Ming course breakdown

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Lesson 1, 9th Dec Sun : 1-4pm (2.5 – 3 hours) (FREE)

Venue : Substation, 45 armenian street. Level 2 , room 2
Nearest MRT : City hall mrt. 5 mins walk to venue.

Buses :7, 14, 16, 36, 97, 124, 131, 147, 162, 166, 174, 501 Express, 511 Express, 77, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A and 857

Bus stop :Opposite Singapore Management University

Map : http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_15874/travel_site_12976/+

Note: The intro course will be totally free and there's no obligations to join if you feel the course is not right for you
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Lesson 2 , 16 Dec Sun : 9am- 5pm (8 hours)

Venue : Allson hotel, Level 2 – Victoria room

Website : http://www.allsonhotelsingapore.com/

Address: 101 Victoria Street , Singapore 188018 (beside SMU admin building and diagonally from Chijmes)

Price includes all materials, morning snack and buffet lunch.
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Ming's stockagies course is out!

Finally, after the much waiting, Ming's stock course is out. This time I have improved alot on the style of teaching, clarity and also the content approach. In addition, I have added alot of case studies and improved accordingly to all the feedback given by my previous 9th intakes.
This is the new course outline:

Ming’s stockagies course outline

Lesson 1 (1- 4pm, Subsation Room 2):

1) Problems in today’s society
- is the cpf enough?
- bills repayment problems
- Does good education guarantees wealth
- What is financial education and why schools aren’t teaching it?
- Rat Race and why are we stuck in it?
2) Correct definition of wealth
3) what classify as assets or liabilities?
4) Cash inflow and outflow concepts
5) Why choose stocks as your investment tool?
6) introduction to stocks investing
7) Warren buffet strategies in stocks investing
- the magic of compounding
- the magic of time diversification
8) average investors beliefs vs warren buffet beliefs
9) Understand stocks and the stock market:
- Types of shares
- mechanism of stock market
- Indexes and what they represent
- Methods of participation
-stocks terminologies
- internet trading platform explanation (Philips online)
9) Strategies:
-Intro to fundamental analysis and
- Intro to technical analysis
11) How did I started out?

Lesson 2 (9am- 5pm, Allson hotel, Level 2 – Victoria room):

Morning:
1) What affects stock prices?
2) Market observations
3) what is fundamental analysis?
4) FA analogy
5) Company information analysis
- what constitutes a good company
6) Annual report analysis (how to interpret and understand financial reports)
a) profit & loss statement
b) balance sheet
c) cash flow
7) Case studies examples to reinforce concepts
8) Practice of case studies (5 companies)
9) Class discussion of case studies

Afternoon:
1) Risk factors of company to evaluate analysis
2) Holistic approach in final evaluation
3) What is PE?
4) PE to find entry and exit points?
5) PE case studies
6) How to use brokerage internet resources to easily calculate industry and company pe
7) Quick stocks selection using PE tool
8) Things to do after buying shares (aka monitoring shares and news)
7) Ways to finance companies and their effects
9) how to detect bad companies to protect yourself
- Case study example
10) Common mistakes you might made
11) Behavioral Finance

Testimonials

Attended the first intake last Sunday.Law is an interesting and funny guy who made the learning more fun and enjoyable. He, like Ming is very patient in attending to individual's questions. The presentation and strategy taught by Law is simple to understand as he do not want to go in-depth because what he says is true. You don't make money by learning how the indicators work. You make money by learning how to apply them. The course duration is just nice to learn what is necessary.

In additional, we were taught of a way to manage our money properly before investing which I think is very useful.I also attended Ming's FA course. Overall, the knowledge I gained in these 2 courses are definitely worth more than the price paid. Highly recommended!!!

Collin

Just returned after attending the 9th intake and I must say this course is worth every penny. in fact if anything, its undervalued. Its great for beginners like me, as well as "experienced" investors whom were burnt more times than not due to lack of fundamental knowledge about the stocks they bought. all in all, I highly recommend this to anyone out there willing to take a step back and learn from someone who knows his stuff.Now my dad is asking me to help him analyse his current portfolio. was looking at Genting Int last night cos he was considering selling his issued rights.

