Investment Talk

[CMYRS]

exciting times we are in

 

watched ti and brent rocket like WWIII is in progress yesterday, everyone busy getting long or stopped out

 

2pm brent 112.58 4pm 119.19

2pm wti 99.25 4pm 103.41

 

[Throttle]

still buying.

today bought some capitaland at $3.28, swee swee by afternoon already $3.36

 

Joekia, dont say i didnt support hor....

[Throttle]

ho say liao Capitaland $3.4

 

joekia, plse support more

[CMYRS]

cumulative net longs, a record so far this year, 305,408 contracts, little bird says $130/barrel and $2.25 98 Ron @ the pumps

[GuiNNeSS]

i am a total noob when come to investment, if i am looking into long term and i am not very high risk taker, if investing like big established firms like Singapore Airlines etc a safe bet? Thanks!

[CMYRS]

if the idea that bigger means safer, then generally, that is true, with some exceptions like enron, onetel, HIH, Arthur Anderson, Marsh & Mclennan

, worldcom, ansett, tyco, AIG and the list goes on.....

 

The credit rating agencies, Moody's and Standard & Poor's, are ridiculed for failing to spot any of the last decade's disasters.

[hachi]

i am a total noob when come to investment, if i am looking into long term and i am not very high risk taker, if investing like big established firms like Singapore Airlines etc a safe bet? Thanks!

Then buying common shares is not for you? CAn you lose 50% of the money you invested?

If you cant then common share is not for you...

And asking people online what to buy is not a clever thing to do in the first place, for a starter play within your area of industries or complacence....

 

Nikkei today drop more than 600 points......

Few months later might be a good time to whack again.....

[joekia]

ho say liao Capitaland $3.4

 

joekia, plse support more

 

 

Juz back from 3 weeks reservist... Did u guys miss me and my nonsense?

[kmax]

Juz back from 3 weeks reservist... Did u guys miss me and my nonsense?

 

ofcuz i miss you darling... so what's next ? KTM or Ducati ?

[kmax]

i am a total noob when come to investment, if i am looking into long term and i am not very high risk taker, if investing like big established firms like Singapore Airlines etc a safe bet? Thanks!

 

SIA... emm.... safe bet ????

 

http://chart22.shareinvestor.com/charts_cached/charts.pl?id=C6L.SI&type=si_factsheet_chart&duration=1825d&draw=&cycle=&compare=

[Throttle]

since I already lost $80k, I should average down.....Buy Buy Buy !!!

[CMYRS]

what a beautiful sea of red

 

we just need the japs and the chinese to cash out their $2 trillion in treasuries for the games to begin

[hachi]

Today even STI Tau Lau Sia......

Hmm.....Nikkei today drop more than 4 digits lo...

Hopefully few months later hooting shall begin......

Rule X, must be more discipline than others......

[kmax]

since I already lost $80k, I should average down.....Buy Buy Buy !!!

 

wah... i am out of SGX since morning.. will wait till dust settle..

[Throttle]

who dares wins - SAS.....

[Throttle]

wah... i am out of SGX since morning.. will wait till dust settle..

 

i'm long term investor. never out, just more in or less in....hahaha

[cougar]

market gona be long-term down trend man. One disaster after another, this one is the knock out round.

[DeusExMachina]

STI = sentiment driven.

 

And local sentiment always follows the loser, even though 3 others may be green. Maybe we're born pessimists.

[joekia]

STI = sentiment driven.

 

And local sentiment always follows the loser, even though 3 others may be green. Maybe we're born pessimists.

 

 

 

STI = Jardine driven more like it... Easy to manipulate..

[joekia]

STI = sentiment driven.

 

And local sentiment always follows the loser, even though 3 others may be green. Maybe we're born pessimists.

 

 

 

STI = Jardine driven more like it... Easy to manipulate..

[kmax]

STI = Jardine driven more like it... Easy to manipulate..

 

what... did i hear "m" word......

[joekia]

ofcuz i miss you darling... so what's next ? KTM or Ducati ?

 

 

 

Neither... For transport, Ducati is out due to the belt driven engine.. KTM dirtwheel trying to rip me off with their sky high pricing... Stick to the TDM till i find ot how to import my own KTM..

[kmax]

Neither... For transport, Ducati is out due to the belt driven engine.. KTM dirtwheel trying to rip me off with their sky high pricing... Stick to the TDM till i find ot how to import my own KTM..

 

lol... for everyday transport, TDM is best value for $..

[econbizer]

Hi,

 

Anyone familiar with the "Trade Summary" function on Kim Eng- and UOB Kay Hian's online brokerage platforms?

 

1) There's "bid volume" and there's "ask volume".

What is "mid volume (aka bundled trades / married trades)??

2) For every buyer of 1 share, there must be a seller who sold him that share. So since the bid and ask volumes are never equal, does this imply that "brokerages / financial institutions" are the counter-parties for the unexplained bid-ask volume difference?

 

 

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I found out from reading..

 

- Bid volume indicates the number of sellers, selling the stock to the market makers. Since we typically sell at the 'bid'.

- Offer volume indicates the number of buyers, buying the stock from the market makers. Since we typically buy at the 'ask'.

- Married trade are where investors wanting to buy the stock are directly matched to investors wanting to sell the stock.

 

If bid vol > ask vol, more of the stock was sold by the market makers to investors.. indicating a short term sell-off.

If ask vol > bid vol, more of the stock was bought by investors from market makers.. indicating a short term buying interest.

 

Since market makers need to balance their books,

- if they are in a net 'long the stock' position, they will want to sell it the next day.. indicating more supply of the stock and hence drive the price down/ make it harder for a price increase.

- if they are in a net 'short the stock' position, they will want to buy it the next day.. indicating more demand of the stock and hence drive the price up/ make it harder for a price decrease.

Edited March 21, 2011 by econbizer

[joekia]

I found out from reading..

 

- Bid volume indicates the number of sellers, selling the stock to the market makers. Since we typically sell at the 'bid'.

- Offer volume indicates the number of buyers, buying the stock from the market makers. Since we typically buy at the 'ask'.

- Married trade are where investors wanting to buy the stock are directly matched to investors wanting to sell the stock.

 

If bid vol > ask vol, more of the stock was sold by the market makers to investors.. indicating a short term sell-off.

If ask vol > bid vol, more of the stock was bought by investors from market makers.. indicating a short term buying interest.

 

Since market makers need to balance their books,

- if they are in a net 'long the stock' position, they will want to sell it the next day.. indicating more supply of the stock and hence drive the price down/ make it harder for a price increase.

- if they are in a net 'short the stock' position, they will want to buy it the next day.. indicating more demand of the stock and hence drive the price up/ make it harder for a price decrease.

 

 

 

That pretty much sums it up.. But if only life is such easy and the stock market is that simple to read... Lesser buyer DOES NOT definately imply a selldown and more buyer DOES NOT definately indicates a buy up... Dun buy juz coz there' more buyers..