Just posted a comment on BeyondSG (George Yeo blogs there btw) regarding Iridium. A Porsche for $750 bucks. Re-post here for archive purposes. I done a due diligence on Iridum for a banker in 2002. It was already pretty interesting back then. Iridium went backrupted in Aug 1999 and in Nov 2000 was bought out […]
Category: Investments
VC Podcast
Introducing VC-IO, a podcast by Levensohn Venture Partners. VC who do podcast! wow! VC-InsideOut opens a window into the venture capital industry through constructive dialogue and interviews with leading VCs, entrepreneurs, and other influential leaders involved with the VC world. VC-InsideOut episodes feature original content developed and produced by Pascal Levensohn, Keith Benjamin, Kip Sheeline, […]
2003 Performance
2003 is a pretty good year for me. There was quite a few stocks which is quite badly beaten in the poor market sentiment despite their fundamentals. For example, I picked up Crayfish (email outsourcing company) for 60cent on a dollar just on their cash value alone and made over 100% profit when they annouce […]
Marketocracy
Woolstar suggested I should put my investment portfolio on Marketocracy. Marketocracy is a virtual mutual fund. Members are given 1,000,000 virtual cash to invest in stock market. If you perform well, they might actually hire you to be a fund manager! Interesting… One problem however, my current portfolio is not compliance with the diversification requirements […]
Past Performances
I started stock investment seriously in 2001. I resisted buying anything in 1999 and 2000 because I just couldn’t find any stocks to buy using my investment strategy. The .com bubble burst in 2001 opens some opportunities to invest. I remember I couldn’t sleep for a few days the first time I bought some shares. […]
My Stock Investment Strategies
I started speculating stocks after my junior college in 1993. But that is pure speculating (or gambling) and I buy and sell without knowing why. I remember I made a bit of money but I did not keep track of my performance then. In 1999, I read about the effect of inflations and taxes on […]
Don’t forget: Buy and forget it
It is a frustrating two weeks. I was bored and tweaked my portfolio two weeks ago (selling off CHRT at 7.35 and it close 9.16 today) and I pay dearly for my mistake. It is not that I am angry with the lost gain. I mean I didnt lose any money on the trade and […]