Zen

FAQ

1. How long is your course ?
2. Are you and Law conducting the same class ?
3. How can i know more of your course ?

1. My course is 10 hours in total (including 2 hour intro lesson)

2. Law is teaching technical analysis and I am teaching fundamental analysis. TA is about chart analysis, trading and calculation. FA is abt financial reports analysis and company information analysis and PE methods.

3. My website is already 80% done , hence I will be providing the information. I only want to reveal the link only after everything is done. In there, you can download one of the materials I teach in class, courses outline and all upcoming events.

Thank you.

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Important updates

Law's TA training
Law's course will be on 30 of sept, 9.30-5pm. The venue has changed. It will most probably be in a hotel (city area) with buffett lunch provided. Exact details of what hotel I will post later. The first intake doesn't have any intro but later intakes will have intro lessons (like my course) so ppl can review his course content before making a decision whether to pay to go for the paid lessons.

Ming's stockagies training
I will continue with the 9th intake this weekend and also one more intake in oct. Then later, I got to rest due to my hectic schedule. However I will be doing the website so everyone can see everything clearly and most importantly finetune my presentation, content and layout based on all previous intakes to deliver better training in future. My course will most probably be resumed in late Nov. Also, my venue of the paid lessons will also be moved into the same hotel location as Law's courses.

Meantime, I will email those affected and assigned tasks for you guys to do while waiting so no time is wasted. I apologised for any inconvenience caused. I will be posting more analysis reports in future also so everyone is updated. Meanwhile, Law will be coming out full force with his TA training and I will support him in all intro lessons. He is a very experienced person and I hope his experience can help you guys in good trading methods.

Finally to register for Finatics free intro lesson, pls do email me at terrence.ming@gmail.com with your name , hp and no. of seats reserved and I will gladly put you in the earliest intro lesson available.

Fed cutting interest rates and it's implications

As promised, I will post my analysis.

I have been waiting for the decision by fed and analysing the market to get a clearer picture of the market.

Firstly, we all know that the fed just cut interest rates again. The fed has been cutting interest rates for many times ever since the sub prime woes came out.Not surprisely every time it cuts, the stocks prices all over the world surges as US market is the biggest of all and it will lead the others. One point to know, singapore market is extremely dependent on the US market. Meaning if it goes up , we will follow and vice versa. That correlation in other markets like hang seng or nikkei is abit weaker meaning they at times go in inverse direction of what the US goes. In other words, singapore market has what I called, no market identity and it tracks that of the US and it's correlation is extremely strong.

Secondly, we must know what is the sub prime woes all about. It happened as bank lend ppl with poor credit history and this ppl can't pay! In other words, they default on their payment , creating what we called a liquidity problem (not enough cash in the market). So next, what is the main function of the fed? It is to curb inflation! That is if inflation rises, it rises interest rates and vice versa. Hence this got nothing to do with the sub prime woes, even if it has , the correlation is very weak and it doesn't really solve the problem of subprime at all. In summary, the problem is still there!

Thirdly, I have analysed and read many research reports and most concluded that the fundamentals of the asian market is still strong. Hence many suggested to continue playing the market.Analysing the above points, we know that singapore market is dependent on the US market. Subprime woes isn't solve, fed is just covering the problem at the moment and boasting confidence by cutting interest rates, and fundamentals of asia is still strong. Hence in all, I suggested that things may blow up in time to come ,meaning the subprime problem will probably resurface and investors will know that the cutting of interest rates didn't solve the problem and they will cause a huge drop in the US market. Thus , the singapore market will also follows and many of us will be trapped if that happens!

So , should we not play and watch the market and maybe miss the uptrend now? I suggest you still can enter the market, but no penny stocks buying. Buy bigger companies, and apply value investing. Do not enter all your capital. Prefably take 1/3 of it to enter now if you can find good companies that are undervalued. Next I suggest to wait for a few fed meeting first, and a couple of months to see if anything do happens to further confirm the trend first before entering. Your 2/3 of capital will be invested only if it crashes and you buy extremely valued buys (so you can buy low sell high) or when the trend seems to be still up after some time, slowly enter the other 1/3 again and keep the 1/3 of cash so you still got money to buy valued buys if anything happens.

