USA Recession & Stockmarket

youdunsay · Post by **youdunsay** » Sat, 22 Mar 2008 9:14 pm

Hi everyone. Sorry I am a newbie to investing. What does "T/A" mean? I want to invest in some stocks but I have no idea how to pick up good stocks correctly. I tried absorbing the financial news and I have no idea what it means. Should I start off looking from the prospective industries or should I start from A-Z stocks picking?

street_smart · Post by **street_smart** » Mon, 24 Mar 2008 1:12 am

Hi newbie. I suggest u put on hold on ur investment until the US market stable down....might not reach the bottom yet.....

cheers!

Winxkid · Post by **Winxkid** » Mon, 24 Mar 2008 1:43 am

it's about time already... slight slip till end of June. my bet

maneo · Post by **maneo** » Mon, 24 Mar 2008 8:57 am

youdunsay wrote:Hi everyone. Sorry I am a newbie to investing. What does "T/A" mean? I want to invest in some stocks but I have no idea how to pick up good stocks correctly. I tried absorbing the financial news and I have no idea what it means. Should I start off looking from the prospective industries or should I start from A-Z stocks picking?

"T/A" is shorthand for Technical Analysis.
Dictionary.com can give you a brief description if needed.

ksl · Post by **ksl** » Mon, 24 Mar 2008 6:43 pm

24th was a good day to remember, KMT won the election and wham bam boo, a nice little earner for many in Taiwan!

yes a fall is expected, and divis start from june onwards, so no doubt we will see a rise all going well. Nope i don't believe we have seen the bottom yet! but who cares, with so many good growth companies, at record lows, and paying very good dividends and cash, accumilate is the name of the game.

Winxkid · Post by **Winxkid** » Tue, 25 Mar 2008 1:28 am

it would be wiser to see what action Ma carries out. In Taiwan politic, taking example from the previous two elections, most of the politicians boost about almost everything and in the end, take Chen Shiu Bian as example, it makes their economy looks worst than before

Nothing significant unless Ma success in carrying out a useful task. My bet

ksl · Post by **ksl** » Tue, 25 Mar 2008 2:12 am

Winxkid wrote:it would be wiser to see what action Ma carries out. In Taiwan politic, taking example from the previous two elections, most of the politicians boost about almost everything and in the end, take Chen Shiu Bian as example, it makes their economy looks worst than before

Nothing significant unless Ma success in carrying out a useful task. My bet

Well I guess you really have to undertsand the politice between KMT and DPP...But you are right to say Chen Shiu Bian hurt the economy....I'm quite possitive one will see a big turn around for the better!

Ma is a popular guy, although, maybe a puppet for the hardliners in my opinion, politics is so corrupt everywhere, that i really don't care who wins, providing they throw a little to the people.

MikeDirnt · Post by **MikeDirnt** » Wed, 26 Mar 2008 8:32 pm

youdunsay wrote:Hi everyone. Sorry I am a newbie to investing. What does "T/A" mean? I want to invest in some stocks but I have no idea how to pick up good stocks correctly. I tried absorbing the financial news and I have no idea what it means. Should I start off looking from the prospective industries or should I start from A-Z stocks picking?

a good site to start is investopedia.com

you can learn a lot of things from there. i suggest you start with unit trusts first before going to stocks.

ksl · Post by **ksl** » Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:40 pm

With solar energy taking off, you may like to read this article, so you know what its all about.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/design/show ... =206902796

RULDS · Post by **RULDS** » Tue, 01 Apr 2008 4:52 pm

MCD has treated me nicely since 2003. It is a blue chip that gives a HUGE dividend. Over seas sales are doing great and domestic are still holding their own. QSR is the only food businesses posting positive sales. MCD profits from the currency exchange as well when the dollar weakens.

ksl · Post by **ksl** » Tue, 01 Apr 2008 8:55 pm

RULDS wrote:MCD has treated me nicely since 2003. It is a blue chip that gives a HUGE dividend. Over seas sales are doing great and domestic are still holding their own. QSR is the only food businesses posting positive sales. MCD profits from the currency exchange as well when the dollar weakens.

Hope you realise the legality of pumping shares! Big brother is watching you!

maneo · Post by **maneo** » Wed, 02 Apr 2008 7:30 am

^ Are you just trying to educate the poster (in general)?

You don't really believe that what he posted here on a site populated by a handful of expats and other visitors in a country of a mere 4M can have any influence on a major blue-chip with over 1.15B shares out, do you?

ksl · Post by **ksl** » Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:44 am

maneo wrote:^ Are you just trying to educate the poster (in general)?

You don't really believe that what he posted here on a site populated by a handful of expats and other visitors in a country of a mere 4M can have any influence on a major blue-chip with over 1.15B shares out, do you?

Have you nothing better to do than ask stupid questions

You could be his/her close relative....I'm sure no one else in the states, would visit Singapore expats, just to post a stupid remark like that

or didn't you notice the date! 1st April

The jokes on you

MikeDirnt · Post by **MikeDirnt** » Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:56 am

so is the strong rally on april fool a joke or for real?

RULDS · Post by **RULDS** » Sun, 06 Apr 2008 1:00 am

Right....pumping shares. I was not even going to respond but I still stand astonished that someone with multitude of posts (which brings up some additional isssues that we won't talk about) would be somewhat more intelligent to rant off on such non-sense. I believe that the forum discusses the US Stock market so I fully disclosed that I own MCD. I work in the this industry and was sharing my expertise. The only April fools joke is all the money I made that you did not.

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