Stock Portfolio Ending 04 May 2007

Howdy people... yup... I am still alive and am still in Nigeria. It has been 2 months since I was here, shed a bit of those unnecessary fat and yeah... been doing nothing here too. Project has not yet started and we are just hanging around doing nothing. Though with the free time many I still does not have the time to really monitor the movement in the market due to time difference. Here in West Africa is at GMT +1 compared to our country which is at GMT +8. So it is kinda difficult to wake up in the wee hours to check on the stock market.

Wow, we have finally surpass our previous high and heading towards the 1,400 mark. Woohoo... It is now the 5th month since this blog's inception, lets see how the performance compared to the KLCI. In the first week of January 07, my "fund" value stands @ RM99,800 while the KLCI is @ 1,096 points. As of today, my "fund" value stands @ RM114,200 and KLCI @ 1,363. That is an increase of only 14% compared to KLCI increase of 24%!!! @#$%^%$#@

I had adjusted the dividend from BJTOTO (RM0.125) & CYMAO (RM0.05 TE) to my portfolio. Others remain the same. My wish by the time I get back to Singapore is that my portfolio will double it's amount or better still reach the RM0.5 million mark. Kekekeke... Dream on toto! Continue to dream... :)

Stock Portfolio Ending 06 Apr 2007

Greetings from The People’s Paradise… Wow... It has been a while since I did any updating on my portfolio; the last update was in February. For your information I am currently in Nigeria, some 24 hours flight away from my hometown. I think I am going to be stuck here from quite sometime due to work commitments. The place is not as bad as they look in the papers, kidnappings and stuffs are still going on, but their targets are mainly oil related companies. For those who have not been to Nigeria, this place is like 20 - 30 years behind Malaysia. Can you imagine there are still roads without traffic lights? Hur hur…

During my absence, we experience some ups and downs over the markets. At one time, our KLCI hit a low of 1,090 points but soon recover as the regional bourses got back to their feet. Over the meltdown, most of my holdings are not spared as well. They took the beating and now they are back to where they were (some even higher) before the downfall. Now, the KLCI is approaching the previous high of 1,285 points made on 26 February 2007. It does seem that the resistance will be very much intense as it reaches that level. This week, my portfolio inch up 4.90% compared to KLCI's 2.57% rise. As of today, my portfolio managed to return 21% from my initial capital, though there is nothing to shout about. I am pretty sure most of you all out there manage to get a higher return than me.

So far, my portfolio seems performing well, BJTOTO latest quarter was very much inline with the expectation. Dividend for the previous quarter has risen from RM0.11 to RM0.125. Cashflow seems strong and well taken care of. Also, BJTOTO manage to reduce their debt of over RM360 million incurred during the previous capital repayment to RM140 million in 2 quarters. Like I said in my previous write up on BJTOTO, I do foresee that their nett debt to be wiped out in no time. BJTOTO remains a cash cow and a strong dividend play.

LIONDIV too has performed reasonably well; manage to hit an all time high of RM8.80 from RM6.00 a month ago. Well, any profit taking during this region is not questionable; you can’t expect the share price to appreciate everyday without any form of dip. Any consolidation will prepare the share price for the next run up. Parkson HK was last closed at HK56.00+ closing to the target price of Goldman Sachs. Can there be any adjustment to the LIONDIV - ACB deal? Like I have stated previously, the China market is huge, and LIONDIV will set to benefit from it.

Lately, the copper price has risen to USD7,200 per tonne as of yesterday's closing from a low of USD5,500 per tonne recorded months ago. The all time high for copper price is at USD8,800 per tonne which doesn't seem far off. Will the price increase contribute to TAWIN's bottomline? As of today, TAWIN seems to have broken of their downtrend with substantial increase in volume and price. Do note that, TAWIN is a speculative stock, so do justify your risk reward before jumping into it. News like potential take over target seems to have faded off well after the previous run. Will there be any form of "news" now to push the price up again? However, they do seems pretty cheap now; looking at TAWIN which made an EPS RM0.406 last financial year bringing it to a PE 4x.

CYMAO, the wood related stock in my portfolio seems to have recovered from its low after a poor set of result last quarter, mainly dampen by a poor output from the plywood manufacturing side. Recently, CYMAO announce a tax exempt final dividend of RM0.05 bringing its dividend to RM0.10 for the previous financial year. Dividend yield came at 6.13% based on my acquisition price. Balance sheet seems reasonable with a nett debt of only RM16 million or 0.13x of its market cap.

