Learn from late Uncle Chua??? (2)

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Learn to play golf like Tiger Woods?











Athlete Eldrick Tont Woods, better known as Tiger Woods, was born on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California, the only child of an African-American Army officer father and a Thai mother. When Woods was a child, his father began calling him "Tiger" in honor of a fellow soldier and friend who had the same moniker. Around this same time, Woods learned to play golf. His father, Earl, served as his teacher and mentor. Around the age of 8, Woods had become extremely proficient at the game, even showing off his skills on television shows such as Good Morning America.

Read more? Tiger Woods


Tiger Woods is a genius in golf.

Do you remember reading any advertisement by golf coaches saying that they can train you to play like Tiger Woods for a fee?


No. Right?

Learn to invest like Warren Buffet?


Buffett demonstrated a knack for financial and business matters early on in his childhood. Friends and acquaintances have said the young boy was a mathematical prodigy, and was able to add large columns of numbers in his head-a talent he still occasionally shows off to friends and business associates.

Warren often visited his father's stockbrokerage shop as a child, and chalked in the stock prices on the blackboard in the office. At 11 years old he made his first investment; he bought three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share. The stock quickly dropped to only $27, but Buffett held on tenaciously until they reached $40. He sold his shares at a small profit, but regretted the decision when Cities Service shot up to nearly $200 a share. He later cited this experience as an early lesson in patience in investing.


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Do you remember reading any advertisement by "Gurus" saying that they can train you to invest like Warren Buffet for a fee?


Plenty. Right?

You can also read many books on "investing like Warren Buffet" but none of these books is written by Warren Buffet himself.


Warren Buffet is a genius in investing.



Can we learn from genius and copycat the genius by putting in at least 10,000 hours to learn all we can from genius?


Find your own answer at looking at the mirror every morning.

Mirror, Mirror, Mirror!


Now, we can learn from an illiterate but successful retail investor?

Look at his stocks pick

Uncle Chua's Portfolio & Dividend Income : Sheet1	Profit from a REAL-LIFE success story of a retail investor who picked the right stocks.
	Estate of Chua-----DECEASED
	Uncle Chua's Portfolio & Dividend Income
	SCHEDULE OF DIVIDENDS (01/01/2001 - 31/12/2001)
Date of Payment	Name of Company	Warrant No	No. of Shares	Gross Dividend	Tax	Net Dividend
	Singapore Dividends
1/6/2001	Sing Tel		30200	2265	577.58	1687.42
1/26/2001	SPH		33858	16929	4316.9	12612.1
1/26/2001	SPH		33858	27086.4	6907.03	20179.37
1/22/2001	Natsteel Ltd		100000	81879.19	20879.19	61000
3/9/2001	Times Publishing		5000	450	110.25	339.75
3/16/2001	Asia Pacific Breweries		100312	11957.72	2929.64	9028.08
3/20/2001	F&N		92500	11028.87	2702.07	8326.8
4/12/2001	WBL		15300	306	74.97	231.03
4/12/2001	Robinson & Co		18429	1474.32	361.21	1113.11
5/3/2001	SPH		33858	6771.6	1659.04	5112.56
5/3/2001	Straits Trading		26340	790.2	193.6	596.6
5/22/2001	OUB		84720	5930.4	1452.95	4477.45
5/22/2001	OUB		84720	3388.8	830.26	2558.54
5/31/2001	DBS		24176	3868.16	947.7	2920.46
5/31/2001	DBS		24176	3626.4	888.47	2737.93
6/6/2001	Keppel Fels		10000	300	73.5	226.5
6/13/2001	TIBS		300	10.5	2.57	7.93
6/13/2001	OCBC		210000	27300	6688.5	20611.5
6/13/2001	OCBC		210000	21000	5145	15855
6/15/2001	UOB		198030	49507	12129.34	37377.66
6/19/2001	Keppel Capital		56250	3375	826.88	2548.12
6/20/2001	Keppel Corp		11250	1462.5	358.31	1104.19
6/20/2001	United Engineers		26666	1066.64	261.33	805.31
6/29/2001	Sembcorp		14756	363.9	90.35	273.55
7/6/2001	Asia Pacific Breweries		100312	11957.72	2929.64	9028.08
7/9/2001	F&N		92520	11028.87	2702.07	8326.8
7/10/2001	Times Publishing		5000	331.13	81.13	250
7/30/2001	SIA		35000	7000	1715	5285
8/20/2001	OUB		84720	4236	1037.82	3198.18
8/20/2001	OUB		84720	3388.8	830.26	2558.54
8/20/2001	DBS		24176	3384.8	829.24	2555.56
8/24/2001	WBL		15300	459	112.46	346.54
8/31/2001	UOB		198030	29704.5	7277.6	22426.9
9/4/2001	OCBC		210000	10500	2572.5	7927.5
9/26/2001	Sing Tel		30200	1661	406.95	1254.05
10/8/2001	Straits Trading		26340	526.8	129.07	397.73
11/16/2001	Robinson & Co		18429	4054.38	993.32	3061.06
11/22/2001	SIA		35000	1050	257.25	792.75
12/21/2001	TIBS		300	13.47	3.3	10.17
		Total		371434.07	92284.25	279149.82
	Malaysian Dividends
3/19/2001	Pub Fin F		8000	1260	Tax-Exempt	1260
		Total (RM)		1260		1260
	Singapore Dividends
1/22/2001	Natsteel Ltd		100000	10000	Tax-Exempt	10000
3/14/2001	Cerebros		29000	1740	Tax-Exempt	1740
3/14/2001	Cerebros		29000	1160	Tax-Exempt	1160
		Total		12900		12900
Dated: 22 November, 2002

