How much negative ROI have u guys experienced?

I experienced -25%

My china fund went more than -1 Standard Deviation, which to my understanding, based on my finance study, means the chance of a rebound is very high. So I use that to stay my emotion. If I don't know all this finance mumbo-jumbo hocus-pocus, I would have panic and sell everything!

Xuzen

what if the situation were to be reversed? ex
fund went more than +1 Standard Deviation, does that means the chance of a corrections is very high also. ....how do you react then?

In all fairness, I am glad I have a chance to experience such severe sell-down of a market that I am exposed to. During the sell-down, my equity portion consisted of 80% in China exposure.

Actually it allows me to experience the fear and anxiety and to test my resolve. It sort of answer my own personal doubt... will I panic, will I run and hide?

Again, without ever being in the market, you will never know and no amount of text-book material will help you manage your emotion.

I am happy I have chance to go through this roller-coster ride.... and Woo-hooo what a fantastic ride.

Xuzen

I would reduce my exposure... or rather Algozen™ would "advise" me to reduce exposure.

Xuzen

 

Experience is something textbook or google cannot buy.

Investment to me is a long term project. We take the short term ups and downs out of the equation, and look at the fundamental of the subject/investment. Given time, the research and due diligence on the subject/investment will pay off. Be it a company's share, property, a country's bond or a commodity.

That separates an investor vs a punter 

Uncle looi , were you the guy asking lotz of question last Saturday in WOU ?

YKLooi,

Read back my post on the explanation of using an imaginary elastic rubber band to illustrate the concept of Standard Deviation and Z-score.

Understand or not?

I guess during the sell offs we should do top ups of 10 % (1000-1000-1000-1000........) each day and enjoy the entire ride , and smile after everything is over

wa everyday very tense wor..    no more bullets then die   for me if the holding -10% i will buy in, then next top up at -20%. something like that. applied that to KLSE, but stocks still bleeding 

my stocks resilient

YKLooi,

Read back my post on the explanation of using an imaginary elastic rubber band to illustrate the concept of Standard Deviation and Z-score.

Understand or not?

Portfolio IRR backs to 3.0%

I guess during the sell offs we should do top ups of 10 % (1000-1000-1000-1000........) each day and enjoy the entire ride , and smile after everything is over

sometimes, for some markets....the drops takes longer to goes up....if top up, top up, top up...until pocket kosong it still not yet reach bottom
ex...Shanghai index peak 1 Oct 2007, bottomed at Oct 2008
Nasdaq (Dot com) index peaked Mar 2000, bottomed at Oct 2002
Nikkei index peaked in 1990, bottomed in 2003

mine too also went back up....I think it will stabilize now....

Ooo..all China fund -ve. Either wait for recovery or top up....

RHB-OSK Big Cap China Enterprise Fund  -10.1% ...
CIMB Principal Asia Pacific Dynamic Income - 3.58%
Manulife China Equity Fund -9.21%

I just buy some stocks...earn there...