When the share market is trading sideways, it is sometimes like putting a frog into a pot of water. You don’t put the frog straight away into a pot of hot water because it will jump out.

You put the frog in cool water first and then warm up the water slowly. By the time the frog realized that the water is hot, it is too late. The frog has already been boiled to death.

Frog = retail investor

No. It is just my own observation of human behaviour and the share market.

Now the analysts say the rally is because of the China stimulus.

At the end of the day, nobody really knows anything. A random walk down KLSE street.

Comrades, I have been going in to buy some stocks selectively since yesterday.

Time to realign my portfolio as well.

Where angels fear to tread...I just hope this will not be the case.

The stocks in my portfolio is as per my siggy. Currently, I am now looking for some mid or small cap stocks to add some steroid to my portfolio. To be updated.

I sold HEIM today. IMHO, there is not much potential upside left. Moreover, the production of beer will be severely affected with the closing of the brewery factory.

I have added a few new stocks today, Lii Hen, CCK, Chinwell and Success. I was queuing for MFlour but did not manage to buy it. Testing the water carefully. These are all small or mid-cap stocks. As usual, this is not a recommendation from me to buy or sell. Please do your own research. Otherwise, I may lead you to Holland.

In a good year, I earned about RM100K and in a bad year, I lost about RM170K (excluding sales fees and dividend payments).

But life goes on. Health and family comes first.

Obviously I cannot afford to lose RM170K every year. 😃

That’s what happen when we keep on averaging down and refuse to cut losses.

If I lose another RM170K this year, then its time to close shop and stick to unit trusts.

Well, life is made of a lot of ‘ifs’ and ‘but’. No point crying over spilt milk. More important is how long it is going to take me to generate another income of RM170K.

Long time no see Comrade. Salute!

Yes, I hope this year would be a profitable year for us since the market is down. It is difficult to make a profit when the market is trading sideways.

You are right. Sometimes a hybrid approach is best, becoming a part trader and part investor depending on which stocks we buy.

Don’t say that bro. We all started from the bottom of the ladder and worked our way up. We saved our money over the years. With the passage of time and hard work, one day you will be the king of the mountain!

It’s OK bro. We aim to do better this year.

The RM170K is a realised loss. I built a new portfolio this year. Hope for the best and prepared for the worst.

I only play the Malaysian market. Yes, you are right. My original portfolio was about RM450K to RM500K.

I do have other investments in unit trust, etc.

Thank you. I wish everyone here including yourself win big money this year.

This post has been edited by Vanguard 2015: Apr 17 2020, 09:35 PM

Those stocks in my portfolio were Ann Joo, Choo Bee, GKent, LC Titan, PetronM and Fajar. There could be one or two more stocks that I can’t re-call offhand.

I bought, topped up and held on to these stocks between late 2017 or early 2018 until 2020. The fundamental and valuation looks great when I bought them. But things started to deteriorate especially after the results of the General Election in 2018.

Except for LC Titan which spiked these two days, the rest of the stocks have dropped even further since I sold them in February 2020.

It was an expensive lesson that I learnt. A combination of lack of diversification, lack of skills, over confidence and no exit plan. Looking back, it was crazy to to be chasing/topping up a stock until I was holding more than RM70K in just one individual stock.

I did not concentrate on consumer or retail stocks intentionally. It is just sheer coincidence. Nowadays, I try to diversify my stocks across different sectors and industries.

Thank you. I will try my best to make some money this year.

Lol. Well, sh*t happens.

Vanguard also has an English meaning of ‘that part of the advance army that leads the attack on the enemy’. They usually get slaughtered first. Thus, I am using the correct username.

Hi bro, thank you for your concern.

I am also holding about RM43K in Maybank. Maybank will survive but there is not much meat already. I am just keeping it for the dividends. Consider it your slow grower stock. The only risk is whether its NPL will grow once the 6 months moratorium for the housing loans is lifted.

For GenM, depending on your entry price, I think you may need to hold it for 1-2 years. I think the next QR would be bad - casino closed, theme park closed, etc because of Covid-19.

Still overall loss. I don’t have the file for my dividend payments with me now. I think my net loss should be around RM60K to RM70K.

LOL. Live a life of no regret, my friend. Money is important but there are other more important things in life like our health. We can always earn back the money later.

I am sure a lot of forumers here lost money before in the stock market especially during the recent melt down. With margin calls involved as well. But they just don’t post it publicly because of embarrassment.

People will only post about their wins but not their losses. This is normal human behavior.

For me, I prefer to take responsibility, learn from the mistake and move on with life.

Sold AEON yesterday at cost and topped up some selected shares. Bought MFlour yesterday.

Sold MFlour today for a gross profit of +15.84%.

The market is all red today. Wrong timing for topping up yesteday!

Human nature. We always desire to buy at the lowest price.

Just pure dumb luck.

Who was the one that was afraid that he has missed the boat?

Lai, lai. The boat is making a U-turn and coming back. 😃 Prepare your ammo and be on standby, please.

Finally my SIME share is moving.

Now up 5.91% because SIME is selling Tesco for RM300 million.

Ho ho. Thanks a lot for letting me know. I also lost track of it.

Good morning folks.

Glove stocks are still rising in the morning although the PE ratios are sky high. Anyone feeling brave enough to buy?

I entered Comfort yesterday.

I hope so bro. This could just turn out to be a trading buy. Let's see how it goes.

I agree. It’s like hit and run now.

I agree. Trading buy only for COMFORT.

My SUCCESS share has better luck. Now up +11% plus but I entered at a high price. Small profit only now. Fingers crossed.