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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, [...]

We are in the process of expanding our Bursa Malaysia company database. We started with the Top 50 companies last year and are now working towards the next 50.
Some of the new companies that have been added include:

AEON
Ann Joo
Kulim
United Plantations
WCT Engineering

As always, let me know if you spot any errors in any of the information [...]

Long-term investors are probably a rare species on Bursa Malaysia currently. In this time of turmoil where you can’t sell your shares, you probably realize the importance of buying companies that consistently pay good dividends.
At the suggestion of one of our readers, we have compiled a Dividend Table showing you the annual dividends paid by the Top [...]

Last week since 13/11/08 we saw a kick off in the quarterly reporting season for Malaysia’s banking majors:

AMMB Holdings (AMMB)
Hong Leong Bank (HLBANK)
Malayan Banking (MAYBANK)
Bumiputra-Commerce (COMMERZ)

Overall AMMB and HLBANK threw in pretty good results, while MAYBANK and COMMERZ not so good. After digesting some of the Press Releases and Analyst Reports, I’m summarizing my take [...]

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 by Peter [...]

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 the application of [...]

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 companies that [...]

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 companies are [...]