He got stock tips from his brokers or his common sense???


During his time, these were strong blue chips that paid good dividends and likely to be able to survive over market cycles

Uncle8888 also likes to assume that probably those weaker blue chips that didn't pay him good dividends were already sold.

Keynes finally realized that

.. long-term investing principles that build wealth without churning your stomach at every market turn.

If you seek long-term value in businesses that will be around in every market cycle, generate cash and dividends, you will probably make money. The key to success is not only holding onto those stocks through thick and thin, but holding onto the idea of selecting those investments with great care.


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Read? John Maynard Keynes’s Own Portfolio Not Too Dismal

Honestly, which is the easier way to learn?

From genius or illiterate?


Who?

S&P 500 hits new record

 

NEW YORK: US stocks on Friday finished mostly higher with the S&P 500 hitting a new record peak, even as the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined on profit taking.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 49.06 points (0.30 per cent) to 16,321.71, while the S&P 500 tacked on 5.16 (0.28 per cent) at 1,859.45, setting a new closing record.

But the Nasdaq shed 10.81 (0.25 per cent) at 4,308.12, stepping back after striking a 14-year high Thursday.
For the entire month of February, the Dow rose 622.86, or 3.97 per cent, its biggest monthly gain since January 2013.
The S&P 500 jumped 76.86 (4.31 per cent) in February, while the Nasdaq powered up 204.24 (4.98 per cent).

"The Nasdaq has been a clear outperformer and you're seeing a number of companies taking it on the chin," said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities.

"They've had a pretty good run," James said. "It's time to take some profits."

Analysts said investors were generally optimistic about growth in the US economy, dismissing recent weak economic data as largely the result of unusually cold winter weather that has depressed economic activity.

Among the Nasdaq companies to see declines were software maker Splunk, which finished 2.9 per cent lower after surging early in the day, and cloud-computing company Salesforce.com, which dropped 5.8 per cent after a big rise on Thursday.

Other prominent Nasdaq members also fell, including Facebook (-0.7 per cent), Netflix (-1.5 per cent) and Tesla Motors (-3.1 per cent).

Men's retailer Jos. A Bank Clothiers rejected a $63.50 per-share takeover offer from rival Men's Wearhouse, but agreed to meet to discuss a potential deal. Jos. A Bank rose 3.0 per cent to $62.08, while Men's Wearhouse jumped 6.7 per cent.
Banking giant Citigroup slipped 0.1 per cent after disclosing that it would trim its 2013 earnings by $235 million due to fraud uncovered at its Banamex subsidiary in Mexico.

Retailer Gap Inc. edged 0.2 per cent higher as it boosted its divided by 10 per cent to 88 cents per share in fiscal year 2014.

Bond prices were mixed. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury rose to 2.66 per cent from 2.64 per cent, while the 30-year slipped to 3.59 per cent from 3.60 per cent. Bond prices and yields move inversely.

 

- AFP/fl