Credibility and Work Effectiveness
It is better to work with someone you dislike but has credibility, rather than someone whom you like but do not have credibility – this was what I have been taught since young. For the past one month, I have…
Category My Own Journey
Geographical Arbitrage
Geographical arbitrage is the practice of earning income in a strong currency or high-cost area while spending or operating in a lower cost area, thereby swiftly accumulating wealth or achieving a higher quality of life at a lower cost. For…
Culture Differences
10 years ago I went to the North-Eastern part of China to attend a friend’s wedding and experienced a series of culture differences. Wedding Culture Differences First off, the wedding banquet was in the day, which by itself is not…
Thailand Properties
Few years back, there was a craze in buying Thailand properties. From properties in Bangkok to Chiang Mai to Phuket, many Asian investors invested in those properties. Property agents were all out trying to sell as many as they could,…
Art of War
夫將兵者，不戰則守，不守則走，不走則逃，不逃則死。- 司馬懿 In military, if you do not attack, defend; if you do not defend, retreat; if you do not retreat, flee; if you do not flee, die – Sima Yi The Chinese has a saying: The business world is…
My Stock Picking Journey
A reader asked how do I go about in choosing stocks that are cheap, safe and of value? The short answer is that I find windows of opportunities that comes along with the big trend. The process is actually drawn…
Choosing A Stock
In the Western society, there is an analogy that choosing a stock is like choosing a wife. In fact, in their 1997 annual meeting, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger were talking about opportunity costs when choosing a particular investment, and…
China Yangtze Power 26.6 Billion Yuan “Donation”
Few days back China Yangtze Power announced that they will be investing 26.6 billion yuan over a period of approximately 7.5 years into ‘ship locks’, with no indication of any investment returns. To put it plainly, state-owned Yangtze Power will…
Tecon Biology Co Ltd (002100)
Food, without which we all die. Companies like Tecon Biology which deals in the food supply business are therefore dealing with an inelastic demand. Do take note that the food supply business is not like the F&B sector. Even if…
Merrill Lynch’s Investment Clock
Economic cycles are part and parcel of any capitalist economies, and this is important as we invest. We have periods of strong growth, of reaching a pleateau, of periods of decline and periods of recovery. Economies have their cycle, and…
Water
Water, the building blocks of life, necessary not only for basic survival, but also have a wide range of applications in various industries. I do not need to explain the importance of water, nor the inelasticity of the demand of…
China Hainan Rubber Industry Group Co., Ltd (601118)
In the previous article, I analysed why I thought the price of rubber will go up in the next few years. Today, we will look at China Hainan Rubber Industry Group Co., Ltd (601118). I do not play futures, because…