Anyway, I will continue to do some updating when time permits. Till then, Chiaoz….

Lion Diversified Holdings Berhad (LIONDIV, 2887, RM7.05)

Lion Diversified Holdings Berhad has interest in retailing, property development and computer business. LIONDIV used to have a brewery business in China, which has been disposed in 2003. Its retailing unit has a nett income of RM203 million in 2006 while its property development and computer business unit manage to chalk up RM30 million and RM22 million respectively.

The group’s investment in the retailing industry is through its chain of 68 Parkson departmental stores, with 29 in Malaysia, 38 in China and 1 in Vietnam. Its nett income for the 1st Qtr 2007 was RM77 million compared to RM21 million a year ago. That is huge jump of over 270%. This indicates how robust is the retailing industry under LIONDIV. Excluding all exceptional gains, LIONDIV previous quarter still came up 80% compared to the 4th Qtr 2006. Looking at the figures and the China factor, I would say LIONDIV is definitely a growth story pending to be written.

People in China are spending more, restaurant and food industries are booming, many are eating out and last but not least, their shopping malls are always packed. I have already noted my optimism towards LIONDIV in my previous post after my recent trip to Chongqing, China. The tabulation above shows the calculation of LIONDIV value which is solely based on its 55.5% stake in Parkson Group that is listed in HKEX together with the cash in its piggy bank. Not to forget LIONDIV other business unit are also profitable, its property development unit in Bandar Mahkota, Cheras and its computer business segment under the banner, LIKOM. So do you think LIONDIV is undervalued? Its definitely a YES for me. . .

Regarding the previous announcement on the LIONDIV - ACB deal whereby a sale of Parkson Group to ACB was valued at a measly RM4 billion but based on the latest transacted price for Parkson Group over at HKEX, it should easily be valued at RM6 billion based on its 55.5% stake. Well, this cannot be blamed as the announcement was first mooted somewhere in September 2006 when Parkson Group was trading at HK$29 and the price tag of RM4 billion do sound reasonable at that time. Since now the price of Parkson Group has surged to HK$48.05 (Target price by Goldman Sachs : HK$56.10), should any ammendments be made to the previous proposal? Should we be getting 2 ACB shares for every 1 LIONDIV share instead? Of course many can say that after the proposal, the precious assets of Parkson Group still stays within the LIONDIV's stable, but at the end of the day would it be fair to its minorities for selling the assets worth RM6 billion at a huge discount?

Kong Hee Fatt Choy

Totomaster would like to take this opportunity to wish all a very "Happy Chinese New Year". Wishing all readers a very prosperous and abundance health ahead. . . Eat more, Drink more & Be Merry. . . Kong Hee!! Kong Hee!!

Stock Portfolio Ending 09 Feb 2007

Last week, Totomaster did not manage to update his stock portfolio due to work commitments. Totomaster was posted away to Chongqing, China for a week to perform some inspection works. During this period, Totomaster went for some sight seeing over at Sanxia, long boat rides with full view of mountains, waters and pretty scenery. Its good to take a rest and some time off the current market. Beautiful skies, chilling weather, cheap food, cheap beers. . . but arggghhhh. . . the MARKET CONTINUE TO RALLY AND I END UP MISSING MOST OF IT!!! But its okay. . .

Hhmmm. . . over the 2 weeks period, the KLCI creep up 6% thanks to the good run up from the blue chips. Well no doubt it does outperform my portfolio by more than 3 times. During this time, BJTOTO being the most laggard of all blue chips finally broke off its down trend triangle and surge to a high of RM4.96 with huge volume. However, as of today it seems that it will soon get back to the down trend again due to profit taking. Boo boo boo. . .

I have dispose the whole lot of MAEMODE-WA @ RM0.54 last week as I see further selling pressure towards the mother share. In turn, I have purchase 10,000 units of CYMAO @ RM1.62 leaving my cash balance at a mere RM309.09. The reason I have swapped to CYMAO is noted in my previous posting on timber industry. TAWIN too has made a rebound from its low @ RM1.62 to hit a high of RM1.82 but succummed to profit taking and is currently lingering at the RM1.70+ level. Has the share price been manipulated?

