Guess markets are fed up with bad news now. lol. Green nearly everywhere today including US yesternight

Where's the FSM link regarding Thailand market?

This post has been edited by s_kates81: Aug 30 2013, 08:26 PM

Thanks for the thai market link and this article is a great read as well. Seems that next week will be a good time to top up, lots of blood expected due to war uncertainty. What do you guys think?

For me, as mentioned earlier, i do weekly DCA since I am not yet fully invested, but for the next week, I am thinking to go a 2 week worth of topup in 1 go and monitor 2 weeks, as I guess the markets will bounce back as soon as uncertainty of war is over

Septaper seems unlikely after the week US data released today. The only concern at the moment seems to be the Syria attack. Budget ceiling is there but not a immediate concern

You are lucky to start investing at the time. Nearly all markets are very attractive. Just do research on FSM, compare some funds and make decisions based on your likings. I'd love to be in a position like yours

How much PE usually shows the market is at it's cheapest and good time to go in?

For me, my mentality is a bit different on bonds. FDs already earn good interest in Malaysia, so instead of buying bonds which may/may not earn 1 % more interest than FD, I rather keep my cash in FD. I strive to keep a portfolio of 60/40 i.e. 60% FD, and 40 % Equities. No Bonds.

Bonds maybe better in low interest countries such as US/Europe/Japan, where you earn considerably more comparing to FD.

I m in a bit of dilemma now. Markets seem to be attractive now due to the recent Mini Kaboom. I have some ammo but can't decide whether to keep doing DCA or the time is right fire a mini bazooka?

Don't know if today's supercharged asian trend is just temporary or the markets have already started to return to normal prior to mini Kaboom. What do you guys think?

Green everywhere. The next roadblock is the fed meeting in next week. Let's see what happens.

Everything seems rosy, portfolio IRR are returning back to where they were before the mini Kaboom. Quite the opposite of what everybody was expecting september to be the dooms month.

You seem to be one lucky soul, timing market and winning mostly I guess

You are a bit like me, but my ratio of UT+Stocks and FD is 40 % and 60 %. So Guess I am more risk taker than you are. lol

Yeah, it seems to be the most volatile market in Asean. Thailand comes second. US stock market is much less volatile, and that's the only market I play Shares in. Other than US, I only invest in UTs, coz don't have experience as that of a qualified fund manager operating in these markets.

Yes. With big risk, comes big opportunity. Not for the faint hearted lol

What's the difference between a correction and a kaboom? If I am not wrong, correction is an around 20-25 % dip, whereas a Kaboom is a 50 % and more fall?

Maybe coz IRR of most of the people already at all time high. Nothing much to discuss. Thread is noisy when markets and IRR are falling. lol

How come still red? If you started in May, Guess you invested in Asean and did a whole single amount and no drip feeding?

You entered at the peak and did a whole lumpsum really made matters worse. But don't worry, I guess the market will return to the May peak soon enough, if the fed taper is lesser than 5 Billion or no taper at all.

Why sell? It's not like a share which you fear will have profit taking and will go down. It's a mutual fund and the fund managers are doing the job for you to keep it healthy and gainy continuously