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sounds good, so, Livermore, what are the winning stocks u are holding now?
It is not easy making money in the market. I think most people can testify to that. When you find a winning stock, it is important to learn to let the stock ride up and not sell too early. How to know if it is a winning stock? How to know if your profit will not turn into a loss later? These are not easy questions to answer. It is really up to the individual.
Learning to let your winning stock ride up is important. It helps you make up for those stocks where you made wrong decisions to buy.I am definitely not one of those who will say buy a stock at $1.20 and then sell at $1.30.
Once I find a winning stock I will stick very close to it during its uptrend and correction (sell off during a major correction). That is why I don't buy so many stocks. It is hard to monitor and stick close to your stocks if you have too many stocks.
A focussed style of investment works for me. Focus on what you are buying and not the STI although a sharp drop in the STI affects most stocks. However did you notice last Friday, most stocks came down with STI dropping 70 points but some stocks surged to new highs?
In the market, managing one's risk profile is still the number 1 rule of the game.
Good luck!
Remember when there was a big drop by the Dow some time back and I said it might NOT be a time to buy? Whether you are thinking of short term or long term, it was not a time to buy.
I have liquidated most of my shares some time back.
i wouldnt advise buying put or call warrents unless u are pros or u use it as a hedge, else i would suggest either sell or prepared to hold for long long time. Contra totally out
STI next support 3550, 3440
i disagree totally!
in the past 5 years yes it will be prudent to be greedy when other is fearing. however this time is not. DOW is on PRI downtrend which generally leads to recession. and DOW has not been in PRI downtrend (recession) eva since 2001! even the shortest downtrend took 6 mths- 1yr for the market to get back to norm..
being greedy is good but not good if u wanna pre jump too early!
Hi folks,
Lookin at the current sentiment..it is fear that is ruling investors' sentiment.. the only way to combat fear?
IS TO BE GREEDY!!!...get those undervalued stocks..so many out there..people are just dumping cos of fear.. human beings will neva learn...cos when the market frenzy comes back..then its time for you to FEAR when they are Greedy... contrarian approach but it works..
Ride along the fear with some index linked put warrants...once it reaches close to what happened in Aug you can start buying the call warrants... year end rally baby... don't quote me..just a humble opinion of my own.. and my strategy for trading..
look at the volatility of the indexes now..going up n down like a roller coaster..if ya dunno when to buy..every time the index moves up by 2-3%..just go for the put warrant..
Hi Brendan,
Thus the focus should be on what you buy and not the STI although a sharp drop in STI affects most stocks.
Well just my opinion here and maybe don't pick up any stocks yet. My focus shall still be on China stocks later
Any advise to pick the right stock even STI is dropping? What about IndoAgri? This chap looks like it is strong even though STi drop but this chap is not china stock.
Dear all,
Can anyone comment on a possible crash this year? For the way Dow moves at Wall Street, it does look like it is going to crash. Comments please...
Livermore, no doubts china stocks are the next potential one, but remember china stocks are swinging like exponential curve last month, that's why when the market is bad, they are dropping , with the gravity... unless they drop to aug 17 price, then i would say it is safe, even with this small drop, it still not erase the huge JUMP last two months while people are COOKING china stocks, ha ha...
With this small correction, pay close attention to the China stocks. They are the ones worth accumulating.
When you pick the right stocks, sometimes how STI perform doesn't matter
Given the current ecomomic situation market will retreat to 3200 by the end of this year.The slowing down of the US economy is going to be the major contributor,due to the housing woes and high oil price.
Just FYI: Just serve to remind us this day, alot more bad news is coming to our shore.
| 22-Oct-2007 21:17 | Straits Times Index / STI to cross 3000 boosted by long-term investors |
Norm for tomorro STI to go red, just my guess (-60-80) points, next support at 3,560-3,580 pt |
Market is still very much on concerning about the after effect of sub-prime woes that has caused some big names like Citi and Merrll... earning to be down graded...Straits Times Index Last:3599.67 Vol:2,293.12m 
-73.34
-73.34
surprisingly, the market is still in uncerainty mode since 15th October (think at least 80% of days from then till now, you see intra-day flunctuation of 50-100 points) and is one of the longest (must be due to some long-persistent special reason in which this case the sub-prime and housing issues in US). I foresee within 1-2 weeks we will be able to make a certainty call...till here, market is still in uncertainty mode..good luck trading and have a nice weekend :)
| 20-Oct-2007 13:18 | Straits Times Index / STI to cross 3000 boosted by long-term investors |
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still the same call...market in UNCERTAINTY mode after 15th October....good luck |
STI down but look at how some of the stocks are performing:)
Thanks for your analysis, jackjames.
Just bought HKland.
Dow seems like hammer last night.
buy energy or commodities shares may be a wiser choice.
Correction to my last post:
"...50d SMA and previous peak of 3665 was the main support for the trading lows of the 3 days."
In the absence of significantly positive or negative newsflow on top of oil prices + USD exchange rates, expect the STI to go into ranging mode.
We are considering these few months a short term driven market. You buy and sell within a week. These few months WILL NOT be the time to adopt a BUY and HOLD strategy. If you intend to BUY and HOLD (value investing), come back three months later.