Cessation of Pulses magazine

Go get The Economist. No. 1 financial magazine in my biased opinion.

The problem with The Edge is that sometimes it is wrapped up and there is an ad on the cover, so I can't see which companies are featured inside! I feel this is a big problem as people will purchase for the content and they should preview the content on their front cover instead of having a full-page ad.

At times, I've had to ask a friend (who subscribes to The Edge) to let me know which companies are featured so I can decide if I want to buy that issue.

As for Economist, I agree it's very good but some of the articles are quite long and tedious. I myself like to read New York Times busines articles (online).

(29-12-2010, 12:23 AM)arthur Wrote: Go get The Economist. No. 1 financial magazine in my biased opinion.

Yes, yes! The Economist provided me a very good education about world economies indeed. And yes, it was heavy reading; but insightful and worth the trouble.

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(29-12-2010, 10:18 AM)Musicwhiz Wrote: At times, I've had to ask a friend (who subscribes to The Edge) to let me know which companies are featured so I can decide if I want to buy that issue.

Hi MW, quite surprising that you seem to have decided that buying the occasional (quite frequent?) copy is worth a cheaper (per issue) year long subscription

(29-12-2010, 10:27 AM)mikh Wrote: Hi MW, quite surprising that you seem to have decided that buying the occasional (quite frequent?) copy is worth a cheaper (per issue) year long subscription

Yep, glad that you asked. I've worked out the cost to myself for subscribing versus buying the ad-hoc issue.

So let's say I have 5 companies which are regularly featured in The Edge (excluding Suntec REIT and GRP). This means I will probably buy 5 issues throughout the year. Say they are featured at least twice a year (once in 1H and once in 2H), this means 10 issues a year.

Each issue costs $3.80 at newsstands, so this is $38.00 for one year. If I subscribe, it's $1.50 per issue X 52 issues, so it's $78.00. Even if I factor in the occasional issue where I would like to read up more on certain companies I am eyeing, let's say I add 3 more issues throughout the year, which will still make it just about $50 per annum, still less than $78 for a one-year subscription.

I used to subscribe to The Edge but there were some issues where I hardly flipped at all as I was not interested in the companies featured, so it's a waste of money (and paper).

some library has The Edge for loan, but you have to be very fast as it is almost impossible to get the latest copy.

Thank you for all the responses.

How will the Economist help in financial analysis since we are more interested on company fundamentals? isn't it more suitable for technical analysis and forex trading?

Just some curiosity that sprang out of my mind when i read that that the economist is kinda recommended read.

According to me, company fundamentals should go beyond financial analysis. Understanding the business landscape gives us a better idea of how the company stands in its business and market. Further, financial projections and valuations are normally under-pined by various assumptions of the economic position and forecast. One simplified example could be about say, Keppel investing in Vietnam. If the economy is booming, than the investment will likely lead to good financial results.

Have avoided going into a long discourse and hope this helps answer the question.

(29-12-2010, 11:20 PM)mikh Wrote: According to me, company fundamentals should go beyond financial analysis. Understanding the business landscape gives us a better idea of how the company stands in its business and market. Further, financial projections and valuations are normally under-pined by various assumptions of the economic position and forecast. One simplified example could be about say, Keppel investing in Vietnam. If the economy is booming, than the investment will likely lead to good financial results.

Have avoided going into a long discourse and hope this helps answer the question.

Spot on mikh.

To memphisb: It is true that pure Grahamian students would not take market analysis into account.
However, each and everyone of us has our POV and our style of investment. Sometimes, when we forced ourselves to adopt another style which is not suitable for us, we can't do it well.

Some ppl swear by technical analysis. Pure MAs and RSI. They made tidy profits YoY and who are we to judge their "correctness"?

Anyway, The Economist though giving a worldwide view of events that occur for past week, is kinda biased to the Western economies. So I do sieve around say, China news to get more understanding what is going on, at least to have a more balanced opinion.

Cheers.