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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.


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Thursday, December 31, 2009

<转> 十年太长 只争朝夕

作者:王冠一

2009年已到尽头,意味千喜年头十年快将结束,又是时候作一总结和检讨。

过去十年可算是美国的黑色岁月,其间因科网及楼市泡沫爆破,经歷了两次衰退(若非各国携手狂掷金钱救市,现时身处的衰退其实是不折不扣另一次大萧条)、於911恐袭后又卷入两场战争(伊拉克和阿富汗)、安然和世界通讯又相继爆丑闻,最终因次按挑起信贷危机,令华尔街全军覆没─雷曼倒闭、美林及贝尔登遭吞併,大摩及高盛则转型至控股银行,连美国图腾的通用汽车亦要申请破產保护令。种种黑天鹅事件,相信没有多少人能估计得到。

在踏入千喜年之前,不少传媒均邀请专家向读者推介投资组合,而回看所作的推介,却是惨不忍睹。《华盛顿邮报》最多人推荐的股份包括美国在线、思科系统、高通(Qualcomm)、世界通讯、朗讯科技和德州仪器等,大部份属於高科技股,於科网泡沫爆破后,这些新经济股严重创伤,部份如世界通讯更已人间蒸发,整个组合至今仍损失2/3的本金。财经杂誌《Money Magazine》所选出的最佳投资组合成绩较佳,亦远远跑输大市,至今跌幅约两成。至於《华尔街日报》周日版的The SmartMoney建议的组合,幅面损失亦接近五成,当中除了世界通讯外,推介的北电网络亦已演没。

三大指数自然以纳指的表现最差劣,於2000年3月见顶后,於科网泡沫爆破后一度挫逾五成,至今年12月初為止,仍累跌46%。标普500帐面跌幅约為25%,即使把期间收取的股息计入,仍要损手约8%,较30年代大萧条的十年还要惨淡。道指的跌幅约為10%。若把通胀因素加入考虑,实际损失约為30%,多於上世纪70年代石油危机加上高通胀那十年的23%。

若数表现较佳的股份,相信不会有多少人估到十年后会由能源股及原材料股跑出,这两个板块分别上升144%和68%,紧随其后的则是公用股的59%升幅,其间油价由当时的每桶30美元升至最高147美元、金价由低於300美元攀升至最高1226美元,铜价於2003年至2008年更劲升5倍,主要受惠於中印等新兴市场掘起,令需求大增。

表现最差的股份,由电讯股和科技股叮噹马头,过去十年分别下跌53%和48%,而金融股可算是大上大落,於次按爆破前仍是佔最大比重的板块,但一场信贷风暴被打至体无完肤,最终更沦落至表现第三差的板块,跌幅為27%。

股市过去十年的表现,令以為长期持有股票(buy and hold)必定赚钱的投资者亦信念动摇,亦重新评估持有现金或避险资產的价值,以致黄金亦打破「十年黄金变烂铜」的魔咒。预测大市走势,一向是吃力不讨好的事,高盛的著名分析师科恩(Abby Cohen)十年前亦指股市市盈率合理,科网股亦不存在估值过高问题,结果自然是大跌眼镜。可见投资市场往往只争朝夕,十年后发生何事,确实天晓得。





◎曹Sir金句
愈想赚钱的人愈没钱赚(财不入急门)。做股票要耐得住寂寞,不跟风,自己做功课,完成功课后等候安全价才出击,坚守止蚀不止赚原则。

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