Amazon stock shot up to 112+. Bought mine at 109 two days ago. Looking good.

More upside to come.

Market going up now these two days. Really hard to predict.

If you do your own research, will know what is good and what should be avoided. Don’t need others to justify for you.

Keep DCA on good stocks or ETFs, have enough time to see growth and you’ll be fine.

Positive video on those who DCA during these times.

could end up shorter or even longer than that.. it's all about inflation rate and the Ukraine War now:

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/infla...nflation-rates/

Wait every month 13th for good news / bad news.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jun 28 2022, 01:05 PM

Many people say stock prices can go lower. Inflation will still spiral out of control, recession become worse, if no confident then dont buy first.

If follow optimistic crowd that things will recover soon, war will stop, inflation will under control soon then continue lump sum/DCA.

Wanna know 100% which is the best thing to do for sure, build a time machine, go into the future, come back to present time and let us all know the answer!! SAMA-SAMA HUAT BIG BIG!!

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 1 2022, 01:33 PM

CF Lieu hinting we should not miss out on this bear market. Estimate Q1 next year quantitative easing by the Fed will stop:

next week got some important reports:
https://www.marketwatch.com/economy-politic...r?mod=inflation

Fed meeting on end of mth 26-27 Jul 2022:
https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypoli...mccalendars.htm

I have many paper losses since started investing end of last year when US stocks were at their peak.

Then another mistake I did was buying Google when it was high at 2.8k this year March. Should waited a bit longer first.

Lesson learnt. Will just DCA small amount and diversified after this.

For those paper losses will keep hold since I’m investing long term anyway.

Right now really hard to see if ETF or stocks prices can drop even lower. Hope no more la. If really earning reports are terrible for companies then likely can drop more.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 8 2022, 06:03 PM

Good video on analyzing if a stock is worth buying:



Google “p/e ratio Tesla” for example and you’ll get their info there easily.

Time to buy? An analysis say yes:

https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvest...market-rebound/

yes every buy sell will face exchange rate losses.
buy = convert MYR to USD at Rakuten's rate (losses for you)
sell = convert USD to MYR at Rakuten's rate (losses for you)

so total x2 loss every buy sell.
if you hold long maybe doesn't really matter... also some people will still like Rakuten since it is a broker in Malaysia and not based in US or elsewhere outside Malaysia. No need to hassle use Transferwise send money from CIMB MY to CIMB SG, then CIMB SG to IBKR (got some losses here also due to transfer).

Up to you if you ok with this part.
Imo still better than just investing in Bursa or Singapore.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 19 2022, 11:46 AM

aiya earlier also Amazon up and down what.. now stable at 110+

can't expect immediate results one.. time will show. They are big companies that are too big to fail. Will only grow in time.

I bought 1 unit of Google at USD 2.8k earlier this year (split happened at USD 2.2k). I should be the one whining more
Lesson learnt is after market red due to inflation and Fed rate hike, best wait 6 months and up before start any investing (if Fed continue to push to raise rates).

Now is a good time.. you're buying at market's bottom. But yeah never know if prices will go down more.. gonna be hard for that to happen but still there is a chance. Continue to DCA small amounts to be safe.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 19 2022, 04:19 PM

Now is bear market due to fed increasing interest rate due to high inflation and Ukraine war. So what you said doesn't really apply.. More for normal market time when stocks are going up steadily.

For Google if buy at 2.2k or after split during these times.. Doesn't really matter. Now after split going up bit by bit only.. Might go sideways like Amazon later.. up then drop a bit then up a bit. Overall will still go up just that slow like turtle.

Price of Google at 100+ definitely better than original price of 2k+. Hard for investors to buy if so expensive especially for those with smaller capital and wish to diversify. Also easier for traders to buy and do covered options if Google stock is cheap.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 19 2022, 11:14 PM

then too bad, wait longer to get back returns.
can see Google and other US stocks start to rally up.. today has been a good day for US market.

Disney owns Marvel and Star Wars, famous cartoons like Mickey, Donald Duck, and Pixar. + Disney parks everywhere across the globe for extra revenue.

Netflix best asset is? Stranger Things which is coming to a end in Season 5. + Squid game. Not sure both can hold viewership even if they keep add more content on them. Hard to expand them further. Many of their series are meh or just above average the most.

Current Disney CEO is one of the issue people have less confidence on the company. But CEO come and go. If he fails badly he'll get sacked by the board. As long company keeps growing and earning in he long run.

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 21 2022, 07:10 AM

Market Insights: Inflation Now at 40-Year High and Still Going
https://simplywall.st/article/inflation-now...-going#comments

one pic to explain the severity of it:

U.S. Annual Inflation Rate 1979-2022 - Image Credit: Tradingeconomics.com


This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 25 2022, 09:52 AM

Yea as long no improve.. Fed will be increasing interest rates.. Maybe even aggressively later by 1-2%.

Ukraine war make things worse also. Praying hard for it to end soon 🙏

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 25 2022, 12:17 PM

Stocks rallying today:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-futures-j...-222906559.html

signs of recession is there liao. Now just waiting US National Bureau of Economic Research to confirm:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/20...ides-recession/

US GDP had dropped in two successive quarters. But need see other factors also to confirm it:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/gdp-q2-.html

recession
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1.
a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
"the country is in the depths of a recession"

Stock prices can drop even lower once recession is announced:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponcia...sh=55e4a5646197

This post has been edited by Davidtcf: Jul 29 2022, 10:59 AM