LIONDIV is currently trading sideways for a few good weeks already. However, this is not the case for its retailing chain subsidiary Parkson Retail Group Ltd which is listed in HKEX, which has recently surge to a new high of HK$49.60 with a target price of HK$56.10 set by the reputable Goldman Sachs. In which I feel that LIONDIV will move in tandem with the share price of Parkson. Do note that the 2nd quarterly results for LIONDIV will be due some time this month. In my visit to Chongqing, I am surprise that there is a Parkson mall over there. According to the locals, Parkson is planning to spore like mushroom all over mainland China. If Parkson were to be introduce in over 30 provinces in China with a population of 1.37 billion, could you imagine what the growth would be like for LIONDIV in future? But their recent proposed disposal of Parkson to ACB is kind of unfair to LIONDIV minorities, because LIONDIV has given away the most precious assets away. Thus, LIONDIV will always trade at a discount due to it being a holding company status!

Timber Industry

As everyone should know, the timber industry in Malaysia is going through a boom for quite sometime. Share prices of all timber counters have shot up by a huge percentage, some have even gone up more than 100% over the last 12 months. Big timber companies, for instance, TAANN have shot up from RM5.60 a year ago to currently trading at above RM10.00. Table above shows some of the timber related companies that I manage to extract. Do tell me which would be your best pick?

Mine would be CYMAO, first, the share price is currently at a consolidation stage (for quite sometime already IMO), secondly, its kind of undervalued compared to it peers. I think CYMAO can easily trade above RM2.00 based on its latest results. First 3 quarters CYMAO's EPS almost surpass the EPS for the entire year of 2005. Of course, many can say commodity prices is always fluctuating depending on demand - supply equation but can one guarantee the price to drop back to their all time low? If the high price is here to stay, now would be the best entry for CYMAO as it is undergoing consolidation.

Since CYMAO its more into plywood products, do go through the graph below. Hope it will change the minds of those who are pessimistic on CYMAO. Even JAVA which has a similar business structure as CYMAO has shot up RM0.38 last Friday. Latest plywood prices is between USD397 - 503 per m3 as of mid January 2007 as compared to USD340 - 448 per m3 a year ago. I am sure it is just a matter of time when CYMAO will get the attention similar to its peers.

Stock Portfolio Ending 26 Jan 2007

Totomaster's stock portfolio has risen for the 4th consecutive week into 2007, this time it manage to outpace the overall market KLCI by a huge difference. Week on week, the Main Index has risen by 1.93% while my stock portfolio manage to close up by 4.27%. During this period, I bought an additional 3,000 units of TAWIN @ RM1.68, 1,000 units of TENAGA @ RM12.40 & dispose 4,200 units of MAEMODE-WA @ RM0.54 leaving my cash balance at RM5,239.71.

Over the week, LIONDIV manage to touch a high of RM6.55 before succumbing to profit taking to closed the week unchange. Announcements from Bursa shows Datuk Cheng Yong Kim, nephew to Y. Bhg. Tan Sri William Cheng Heng Jem has disposed 10,900,000 units on the 22 January 2007. Can this attribute the fall of the share price?

To date, BJTOTO has not much participated in the rally in anyway. Most blue chips has scaled new heights day after day but BJTOTO is rather quiet and lackluster. Since December 2006, the KLCI has risen approximately 10% but BJTOTO is going the other direction. Looking at the daily price chart below, BJTOTO has been on the downtrend since hitting a high of RM4.98 end of November 2006 and is currently trading sideways with range between +-RM0.10. In my opinion, BJTOTO should have bottomed out by now and is trying very hard to break out from the downtrend triangle. However, any sudden burst in price should be well accompany by convincing volume else it will fall back into the trend again. The downside for BJTOTO is very low for now but the near term target should be around the RM5+ region.

The huge surge in my week on week profit is due to a big jump in MAEMODE-WA. Over the week, MAEMODE-WA jumped 30% due to a good quarterly report and an announcement in its participation in designing and construction of a coal fired power plant in Indonesia secured by its subsidiary for an amount of RM29 million. MAEMODE has been a trading side ways since early October 2006 and has sinced attracted attention due to the announcements. My target for its mother share is at a minimum RM2 while its warrant at RM1+ due to its niche business model and its ability to secure projects overseas. It has also a recurring income from service and maintenance to a coal mine in Indonesia amounting to approximately RM60 - 70 million over the next 4 years. Over the years, its nett profit has sinced grew 50% compared to FY2006 and 100% compared to FY2005. Many analyst reported a "Strong Buy" in this company tagging a fair value at RM1.70 and I am confident that the price will reflect a stronger uptrend for now. A major concern is its borrowings of over RM150 million but looking at the rate of its growth, this should not be view as a huge problem.