Ultimately, the strategy is as follows. Enter slowly, part by part if market goes up so still got money to buy good stocks if market crashes.Enter full force if market crashes. And all companies must have good earnings ratio , operating cash flows and must have low pe ratios.

I hope this helps. Thank you

Law's TA training

Hi. This is a new course by Finatics, taught by my trainer , Mr Law.

A brief introduction abt Law. He came from malaysia, got his masters in singapore and is currently an engineer.He has over 5 years of technical analysis trading experience and has been trading the market since 7 years ago.I hand pick him due to his great experience level and good track record. His latest trade JADE profited $4000 , with a capital of only $4200, (profits of 100%) in a month.

30 Sept (9.30am-5pm) (includes one hour lunch break)
Venue : Substation, level 2 , room 2

Course outline

1. Money Management
-Effective capital distribution ( how many stocks to hold, how big should be your holdings with your limited capital)

2. Catching the BULL-
Understanding the charting layout
- Detecting up and down trend momemtum
- Entering using HLP method and MACD
- Exiting using HLP method and profit exiting
- How to set stop loss limit
- Stocks selection
- Case studies

3. Psychological Aspect
-Preparing your mind for stock trading

Testimonials

just attend 7th intake last week,this course is good enough for those who are really new to investing. if u have 0 knowledge on investing, u might like to attend this course.

Wayne

Ming's stockagies training

8th intake
Intro session (free) - 9th Sept Sun 1- 3pm
2nd session - 15 Sept Sat, 1 - 5pm
3rd session - 16 Sept Sun, 1 - 4pm

9th intake
Intro session(free)- 9th Sept Sun 1- 3pm
2nd session - 22 Sept Sat , 1 - 5pm
3rd session - 23 Sept Sun, 1 - 4pm

I will contact those scheduled for the this 2 intakes intro sessions. For those that also want to attend the free intro lesson, pls do email me at terrence.ming@gmail.com.

Finatics courses

In additon I want to clarify some doubts on my courses and the trainer involved.

My company Finatics will have 2 courses now.

1) Ming's stockagies training.
This course is the one I came out with and the 6th intake been this weekend. It has undergoes modification according to past students comments and also my own observation and it will be entire taught by me and course will cover mainly companies analysis ( 3 financial statements analysis), and their fundamentals. (FA) It will also cover 2 entering and exiting methods - PE and support and resistance. This analysis and investing strategies is the one I personally used since I started investing which has a very good track record. ( highest loss $80, lowest gain $880).

2) Law's TA training
My new trainer , Mr Law will cover entering the market using mainly techncial analysis methods. I will post details on this course later. Registration for this course will also be open very soon.

Analysis on US subprime woes

I want to share some of my own analysis reports after analyzing the markets since the STI starts to hover at 3500. I ever mention in class , in my website and on forum that the market does not crash overnight. Based on historical records, markets using hover around a level before it crashes , or what I usually defined as a major correction as market is always going up in long run. In my website, I mentioned before on 18 may 2007 that the market has tell 3 tale signs of a major correction.

1) The STI and world market has peaked and is the highest ever in history . Meaning for it to goes down drastically it must comes from a high point.
2) the STI has been hovering at 3.5k level for very long
3) The so called 10 year pheonomeon since 1997 is this year. Reason is that markets is always cyclical, before it reaches a new high it got to goes down and then up again.

Based on these factors, I find the Singapore market did have dangers of crashing. Even if these prediction is wrong, current PE of many stocks ( PE is an indication of cheap or how expensive a stock is), is very high and it is hard to enter.
Thus one of the best way to enter a high market when it’s high is to play growth investing (as mentioned in class). Meaning to play small cap stocks that is expanding this few years and stock prices have go up recently. Hence hoping the overall good economy will pull these small cap stocks along with big stocks. However growth investing have their own risk as small companies have small market capitalization , and can’t survive a crash. In other words, using that strategy when a crash is imminent is extremely risky . Hence using growth investing is also not possible, and that was the main reason I stay out a while more. However, if research reports did not state anything like that, playing growth investing can then be applied and that was the situation in Jan to April.

