Comments on: Happy New Year! http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: samarth http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-2370 samarth Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:49:37 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-2370 Your blog is very informative, I have learned so much from it. It is like daily newspaper :). Added to fav Your blog is very informative, I have learned so much from it. It is like daily newspaper :). Added to fav

]]> By: LA http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-307 LA Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:46:27 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-307 Dear Mr Teong, Thank you for the advise, elaboration & analysis which you given. I will keep in mind... Thanks once again... hope you will organise some investment seminar soon... Happy New Year.. Dear Mr Teong,

Thank you for the advise, elaboration & analysis which you given. I will keep in mind… Thanks once again… hope you will organise some investment seminar soon…

Happy New Year..

]]> By: NW Teong http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-293 NW Teong Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:44:14 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-293 Hi LA, One advise is that do not rely on others to give you advise on investment decisions. Learn to do it on your own. To look at palm oil, you need to know the uses of palm both as vegetable oils and bio-fuel. Not only that, palm oil can be used to produce a host of other products such as soap, candle, oleochemical (cosmectic industry), CBS (cocco butter substitutes), ...etc. Only after knowing all its uses, then you can know the supply and demand for all these. I had said at least two years ago, that palm oil is the king of all vegetable oils. I am still saying this today and perhaps for a long long time. Why? reason is very simple. You just need to compare palm oil with any other vegetable oils, you will realise that palm oil has much higher yield as compared to other crops. In addition, you plant one time and can harvest for the next twenty years after the trees mature. The best part is that you can probably harvest the fruits three times every two months. Please note that every other major crops can be harvested at most twice per year! Having said that, being commodity, its price is closely link to other major crops as well as its other subsitutes, crude oil included. All this boils down to supply and demand. From my opinion, palm oil can never replace petrol, not now nor in the distant future. Reason is obvious, palm oil is still predominantly a vegetable oil, with the rising trend of the CPO (crude palm oil), it is in fact costly to turn palm oil into bio-fuel. In addition, it is not really environmental friendly to cultivate palm just to produce bio-fuel. If you look at the very macro level, human beings are really short-sighted to clear the rain-forest for the sake of having cheaper fuel. Instead of running out of fuel, we might run out of Oxygen one day! We shall take good care of the earth and everthing on and in it. Hi LA,
One advise is that do not rely on others to give you advise on investment decisions. Learn to do it on your own. To look at palm oil, you need to know the uses of palm both as vegetable oils and bio-fuel. Not only that, palm oil can be used to produce a host of other products such as soap, candle, oleochemical (cosmectic industry), CBS (cocco butter substitutes), …etc. Only after knowing all its uses, then you can know the supply and demand for all these. I had said at least two years ago, that palm oil is the king of all vegetable oils. I am still saying this today and perhaps for a long long time. Why? reason is very simple. You just need to compare palm oil with any other vegetable oils, you will realise that palm oil has much higher yield as compared to other crops. In addition, you plant one time and can harvest for the next twenty years after the trees mature. The best part is that you can probably harvest the fruits three times every two months. Please note that every other major crops can be harvested at most twice per year! Having said that, being commodity, its price is closely link to other major crops as well as its other subsitutes, crude oil included. All this boils down to supply and demand.

From my opinion, palm oil can never replace petrol, not now nor in the distant future. Reason is obvious, palm oil is still predominantly a vegetable oil, with the rising trend of the CPO (crude palm oil), it is in fact costly to turn palm oil into bio-fuel. In addition, it is not really environmental friendly to cultivate palm just to produce bio-fuel. If you look at the very macro level, human beings are really short-sighted to clear the rain-forest for the sake of having cheaper fuel. Instead of running out of fuel, we might run out of Oxygen one day!

We shall take good care of the earth and everthing on and in it.