TAWIN has hit a low of RM1.62 but manage to close the week at RM1.70. In the meantime, the copper price has risen from its low of USD5,600 per MT to close the week up 4% at USD5,825 per MT but still way back from its all time high of USD8,800 per MT. The rebound of the copper price was mainly due to a previous drop which has been widely overdone. Although TAWIN is highly speculative but I believe the downside is rather limited but the upside will be substantial as long as TAWIN manage to churn out good profits in coming quarters. The TA shows that the MACD is gapping up and will cross each other real soon.

TENAGA latest results was pretty impressive showing a nett profit of RM1.25 billion or an increase of 70%. Excluding the exceptional and currency gain of RM350 million, it still comes out to a cool nett profit of RM900 million or 22% over the preceding quarters. If TENAGA manage to sustain the similar earning (excluding any exceptional gain), its est. EPS FY07 : RM0.95; est. PE FY07 : 13x @ RM12.40. I think TENAGA should be able to trade around PE16 - 17x translating a fair value of RM16.00. Latest filing shows that the foreign participation in TENAGA is heading to the allowable threshold of 25%, this shows how optimistic are the foreigners towards the largest power producer in the country. And, if the goverment decided to ammend the foreign equity percentage, imagine how high the price will shoot up. If the foreigners are so optimistic, why shouldn't we?

Stock Portfolio Ending 19 Jan 2007

Last week, Totomaster's stock portfolio again underperformed the general market with a gain of 1.80% compared to the KLCI gain of 2.54%. During the week, I have made a disposal of WCTLAND @ RM0.84 and FABER @ RM0.63 at a gain of 20% and 5% respectively while making a purchase on TAWIN. The reasoning behind the disposal is I would like to streamline my portfolio for the coming 12 months and still in the midst of looking out for better investment opportunities that offer higher returns. I had a couple of them at hand but still require more analysing before I make my move. Of course, if I can't get any, I can always get back into those I had sold off earlier if the price retraces down to a more comfortable level. Over the week, 1 counter in the portfolio advanced, 2 declined and 1 remain unchanged.

LIONDIV made a good rebound from previous week back above the RM6.00 mark. In the week, LIONDIV has finally made an official announcement that they have purchase a 9% stake in Polaris, Australian mining firm for exploration in iron ore. Parkson Hong Kong share price has finally breached the HKD40.00 mark and trending up. With its huge cash hoard of more than RM1 billion, it is definitely a steal at current price. I am getting pretty excited wondering what will the coming quarterly results have to offer. In the meantime, BJTOTO continue with its downtrend and consolidation, I am still hoping it would trend further down to collect more of it.

With the transactions over the week, my cash balance has risen to RM20,579.56 leaving my exposure to equity at acceptable level of 78.49%. I would definitely pour the remaining balances that I have back to the equity market as I believe that every of my dollar and cent should be working hard for me!!

Ta Win Holdings Berhad (TAWIN, 7097, RM1.71)

Ta Win Holdings Berhad, manufacture and market enamelled copper wire for end users in the electrical products market. Copper, in general is a very ductile metal with excellent electrical conductivity properties. The term conductivity here, is the material's ability to conduct an electric current. Therefore, copper has been widely used in the electronics, automotive and household appliance manufacturing industries. TAWIN's copper businesses are located in Malaysia, Republic of China, Republic of Mauritius and Hong Kong. The manufacturing arm of the products are mainly located in Malaysia and China whereby the other offices are used to market its products.

Looking back at the results above, for the 9 months of FY2006, TAWIN was able to achieve an EPS of RM0.50 compared RM0.16 for the entire FY2005. With this excellent results, TAWIN share price was able to rally to a high of RM2.40 on 29 December 2006 before plunging and erasing all its gains soon on 5 January 2007. Is the syndicate behind the huge drop that erased 30% of its market capital in a day? The price soon drift further to end the week at RM1.71. Can the huge drop be related to the global commodity market?

Prices of copper are mainly volatile, whereby the average range for FY2005 is between USD3,000 ~ USD4,600 per MT and FY2006 at between USD4,700 ~ USD9,000 per MT. The copper price hit a 10 year high of USD8,800 per MT in May 2006 and it went lower to close at USD5,600 per MT this week. The major correction is mainly attributed to a slowdown in global growth but analyst believed that the copper price might see some rebound towards the end of 2007 going forward to 2008. One must also note that the commodity price is more of a "supply = demand" equation, whereby any disruption of supply or surge in demand could quickly push the prices back up or vice versa. However, at the moment, the copper supply has outpaced the demand thus surpressing the prices.