In addition, I ever mentioned in class that the recent top 30 volume has been sesdaq stocks which is not a trend observed in the past 5 years at all! My analysis is that maybe nobody want to buy big cap stocks nor sell big cap stocks as they are either too expensive to owe now . Alternatively , no one has the cash to buy this stocks either.

Linking these back to the US subprime woes. Firstly , we must understand the underlying reason for this problem. The subprime woes mainly happened as banks lend money to people with poor credit history . In the end this people can’t pay back the loans and this create bad debts. Some research houses say that this problem is small and shouldn’t have an impact on the market, while others rebutted and stated it’s serious. I harboured a wait and see attitude to this problem initially to see the extend of this problem. Be in big or small, I know a correction is round the corner but how serious it gets , no one can predict for sure.

Later major central banks started to pump in money over a liquidity problem. The main trigger was that France’s biggest listed bank, BNP Paribus, withdrawals from three funds exposed to the U.S. subprime mortgage market totaling US $ 2.2 billion. The red alert came at this time, central banks usually do not step in unnecessarily. And when they do, that means the problem is major that the free market forces of the market is not able to solve and government intervention is the best solution. I shall not comment that central banks can't solve the credit crisis but my stand is that once central banks step in, the problem is usually serious.

My analysis is that whenever central banks step in , the problem is usually quite serious. Now the whole world central banks is pumping in money due to liquidiy crisis. No one knows for sure that the credit crisis is how big , but we know for sure that a correction is happening and a crash could be immenient. How much the market will fall again, no research expert can ever give a confident analysis. But we know sometime for sure, the market is falling drastically and there could crash, hence no one is should ever enter now! So don’t be greedy to play now, looking at stocks have fallen from their new highs and think you could enter. Secondly, I don’t suggest anyone to play short selling as that is also very risky!

What I suggest is to quickly find good companies, analyse their company fundamentals ( analyse the 3 financial statements as taught in class) , mean sure they can withhold a crash and has make increasing profits with also company expansion in recent years. Put this company in your watch list, note their PE. I ever mentioned again that it’s hard to catch a falling knife. In other words, no one knows for sure how much the market will continue to falls. But once it recovers significantly, we all will know and that’s when use value investing (as taught in class) , buying good fundamentals companies at bargain prices. Hopefully you will see capitaland and sgx fall to 2 plus dollar regions. However, you got to be patient in these stocks, market does not recover overnight. The market can lose 1000 points within a couple of months, but take at least 2 years to rise 1000 points. In other words, you got to hold these stocks for the longer term , at least above a year and a half.

That’s my analysis and the investing strategy I use for now which is mostly using fundamental analysis and warren buffet strategies. I hope this will be of help to everyone. Thanks.

Finally to attend my free intro lesson, pls email particulars to terrence.ming@gmail.com or URL to my site. Thank you.

Ming

6th & 7th intake

6th intake
Intro session (free) - 5th Aug, 2- 4pm
2nd session - 18 Aug , 7pm - 11
3rd session - 19 Aug, 7pm - 10

7th intake
Intro session(free)- 5th Aug, 2- 4pm
2nd session - 25 Aug, 7pm - 11
3rd session - 26 Aug, 1pm - 4

Prority will be given to NS men for the 7th intake , especially for those who registered with me earlier and wasn't able to attend because of NDP.

I will contact those who are scheduled for the 6 & 7 intake intro session by sms soon. For those who are interested to attend this intake also, pls do email me, I will scheduled you for this intro session if there are vacancies.

Trainer Law latest trade

Hi,
Attached is my humble winning trade on Jade which I would like to share with you. I close it on Thursday when there was a sell signal. You also can do it with the right financial tactical training!
Best regards,
Law, Trainer,
Finatics

http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?p=24732365#post24732365

Company and trainer update!

It has been a month long of scouting , shortlisting , interviewing and selecting of my partner cum trainer.

I used a 3 stage filtering selection process for my candidates. Firstly, I will meet up with any one that ever expressed an interest in teaching or anyone that has interest in working with me. They would have to write a course outline before meeting up with me. During the meeting, questions are posed to them on their course outline to assess their knowledge in this stocks investing and also to test them on their speech fluency and confidence. My reason for meeting every possible person is to keep my options as open as possible so everyone is given a chance to speak. Hence a meet up with me is never an indication of their qualities to teach. I just wanted to assess them face to face so as to have a better image of their strengths and hear different views from everyone so as to choose the correct person.

