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ganstream1
post Mar 10 2010, 06:29 PM

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Want to know,

I want to start my investment with literally little money (around RM1800) and am thinking of going for 2-3 of the div counters, compounding them every month (around RM750 per month top up) and hold on to them for a long time and using the div received to grow my capital.

Is this a sound plan to be use in malaysian market or is it better to have another option open (put some into div counters and trade some actively or focus into one div counter and top up)?

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ganstream1
post Mar 15 2010, 06:03 PM

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Can someone help me, I'm wondering, what does it mean when the profit and revenue of a company increases, yet its EPS decline?

thanks.
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post Mar 18 2010, 01:30 AM

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QUOTE(skiddtrader @ Mar 18 2010, 01:20 AM)
Revenue is to describe sales coming in for the company and profits before tax is after subtracting their operational costs and financial costs. Net profit after tax will be divided among all the shares to get the EPS.

Likely scenario where Revenue increase but EPS drop, like in the case of BJTOTO recently is due to their higher operational costs. Where revenue actually increase higher than previous quarter but EPS is lower.

If revenue and profit before tax increases but EPS still drop, likely due to some tax issue as in the case of YTLPOWER during their 4Q2009 report where their recognition of some tax in their accounts completely decimated their EPS for that quarter.

And another is that revenue, profit before tax and net profits increased but EPS goes down, is most likely what htt explained. New share issue which dilutes the EPS as more shares are introduced to the market. New shares can be issued via bonus issue, rights/warrants, ESOS, bond conversion, ICULS, etc.

Best is always read the notes of a quarterly report which normally would describe and explain why the numbers are different. While most companies give general answers and explanations, some do make an effort to add some detail for their investors. Never judge a company's performance from a newspaper/financial websites headlines as most of it is generally misleading.  Always read the report yourself and do some number crunching for your own conclusion.
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Thank you for the answer, I usually skip the reports and went straight for the financial statement etc. I'll be sure to read the report next time. Thanks again biggrin.gif
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post Mar 29 2010, 02:13 PM

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I think it's their post count...
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post Apr 21 2010, 01:44 PM

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http://icapital.biz/english/beforeexdate_2.asp?sort=d

starbiz also have

http://biz.thestar.com.my/marketwatch/bonus/

all show upcoming though, if that's what you want.

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