Which sports will be in the Olympics are determined by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Factors to consider include whether it is widely practiced around the world. Many sports are in and out of Olympics since the Games started.
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London have 26 sports and two additional sports will be added to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
One sport, can further divided into several disciplines, sometimes being commonly refereed to separate sports. For example Aquatics has five disciplines, 1) Swimming, 2) synchronized swimming, 3) Diving, 4) water polo, 5) open water swimming
A Discipline can further divided into several events, and each event a gold medal is actually awarded.
The two sports that will be added into the 2016 Olympics are Golf and Ruby Seven.
Bowling, Squash, Snooker, Karate, etc will not be in the 2016 Games.
Why Squash is Not in Olympics?
The committees are mostly concerned about the difficulties in televising the sport. Camera angles are difficult and hard for audience to see the ball. Also, the argument between referee and players.
The Squash Committee has made some changes and hopefully the sport will be in the 2020 Olympics games.
Changes:
1) Glass Floors and wall
2) New scoring system
3) Extra referees
4) Video replays inside venue
Now that with High Definition (HD) camera/ TV, it overcomes the concern that TV viewers unable to see the ball.
With World Champion Nicol David from Malaysia, I think most Malaysian will want Squash to be in the Olympic Games.
I want to say that Datuk Lee Chong Wei did a very good job, so close. I think we should not have the mentality that we can only win our first Olympic Gold Metal via Squash. With so many countries managed to do it, I think Malaysia Boleh.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
How to use Growth-share matrix to invest in Stock Market
How to know what stocks to buy.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Growth-share matrix may help. Let me explain.
I learned this BCG Growth-share
matrix during my college days. It is to be applied in Business but I came out
with an idea and started to use it in stock market since early 2010. I think it
may be helpful to some people in stock market.
Basically the Growth-share matrix is a chart divided into four sections:
1)Stars
2)Cash Cow
3)Dogs (Pet)
4)Questions marks
STARS
This is where the stock that we bought is performing or has very great potential and recommended by many analysts. The company is announcing growth in profit. The share price is increasing. We all are very happy. Although sometimes due to poor market sentiment, the share price may drop, but because the company is achieving growth in profit, we know sooner or later, the share price will increase.
CASH COW
This is where the stock that we bought is paying very high dividend. Many prefer to buy Stars stock, but Cash Cow has its own advantage.
Stars stock price increase may take time, but as for Cash Cow stock, we receive good dividend very fast.
Some people may use Share Margin Financing to buy shares. Therefore, we need some cash to service the interest. If we buy all Stars stocks, if the price drop temporary due to poor market sentiment, we may be subject to margin call or foreselling.
Cash Cow also provides us with the
cash flow to buy stocks that we have newly identified. If we had bought all
Stars, we may not have the necessary cash flow when opportunity arises.
Sometimes, during poor economy the Stars may be hit and may suddenly make much lower profit or even loss. Cash Cow stocks are in business that are quite stable. Also, the Cash Cow stocks generally the prices are quite stable, even during poor market sentiment.
Therefore, we buy many Stars stocks and buy some Cash Cow stocks as a defensive strategy, and reinvest the dividend we receive.
QUESTION MARKS
This is the kind of stocks that is very risky, but if successful the reward can be extremely good.
You just don't know whether to buy or not. Example many trouble penny stocks if successfully turnaround, the stock price will shot up sharply. But if not, then it may be delisted.
Another example is where the Company may be having some risky project and if successful, the profit can be very great.
Many may want to buy some of these stocks due to the potential great profit. But due to the high risk involved, you may just buy smaller amount because you cannot risk losing most of your money.
Other examples are takeover, pending restructuring, new company, small company, new projects or venture, penny stocks, call warrant, etc.
DOGS (PETS)
Dogs are the stock that you know probably you will lose money if you buy it, but you still want to buy. Based on past experience, you know that if you trade speculative stocks, chances of making money is lower than making losses.
But due to emotion, you have no choice and you still buy. You saw other friends are buying and you want to follow. You heard tips and rumours.
Many people will tell you don't buy and just focus on fundamental stocks. Do you think is easy to control our emotions? That is why so many people make losses in the stock marker. Especially remisiers and dealers who sit in front of the stock prices screen very day, it is not easy to control their emotion.