The copper prices tabulated in the table above represents the average prices over the 3 months period of review. In the first quarter of 2006, TAWIN made an EPS of RM0.105 at an average price of USD5,000 per MT. However, should the copper price dips further and remains at the level of USD4,500 per MT for the remainder of 2007, it should translates to an est. EPS FY07 : RM0.20; est. PE FY07 : 8x @ RM1.71. Cheap or costly? What I am trying to point out here is that should the copper price drops further, TAWIN's valuation is never stretched.

Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad (BJTOTO, 1562, RM4.70)

Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad, BJTOTO, is one of the 3 NFOs in the country, owned by tycoon Vincent TCY which has businesses ranging from property development, trading, leisure, stock broking, insurance and manufacturing. BJTOTO having a sole, concentrated and excellent business model currently leads the NFO industry in the country in terms of sales and profitability compared to its peers. In the past, the corporate governance within the Berjaya Group of Companies are rather questionable. Intercompanies loans within the VTCY stable has cause the price of BJTOTO languishing at the RM3.xx for a good couple of years despite BJTOTO being the fastest growing NFO with generous dividends and capital repayments. Previously, BJTOTO has borrowed a staggering amount of more than RM1 billion to BJLAND a couple years ago which has recently been pared down. To date, the borrowings by BJLAND has been reduced to a more acceptable amount of RM93 million which has to be settled by 4 August 2007 unless any further extension granted to it. These shows than the transparency has very much improved. Upon repayment of the final tranche of borrowings, minorities should expect another capital repayment equivalent to RM0.30 - 0.35.

Ever since the repayments by BJLAND, BJTOTO has carried out 2 capital repayments of RM0.50 each which has been strongly supported and cheered upon by the minorities. To finance the capital repayments, BJTOTO has made some bank borrowings but however, this should not be seen as a problem repaying them as BJTOTO is a high cash generating business. With this rate as shown in the tabulation above, BJTOTO will manage to repay all its debt by first quarter of 2008 and can continue to replenish its piggy bank.

Here comes the big question, can one company sustain a dividend of RM0.50 annually while only making an EPS of RM0.30? An additional of RM0.20 pay out will be equivalent to approximately RM260 million which has to be forked out from its piggy bank or hopefully not through bank borrowings. The concern would be the capability of BJTOTO to continue to finance its high dividend policy with its much depleted cash reserves. However, looking at the first two quarters of 2007, the dividend paid out is similar to the previous year and in the following next two quarters, I would hope to see the dividend pay out to normalise.

Some would say that VTCY is sucking the company dry with its high dividend and capital repayments. In fact, it is because of the nature of the business where not much capital expenditure is required thus, most of the profits are returned to shareholders. Then again, how would one judge companies like MAGNUM which has nett cash reserves of more than RM700 million but only manage to disperse a diminutive dividend of RM0.10 - 0.15 annually? Will its minorities ever see or feel the huge stash of cash in future? In my opinion, money in VTCY pocket is similar to putting back money into your pockets. Just as long as the financial health & transparency of the company is in good shape, with negligible debts and continue to generate good profits, I would not mind at all.

Stock Portfolio Ending 12 Jan 2007

Over the week, Totomaster's stock portfolio again posted a negligible gain of 0.11% compared to a drop of 0.10% on the Main Composite Index. Three of my counters closed unchange while the remaining one closed slightly up while the other one vice versa. During the week, profit taking on blue chip counters was very much evident. The CI made a low of 1,103 points before closing back up at 1,119 points. However, on the broader market, the Second Board & Mesdaq made some gains of over 1% week on week. In the same period, oil prices has also fell to a fresh low of USD 52 per barrel this week. Has the rally shifted to the 2nd liners & will the continuous fall of this "black gold" be the impetus for a bigger rally?

As my exposure on LIONDIV is the highest for now, I am kind of concern over its price performance recently. LIONDIV continues to drift lower over the mid of the week, made a low of RM5.45 but manage to crawl back up to close unchange week on week. I hope the worse is over for LIONDIV for now. I should not have bought LIONDIV in a hurry prior week without taking a further look at the technical side of it. If I have done so, I would have bought LIONDIV at a lower price!! The point I am trying to make here is one should be sound in both its TA & FA to get a better entry price into any respective counter, and this is what I should be improving on. It will make me look like a fool if I am to make the same mistakes in the future.

