Asking myself, if X & Y are manipulating the KLCI now (say, for GE13), which counters are they jacking up?

Did a rough check below using data on 2-Jan-2013 and 30 Apr 2013 (KLCI = 1673 and 1718 respectively, 27% increase). Sorry, I did not do this for all the 30 companies (having some problems in getting their data).



Top RM increases are:
UMW
Genting
BAT
PPB
Tenaga


Top % increases are:
UMW 20%
UEM 20%
Genting
Tenaga
RHB

Jump in with the ones with the big increases?

Or the ones with the big decreases?

May consider the latter, provided their fundamentals are still OK and hope they will recover later. Ha.

Cheerio.

Boon3,

Noted and thanks.

Sorry for my rockie's attempt at this analysis.

I thought EPS is only available every 3 months and not like price which is available daily, and thus I did not include it in the comparison (on 2 Jan and 30 Apr).

If I read it correctly, last EPS for UMW is lower than the past 3 EPS. Last EPS was in Feb. Maybe in Mar-Apr, it was doing better and thus the better price. Will know in the next quarterly report.

Yes, some companies have very good price - EPS correlations (e.g. Nestle) while for others (e.g. MAS) the relationship is like brownian movement/3rd law of thermodynamic (i.e., random).

Cheerio.

Noted and thanks!

My gut feel tells me the same thing.

When PR wins on 5 May, will BN still be in power as the caretaker govt for a few days for the handover? Or is it PR as the govt on 6 May?

If it is the latter, then I will expect KLSE durians dropping on 6 May onwards as the jack-up machinery is gone.

Also, lots of "office cleaning up - secret docs" next week for the outgoing party? Or have they already done that?

Cheerio.

Last Thurs I went to renew my road tax. On the way back, stopped at Petronas station to top up my tank. Made a mistake, thinking the green nozzle was for RON 95 and the yellow one was for diesel. Realised my mistake when I saw the total at RM109! Normally a tank full is only RM75. RON 97 at RM2.90 /litre!

Green nozzle - RON 97
yellow nozzle - RON 95
black nozzle - diesel

Hope to see about extra 150 km from this tank (to break even with RON 95) before I need to top it up. I doubt it will be an extra 150km. Lucky to get extra 50-80 km.

Cheerio.

This post has been edited by plumberly: May 4 2013, 03:17 PM

My general maths, additional maths, Maths 101/102/201/202 etc etc all failed me too.

This reflects how BN biased the constituencies are!

EC was the one who decided on the constituencies, right?

I think it is against the rule if members in the board of directors of a company are related (some hanky panky business among the directors at the expense of shareholders).

I see a parallel here in govt with family members benefiting themselves at the expense of citizens.

Companies and govt are similar, for the shareholders and people respectively.

Loosing faith in our present govt after GE13, wasting money with 1M this and that, dirty dealings behind the scene, etc. etc.

Can't understand how can they still get away with all these!

Salutes * 888 from me. Impressive knowledge and skill.

Lucky? Luck is when preparation meets opportunity! And also, the harder one tries, the luckier one gets! Luck does not just fall from the sky.

Well done. One sifu to respect and listen to! Ha.

Cheerio.

Thanks.

Now you have revealed your real background! Ha.