Can buy, but use very small amount to trade.
In business, Dogs are for examples, doing charity, continue loss making
business for the overall Company Group image, etc.
If you lose money in stock market by buying Dogs shares, consider it as learning, charity, and playing games. By the way, not all the times you lose. Sometimes dogs share price can increase sharply and you can make very good profit.
CONCLUSION
If we buy all Stars, sometimes we may have some problem.
If we buy all Cash Cows, profits are not so great.
If we buy all Question Marks, and if not successful we will lose a lot of money.
If we buy all Dogs, chances of making losses are high.
If you lose money in stock market by buying Dogs shares, consider it as learning, charity, and playing games. By the way, not all the times you lose. Sometimes dogs share price can increase sharply and you can make very good profit.
CONCLUSION
If we buy all Stars, sometimes we may have some problem.
If we buy all Cash Cows, profits are not so great.
If we buy all Question Marks, and if not successful we will lose a lot of money.
If we buy all Dogs, chances of making losses are high.
In my view, I think for non-expert investors, we can allocate our portfolio into the four BCG Growth-share matrix . Buy many Stars, then some Cash Cows and Question Marks. And finally, use very small amount of money to buy/trade or speculate dogs. If you can control your emotion, then no need to buy Dogs.
Sometimes it is very hard to differentiate between Stars and Question Marks. Dogs and Questions Marks. If in doubt, put them in Question Marks because you are having a question on where to put and the name is already being called "question marks".
BCG Growth-share matrix in stock market is something that I came out with and I have been applying it for few years and has been successful so far. Hope it can help non-professional or non-expert investors in stock market.
Please note that the above is just my opinion and a case study for myself and is not an advice. Please read the disclaimer clause in my blog. Please consult your investment financial adviser.
Two years ago I already have plan to write this article. The reason of waited for two years is because I normally post short article and I considrer this is long. I was quite lazy to start writing. I really hope there is at least one person who like this article.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Bayu @ Pandan Jaya review
This afternoon went to Bayu @ Pandan Jaya, total 3 blocks. Block B and Block C have been fully sold, except one middle unit and one corner unit at the highest floor and the price is RM553k and RM541k respectively. They said Block A will be open for sale mid of January 2012.
The location is immediately after the Pandan Jaya LRT station. Block A is nearest, just after the car park of the LRT station. It is along the LRT track heading the MRR2 direction. But in front of Block A, there is a water treatment plant.
The starting price is RM450k and I randomly picked a unit on 7th floor, the price is RM499,000.
They only have one direction. All the balcony are facing KL Centre, and can view KLCC indirectly. All the main doors with corridor are facing LRT tracks . Because they only have one direction, the density per floor is quite low, only 8 unit per floor.
2 car parks per unit. As usual they will absorb the legal fees for S&P. But buyer will have to pay the bank loan legal fee.
Developer is Extensive Gain Sdn Bhd. Melati Ehsan Group. They asked Kim Realty to sell. Melati stock is listed on Bursa Malaysia and Melati share price is RM0.74 very thinly traded and most of the times are untraded.
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The location is immediately after the Pandan Jaya LRT station. Block A is nearest, just after the car park of the LRT station. It is along the LRT track heading the MRR2 direction. But in front of Block A, there is a water treatment plant.
The starting price is RM450k and I randomly picked a unit on 7th floor, the price is RM499,000.
They only have one direction. All the balcony are facing KL Centre, and can view KLCC indirectly. All the main doors with corridor are facing LRT tracks . Because they only have one direction, the density per floor is quite low, only 8 unit per floor.
2 car parks per unit. As usual they will absorb the legal fees for S&P. But buyer will have to pay the bank loan legal fee.
Developer is Extensive Gain Sdn Bhd. Melati Ehsan Group. They asked Kim Realty to sell. Melati stock is listed on Bursa Malaysia and Melati share price is RM0.74 very thinly traded and most of the times are untraded.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Is GOLD money? Or is it a commodity?
Nice article for reading.
If gold were simply bought for its industrial use things would be much simpler...
IS GOLD money? Or is it a commodity? asks Julian Phillips of GoldForecaster.