Stock Portfolio Ending 05 Jan 2007

This week, Totomaster's stock portfolio has risen a mere 0.67% compare to the Main Composite Index of 2.20%. The KLCI has rallied up to over 2% during the first trading day of 2007 and manage to stay at the current levels despite profit takings from major bourses across Asia and Europe.

Over the week, I have disposed TANJONG @ RM14.70 and it did manage to close at RM14.90 at low volume. The remaining proceeds are used to purchase LIONDIV @ RM5.85 because I think LIONDIV has alot more to offer compared to TANJONG. This week itself, LIONDIV has drop from the high of RM6.40 to closed @ RM5.90 last Friday. With its nett cash position of RM1.426 billion and its ever robust retailing and property development unit, I do not think the current price is justifiable. Excluding the exceptional gain, the 1st Qtr 2007 EPS is approximately RM0.115, est. EPS FY07 : RM0.55; est. PE FY07 : 10x @ RM5.85. Not too demanding noting that the share price of Parkson Group (Hong Kong) which has been scaling new heights everyday coupled with agressive expansion in China. In my opinion, the main reason for the drop is because of SC has rejected the Proposed Extension ("Rejection") against AMSTEEL & SILVERSTONE and shall commence with the de-listing procedures next week. However, this does not change the fundamentals of LIONDIV. Check out the tabulation below.

WCTLAND, the property developer arm of construction giant WCTE has recently gain attention due to its low valuations. Over the years, a major chunk of WCTE profits came from property development section due to its higher profit margins. However, investor chose to shunt WCTLAND due to its high debts, limited development and a slowdown in construction sector. It is normal for development entities to have high debts due to acquisition of land assets. It has been proven that WCTLAND is able to translate its assets to profits with its high end development. For financial year 2006, WCTLAND has managed to obtained a PAT of RM59.19 million couple with an interim dividend of RM0.05. Previously, WCTLAND has recently risen for the 6 days to acheive a high of RM0.825 on 28/12/06 and soon succumed to profit taking. During this short trading week, WCTLAND did drop to RM0.775 at low volume but manage hit a high of RM0.82 before closing at RM0.81 at the end. An interim dividend of RM0.05 is expected to be declared again in the coming quarterly results which is equivalent to 6.1% at current prevailing price. Trading at a steep discount to its NTA of RM1.22 and its dividend policy, I think WCTLAND should be able to trade above RM1.00 in no time in this current uptrend market. Check out it's homepage http://www.wctland.com.my for current & upcoming projects. Another thing to note is that WCTLAND has also been actively sourcing for recurrent incomes, in this case would be rental incomes; one of those successfully secured is AEON or to most people recognised them as Jaya Jusco.

This update is getting too long, will continue to blog on the other stocks in my portfolio in the coming posting.

Stock Portfolio Ending 29 Dec 2006

Well well, there you go... Totomaster's Stock Portfolio at the end of 2006. Not gonna blog too much on it for now, lets start afresh from 2007 onwards...

Mannnn... this blogging thingo is kinda difficult huh, maybe I'm not too much of an IT or a Computer Science person.

Anyway, hopefully this portfolio will outperform the current market & most important outperform the current prevailing Fixed Deposit rates...

Happy holidays!

Howdy 2007... Good Bye 2006

Heeya people, a Happy New Year to all.... welcome to my very first blog posting....

Before we continue further, let me at least introduce myself a little bit in the investing arena. I started investing in August 2002, starting off with a capital of RM90,000.00+. Not much from someone who has just graduated. Throughout the years, my investment has not been impressive at all. Plagued into buying of speculative counters like TANAMAS & PSCI causing my investment succumming into huge losses. So call "tips" from relatives & friends also brought my investment further down. As time goes by, I have learned that buying into speculative counters will NEVER bring you very far no matter how well informed & connected you are. You will always be the last to know and by then its a little far too late.

As of April 2006, my investment was down to RM60,000+, a lost of 34% from my initial start up capital. Guess my money is not working for me after all these years. Thats a huge & major dissappointment! Blame it on ignorance & stupidity but . . .

As of today, I managed to get back all of my losses through smart & fundamental investing! From today onwards, I will update my stock portfolio in this blog on a weekly basis for my personal monitoring & for all to comment.

Hope we will have a great year for equity in 2007!

Happy investing!