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STI to cross 3000 boosted by long-term investors
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scotty
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18-Mar-2009 09:47
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Sleepy day ahead leh.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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aleoleo
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18-Mar-2009 07:28
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STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Shares to gain on strong U.S. data WELLINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Asian shares are set for a solid start on Wednesday after positive economic news powered strong gains on Wall Street. The major U.S. stock indices rose at least 2.5 percent, led by gains in retail, technology and energy stocks. A surprise surge in U.S. housing starts in February [nN17421065] underpinned investor confidence, and a brokerage saw an improved view of the macroeconomic outlook for the retail sector. |
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18-Mar-2009 06:05
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Unfortunately, hope appears to be the best-selling item which is most in demand and thus very lucrative... It is such a sad thing, but true... Imagine paying thousands of hard-earned dollars for a programme without the great results hoped for... |
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cheongwee
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18-Mar-2009 01:46
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just to share....read The Most Dangerous Con: Selling Hope
By Andrew Gordon
Give me a break...
Listen to this dribble from Saturday’s edition (talking about last week’s market bounce)...
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singaporegal
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17-Mar-2009 21:54
Yells: "Female TA nut" |
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Recent US economic reports are better than expected. That's good news. |
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Hulumas
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17-Mar-2009 17:42
Yells: "INVEST but not TRADE please!" |
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If only I knew what had had happened to the market movement, certainly I sold all my shares without delay to preserved my capital. Ha. ha.. ha...
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jackjames
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17-Mar-2009 16:40
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to add value to the reader, just give an example, ST engineering $128 dividend for 1 lot, that's 5.7% yield for the current price $2.23 .. close eyes and buy.. sleep also no worries.
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CWQuah
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17-Mar-2009 16:35
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I have to agree with Jackjames on this. The trick is really to look for those firms still growing cash even in recession. Those that can afford to give dividends are also worth collecting. As for capital gains, realistically the timeframe is likely to be at least 2-3yrs to attain 10%-20%. |
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jackjames
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17-Mar-2009 16:31
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if you buy any solid blue chips stock while STI is below 1600 points, you are very hard to loss money.... , heee... i think buy now can easily just have some gain, be it 5%, 15% or even 20% if you are lucky. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CWQuah
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17-Mar-2009 16:15
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HSI is also down. Europe open was bearish so this may have led to selling pressure.
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kasuman
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17-Mar-2009 16:07
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what is going on with STI? it's dropping the most compared to others Asian markets. HSI, Shanghai, Nikkei, Seoul and Taiwan are all up. |
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CWQuah
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17-Mar-2009 15:46
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Speak of the devil. See the present 5-min candle for STI. Just dipped 8 pts in < 5 mins.
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CWQuah
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17-Mar-2009 15:40
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For longists, today may be the last day for the current rally. Saw quite a bit of distribution. 1601 is the critical resistance to be breached for today, but it seems the momentum has weakened a lot. If not comfortable, just stay out. Buying on a retracement in a confirmed bull mkt is far better than chasing falling knife. |
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AK_Francis
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17-Mar-2009 11:40
Yells: "Happy go lucky, cheers." |
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Really, dare not touch today. Wanted to acc SPC but looking at d miserable vol, moodless liao. Ha, may be q low low for tikam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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aleoleo
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17-Mar-2009 11:18
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what a boring day ...... falling into sleep soon ...... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16-Mar-2009 22:38
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Take heed.... World stocks rally but analysts doubt it can last LONDON (AFP) - - Leading European and Asian stock markets rose sharply Monday on tentative signs of economic recovery, but analysts said the good times were likely to be short-lived.
