My wife has just checked with her bank.All the 32,000 shares alloted and returned under the buyback scheme by Lotte have been banked in.Just for an update.Exactly,ten(10) days from the closing date of the buyback scheme.Glad the issuer kept its promise.Well kept.

Read the Code of Ethics and Conduct for FGV;s BODs,management and employees. Read-http://www.feldaglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ethics.pdf

One topical article to read and ponder over- Why I reject Bumiputers-ISM..Salute one of the fair-minded news journalist .Read- http://www.themalaymailonline.com/opinion/farouk-a.-peru/article/why-i-reject-bumiputera-ism

@Jonathan Keung IF all these quasi-government agencies Felda,Risda,Felcra,have been well-run and managed by dedicated and competent leaders and their employees our plantation industry would have stand tall.Even with the tough competition from Indonesia over the years.
2.We used to be the No.1 exporters for rubber and palm oil and have a head start leading all the way.But we did not leverage on our advantages and strength well.Over the years complacency crept over.

Outcome: We played second fiddle to Indonesia on palm oil export.Likewis we also lost the leadership mantle for rubber.

1.Any responsible and ethical leader will not throw the hard-earned money from the tax-revenues and other forms of taxation for the benefits of the long-suffering settlers affected by this long-drawn corporate saga.Sending the wrong message to the other fellow leaders from the same party and the rest of the populations.
2.Money thrown this way is going down the drain because it did not resolve the root causes of the problems.
3.Our leaders have been too comfortable living in the ivory tower and do not really have ears on the ground.Or they have been ill-advised by his coterie of mec=diocre advisers?
4.Are these the types of leaders that we want to have to lead and steer our country forward in the next ten years?

Outcome: The vicious cycle from this poor example is repeated again and again towards or close to the national general elections.Accountability and responsbiity,nought. Wakaka...

This counter will be in hibernation(sleeping) mode for a mid-term to long stretch from now.Trading volumes getting lesser by days since 24 July 2017.
2.Will move within a narrow range of +,- 3.0cents with upside very limited.Probability of uptrend in price yet to discern.
3.Presently,does not see or expect any big news that can cause a good price reversal towards upwards.
4.Financial Analysis together with Fundamental and Valuation Analysis do not support the price upsurge.The present price that most punters and investors are holding are overpriced.

Outcome: Weak share counter. Waiting for 1:50 odd for the price to recover.

Latest news on FGV by TS Muhyiddin. Read- https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/8880/

Berita Terkini - https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/bahasa/s/8879/

EPF as one of the largest institutional holders in PetChem has been disposing (over a number of days already) a large number of PetChem shares in the market.
2.Anything that we can discern from EPF disposal?

Today PetChem down by 3.0 cents.To know more: http://www.malaysiastock.biz/Corporate-Infomation.aspx?securityCode=5183

http://www.malaysiastock.biz/Corporate-Infomation.aspx?securityCode=4944

Read- http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/malaysia-maintains-5-companies-forbes-asias-best-under-billion

Huhuhu...I think the settlers are smart fellas.
2.They know very well that gomen needs their votes badly.So why do they want to waste the golden opportunity afforded that only comes once in five years- a long and tortuous wait!.Thus they are holding and staying put and putting up a counter-offer.Asking for more.
3.Look like gomen or the party related to gomen has to sit down and negotiate with them and understand their members' plights and grouses.
4.That is what strategic negotiation works and let's see how it plays out finally.Whether gomen will accede to their demands?.

Expects the stock price to trend lower on the downside.All the Technical Price Indicators-MA,MACD,RSI support the bearishness for the stock.
2.Market moves ahead of the coming QR announcement.Possibly,the coming QR is weak.
3.Disspaointed for such a previous well-managed company to be caught in such poor straits.
4.Used to be one of the chosen stock buy during the good heydays long gone by.

Outcome- the company is as good as the persons running the show.

@tokti, N2N is a thinly traded technology counter unlike a few other which were actively traded like GHL Systems, Mpay,Willowgen,Mlabs,others.
2.Reached the peak price RM 1.00 in early 2016.After that all the way down gradually to the present price 0.75 today.
3.Financial Analysis(FA) and fundamental analysis fair or average.EPS- 2.54 cents(low); PE-29.53; ROE=6.51 fair. Giving DY of 1.92% pa.
4.Price tends to move within a narrow range of 1-2 cents,but unlike other stocks mentioned above. Unless the trading volumes perked up,the upside potential is limited.
5.Have not heard of any news moves (coming or anticipated M & A) for this share counter.

Outcome: Even though if you nibbled on this stock,your capital gain is low unless there is a big positive news coming.

