Calculation (price adjusted for splits) :

Price at Dec 28 was 4.46.
Price at Nov 21 was 3.50.

Total loss (price only) = 4.46-3.50 = 0.96

End of 2007 there was only one div for 0.0714 (Ex date 26/12, he bought 24/12 so won't be in time for T+3, so no divs for 2007.)

for 2008-2014 = 25.9+25.21+20+14+27+22+22 = 1.5611

Total gain = 1.56-0.96 = 0.60 per share.

Total percentage gain = 0.60/4.46 = 13.45%

So percent gain per year = 13.45/6 = 2.24% per year

Compared with 3% a year for FD, still a loss
If you invested Rm9,812 at that date :

2200 shares at 4.46 = Rm9,812

2200 shares at 3.50 = Rm7,700

Total capital loss = Rm2,112

Add brokerage costs = Rm2,112 + 43.26 = Rm2,154.26

Total dividends = 2200 x 1.5611 = Rm3,434.42

Total gain = 3,434.42 - 2,154.26 = Rm1280.16
If you deposited Rm9,812 in FD at 3% p.a :

Rm9,812 Compounded Annually at 3% for 6 years = RM11,716.04

Total gain = RM11,716.04 - RM9,812 = Rm1,904.04
Total difference = Rm1904.04 - 1280.16 = 623.88

That guy is a troll.

Period.

Wah...u doing some homework

Any more tipsy?

can share ur first stock?

I guess we are in the same shoe, I am just about to get started in stock market, just waiting for the HLeBroking to open my account, gosh.. that executive told me it will take 2-3 weeks to process due to back logging issue from last year.

Classic Scenic is one of my target, still struggling which stock to start on. Most probably Homeriz, dividend ex-date is around the corner, wondering if i can make it for that, finger-crossed.

TNB price weakness, sudah beli ke belum?

Topline growth is still healthy at 5%, only forex weakness dragging down earnings. I think good to buy.

When they have got their capital management exercise done, can expect 4-5% dividend yield.

Sail-lang on TNB

caveat emptor!

Key word - HOLDING POWER

enter at what price

Your broker makan gaji buta ka

Aax ftw.

Just want to ask. Are you guys short term or long term investor?
How long do you hold your positions?

Depending on what is the nature of an investor?

For me, I do a mix of day trading and pattern day trading, will not disclose what stocks that I have done in the past but I have hold counters for a few ticks for as long as 10-20 seconds before. Of course, there are some stocks that I do hold long term. 

The question is not about whether one is a short or long term investor, but it is how one manages the investment right. 

Because that was in the past. Pure gambling only, simply hantam stocks not limited to SCNWOLF and the infamous SGB-WA run up last year. All pure speculation.

However, at the moment, I am looking at UMW, DRB-Hicom, ICON, UEMS and EKOWOOD. But those are purely suggestions, not really that I may go in. Done with UMW after profit taking. Might re-enter later.

Yup I do get the notion.

For me, short term play, no harm going in but not say 5 years down the road. Long term play, definitely not proven good. My relatives had DRB-Hicom from the 2000s at 2.50ish. When it went up to 3 in 2012, told them to sell off and take profit as the Proton deal was just temporary and the technical indicators point to an extremely overbought condition, said that the stock can go 4 and only 2015, sold it at around 1.90. If we go back to the late-90s, it was 5+, what happened now?

Today? 1.18. Same goes to Air Asia and infamously AAX. Only good riding the stocks when it is warm, get out when it is hot. UMW is because their automotive sector has been profitable but not their O&G business, DRB-Hicon due to the upcoming tie-up with a foreign partner.

Even so, you cannot look at just the news but the financial statements. Just my 0.005 profits, DRB failed to disclose the losses in Proton, hence making the judgement even harder. But in the end, I do not call the shots. All investors fight and determine the price equilibrium when setting the price.