2nd stage- Later, I will shorlist ppl that can deliver, and has strong knowledge in this field to have a 2nd meeting with me. In this meeting, I will discuss with them the course outline in details and assess their teaching capabilities. They have to tell me how they want to teach this topic and how they intend to deliver it in what way. Again, someone that can score As in exams doesn’t mean he can be a good tutor. From this discussion, I further rate their speech delivery and also their character. Ppl that are usually greedy will usually rush into things and promise to do everything yet do not know how to deliver his knowledge. My ultimate motive is to get a trainer that is also good in stocks investing, whether TA or FA so as to work hand in hand to produce better materials and courses for my students. In addition, I also want to assess their passion in teaching. Again, it is also useless if they can deliver and strong knowledge in this field but only want to make money. The ultimate aim is to have a trainer that loves to teach.

3rd stage- this final stage assess the character of the person. Ultimately, character is extremely impt for my partner and trainer. He must be able to take failures, be hardworking, and have determination to teach. It is not as simple as saying wanting to teach. You must think of the right approach and be willing to convey what you know so as ppl can use the techniques correctly.

Finally, I have chosen my partner and trainer based on this stringent criteria. I shall formally introduce him. His name is Mr Law, masters from NUS in chem. Engineering, currently an engineer.He has 7 years of TA experience and 1 year in futures. He has started to give freelance stocks tutoring at home since 1 year ago. He will be supplementing my FA style with more TA approach. I also want to formally introduce my company Finatics. My web designer is already on the way doing my company website. Will let everyone know when it’s ready.

Once again, I want to thank everyone for their support and I will deliver better investing courses together with my partner in future

4th intake and 5th intake timing

4th Intake

• Intro Lesson, free, 1st of July (Sun)
• Paid lesson 7th July (Sat), 7pm
• Paid lesson 8th July (Sun), 7pm

5th Intake

• Intro Lesson, free, 1st July (Sun)
• Paid lesson 21st July (sat), 7pm
• Paid lesson 22st July (sun), 7pm

I will contact those that are scheduled for my 4th and 5th intake intro lesson by sms and timing will be msg to you guys as well.

Venue is at substation, Level 2, room 2.

Update! 4th Intake on 1st July

Your concerns:
I understand alot of you guys got concerns as why you haven't receive any reply from me after waiting for some time for your turn. I again apologise for the long waiting period. As alot of people actually email me very long ago, thus to be fair , I will sms people according to how early you contacted me, and go down the list if the person on top couldn't make it. No worries, I have note all your names, email and numbers down.
In addition, this venue is sometimes being booked for their art activities and stuff , and it is booked like around a couple of months ago. However, they do usually also cancel their bookings as they couldn't make it. Hence, I am also trying to source for a better location, that can fit in more people and is also available for use on weekends(note: many venues are closed on suns)

Update:
I am currently sourcing help and doing my own website. I hope to shift this blog to a proper website with all proper features and a forum where all my students can have access to. Thus it will encourage learning and create a cohesive place where discussions can flow. In addition, I will answer the questions in the forum in future, instead of me answering it one by one of my students email.

My 4th intake , 1st lesson (free) will be scheduled on the 1st of July. I will contact these students that are being scheduled for this intake soon. Thanks

Testimonials (3rd intake)

just back from ming ge's third intake.i must say i went there to not only learn and fix the misconceptions i have, but also how to maximise profits from stock investing in a shorter time. but to do that i need to know what i am doing. and i think i do know what to do from now on.thanks ming ge! his course is highly recommended for those who are totally serious about investing (and making money) in and out of the stock market. do it right! do it the ming ge way! pardon me but i have to get back to do my FA...
Mark (ditchdoggy)

Been in his 3rd intake for this course.Very useful course notes and case studies.Good for beginners or even veterans that don't have a direction in investing.Highly recommended as it is relativity easy to get hook on, affordable course fee and definately a great instructor that is not afraid to share his view.Good luck Ming, u will definately get what u want.
Kelvin (onizUk4)

