Q : Hi Teh ... I like your idea of dollar averaging in TM. Could it be applied to other stocks?
Yes ... and No.
The risk is ... the stocks may NOT recover. And some lousy stocks may even be delisted (or cash-calls etc) during crisis.
Let me take CSCSteel as example ... someone argued with me it is under-valued when it was up strong around RM1.80 ... so, fine. Buy more now ... right? silly naive fella.
CSC today at RM1.07 (PER 25.56 with NTA 2.19) ... not under-valued leh.
take peak : RM2 divide 4 = 50cents. Start to buy from there. every ten cents down, buy one portion consistently ...
sell every 10cents up. one may adjust to % etc etc.
There ... that is my take. Buying a downtrending stocks ... expect to be stuck with paperloss and need to buy more (be happy) when stocks becoming cheaper ... if u stuck up there CSCSteel at RM2 or RM1.50 ... i wonder why you are not adding at RM1? Ask ourselves why we bought high up there ... and STUCK. Investor or ... ACCIDENTALLY becoming investor ...
TEH
bursatrader2018
dollar averaging is a lazy,loser strategy for small punters like us. You & i are not like the units trust, with unlimited funds coming in every mth, that need to put to work.
We got v limited 'funds' , cannot apply lah..
Need to put on thinking cap, find out what are the key requirements in a waterfall stk, that give it a good chance to rebound, eg. tm,genm,genting,gamuda, that already came back from the 'dead'.
that is the value-add that would be useful for your class n us ...
2019-06-25 15:41