]]> By: LA http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-284 LA Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:32:53 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-284 Hi Mr Teong, Happy to see you post your blog again... I have some query regarding the plantation stock (palm oil)... is it the time to invest on it?? Juz read the newspaper today saying that the successful result biodiesel using by car... Is it the good time to invest on palm oil since the petrol price keep hike... Will palm oil replace the petrol in future?? any comment & advise for the Yr of 2008?? Thank you.. Happy new year.. Hi Mr Teong,

Happy to see you post your blog again… I have some query regarding the plantation stock (palm oil)… is it the time to invest on it?? Juz read the newspaper today saying that the successful result biodiesel using by car… Is it the good time to invest on palm oil since the petrol price keep hike… Will palm oil replace the petrol in future?? any comment & advise for the Yr of 2008??
Thank you.. Happy new year..

]]> By: JEW http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-272 JEW Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:00:16 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-272 Hi Mr Teong, Thank you for your enightenment, I find your comment very clear to me...please continue to post your thots for the benefit of everbody... JEW Hi Mr Teong,

Thank you for your enightenment, I find your comment very clear to me…please continue to post your thots for the benefit of everbody…

JEW

]]> By: NW Teong http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-263 NW Teong Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:01:31 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-263 Hi Jew, thanks for your comment. I am not entirely turning bearish, not yet! I am more cautious and conservative in view of more volatility to come. On that count, you can say that I am bearish at least in the short term. However, I am not asking investors to sell out good value-stocks which have good valuation. Some alternative investments that one can consider are: 1) mid-low end property in Singapore. As in any investment, you need to do your homework in order to find a good value buy. For instance, a unit at Eastvale (an EC) costs about S$650,000 or S$590 per square feet. It has superd location which is about 10 minutes to MRT, it is 10 years old comes 2009 i.e. you can sell it to foreigner from 2009 onwards. With its current rental of S$3,000 per month, this works out to about 5.5% in gross rental yield. At current price, it is definitely cheaper that the pricest HDB sold at Marine Parade. To think that it also has seaview (for some selected units) with full condo facilities. FYI, I do own one unit there. To me, Eastvale is an uncovered gem and is highly undervalue (in comparative terms). I will hold on to my unit till at least 2010. 2)Short-term money markets that give you abour 2.5% per year, 3) Government bonds and others. Other instuments may not be accessible to retail investors. Please note that you are investing at your own risk and the last two options are basically a short term measure depending on your view on the equity markets. Cheers! Hi Jew, thanks for your comment. I am not entirely turning bearish, not yet! I am more cautious and conservative in view of more volatility to come. On that count, you can say that I am bearish at least in the short term. However, I am not asking investors to sell out good value-stocks which have good valuation. Some alternative investments that one can consider are: 1) mid-low end property in Singapore. As in any investment, you need to do your homework in order to find a good value buy. For instance, a unit at Eastvale (an EC) costs about S$650,000 or S$590 per square feet. It has superd location which is about 10 minutes to MRT, it is 10 years old comes 2009 i.e. you can sell it to foreigner from 2009 onwards. With its current rental of S$3,000 per month, this works out to about 5.5% in gross rental yield. At current price, it is definitely cheaper that the pricest HDB sold at Marine Parade. To think that it also has seaview (for some selected units) with full condo facilities. FYI, I do own one unit there. To me, Eastvale is an uncovered gem and is highly undervalue (in comparative terms). I will hold on to my unit till at least 2010. 2)Short-term money markets that give you abour 2.5% per year, 3) Government bonds and others. Other instuments may not be accessible to retail investors. Please note that you are investing at your own risk and the last two options are basically a short term measure depending on your view on the equity markets. Cheers!

]]> By: JEW http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-262 JEW Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:27:31 +0000 http://www.master-rider.com/blog/2008/01/03/happy-new-year/#comment-262 Hi Mr Teong, Good to see you are back! Happy New Year to you too! From your writing, it sound to me that you have turned bearish on the equity markets. If that is so, would you be able to comment on some alternative investments that is right for current investment climate? Hi Mr Teong,

Good to see you are back! Happy New Year to you too!

From your writing, it sound to me that you have turned bearish on the equity markets. If that is so, would you be able to comment on some alternative investments that is right for current investment climate?

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