Archive for October, 2007
After about a month since Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced the 2008 Budget, the result of the poll is finally out. You’re one of the voters who contributed to the end result of “What do you think of the Malaysia 2008 Budget?” and generally it reflects the opinion of the cyber-public pertaining to the […]
... written on Oct 11 2007I was watching two screens in front of me yesterday with different feeling. On one screen I was monitoring the stocks movement of Google Inc. – smiling from left to right. On the other screen I was watching with mixed-feeling the model-like so-claimed Malaysian first astronaut (or tourist) sitting anxiously with his left arm bearing […]
... written on Oct 11 2007When the news broke in late 2006 that Malaysia’s first astronaut will do what no one in space has done before: play traditional Malay children’s games (“batu seremban” or “five stones”) without gravity, spin traditional Malay tops in space, do batik painting and making “teh tarik”, it created the sensation and about to become the […]
... written on Oct 10 2007After months of speculation, the low-profile Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary finally announced the plan to split its plantation and sugar refining business from the group to focus on its hotel and property businesses. The re-organization involves Tradewinds Corportion Berhad (KLSE: TWSCORP, stock-code 4804) that owns 53.02 per cent of Tradewinds (M) Berhad (KLSE: TWS, stock-code 4421), […]
... written on Oct 10 2007Curse, condemn, criticize, slam or burn the flag as much as you like but it appears United States is perhaps the most democratic country you’ve ever seen, for the time being. At least the investors and people get to study the “minutes” of Federal Reserve’s meeting and I can’t possibly think of any country that […]
... written on Oct 10 2007Google Inc.’s stock price sailed past $600 for the first time Monday, extending a monthlong rally propelled by the lofty expectations surrounding the Internet search leader’s upcoming third-quarter earnings report, espected to be released on Oct 18. The Mountain View-based company’s shares traded as high as $610.26 before slipping back to $609.62, a gain of […]
... written on Oct 09 2007There’re reasons why certain stocks within a certain sector are trading at a lower P/E (price earning ratio) than other sectors. The steel is a tough industry and it doesn’t help to know the fact that the steel industry has gotten a bad reputation from many stocks investors who often associate it with huge capital […]
... written on Oct 08 2007There’re thousands of stocks listed on the Wall Street and unless you’re one of the multinational fund managers who have literally an army of researchers or analysts who can input you with information at a click of a mouse, it’s not possible for you to cover every corner of the stocks. Even fund managers only […]
... written on Oct 05 2007StockTube has to admit that the greedy part is slowly creeping into the mind and it’s dangerous as I’m stubbornly wanted to hold on to my Apple Inc. and Google Inc. even though my target has been reached. While my AAPL Oct 135 Call Option has well passed its profit target, the AAPL Oct 140 […]
... written on Oct 04 2007Days ago the young millionaire from Sabah, Malaysia, who created his fortune by listing his company in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was sued by Securities Commission (SC) for allegedly using the company money for his own gain. I’m sure you remember the glory days when this FTEC Resources Bhd chief and founder Kenneth Vun […]
... written on Oct 04 2007
