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Found it in the Shareinvestor Archive! Dennis' Dozen - 12 Things to remember when investing: I've benefitted a lot from some postings on this forum. I would like to share what learned from both "practical' lessons and from what I read to share with you: 1. Never invest with money you can't affo...

hi Candy,

tks for sharing those useful articles!!!

hi, before u put the money down, u also should consider the exit strategy....if half-way before mature, u want the money back, how? i doubt there's a ready buyer and they will ask u don't selll.....does it have track record??? Anyway, living things including trees and ostriches are not really good i...

hi, NO...better stay away from alternative investments with no track records to show..... Here, we learn about stocks and property investment, etc....Enough to make $$$$ liao..........why would u want to invest in Wood of Gods???? sounds fishy man....pls alert everyone, before someone becomes a vict...

hi, i guess most of the financial ratios we learnt in the Stocks seminars are on a yearly basis....so more meaningful to use full year report and analyse for past 5 years. we don't know when the company will incur interest cost....so using quarterly figures may not paint the real picture. For quarte...

hi, ya...EPS for each quarter is reported in quarterly report......net profit for that quarter divided by total number of shares......But u can't use this to value the stock....coz we should use the full year earnings...(estimate around 4x of each quarter) note: for NAV also changes (sales or acquis...

hi, All stocks...especially agressively expanding company like Breadtalk. Depreciation is a non-cash expense to reduce the value of an asset e.g plant, factory, dough-making machine, etc. over the useful life of it....Most important thing to note is it is a " non-cash expense " that reduce...

hi Retropbz and lynn, tks for sharing. Short actually means, "u Sell shares that u don't have, to buy back later at a lower price" and u need to borrow the shares or it is called "scrips"...Sell high first, then buy low .....hence u need a CFD trading platform. Yes....shorting is...

hi Mystique, on SGX, there are many ETF listed e.g STI, SSE etc...pls find out...i am not familar with these.... Alternatively, if u have CMC CFD next generation account, u can invest in most World indices....can buy AND Short as well...so this is the option i recommend. Timing is based on MA...same...

hi, what's the duration u plot? i usually plot a 1 yr chart and then apply the "moving average crossover" indicator (20 vs 50 days) in Philip Poems Advance Chart....it was a down trend stock(dropped fr 2.00 to 1.16 and rebounded)....the last few days, it seems like making a reversal....btw...

hi, try my best(feel free to add on...i got a lot learn too :D ): 1. does EPS u calculated tally with the ones in the Annual report? For quaterly report, EPS is only for that quarter. i don't now Share investor calculated their figures. 2. In the games section of "Secrets of making money in sto...

hi looster,

tks for sharing....if anyone wants to invest in raw land overseas, pls do some homework and invest with a well established company with proven track record.

in Spore, there's only 1 such company.

cheers,
jason.

hi Siobeng,

thank you for sharing!

cheers,
jason.

hi seeliaosaw and Seow, thank you for contributing!!! i am sure the newbies will benefit fr your postings....save them some troubles to dig the old threads. feel free to post questions(whose answers are not found in the notes...else pls read and re-read the notes....) on the notes too if u have doub...

dear all, i do not understand why are we taking about a "New" forum. This forum "http://www.masteryourfinance.com/forum" is a legacy from Dennis, contains many of his thoughts accumulated from the years since inception. it is very valuable and will continue to teach graduates man...