Hi Guys,I was one of Ming's student. It was a great course overall, very informative and practical. It's very beneficial, I have to add, for beginners/novice to learn more about stocks trading, especially with Ming around! He's very patient and helpful towards his students' and provides excellent training materials for his course.I especially liked his FA teachings and case studies! Well worth your time & money! Set in a cohesive enviroment where you'll share and gain from others as well! Do keep us update on your future courses Ming! Thanks!
2travis

Have completed Ming's course over the weekend. Before the course, I was a TA guy, but Ming has taught me that FA plays an extremely important part too. For those who haven't attended the course, I would say that Ming's course is great value for money and he teaches you how to "fish" for only a fraction of the price of what other experts (those advertised on newspapers included) charge. Ming, hope I'll be able to see you on CNA's [The Millionaire Makers] in time to come. Cheers.
Kim Hwee (Bunta)

Analysis on china and singapore market

HONG KONG - China's finance ministry late on Tuesday announced the tripling of securities stamp tax to curb the country's soaring stock markets. From business-times.com.sg

The chinese govt is taking steps to cool off the heated stock market in china. Nevertheless, the singapore market luckily did not respond too negatively to this news,only decrease of 15 pts to close at 3511 pts (STI May 30th 2007)

If any of my students can remember, it is best one only enter when you see a clear direction of the market. Meaning you can only make money SAFELY from the stock market if it goes up or down. From how things are going, it has been horizontally trading for some time. Hence whether you short sell or buy low to sell high, it is both extremely risky as a clear direction of the market has yet to been seen. Thus it can go either ways. Entering now hence will be more like gambling rather than investing.

I suggest everyone to first observe the market first, yet still continue to do your company analysis. And once the market shows a clear direction, then you enter buying these companies that you have been analysing for the past months.

Testimonials (Intake 2)

rvf79:
just finish the last lessonmust say it's veri gd... now i can apply my FA....should be able to reduce my risk liao... anyway it will be a gd course even for those TA experts too. I am from a TA background, i use indicators to help me go into the counters... now i have learn FA, chances of getting burnt will be lower...if just use TA, i would need to read up a lot of news also, plus no inside info will be even harder as my lobang for inside info has resign n jump to another company... lesser insider info for me liao... sigh... dat y i have to learn how to fish....if i use TA n wack this counter and did a FA... if the price goes down, i will not be worried as it is fundamentally good. don need to think of cut loss... unless reaches bearish mode, then will cut n re enter at a better price of the same companyanyway, i sugguest ming to open ur own forum so we can have a small group to talk abt any counters... and comment each others... 1 head is better than 2.... others may spot another problem... chances of risk will be reduce even more
Jeffery

monkeybusiness:
Just completed the course yesterday.Overall I would say that it is very informative and I really learnt alot regarding FA and TA. However, I still need practise regarding these 2 types of analysis...Ming, if there's any future courses or new subjects or aspects that you are going to teach, please do not forget to inform us Thanks.
Ruixiang

Hi Ming,Law's brothers here. Just completed your course yesterday. Overall, we are very satisfied with your performance. It is really worth the price to attend your course. By combining both fundamental and technical analysis we are sure that our success rate will be higher. We strongly recommand those interested to attend your course.Thank you !
Law Brothers


mrtboy:
Hi all, I'm one of those who had finished attending the 2nd batch of Ming's course. It's a very informative course for people who have no experience with TA or FA, like me. Ming teaches you all the important stuff needed to analyse the stocks. I really learnt a lot, and strongly recommend it to all others thanks ryan

2travis
Hi Guys,I was one of Ming's student. It was a great course overall, very informative and practical. It's very beneficial, I have to add, for beginners/novice to learn more about stocks trading, especially with Ming around! He's very patient and helpful towards his students' and provides excellent training materials for his course.I especially liked his FA teachings and case studies! Well worth your time & money! Set in a cohesive enviroment where you'll share and gain from others as well! Do keep us update on your future courses Ming! Thanks!Mel

All from http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1522269&page=6&pp=15

Market analysis

I am kind of waiting for the market to turn down based on these few factors:
1) china market extremely heated. Prices are rising to ridiculous level even for companies that are making losses last yr. Kind of mirrors the tech bubble in 2000.

