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I believe that most people in Malaysia are still not invested in the stock market. At most they are indirect investors through unit trusts and investment-linked insurance products. For some reason, stocks are seen as risky and for most people rightly so. Compare it with the KL property market in the past few years and [...]

One of our readers was asking the other day if I could profile the difference in investment approach between Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch. So here are some of the things I’ve managed to come up with: Portfolio Size 1. Warren Buffett is a “Focused Investor” investing only in companies which he considers outstanding. His [...]

In my previous post I described the story of Anne Scheiber, an unsung hero in the investment world. Scheiber owned a portfolio of stocks worth US$22 million when she died. Notably she made lots of money by investing and holding on to a pharmaceutical stock called Schering Plough. From what I read, she has never [...]

In his book The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell says that becoming a leader is a lot like investing successfully in the stock market. If you hope to make a fortune in a day, you won’t be successful. What matters most is what you do day by day over the long haul. This, [...]

Recently in my Church Cell I was reminded of how we should always be humble. I’ve never really associated humility with stock market investment but after reflecting on it, I must say it is extremely relevant. All this while, I’ve been wandering in the dark thinking that I know it all. The truth is well put [...]

Knowledge is Power… so the saying goes. But if that is so, then academics would rule the world right? Let’s look at a wise saying from the bible: “He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who cherishes understanding prospers.” Proverbs 19:8 Knowledge itself is not power. It is the understanding that knowledge brings or [...]

In his book “One Up on Wall Street” Peter Lynch mentioned that he puts his stocks into one of 6 categories. I find that this is quite a useful list but I don’t think it’s meant to be exhaustive. Let’s look at what they are: 1. Slow Growers Slow growers are usually large and aging [...]

Stock market investment has been a passion of mine since as far back as I can remember. On this blog I’ve tried to share some ideas which are my own, but many ideas I got from some of great books below: The Warren Buffett Way (by Robert Hagstrom) “Great investment opportunities come around when excellent [...]

Q: So how do you double your money every 5 years? A: Earn a compound return of 15% every year. Don’t believe? OK say you have $1 now. Take out your calculator and go 1 x 1.15 – that gives you $1.15 – this is the amount you have at the end of the first [...]

Taking a look at Berkshire Hathaway’s 2007 Annual Report, we see in page 2 that Warren Buffett has managed to grow Berkshire’s Book Value Per Share by an annual compound rate of 21.1% from 1964 to 2007. Doesn’t sound too impressive to you? Well think twice… 21.1% per annum compound means that if you had [...]