Archive for April, 2006
In order to encourage more comment and debate I have decided to include my portfolio in the sidebar!
As you can see, I am currently 100% in cash. This is because I'm still looking for good entry points on the stocks I follow on my watchlist and also because my TA indicators are turning south. I [...]
I like to think of currencies as a sort of commodity which a country produces. The better the fiscal and monetary position, the more demand this generates for its currency. Why? Because at the end of the day, every investor needs a place to put his or her money. And the place for money to [...]
So close and yet so far. No sooner when it started to dip down did it spring back up again. I feel like a little boy trying to jump up to pluck an apple from an overhanging branch only to find that it's just a tad high for me. I missed my chance to get [...]
Soundtrack Review: Splinter Cell 3 (Chaos Theory) - Amon Tobin
Published by April 7th, 2006 in and Music Review. 0 CommentsAT is one of my favourite composers because I've always admired skillful musicians who can tell a rich story. And I am not the only one who thinks this because a games company commissioned him to do his first soundtrack for a computer game. This does not disappoint!
Gold has hit $600. It is a commodity I have been buying all of last year (through the US ETF 'GLD') and will continue to buy on dips. Reason? I believe that there is a global rotation away from cash into commodities due to the perceived weaknesses in the US currency, which has been the [...]
Bkawan is a good company producing solid returns in a sector which Malaysia can sustain its competitiveness (chemical manufacturing) although I don’t really like companies which are too diversified (this one also owns stockbroking co. Smith Zain Securities) and have a ‘low balance float’ - around 12%. But still, you can’t argue with its [...]
8 weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about Malaysian equities. I was invested mainly in US ETFs and punting european and US currencies. Now I am looking to build a portfolio consisting of Malaysian equities and have decided to post my trading decisions here for comment - so hopefully I'll get some excellent feedback from [...]
Looks like someone decided to take their wallet out and show this lady a good time. The excitement over this is supposedly due to the adoption of its smart card technology in places like Turkey, Indonesia and Somalia. But that was back in Feb, when it actually consolidated on the news. The latest run up [...]
