wilmar down again 0.15 with volume some more, so scare to the property venture !!!

i like this news headline..

European stocks rise, FTSE starts with a 'bang'

yeah, sounds great.

my sunmart back into red...

some profit taking at sti these two days... tomorrow or thursday should be the reversal!

in fact dow going from red to green now has got to mean something!

sunmart cheong ah! < this is my big holding at the moment. If you may be interested, i expecting this to hit 0.275 minimum sooon. Whether or not can hit 0.30 and lastly 0.35 have to monitor further. but this is a stock for gambling not for investors ok... can go down too, 65% faith in this one

This post has been edited by wlcling: Jan 6 2011, 12:52 AM

Ok just sharing my sifu's call for Otto marine 36c
He is 90% accurate but don't expect huge gains as his picks are for those with deep pockets that can have big profits with each cent increase

i got inside tips but who dare to follow?
there is a stock doing properties

Which stock is that? PM me if you can't disclose in public.

3 dollar stock ah? Just share out la

Sifu is bullish for this and next week... Hold tight!!!!

there should be a heavy correction after all this bullishness, anyway put back wee-hur in radar due to some recommendation. said may hit 50% returns in 2 months time pending announcement on bonus shares & warrants. From the same guy (whom also recommended me chinanewtown at 11c before it ran up to a high of 20c a month later) and who believes you should accumulate such stocks in early stages before any news and there isn't much downside as it hasn't run up much recently.

just sharing. cheers.

3 hours ago ur sifu say bullish, now correction? or izit in 2 weeks time? means sell all lion land shares by then izit? or dun buy now & wait later

he said this week bullish, next week more bullish... didnt talk about the corrections on a daily basis... i guess its a message to just hold or buy on dips for this week perhaps?

its just my 2 cents worth that after such bullishness after these 2 weeks, there should be a strong correction before STI continues breaking new highs...

This post has been edited by wlcling: Jan 7 2011, 01:36 AM

oic, ok agree with the holding on part & strong correction, cheers too! may the bear roar soon on a daily basis for dip buying
reserves r ready, all usa co needs to do is miss earnings & ur wish is granted, means u can replace ur own sifu

Cost Pressures May Hit Margins Even As U.S. Economy Improves

Just as the U.S. economic recovery finally seems to be picking up, profit margins may have peaked.

Stronger GDP growth should help domestic revenue pick up. But belt-tightening may have run its course while commodity and labor cost pressures start to build.

Operating profit margins for the S&P 500 companies have risen for seven straight quarters, as corporations used sharp cost cuts to leverage modest sales gains. But they likely dipped to 8.81% in Q4 from Q3's 8.95%, predicts Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst for Standard & Poor's.

GAAP profit margins, which include various charges, peaked in Q2 at 8.31%, fell to 8.11% in Q3 and likely sank to 7.23% in Q4, according to Silverblatt.

Stock prices often move ahead of profits and can diverge from fundamentals for a time, but earnings and profit margins are key to equities' long-term performance.

Sales gains and companies' ability to pass on their own rising costs should keep margins on a positive course, said KeyBank Private Bank chief investment strategist Bruce McCain. "It looks like margins should continue to expand."

But others see signs of trouble. Barry Knapp, head of U.S. equity strategy at Barclays Capital, wrote in a Dec. 3 note that margins face "gathering head winds" from "peaking productivity" and bottoming labor costs.

" Our lead indicators are pointing to some major pressures," said Tobias Levkovich, Citigroup's chief U.S. equity strategist.

One indicator is based on the National Federation of Independent Business' survey. Citi tracks the percent of small businesses that plan to hike prices less the percent that plan to raise pay. This gauge generally gives a two-year lead time in predicting margin moves. It now suggests "major problems" in the second half of 2011, with the tech and consumer sectors especially vulnerable, said Levkovich.

Cost Pressures Build

Silverblatt notes that margin pressures are growing at manufacturers who are large energy consumers or use hydrocarbon-based plastics. With oil prices in a quiet but sustained rebound above $90 a barrel, up from about $32 in late 2008 — cost pressures are significant. But many chemicals makers and other manufacturers are locked in to long-term contracts with their own customers. "They can't pass along the higher commodity costs," said Silverblatt.

Spiraling commodity costs must also work their way through the food and apparel industries.

World food prices hit a new record high last month, the United Nations said Wednesday.

It remains to be seen how much of the huge advances in grains and cotton can be passed on to consumers. Specialty discounter Family Dollar (FDO) missed profit views on Wednesday, as higher food costs hit margins. Its shares dived 9%.

But McCain believes that many companies will be able to pass on higher costs. "There will be price hikes. And they'll stick," he said.

But if they stick, that would push consumer inflation higher.

Deutsche Bank chief strategist Binky Chadha also is a margins optimist. In a Dec. 2 note, he predicted a 30-basis-point margin rise in S&P 500 firms' domestic business, citing revenue gains and tame labor costs. He sees slippage in foreign operations. But overall, "when will margins peak?" he asked. "In our view, not for a while."

With unemployment at 9.8% — not even including those who are underemployed or have given up looking for work — it should be easy for companies to control labor costs, many analysts have argued.

But for college graduates, the rate is just 5.1%. As such, Levkovich argues that there could be "skilled-labor cost pressures."

Even if wage gains remain tame, firms looking to boost output will actually have to boost staff or hours.


This post has been edited by sulifeisgreat: Jan 7 2011, 01:58 AM

sigh wingtai!! i shouldnt have sold u so fast at 1.70... now 1.79

anyway back to market, STI -25 but alot of mid-caps still running up!!

just to share, my sifu is buying aztech, otto marine, and utd environment

i also want, but waiting to sell my sunmart first...

was queuing to get utd envirotech at 0.44 whole afternoon, then it just shot up after 4:30! ...

This post has been edited by oblimey: Jan 7 2011, 05:20 PM

bro i share your pain! i wanted to buy but no cash to hold.

anyway on monday you may want to try buy ottomarine at 0.360... in fact i have already set my queue to buy now. (if dow tonight lau sai, then i withdraw lo)

i will be selling my all genting to buy otto. not that i lost faith but i think its moving too slow (potential to hit 2.50 by end of month though which is 15% upside.) however i have set my eyes on wee hur which potentially looks interesting at >20% upside

as usual caveat emptor!

don;t you like the sound of this?

good figures means solid growth..

below expectation figures means zero interest rates continue...

HUAT AH!!!

otto marine looks ok, but dont mind if it has a dip.

not too sure about genting.

wee hur sounds like have to wait a while before it moves - so, can wait. expecting a correction on sti later this month.