2) it has been 10 years since asian crisis. The ten year phenomenon is still like a myth. Yet unexplainable why that happens. I read articles before that the market is cyclical. for it to rise to a new level, it got to go down drastically first.

3) the market has been hovering around the 3500 pts level. If you ever note in past crashes, it always hover ard a level before it actually dips.

Based on these factors, I suggest one to first observe where things are going first. Before deciding on whether to enter the market.
Hence I advise everyone to take profit on stocks that are gaining in your profit, especially property, bank and financial sectors stocks. On those that are in red , only keep defensive stocks. Examples include china fishery, SMRT, SBS and singpost. However, personally I have sold everything already. When the market do crashes or correct greatly, this is where we enter with full force, buying stocks at a bargain(value buy)

Student company analysis report

This is a sample of one of my students company analysis report. It shows how he applied the strategies he learnt from class.
Pretty well done analysis

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgq8g7jp_0gtzx3c

Testimonials (Intake 1)

HWZ1973:
I had just completed Ming's first stocks investing course. I would encourage anyone who like to know more about investing in the stock market without having to go through the painful lessons which most newbies usually get themselves burnt badly!Also his course can provide new insights to experienced investors be it short or long term. You will be surprised what you can learn from him...Overall Ratings: 4 out of 5 StarsMing, you are doing great!!! Keep on going....
Vinc

Kiwi8:
I'm also one who has completed Ming's first intake of the course. To be honest, I'm not going to say that the course is sure-win or anything, or that the information can't be found online or in books, but I must say that the course is good for giving a sound foundation in picking good companies, combined with FA and TA, in a well summarized package. After attending the course, investors will be equipped with the knowledge of entering and exiting a stock at a suitable price. Nothing is certain of course, but chances are high that there is no loss made. So the course fee is quite justified since Ming takes the time to prepare material in a way that makes it easier for new investors to follow.In conclusion, thumbs up for Ming and keep up the good work.
Chee Wei

wengbei:
My wife and I have also completed the course last weekend. We were previously trading like punters because we buy counters based on emotions and rumors. After attending the course, we learn the importance of FA. A wonderful course overall but maybe the TA lesson could be more in depth. Ming, maybe u have plans for advanced courses, do inform us again. Ming is always willing to share his experience and is an approachable guy. Once again, a big thank you to Ming.
Edwin

lowy:
One of his first intake. Overall, the course is ok. Ming is very willing to share his experiences and his investment methods. He does not impart anything very deep or hard to grasp, which are suitable for beginners. I find the 2nd lesson most useful in which he tells us how to look out for companies to invest. This course is a good introduction for people who really don't know anything about investing in stocks and want to do so.
Lowy

All these testimonials are obtained from my hwz thread. It is viewable here:
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=1522269&page=4&pp=15

Chartnexus collaboration

An update:

I have received an email from the chartnexus team. They have proposed a possible working collaboration with me. I hope I also can bring some benefits to my students with this possible collaboration in time to come. Pls stay tune for more updates.

Student Edwin question

"What the difference between basic and duilted EPS? When calculating PE, which one should we take? Thank you."

My answer:
Use the smallest available number, which is diluted eps. The basic EPS is the earnings divided by number of stocks they have during the IPO launch. After that, it is very common that companies issue shares to raise more capital.

Just remember always use smallest available eps no. for calculation of PE (conservative approach). Unless you are analysing historical prices, then use the older eps(you will never do that actually as it doesn't make sense you analyse past prices)

Student Jeffery question

"any comment on GKE Int'l? how is the FA for this. now i am stuck in this counter at 0.49. but my FA is weak. is it worth holding for long term? i did see news abt GKE buying up Van der Horst Biodiesel."
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/272200/1/.html

My advice;
-You should never touch sesdaq companies as what I mentioned in class during the 1st class. This is because their market capitalization are smaller and subject more extremely to market volatility. Hence they are riskier.

Q1) How do you check that?
-Go sgx.com , listed companies, live quotes. Those with a "S" beside the counter means they are sesdaq companies.

Q2)What's the difference btw sesdaq and mainboard?
-To be listed on the mainboard, the company capitalization got to be a certain level. That means those listed on the sesdaq are smaller companies compared to the mainboard.