Japanese shares ended at a one-month high, mirroring strong gains Friday on Wall Street. There were meanwhile large gains for indices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Mumbai. Wall Street last week enjoyed a stunning comeback from 12-year lows, while G20 finance ministers vowed Saturday to take "whatever action is necessary" on the world economic slowdown. In morning European trade, London's FTSE 100 index jumped 1.87 percent to 3,823.69 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 won 2.20 percent to 4,040.69 points and in Paris the CAC 30 advanced 2.57 percent to 2,775.29. "It will take better news on the economic and/or financial front for the more optimistic tone to be sustained," said Calyon analyst Mitul Kotecha. "Data releases this week are likely to continue to paint a downbeat picture of the global economy and whilst some banks have announced a positive start to the year, there is a long way to go and a lot of toxic debt to clear off balance sheets before a clean bill of health can be given." In London on Monday, the share price of Barclays bank soared 21.19 percent to 81.80 pence after the British group said it was in talks over the sale of its asset management business iShares and was negotiating with the British government on a plan to provide guarantees for risky assets. Reports said the sale could raise four billion pounds (4.4 billion euros, 5.6 billion dollars). "The sale talks are somewhat of a surprise as management had indicated this business as being core to (the) group for several years now," said Collins Stewart analyst Alex Potter. "However, tough markets evidently lead to tough decisions being taken." In Tokyo meanwhile, the market rebounded for a second straight day after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said America had averted another Great Depression and was already seeing the "green shoots" of economic recovery. The "green shoots" of economic revival are already evident, Bernanke told CBS programme "60 Minutes" in the interview broadcast late Sunday. Tokyo's Nikkei-225 index climbed 1.78 percent to end Monday at 7,704.15 points -- the highest close since February 16. It had surged more than five percent on Friday. "The market is still fragile, so we shouldn't be overly optimistic," Investrust chief executive officer Hiroyuki Fukunaga told Dow Jones Newswires. Monday's gains "were not based on economic recovery, but merely optimism," Fukunaga said. Investors welcomed Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano's remarks at the Group of 20 meeting of finance chiefs in Britain over the weekend that Japan's fiscal stimulus measures would exceed two percent of gross domestic product. Dealers said his pledge to ease financing pressures on companies ahead of the financial year to March gave a boost to struggling lenders such as Shinsei Bank, which leapt 17 percent to 95 yen. Elsewhere in Asia on Monday, Hong Kong share prices closed 3.6 percent higher, Shanghai won 1.15 percent, Mumbai jumped 2.13 percent. Sydney edged up 0.1 percent as gains across the banking sector offset losses among resources firms, dealers said. |
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des_khor
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16-Mar-2009 10:07
Yells: "Tell me who is the God or MFT from this forum??" |
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HSI makes our day better !! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Livermore
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15-Mar-2009 23:06
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Remember that if you are sitting on huge paper loss without any previous profit and when the market recovers, you are recovering your loss and not making profit. The smaller your loss the faster you recover. The bigger your paper loss, the slower you recover. There is no point having 300 dying soldiers in the battlefield when you have only 10 fit soldiers to fight the enemy when the enemy has weakened and their numbers have fallen |
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derricktan
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15-Mar-2009 21:36
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Our great Mr. Warrent Buffet also buy and sell. it is a myth that he dont sell any stocks. In his last shareholders' meeting last month, he actually sell 50% of Johnson & Johnson and some other stocks and added some. He mentioned he make some dumbiest decisions in 2008 inclduding predicting that Conoco Philips (COP) will move up north ( in fact with my TA and charts, it was a damn good candidate for shorting in Jan with a entry price of about 46plus..friday closed was 36.51). And in fact there were so many similar candidates in January that make you huge bucks than holding on to paper loss that tight up your capitals. Also remember Warrent Buffet is in a different league from us so he might be getting a lots of better deal than normal retail traders. He can "paper loss" for 20 blns and still got blns. As i always say..know your game...(so know your style)..know your plan. The Market shows no mercy for ego. |
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iPunter
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15-Mar-2009 18:56
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Buying undervalued stocks is a prudent commonsense long-term approach to investment.. But after that initial move, it is only goondu's who will hold and hold and hold after they've subsequently made big profits...  I mean, what's the whole point of investing when one doesn't sell!!!? |
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Here we go again...
