7%, now are the place to be. Alan Zafran, co-founder of Luminous Capital, a Los Angeles-based investment adviser, adds that investors should focus on so-called cyclical stocks that tend to do well as economic growth rebounds. He likes both energy and information-technology shares, which have strong balance sheets and impressive growth. Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT - News), for example, trades at less than 10 times its earnings, excluding its huge cash position, and pays a 2.5% dividend yield. Mr. Zafran argues that Congress might reach a compromise to allow companies like Microsoft to repatriate cash held overseas, giving the company even more resources to boost its dividend or take other steps. Utility shares could continue to underperform if long-term interest rates keep edging higher, making the dividends of utilities less valuable. Gold: SELL Prices of precious metals like gold have been on a tear for much of the year, with the price of the yellow metal up 28% this year. Some of the strength has come from concern that the Fed's moves will push the value of the dollar lower, paving the way for future inflation. Gold, and to a lesser extent silver, tend to serve as an alternative to paper currencies. So some investors have rushed into these precious metals to protect against weakness in the dollar, as well as the euro, which is dealing with the recent bailout of Ireland. But some analysts say it's time for gold and silver bugs to take some profits off the table. Gold will do well if the consumer-price index rises at least 3% over the next three years, argues Mr. Ablin. But with inflation currently running at under 2% and showing few signs of a surge, gold prices may not be able to advance in the near term, some argue. At the same time, Mr. Levkovich notes that gold doesn't provide diversification for an investment portfolio like it once did, because it rises and falls with other riskier investments. "I am a believer in global growth, so I believe the long-term uptrend in commodities will be intact," says Mike O'Rourke, BTIG LLC's chief market strategist. But he argues that anticipation of the Fed's buying of bonds already has sparked heavy buying of gold and other commodities, and that now investors should prepare for a "pullback" in these prices. Emerging Markets: SELL It's become conventional wisdom that emerging-markets economies will show huge growth over the next few years, and that the U.S. economy will struggle. That consensus already is priced into stock prices, suggesting that it could be too late to jump on the emerging-markets bandwagon, some argue. "Emerging-markets equities are expensive relative to the U.S.," says Mr. Ablin, who cites data that emerging-markets shares trade at 1.3 times their sales, compared with 1.2 for S&P 500 stocks; emerging-markets shares trade at nearly 18 times their earnings, well above the nearly 15 P/E of S&P 500 shares. In fact, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News) last week predicted that U.S. shares will rise 23% next year. The S&P 100 trades at an attractive 13 times next year's estimated earnings and has a respectable 2.1% dividend yield. At the same time, U.S. companies are flush with cash and profit margins are wide, partly because companies have been reluctant to hire new workers. "In each of the three times over the last 20 years that emerging markets were priced at a valuation premium, they underperformed the U.S. in the subsequent 12 months," says Mr. Ablin. |
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cathylmg
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07-Dec-2010 22:08
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Looks like its a head and shoulder in formation. Whats you view on this?
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marubozu1688
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07-Dec-2010 20:44
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STI can go either way! Currently Head and Shoulders at sight! http://mystocksinvesting.com/singapore-stocks/straits-time-index/sti-head-and-shoulders-at-sight/ |
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Hulumas
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07-Dec-2010 20:34
Yells: "INVEST but not TRADE please!" |
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That is why, I keep buying while the price level is still low <Sgd. 0.12. | ||||
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iPunter
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07-Dec-2010 20:12
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You are absolutely correct in saying that. No matter how much you pay to buy a company's shares, the company still functions as a going business entity. You could have paid, say $0.10, or $2.00 per share for the same amount of shares. The point is, many have could have paid anything between the two extremes. The variation in the price of stocks is real.
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bsiong
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07-Dec-2010 19:08
Yells: "The Greatest Wealth is Health" |
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Closing Market Report ::: STI gains 0.3% to 3,191.88 at closing
Singapore’s Straits Times Index gained 0.3% to 3,191.88 at the close. Two stocks dropped for each that rose in the benchmark equity index of 30 companies. Shares on the measure trade at an average 15.5 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.4 times at the beginning of the year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The following shares were among the most active in the market. Commodity suppliers: The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index, which tracks prices of 19 commodities from copper to corn, rose 0.4% in New York yesterday, extending its four-day rally to 5.3%. Noble Group (NOBL SP), a Hong Kong-based commodities supplier, gained 1.4% to $2.11. Olam International (OLAM SP), an agricultural commodities supplier, increased 1.3% to $3.21. Hongkong Land Holdings (HKL SP), one of the biggest office landlords in the Chinese city, gained 0.7% to US$7.11($9.27). Prime office rents will rise as much as 35% in 2011 because of increased demand and limited supply, Gavin Morgan, head of markets at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. said at a media briefing today. Trek 2000 International (TREK SP), a maker of thumb- sized computer data storage devices, climbed 3.6% to 43 cents. The company said a U.S. court has ruled that its ThumDrive trademark can be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. //theedgesingapore/ |
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alexchia01
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07-Dec-2010 17:35
Yells: "Catch The Stars And Ride With Them" |
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7 Dec 2010 – STI close Up at 3192. Moving Sideways. Today’s STI move is quite positive. STI starts from the Red and slowly move up to close in the Black. I like this kind of movement… slow and steady. This kind of Bull Run can last longer than the last 2 Bull Runs, which go up very fast and fall fast too. More on my Blog at Alex Trades. This is just my personal opinion. Good luck. |
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alexchia01
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06-Dec-2010 17:43
Yells: "Catch The Stars And Ride With Them" |
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6 Dec 2010 – STI close Up at 3181. Moving Sideways. BUY. There are still some uncertainties in the market on where STI is going to move. Although STI tested the 3200 level for 3 trading days and failed, but the longer it stays near 3200 and with the MACD and Stochastic near the oversold region, the possibility of STI heading Up is High. |
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alexchia01
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03-Dec-2010 17:28
Yells: "Catch The Stars And Ride With Them" |
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3 Dec 2010 – STI close Down at 3172. Moving Sideways. BUY. Today’s fall is mainly due to China’s pledge to tighten monetary policy next year. However, I think this fall is only temporary. We should see STI continue to raise next week. This is still a Good Time to Buy. This is just my personal view. You invest at your own risk. Good luck. |
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alexchia01
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02-Dec-2010 18:48
Yells: "Catch The Stars And Ride With Them" |
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2 Dec 2010 – STI close Up at 3198. Bull Signal. BUY. Today is the 1st Day of the Buy Window. If you missed today’s Buying Spree, don’t worry, it’s not too late, you can still Buy tomorrow. Tomorrow is another Buying Day. More on my Blog at Alex Trades. This is just my personal views. You invest at your own risk. Good luck. |
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des_khor
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02-Dec-2010 18:45
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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ONLY MFTS CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE AND GODS CAN SEE THE FUTURE !! | ||||
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