My advice continued:
GKE are making a loss in previous years. In addition , their loss has increased from 2004 to 2005. So basically, this company is not good. I guess this student did not read the annual report before investing.
Tip: One should always read all financial reports before investing. It doesn't matter if the stock was very high recently, and now is quite low. Example if a stock was $1.5 and now is $1, should u buy in? Answer: Price should never be your first indicator. You should always analyse the fundamentals of the company. If it is bad after analysis, you should never touch this stock no matter how cheap it is now. Because you might be buying a worthless company and the high price was being speculated up and not due to any good company news releasing.

This student made a mistake that all newbies made. Looking at the price of the stock to determine if you think is worth it anot. It's abit dangerous right now for this stock, if they keep making increasing losses, the stock should continue to go down.
Tip: Never buy companies that make a loss in recent years. This is extremely risky. Even when the economy is bad, they should still make a profit.

However they seem to enter the bio diesel market with the acquisition as their current market may not be doing well. Even so, normally for me, once i see a loss, I will never buy this company. This is because, I feel that their primary business should be profitable first (this is the business that made them listed also right). If not, that means the management or the industry is not good, and it is better to avoid such companies. They are too many good companies to park your money, why pick a lousy one.

Course Outline

Lesson 1 (2 hours) (Free to attend):
1) introduction to investment
2) introduction to stocks investing
3) compounding theory
4) warren buffet beliefs
5) mechanism of stock market
6) definitions of indexes, categories of stock, market conditions
7) fundamental and technical analysis
8) value investing and growth investing

Lesson 2 (3 hours):
1) Fundamental analysis (finding the good company)
- what constitutes a good company
- how to interpret and understand financial reports (KS energy)
a) profit & loss
b) balance sheet
c) cash flow
2) case study
- practice applying FA in chosen case study
- discussion of analysis

Lesson 3 (3 hours):
1) how to use pe to find entry and exit points?
2) Technical Analysis (finding the price to enter and exit)
- how to use TA in value investing (capitaland)
-how to use TA in growth investing (genting)
3) things to do after buying shares
4) Understanding company news and their effects
5 how to detect bad companies to protect yourself (case study on lkhsp)
6) questions and consultation

course introduction

Have you ever wondered:
- how to invest in stocks but lack the financial know-how?
- why courses out there cost a bomb?
- why you can't really apply what you learn even after understanding the financial books?
- why you still lose money even after applying exactly what is said in the books?
- why schools don't teach investing when it is so important?

Now you can invest, without making stupid mistakes,cutting short all that book to book reading because now there is a step by step guide to stocks investing. A simple course specially designed for amateurs. You will be able to make sigificant gains as long as you applied the strategies. You will be reassured you know how to apply because I will coach you. As the saying goes, tutoring is the best way to pick up new stuff. Join now and enjoy financial freedom!

1st post

After seeing so many ads and discovering so many people wanting to enter the market yet lacking the financial know- how, has make me feel sad for you guys. I was lucky 4.5 years ago, cos I got a good mentor,my bro. And I know how tiring it is for all that reading, seminars attending, analysis and discussion.

These was what I observed outside:
1) course too expensive
2) most abit too professional, beginners course only teach very basics
3) few or no case studies approach
4) never teach you till the point to certify that you could be independent.

Thus I coming out with a stocks investing course, that is extremely affordable so amateurs out there can get their footing without making stupid mistakes and without all that heavy reading and research. Personally, I have 5 years of investing experience. I am using fundamental analysis (warren buffet method). I have modified this method to suit the spore market and used techical analysis to shorten my investing time to semi long term. Therefore these has enable me to achieved substantial returns without waiting too long and compromising higher risk.

Note:
a)Fundamental analysis is more of long term. (years)
b)Technical - short term (hours to ard a month)

This is what you get:
1) first lesson free
2) Affordable rates
3) case studies approach
4) you will practise the strategies in class (analysis methods) and I will guide you along .
5) Interactive session kind of lecture (not the kind you sit down for 2 hours and then dismissed)

The first lesson will be an information session and teaching of basics. It will be free, fees are payable at the end of the 1st class if you feel that the course is right for you and wish to carry on.