If gold is a commodity then it rises and falls as a result of the ebb-and-flow of the economies that use it. If so, it will move in synch with the financial markets cycles and remain subject to their dominance. But when it comes to gold and silver, nothing is that simple!
If the bulk of the demand for a commodity is contracted to buyers, then the only influence these contracts have on the price of the commodity is through the referencing of that supply to the market price.
The supply of the metal in the open market outside of contracted amounts is the quantity of that metal that determines the price of the metal. Call it the 'marginal' demand or supply. This supply is sent to the open market for buying by non-contracted buyers. It could be just to top up for unforeseen demand, or it could be to sell overbought amounts. This determines the liquidity of the market.
On top of that, speculators frequently enter the market taking a view on demand and supply expectations, taking off supplies to force prices higher or introducing them, to force prices lower. In a pure commodity market, these views are based on industrial demand/supply expectations.
But gold is not so simple or predictable. Most buyers of gold do not Buy Gold for its industrial use. Where it is used in industry it is done so for hi-tech purposes, which is relatively price-insensitive. So the price of gold has little bearing on the demand from industry.
Gold is used to decorate people in its Western jewelry application. There is little sense of showing off the extent of your wealth when wearing gold in the West. Additions of jewels and artistic presentations add so much to the cost of such jewelry that the price of gold in such jewelry is a minor factor. This type of jewelry demand does fluctuate with the state of an economy, but such demand is a small component of the gold market.
In the past it has been an influential one, particularly before the eastern markets 'emerged'. Add to this the determination of the jewelry trade to extend Buying Gold down to poorer people's levels by lowering the purity of the gold sold. This increased the vulnerability of the Gold Price to the state of the developed world economies. Such demand became the 'swing' factor in the Gold Price.
This too was at a time when central banks were not only out of the gold markets but encouraging a heavy increase in supply. As a result, analysts' studies placed great emphasis on western jewelry demand.
Then at the turn of the century, the gold market changed its shape. Asian markets 'emerged'. The driving force behind their buying was totally different to western attitudes. They followed the maxim, "One buys gold, not to make money, but because one has money."
The gold bought was nearly pure. It was bought because it was treated as money and money of a higher quality than currencies. When used in jewelry, it was a statement of the financial security of the wearer. Nothing could be more different than the Western view of jewelry. Central banks changed their attitudes to holding and selling gold then too.
These structural changes altered the dynamics of the gold markets. Over time, investment demand grew to become by far the greatest source of demand for gold. In addition, central bank-inspired supplies (through their encouragement of increased supplies) stopped and gold producers became a source of demand. This happened for a while as they bought back previously sold gold. Central banks cut back on their supplies to the market until they stopped selling and other central banks began buying.
But more was changing in the gold markets. As the ability of currencies to give an accurate measure of monetary values decayed, gold began to fill the hole they left. This aspect of value grew to the point that the Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank suggested that gold be used as a reference for value measurement. The concept has taken hold again, but as a banker, Mr. Zoellick has remained silent since then. His silence, while deafening, has reaffirmed gold's inherent value. After all, as Alan Greenspan, the most famous Fed Chairman said, 'Gold is money in extreme times'.
Its monetary value lies in its remarkable quality of being both an asset and liquid cash, globally and in all circumstances.
Currencies can't be this. They remain the obligations of one nation or another, dependent entirely on the reputation of the nation printing them. Gold is considered money, without the strings that are attached to national money. Investors from central bankers to Indian or Chinese rural farmers believe that gold is a counter to unbacked currencies issued, at will, by national governments all over the world.
Gold has no nation.
It carries nobody's obligations.
It's what enemies will accept from each other.
The concept of consuming gold is no longer a part of this gold world. These structural changes cut gold off from being just a commodity.
Gold is not a commodity!
Julian D.W. Phillips, 21 Jul '11
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If gold were simply bought for its industrial use things would be much simpler...
IS GOLD money? Or is it a commodity? asks Julian Phillips of GoldForecaster.
If gold is a commodity then it rises and falls as a result of the ebb-and-flow of the economies that use it. If so, it will move in synch with the financial markets cycles and remain subject to their dominance. But when it comes to gold and silver, nothing is that simple!
