1 lot = 100 shares nowadays.

min? 1 lot lor.

Because previously market standard 1 lot = 1000 shares. So old timers always associated 1 lots = 1000 shares. But since then KLSE changed to 100 shares, then standard now become 100 shares per lot.

OSK normally deal with direct account.
Better ask properly about it.

Yes, if they proposed it.

Normally and majority opt for 2 times per financial year, one interim one final.
Only a few give quarterly.

As long as you have the share before ex-date of the dividend, then you are entitled for it. Be it buy just before the ex-date or 3 months ago.

Last transaction has nothing to do.

It depends who key in the order first.

If buyer Q at 2.15 first then even seller key in order of 2.10, it will be matched at 2.15
If seller Q at 2.10 first then even buyer key in order of 2.15, it will be matched at 2.10

There is no safer ground in stock market, want safer investment, then go for FD. No offence.

For newbie, don't invest anything before knowing and fully clear about it.

For stock, it is always advisable go for blue chips that is well reputable.

Don't mean others can't make money, but blue chips are always lower risk than other unknown xyz stock, as normally blue chips are well covered by research house, which you can obtain the company easily than others unknown stocks. Reputable or well managed is also a key factor that people has confidence about the company.

1. No, CDS and trading account generally won't be closed, once open, generally people leave it there, even though it is inactive. So properly you still have the CDS account.. But if your remisier said they want to close the account, then it can be done as well.

No, OSK can't access your Avenue's CDS. If you open an account with OSK, then you have to open another CDS account even you have one at Avenue. CDS is attacked with investment bank or broker house, so if you have 5 trading account with different broker house, then you need to open 5 CDS account.

So don't need to bother the Avenue CDS close or not close, if you intended to trade using OSK.

2. Profit from share trade is not taxable as it is under capital gain which is non-taxable in Malaysia. But dividend is taxable.
From 2008 onwards, those start to declare dividend under new single tier system, those dividend received in your hand already been taxed, so no further tax. <-- where people presumed it is not taxed, in fact it is not.
It is not actually no tax as tax being paid first on company level compared to old system which not taxed at company leve. Just you won't see it, doesn't mean it is not taxed.

3. Mutual fund is under capital gain tax as well.

4. The most important criteria is company profit especially future profit as company profit is the most important factor that determine the share price. All factors you list are important as well as it is combination factor that determine the price and valuation people willing to buy the share.

5. Support level is determined from chart or technical analysis whereby on this level, based on chart, it shows plenty of people want to buy, so share has good support factor (but it doesn't mean it can break to lower level, if selling is strong. So on the opposite side, resistance means there are a lot of selling at that level.

This post has been edited by cherroy: Nov 17 2008, 06:23 PM

You don't need to follow others' saying, it is your hard-earned money, you are the one decide what to do with it.

Yes, you can ride on some good stocks over the long term, even earn dividend alone is more than 2x of your FD.

But do remember this is on good fundamental stock only. It doesn't apply to all stocks.

Surely remisier doesn't wish to see you buy and keep it long term or forever, as they need you to buy and sell constantly to earn commission out from it. No offence and disrespect to remisier, just remisier shouldn't ask client to buy or sell in the first place, it is individual decision.

Those kind of stocks don't move much either most of the time.
Once bought can go to sleep and every 6 months waiting for dividend only.

Yup, don't need to KIV too tightly if not intended to speculate in the first place especially with your portfolio. 9-5 job is the one should be KIV on, not stock market.

You only KIV tightly for those speculationa and goreng stuff which you not intended to keep it in the first place for long term.

But do remember some PE trap as well.

Some stocks even drop more than 50%, doesn't mean it is cheap. It is same with PE, as PE is based on last year earning data, if the company earning will be severely affected by the down turn, then those low PE is meaningless and doesn't tell you the real picture.

Just like oil company, now a lot of their PE, or share price could be selling a single digit or 5-8 PE ratio only, but doesn't mean it is cheap. As previous earning come from USD140 oil price, if oil price continue to slide, their future earning will be at least cut into 30% or half, so the coming PE would be teen number at current stock price.

Yes

To add a point, a simplicity way,
you must buy before ex-date to entitle the dividend, ie the last date you should buy (to entitle the dividend) is 25/12/2008

Nope, stock market is about future prospect of the company. If AAA earning is going to drop significantly, future PE will sky-rocket, which it is not cheap at all.

Same with BBB, if future company earning is not able to sustain dividend yield, then its share will plunge to match those lower future dividend.

Can't make much conclusion out of it. It is much more complex, as what stock market concern the most is the future, not the past. That's why you see stock market around the world plunge severely because of anticipation of economy recession.

For fundamental analysis, it is much more complex than that, but those are good way to start with.
You can google around, there are lot of information around the forum.

Cheers.

Actually when company registrar looking for shareholders for dividend distribution time, they willl take the entitlement date to determine the identity of the shareholders, that's why it called entitlement date.

But, when you bought your share in the market, the share is not immediately transfer into your CDS, just like previous example, 26/12 is the ex-date, so if you bought at 25/12 that entitled for the dividend but the share won't be transfer into your CDS directly on that date, it takes about 2 days time to be completed, so in order to be the share being completed to transfer into your CDS (for company registrar to identify you for the dividend), then ex-date being created which is the last date which able for the share transfer completion.

As KLSE is the place only the share being traded, so we look for ex-date only, we don't care about the entitlement date as those are automated process under CDS already or being handled by KLSE clearing centre.

Should be done 1 lot. But not sure about your actual question or situation, your statement is not clear.

You want to buy/sell 100 lots, you can do it via 1 lot x 100 (transaction) which is the same with 100 lots x 1 (transaction), commission rate is the same, as contract will be set up per day basic per counter.

1 lot sometimes people done it for rounding up their trade, just like you have done 99 lots so people tend to get another 1 for rounding up figure.

But there are some jokers around, that purposely jack up the price with 1 lot transaction in the low liquidity stock.

It is the same, you done totally of 100 lots in both transaction, and your transaction contract will be listed at 100 lots disregard you buy 1 times x 100 lots , or 2 times x 50 lots or 100 times x 1 lots, it is still under 1 contract only (so only 1 min charges) if you buy at the within the same day.

Yes, don't trade only 1 lot (per contract if the amount is small) as min commission will be eating or compromised very significantly sum already.

Yes.

If you want high risk investment, be prepared to lose your initial capital as well.

Intended to maximising your investment or return rate can lead one lose all together as well rather than gain anything.

No one blast anyone, just one must be realistic.

There is no such thing of maximising your return rate, (the sky is limit) if keep on thinking on it (how to maximise your return or gain), then 99% people can assure that you are maximising your loss only.

Greed is the ultimate enemy of investment.

Current global financial crisis root problem is greed.

My suggestion,
Go to buy big sweep or Toto, Rm 1 or 2 can win ten of millions, fullfill your requirement of maximisation of return rate while can lose every single cent (not kena, then loss all).

Your requirement being matched!

7K is not money meh? why want to lose every single cent of it?

It is those tiny bit and then accumulated that make one rich, no one is rich or wealthy overnight.

Because your question can't be answered, as there is no such thing of maximising the return rate, as sky is the limit as said.
You can have only Rm1K capital, you can trade until 10K, 100K or even more if you dare, but you have bare the consequences.

People invest in stock market (can be others investment, but this thread more on stock), want to gain some return rate which can be potential much better than FD or other alternative investment target, as simple as that.