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Investing is an art and highly emotional and subjective.

When buying stocks, if your buying decisions are based on"insiders' information or rumours" and not sound analysis, then you are gambling. Many investors enter the market when stocks prices are high (lacking of confidence to enter beforehand when prices were low). Once the stocks market crash, they tend to sell out their shares out of fear and pessimism, swearing to "chop off their fingers" and never enter the stocks market again. If such situation happens, all their previous gains may be wiped out and suffered a loss.

Investing is an art and highly emotional and subjective. Subjectivity is largely controlled by our emotions. There are times when we are optimistic or pessimistic. If we are unable to control our emotional weakness, we are unlikely to become successful investors.

To be successful, you must first understand yourself, in particular your emotions and the degree of pressure you can tolerate.

The investors should also analyse the country's economic prospects together with the earnings outlook of the major listed companies.

It is imperative that you like Mathematics as the sound mathematical knowledge plays a key role in investment.


财富為了实现梦想;而非梦想拥有财富 .
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Monday, June 8, 2009

王冠一: 涂脂抹粉 难除隐忧

美国政府本周将会公布首批获准偿还「头痕资產紓缓计划」(TARP)贷款银行的名单。根据报道,政府从9家银行收回的贷款多达667亿美元,规模将较预期的250亿美元多出1倍,意味9家在压力测试中过关的银行,会在偿还TARP贷款的申请上全数获政府开绿灯。

银行争相申请及早还款,一方面是想解除政府加诸身上的种种束縳,例如為管理层的薪资及派息政策设置限制,另一方面亦是想显示实力,向外界展示银行财政没有问题。因為获准偿还TARP的银行,除了要通过压力测试外,还要过三关,包括透过发行新股集资、在没有政府作担保下成功发债,以及消除监管者对其资金不足的疑虑,故此张证书比任何宣传更加值钱。

奥巴马政府乐於為合资格的银行开绿灯,并不单单因為可以取回已借出的贷款,投放於其他用途,例如帮助更多业主,又或者拯救其他陷於水深火热的行业,更大的好处是国民知道有部分银行可以及早走出今次金融危机,对银行体系稳定的信心增强,将令其救经济工程事半功倍。

不过,即使银行於压力测试结果公布后,至今已透过配售新股集资逾430亿美元,仍有不少分析家质疑银行的体质,认為5家最大银行首季录得盈利,只不过是及时更改会计準则所致,而採用较宽鬆的测试标準,亦令更多银行於压力测试中得以顺利过关,故两者被形容為「為猪隻涂上口红」(put lipstick on a pig)的涂脂抹粉手段。

以之前5季惨蚀超过370亿美元的花旗為例,假如没有会计制度之助,首季盈利不但不会录得16亿美元盈利,更会出现25亿美元亏损,另一家富国盈利得以破纪录,亦明显受惠於所持债券毋须按市价入帐(mark-to-market),可以用购入价持有至到期日(hold to maturity)。

至於压力测试中联储局所釐定的最恶劣情况下,次按撇帐率為21%至28%,但至今供款过期30日的比率已接近4成,专家估计坏帐率可能高达55%。

假如经济转佳,楼价又止跌,银行的隐忧或可消失於无形,否则,现时把银行损失扫入地毡底的做法,只是把问题拖后,迟早再度浮面。


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