If the bulk of the demand for a commodity is contracted to buyers, then the only influence these contracts have on the price of the commodity is through the referencing of that supply to the market price.
The supply of the metal in the open market outside of contracted amounts is the quantity of that metal that determines the price of the metal. Call it the 'marginal' demand or supply. This supply is sent to the open market for buying by non-contracted buyers. It could be just to top up for unforeseen demand, or it could be to sell overbought amounts. This determines the liquidity of the market.
On top of that, speculators frequently enter the market taking a view on demand and supply expectations, taking off supplies to force prices higher or introducing them, to force prices lower. In a pure commodity market, these views are based on industrial demand/supply expectations.
But gold is not so simple or predictable. Most buyers of gold do not Buy Gold for its industrial use. Where it is used in industry it is done so for hi-tech purposes, which is relatively price-insensitive. So the price of gold has little bearing on the demand from industry.
Gold is used to decorate people in its Western jewelry application. There is little sense of showing off the extent of your wealth when wearing gold in the West. Additions of jewels and artistic presentations add so much to the cost of such jewelry that the price of gold in such jewelry is a minor factor. This type of jewelry demand does fluctuate with the state of an economy, but such demand is a small component of the gold market.
In the past it has been an influential one, particularly before the eastern markets 'emerged'. Add to this the determination of the jewelry trade to extend Buying Gold down to poorer people's levels by lowering the purity of the gold sold. This increased the vulnerability of the Gold Price to the state of the developed world economies. Such demand became the 'swing' factor in the Gold Price.
This too was at a time when central banks were not only out of the gold markets but encouraging a heavy increase in supply. As a result, analysts' studies placed great emphasis on western jewelry demand.
Then at the turn of the century, the gold market changed its shape. Asian markets 'emerged'. The driving force behind their buying was totally different to western attitudes. They followed the maxim, "One buys gold, not to make money, but because one has money."
The gold bought was nearly pure. It was bought because it was treated as money and money of a higher quality than currencies. When used in jewelry, it was a statement of the financial security of the wearer. Nothing could be more different than the Western view of jewelry. Central banks changed their attitudes to holding and selling gold then too.
These structural changes altered the dynamics of the gold markets. Over time, investment demand grew to become by far the greatest source of demand for gold. In addition, central bank-inspired supplies (through their encouragement of increased supplies) stopped and gold producers became a source of demand. This happened for a while as they bought back previously sold gold. Central banks cut back on their supplies to the market until they stopped selling and other central banks began buying.
But more was changing in the gold markets. As the ability of currencies to give an accurate measure of monetary values decayed, gold began to fill the hole they left. This aspect of value grew to the point that the Robert Zoellick, head of the World Bank suggested that gold be used as a reference for value measurement. The concept has taken hold again, but as a banker, Mr. Zoellick has remained silent since then. His silence, while deafening, has reaffirmed gold's inherent value. After all, as Alan Greenspan, the most famous Fed Chairman said, 'Gold is money in extreme times'.
Its monetary value lies in its remarkable quality of being both an asset and liquid cash, globally and in all circumstances.
Currencies can't be this. They remain the obligations of one nation or another, dependent entirely on the reputation of the nation printing them. Gold is considered money, without the strings that are attached to national money. Investors from central bankers to Indian or Chinese rural farmers believe that gold is a counter to unbacked currencies issued, at will, by national governments all over the world.
Gold has no nation.
It carries nobody's obligations.
It's what enemies will accept from each other.
The concept of consuming gold is no longer a part of this gold world. These structural changes cut gold off from being just a commodity.
Gold is not a commodity!
Julian D.W. Phillips, 21 Jul '11
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Can you afford a property for investment?
This is for INVESTMENT. I will work on an example and you see whether you can afford that or not.
RM300,000 double storey linked house (outside KL or Klang Valley)
Rental RM800 per month
Salary RM4000, spouse RM3600
Bank loan RM270,000 for 30 years
Installment per month RM1300
Cash RM30,000 to pay down-payment.
Then withdraw EPF RM30,000 and now having cash RM30,000
As we know, many people don’t have money left at the end of the month.
Rental income is just $800, how to pay the installment of RM1300?
