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#11
Stop day-dreaming!

How on earth are we going to know when the market tanks? Neon-lights will light up and flash at SGX when that event is triggered?

For STI-watchers, most likely when it hit their target of -20%, they are going to wait for -25% or even -30% next. It was only as recent as Nov-08 that we experienced -50% for that year alone, so even a -30% may not be the tanking moment. So, ya, I think they'll end up just watching it go down, finally tank, rebound and then just lament that they'd missed the boat when it's +20%.

Just last year alone, STI dropped -17%. Anyone here waiting for that extra -3%? Too bad... it rebounded this year and I bet they're not enjoying the +13% or so within the 1st couple of months. No wonder these people are still waiting for the bull run! For all we know, we may even have peaked and are going to experience another -ve cycle soon!

Better to have dreams than day dreams. With dreams, you set goals and make plans to achieve it. It may be hard work, but it can be achievable. With day dreams, you waste away your time waiting for Lady Luck to smile on you - might as well go buy Toto and hope to hit the big jackpot!

Ya, spend your time productively to learn how to invest properly. Focus on company valuations so that any huge STI drops likely means you get a better discount on your target stock. You not only increase your probability of making $$ but also a higher % of profits.

So, don't spend too much time being an STI-watcher, unless you plan to buy STI-ETF at your target valuations (of STI-ETF)! Tongue
Luck & Fortune Favours those who are Prepared & Decisive when Opportunity Knocks
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#12
YES SIR! Big Grin

all back to work now! Tongue
1) Try NOT to LOSE money!
2) Do NOT SELL in BEAR, BUY-BUY-BUY! invest in managements/companies that does the same!
3) CASH in hand is KING in BEAR! 
4) In BULL, SELL-SELL-SELL! 
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#13
i know very little about work, checking the value of companies by reading and reading about annual reports of companies. Anyway they are a lot of "reports" of companies going around in the Market by people who contradict each others. Some of these "reports" though contradictory may turn out true in future, either one way or the other or none at all. So knowing approximately what's the time the Market is keeping now and the history of the Market is useful too.

Extract from Value Investing - James Montier.(His personal's style).

The ten tenets of Value Investing:-
1) Value, value, value.
2)Be contrarian
3)Be patient
4)Be unconstrained
5)Don't forecast
6)Cycles matter
7)History matters
8)Be sceptical
9)Be top down and bottom up
10)Treat your clients as you would treat yourself.
NB:
i am very please to read about 2,3,4,6,7, 8, 9 & 10. i am especially pleased with 6) & 7) - Imagine value investing professional telling us to pay attention to 6 & 7. Especially 7. Who are we to say he is wrong about 6 & 7? Again especially 6).
NB:
i don't fully understand what he write about 6) & 7), but it really matters to me a lot.TongueBig Grin
WB:-

1) Rule # 1, do not lose money.
2) Rule # 2, refer to # 1.
3) Not until you can manage your emotions, you can manage your money.

Truism of Investments.
A) Buying a security is buying RISK not Return
B) You can control RISK (to a certain level, hopefully only.) But definitely not the outcome of the Return.

NB:-
My signature is meant for psychoing myself. No offence to anyone. i am trying not to lose money unnecessary anymore.
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