wat is the timeframe required to gain this extreme skills and luck to make it work

thenightcrusader, acquiring own knowledge n skills is better & imo, a timeframe 3-5 years more practical
it is more abt learning ur own risk mgt teknik; conquer own fear & greed; b4 trade the market
or follow the usual fa stuffs, for investing in market, lots of members in lyn to start u off

jordy, ur tag says u r into unit trust & could be, u hav a long term investor point of view & willing sit thru up & down. then most likely ur gains should be as after the 1997 financial crisis, its was bargains galore

the difficult part after reading book, is applying teori, how & where to search for stocks? & its application..
the no. of share in klse not as many as usa, so maybe u dun hav tat kind of problem as me, when I started out
also need to match it with the indexes movement really hard mind work, but is damn worth it

Peter Lynch, famed investor and manager of the Magellan mutual fund, advocates that earnings drive the market. From 1977 to 1990, the Magellan fund rose more than 2,700%. Growth stock is the largest single category in his portfolio. He look particularly at unit growth. High growth justifies high multiples. When he senses something afoot he buys like Jim Rogers, the entire stock group, in toto: as they start to move, he may winnow the list down to a favorite few. Lynch on Cyclical Stocks - Buy High PE, Sell Low PE

http://beginnersinvest.about.com/gi/o.htm?...Peter_Lynch.htm

http://www.blastinvest.com/article/ValueCyc.htm

I rather choose growth than dividend for the 'majority' of my hard earned capital hav fun!