Rental is RM800 per month, and assuming on average of few years, you can only get 10 months of rental income per year due to change of tenant, expenses, etc.
So your rental income per year is RM8,000.
Your installment per year is RM15600.
You short of RM7,600.
Where to get the RM7600?
You and your wife commit one month of bonus each year, RM4000 + RM3600 = RM7600.
Some companies or some banks normally pay out minimum 2 months of bonus.
One month you commit to property and the other month to minus tax and EPF and other things that you need to use or pay.
One Big question. What if there is no tenant?
Will you buy a property that is no tenant? You need to survey before you buy. We just assume market is bad and sometimes no tenant.
In the above, you have already buffered that you only have 10 months rental income in a year. With RM30,000 cash in hand, you can afford to suffer another 23 months without rental.
If you always have tenant and only occasional no tenant, the RM30,000 can last for more than 10 years. After 10 years, you decide whether to sell or not.
With RM4000 per month salary, you will also be adding RM276 per month into your EPF Account Two that later can also be withdrawn to pay the installment. With bonus, after 5 years, your EPF account two will have more than RM20000 and you can instruct EPF to pay your installemt. That will also last you for 1 year plus.
With RM4000 per month salary, you will also be adding RM276 per month into your EPF Account Two that later can also be withdrawn to pay the installment. With bonus, after 5 years, your EPF account two will have more than RM20000 and you can instruct EPF to pay your installemt. That will also last you for 1 year plus.
The above example is on buying a high price house with low rental income.
You can look for condo that is cheaper and with high rental income, and therefore the financial situation will be better. But normally condo appreciation is less than house.
Whether we can afford the property for INVESTMENT depends on our income or salary, savings, rental income, property price, etc.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Worth to invest in 4D? Or stock market is better?
For those who are not familiar with 4D, let me explain.
4D is gaming or betting.
Customer will pick a Four digit numbers from 0000 to 9999.
For every $1 bet, Prizes are:
First price $2,500 X 1.
Second price $1,000 X 1.
Third price $500 X 1
Special Prize $200 ( 10 numbers will get $200 each).
Special Prize $200 ( 10 numbers will get $200 each).
Consolation prize $60 (10 numbers will get $60 each).
What are your chances?
Base on what we have learned from school, if you buy $1 for all the numbers from 0000 to 9999, you need to pay $10,000.
Your total winnings will be just $6,600. Yes, ONLY $6,600.
What if you just buy $10 on one number?
On an average or base on probability, your $10 will become $6.6.
One week got three draws. Assuming you buy $10 on every draw for one year (52 weeks).
You would have invested $1,560 and you will end up with just $1,029.60. You lose $530.40, or 34%.
If you buy from two gaming companies, your losses will be double. Three gaming companies, then X3.
I heard now the special price is just RM180 and not RM200. That means you are getting worse.
I heard now the special price is just RM180 and not RM200. That means you are getting worse.
In stock market, if the company is growing at an average 10% per year and dividend yield is 5%, on an average you probably will be making about 15% per year. The more you invest, you more you make.
Minimum to buy 4D is $1.00.
If I am an analyst, I would rate 4D a STRONG SELL.
Current 4D share price is $1.00, and my target price fair value for 4D is $0.66 (STRONG SELL).
Many will argue that it is based on luck. Some strike few hundred thousands.
Yes, congratulations.
But for those 99.77% of majority who are not so lucky, the more you invest, the more you lose. The longer you invest, the more you lose. The more operator companies you buy from, the more you lose. You want to invest in 4D?
The above is based on what have been learned in school on chances. Off course, some can buy one number and strike.
The above is based on what have been learned in school on chances. Off course, some can buy one number and strike.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
PAMUKKALE - TURKEY Visit and Holiday
The strange and weirdly beautiful terraced pools of Pamukkale have been appreciated for over two millennia and yet still remain a little known wonder of the world. Thousands of years ago earthquakes, which are common in Turkey, created fractures that allowed powerful hot springs to bring water rich in calcium carbonate to the surface. As the water evaporated the chalky material condensed and formed layer-upon-layer of Travertine and thus slowly built up the walls over time in the same way that a stalactite forms in a cave. Apparently Pammakale means Castle of Cotton. Source: Aquiziam
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