Investing & Trading
Unlike the era of the 1990s, thanks largely to 1993’s Super Bull Run, you can’t expect to make easy money at IPOs tables nowadays. During the good old days, making 100% profits via IPO was a normal story. Heck, you would probably get laughed at for trumpeting 100% profits. Even if you were very “Sui” […]
... written on Jun 12 2012The story of Facebook was full of controversies – from the moment the company’s birth to its IPO last Friday. Mark Zuckerberg, then 19-year-old, was accused of stealing Facebook’s idea, the source code and the business plan for Facebook in 2003 from Harvard seniors, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. And now the company which was supposed […]
... written on May 24 2012Buying a car in Malaysia is an expensive affair. Besides a place called home, car is perhaps the biggest commitment to an average Malaysian. It’s not a fairy tales anymore that an average-Joe could be spending the rest of his life paying installments for his home and car. And we’re not talking about bungalow with […]
... written on Apr 12 2012A drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is a machine which is remotely piloted and is used very successfully in the U.S. military. Drones are transforming the way American fights and thinks about its wars hence “drone warfare”. The remotely piloted planes are used to transmit live video from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to American […]
... written on Mar 29 2012The new iPad is here but it’s not called iPad 3 but simply “new iPad”. If you think iPhone 4S was bad because it should be called iPhone 5 instead, although I believe Apple deliberately hold on the extra juices meant for a “real iPhone 5”, this latest new iPad is worse because the naming […]
... written on Mar 08 2012Last month, Apple Inc.’s market capitalization zoomed above the $500 billion mark. The company’s stock reached the 52-week high at $548.21 a share, just two bucks shy of $550 a share and this is the immediate resistance level. With yesterday’s closing of $533.16 a share, this monster has market capitalization of $497.10 billion. Now everybody […]
... written on Mar 06 2012Facebook, in one of the world’s most widely anticipated IPOs (initial public offerings) of stock, filed papers to raise at least $5 billion, which is expected to value the whole company at $75 billion to $100 billion, and is set to begin trading on stock exchange by May (under the symbol “FB”). The filing revealed […]
... written on Feb 04 2012A week after iPhone 4’s launching, I tried my luck in getting the gadget without much high hope. After all, most of my friends advised me to go in early in the morning if I ever hope of getting one. And since it was around tea-time, I thought I would just ask for the sake […]
... written on Jan 17 2012The passing of North Korea leader Kim Jong Il sent global stock markets tumbling for obvious reason – untested young son Kim Jong Un taking over from a country with a nuclear program and 1.2-million strong military, not to mention its history invasion into South Korea. While United States, South Korea and Japan are watching […]
... written on Dec 24 2011Besides school holidays and Christmas celebration, there are year-end bonus, annual increment, Chinese New Year and whatnot. So year end, or rather the month of December is particularly exciting for everyone. However, before the internet age, there was something that people rushed to get for themselves before it ran out of stock. This item is […]
... written on Dec 16 2011
