My Financial Thoughts

The other day I was chatting with a friend half way round the globe and we were discussing the stock markets in our countries. Yes, I know you don’t usually talk about this with someone so far away, but we are very like minded and it was chatting through the Net, so it was ok.
We [...]

The share market has been doing really well in the last few months. And I am sure people have been making money and have been laughing all the way to the bank.
I have always been a fan of the equity market. No matter what your risk profile is, I am sure you will still find [...]

This week’s The Edge carries an article on what icapital.biz, which is a close-end fund, is currently having in its portfolio of shares. The shares are listed as below:

Integrax
Parkson Holdings
Astro
Padini Holdings
PIE
Boustead
Poh Kong Holdings
Suria Capital
Tong Herr Resources
Petronas Dagangan
F&N Holdings
Telekom
Kuala Lumpur Kepong
Swee Joo
Mieco Chipboard
Lion Diversified
Hai-O Enterprise

In terms of market value (as of June 10, 2009), the shares [...]

Earlier, I had written about me reading on this book – Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements. I had also said that I will share as I read so that we will have some notion as to what Warren Buffet sees in financial statements.
First of all, it is worth noting that Warren believes in [...]

I got this from REIT blogger and I was really tickled by how true this is to our actual investment self!
The green line actually shows the share market line which will also typically draws the type of emotions as stated above.
I have also been guilty about this at some point of my life, actually even [...]