Same old story...

Malaysia to decide on a partner for Proton Holdings Bhd within the next 3 months....sounds familiar? Well the Proton Holdings Bhd. reported its fourth straight quarterly loss....citing reasons such as lower car sales and declining margins..... innovative is the key word.
Proton posted a loss for its fiscal fourth quarter, ended March 31, of about a mil.
For the year, Proton's loss totaled 591.4 million ringgit, compared with a net profit of 46.7 million ringgit a year earlier. Well, the model does not work anymore?
Fourth-quarter revenue fell 29% to 1.27 billion ringgit. For the year, revenue was 4.92 billion ringgit, down 37% from 7.8 billion ringgit...any reason why?
The company, 43%-owned by state-owned investment firm Khazanah Nasional Bhd., sold 110,358 cars in the 2007 fiscal year, down 40% from a year earlier.Separately, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi wants Proton to seek talks with other auto makers about a strategic tie-up, after Volkswagen AG turned down a proposal to take an equity stake in the company."I have decided, since Volkswagen is not interested in the proposal that Proton wants in terms of equity, Proton needs to talk to other people," Mr. Badawi said Thursday.
Like I said earlier, anyone with brain would say no to such deal... it's a no deal!

Meanwhile, Proton expects conditions to remain challenging because of higher costs for components and intense competition....why didn't the management anticipated this?... short sighted? It expects sales to improve in 2007 with the continuation of promotions and the introduction of models in the third quarter.... i doubt.

Insas... worth the money?

It seems to me that Insas has been oversold lately...those who are still holding it probably would have given up by now... however, it will be likely for this counter to hit the spotlight again in the future...$0.60 is about to be breached. 100 days SMA is barely able to support. I think those who holds this stock or it's warrant should monitor closely and buy when the stock breaks below that price... you don't wanna missed the chance to get a place when the boat u-turn and makes it's trip back to north.

Are you doing yourself a favor?...

Most people have always been on the look out for opportunity to build wealth... to have bigger houses, nicer cars, more money to spend and lastly the most famous sought after goal among us...financial freedom.

Well, define financial freedom?... the meaning varies from people to people...but i think many would agree with me that financial freedom to many people would means the ability to live comfortable live without having to worry about their financial situation.... which in short means money is not a problem.

How many people have this luxury nowadays? It seems only 5% of the population fits in this category statistically. A report from EPF showed that 90% of the people in this country have less than 100k in savings... hmm.... 100k can only last the most 5 years for those living in urban area...let alone if he/she needs to support their family...easily the numbers would be reduced to ~2 years...based on pure spending/expenses.

The question is what can we do to prevent us from having this problem when we retire later in our lifes?...

It's a no brainer isnt it?.. investment of course!....

Question is what's the best and fastest way to do it? Unit trust, property investment, FD you may tell me...property investment needs a relatively huge capital to begin with...Unit trust and FD on the other hand may sound like the safest and sure way but the return is really mediocre when you factor in the ever rising inflation, medical costs, and many other miscellaneous costs of living.

So after all the consideration, stock investment is the only way to achieve financial stability the shortest way for me. Apart from the small amount for the stock trading fees. everything else goes back to you... lately there's an article on the rich getting richer thanks to the booming stock markets... in China as many as 1million trading accounts being registered in a month!...

I'm not saying that you'll be rich by just investing in stock market but doing it the right way is how you can get there. Warren buffet, Bill Gates do not get rich over night... these people are visionary i would say... so look deep into the future... imagine what the world might be in 10, 20 years down the road...and use that knowledge/information to help you in your selection of stocks... of course current fundamental values of those stocks you've identified matters the most... you don't wanna choose a company that get's into PN17 or worst ends up delisted/wind-up the moment you bought them. Lastly, technical analysis will provide guidance in the timing for entry into the stock market.

So use all the tools and resources in the internet to help you achieve your GOAL, and if you're new to stock investment, the only logical thing to do is to read up on this topic before you start...

You don't need much to start this wealth creation project on your own... I started mine with only RM5k....

So if you don't wanna end up old, penniless, and leaving a life filled with fear, anguish and uncertainty... you better start now for time does not wait for no one.

Ranhill bullish still?..

Fundamentally, the stock is very attractive with a QOQ profit rose almost 100% with the EPS rose to 4 sen from 1.85 sen a year ago. Net tangible asset is currently $1.64.

Widely published news on Ranhill's odds of winning the pipeline project worth ~USD7 bil and a speculation that it could claim another US150M for works done in O&G projects in Sudan puts Ranhill on the spot light under current bearish sentiment in KLCI.

The bearish market sent investors scrambling for safety counters which is supported by positive news while waiting for the return of the bull.... Ranhill is definitely on safe counter to count on... i do hope no hanky panky thingy like Tranmile... ;)

With O&G currently in play, it's very difficult for any bear to topple the bull that is driving this stock... all in all, it's definitely worthy to spend some resources on this stock.

Accumulation time for INSAS-WA?

Insas-wa has dropped more than 50% of it's value since it's peak this year at $0.58.

With an exercise price of $1, ex ratio of 1:1 and lastly about 1 year and 10 months to expiry...this warrants still look interesting to me...

Why?

1) Has about bottom out at current price of $0.22... rock solid support at $0.20.

2) KLCI will rise in due time and insas will reap once investors returns to the market.

3) Chartwise I would like to say a mini-bullish engulf appeared, potentially ending the bear's reign.

4)With time at it's side, though very much under water for now. I think it's worth considering for long term investor.

Don't under estimate this counter...cheap and offer high leverage. Well, that's my view...