Originally posted by Fatum:did I tell you guys I just got shafted to the tune of nearly 6k in the stock market in the last couple of weeks ? ....
thank god I'm just a small potatoes player ..... if not I'd have hung myself .....
makes no diff to me now ... I've already cut my losses ...
+1..... we had some shares too....
Originally posted by av98m:
shit, I forgot about that part. they were sold to a chinese corporation weren't they?
PRC and another to Japanese
Originally posted by Fatum:did I tell you guys I just got shafted to the tune of nearly 6k in the stock market in the last couple of weeks ? ....
thank god I'm just a small potatoes player ..... if not I'd have hung myself .....
makes no diff to me now ... I've already cut my losses ...
I'm down 1.5k in equities. But it's ok, I figure I'm never going to see the money anyway
I dumped in my cpf money b4 they locked it
Originally posted by hisoka:I'm down 1.5k in equities. But it's ok, I figure I'm never going to see the money anyway
I dumped in my cpf money b4 they locked it
oh yeah, the cpf money I invested I also don't care because I'm going to die before I can get at it anyways
Originally posted by SevenEleven:
i'm more than 100K downto think you are safe holding bluechips.
okie ... you're the bigger boys ....
I guess it's my own fault as well .... I like to do the background research and pick up on penny stocks like lorenzo ....
with my budget I don't play blue chips..... but we all get shafted all the same ..... this is money I can ill afford right now ..... -_-
I think our ministers are going to give themselves another pay hike to help them through these hard times
Originally posted by av98m:
oh yeah, the cpf money I invested I also don't care because I'm going to die before I can get at it anyways
I just got my superannuation (equivalent to CPF) statement last week.... my return so far is -14%.....
Originally posted by honeymouse:I just got my superannuation (equivalent to CPF) statement last week.... my return so far is -14%.....
well...think of it as a paper loss for now, but I think its going to be a cold hard winter ahead >.<"
friends in finance tells me to just put the money underneath my pillow for now ... I can't work out if they were serious or not .....
oh well, screw it ...... got hand, got leg, what's there to be afraid of ...
Originally posted by av98m:
well...think of it as a paper loss for now, but I think its going to be a cold hard winter ahead >.<"
Sigh.....
Originally posted by Fatum:friends in finance tells me to just put the money underneath my pillow for now ... I can't work out if they were serious or not .....
oh well, screw it ...... got hand, got leg, what's there to be afraid of ...
no jobs around, sickness, foreign competition, the subprime crisis similar to us, etc.
lots of things
I think lots of people going to kiss their end year bonus goodbye liao.
Originally posted by honeymouse:Sigh.....
actually that's true. when you're talking abotu super annuation investments, you're really talk about very long term investments. flucutations in the middle's not that important
now 1 barrel of oil cost US$96.37 (S$$138.58)
Originally posted by hisoka:no jobs around, sickness, foreign competition, the subprime crisis similar to us, etc.
lots of things
just have to think out of the box .....
got to be chinese about it .... crisis = danger + opportunity .....
would wake up our generation a bit too perhaps ..... we've had it too easy liao ..... no crisis defines our generation ....
Originally posted by av98m:I think lots of people going to kiss their end year bonus goodbye liao.
hope not. my first bonus, hope it's be a good one........
oh well ... tomorrow our goverment ang pao arrives in the bank too eh ? .....
how much you guys getting ? .....
I think mine's like $150 or so ..... or about 1.5 beer sessions ...
I remembered Bear posted tat FDA found tainted instant coffeemix manufactured in PRC
and yes, ytd's evening papers was talking abt labelling scandal... like products made in PRC but packed in bolehland ends up labelled as Made in Malaysia
Originally posted by Fatum:oh well ... tomorrow our goverment ang pao arrives in the bank too eh ? .....
how much you guys getting ? .....
I think mine's like $150 or so ..... or about 1.5 beer sessions ...
same same.
What's the damage every time you guys go and drink at the pub? Do you guys just drink beer?
In the end lets all just starve to death :P
Originally posted by honeymouse:What's the damage every time you guys go and drink at the pub? Do you guys just drink beer?
only beer ...... but that's only cos I don't want to damage my liver more ....
i'm freaking pissed about the stupid electricity hike. How can they base it on some nonsense projected huge increase when the prices have been going down.
not only that, if what was posted in the thread was true. most of the electricity isn't even made using crude oil.........
Originally posted by honeymouse:What's the damage every time you guys go and drink at the pub? Do you guys just drink beer?
i prefer to drink other stuff.. like martini.. or apricot brandy .. or cocktails ... beer would be my last choice.. or if i feel like having an ang moh liang teh ..
Originally posted by Fatum:only beer ...... but that's only cos I don't want to damage my liver more ....
you're allergic to beer......