Read the latest news from Hong Kong on our countr's latest political development.Nobody expects such political tussle in our lifetime.But it has broke open for every one to see and watch.When two big elephant fights the grasses around them will be trampled and tousled.What will be the outcome?
Read- http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2104126/why-mahathir-mohamad-malaysias-best-hope-and-najibs-worst

Zakaria has been told by his employer that he is still an employee of FGV.And told not to give any public comments whilst the domestic inquiry(DI) is still on.
2.One brave guy who can speak out what he thinks is right and correct.
3.Intersting to watch the outcome on the DI.
4.Zaharia as the person under DI can appeal to the Industrial Court if he finds the decision and determination is against his interest.
Ai-yah another long-winding tussle...
5.Will the FGV's board allow such contentious saga to continue or just have him and three others back? Ended up win-win outcome?

1. Malton's share price used to hover around 0.85 cents end of last year.Way below its IPO price!
2. Because of the market hypes that the corporate merger is pending with WCT(same large shareholding vendor) the price slowly ascended.
3.Then another hype of Bandar Malaysia(BM) following revocation of IWH-CREC tender the price gained momentum.JV with Wanda China for BM master developer.
4.Basing on all these hypes,nothing concrete had materialised.
5.Now the price is RM 1.15 and many were caught holding an overvalued and overpriced stock.Some chased and bought at the market high around RM 1.75 and above.
6.They failed to realise that for a speculative and volatile stock price reversal can be brutal and take a sudden turn for the worst.
7.Financial analysis,fundamental analysis and valuation analysis do not support the price that Malton is fetching presently.

Outcome: Barring any great market news from this counter,the share price will be bearish.More downside than upside.

Never ending settlers' dissenting voices.Read - https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/8661/

Basing on anecdotal information from the Technical Price Chart the downside has still some where to go.Support still weak basing on three(3) long black candles which was formed today.Another two were on 11 July and 24 July.Such long black candles can offer useful tip to guide investors,punters or speculators that the stock counter is caught in the bearishness mode.
2.Think not the time to buy yet,because the support base price is still not evident.
3.At such a price better to buy 10 lots of Mieco Chipboard(for an equivalent amount of investment money) which recently announced bumper profits.Also because the wood-based industry is strong.Most of the wood-based and furniture based counter were strongly supported.Like for semi-conductor counters.

Cheers,and do invest smartly:-)))

For those interested to know about the GE-13 results.Read and be your own judge- http://www.ide.go.jp/library/Japanese/Publish/Download/Kidou/pdf/2013_malaysia_03.pdf

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/07/27/epf-right-not-to-invest-in-fgv/

When the national voting process is fair ,equitable,just and square the incumbent will lose big time.That is reality.!That was what could be deduced from the GE-13 results.They lost the majority votes(less than ~48%) but was saved because the general elections had been gerrymandered( how the voting parliamentary seats were de-lineated all towards the incumbent favour.Heavy bias towards the rural constituencies). in their favour.Huhuhu... and EC never acted on their massive election spending budgets which was way above the legal spending limits allowed.

2.Hope with the united oppo front this round,and with the continuing mega financial saga one after another which continually drained and sapped our invaluable national resources a positive outcome in oppo favour is achievable.

Go,for the epochal change.Chnage is a constant:-)))

Another useful comparative figures for those interested to know.Read- http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Malaysia/Singapore/Economy

@Shafi Awong be more responsible with your posting.
2.Many people have been caught buying this counter through various speculative waves,and lost a big amount of money.
3.If you don't have the justification on the news that you posted please keep it to yourself.
4.Just my advice.

Many investors,speculators and punters of the stocks-IWC,Malton,MRCB,Ekovest(to a smaller degree) have been caught during quite a number of speculative waves recently.
2. A lots of news,informations and updates were reported,shared and posted.Some pure rumour and a lot merely highly guesswork from the grapevine.
3.Through all the information we have to separate what is pure rumour,speculations,unfounded posts with what is truly the decided fact that is valuable.
4.To caught once,is bad.To caught for the second time is very bad.Third times,jumbo mumbo and big obese elephant in the room.
5.For all the noises from the market-place why not wait until it is clear how and to whom the Master Developer for BM was awarded. That will make for a good investment with mitigated risk.

Presently,all the Technical Price Indicators- Moving Average(MA),Moving Average Convergence Divergence(MACD),Relative Strength Index(RSI) support the bearishness of this share counter.It has been dropping to new lows the last few days.A long black candle registered on 11 July did not portend any immediate upside reversal for this counter.

View the chart: http://www.malaysiastock.biz/Stock-Chart.aspx?securitycode=1651

2.Surprisingly a politically linked property counter and with EPF and Tabung Haji supporting the price downside still cannot be mitigated.Market forces are greater than any such buying support from the institutional buyers.

3.Awarded quite a number of plum development projects by gomen but FA and fundamentals mediocre.Weak project management and costs controls...
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From the news archives in response to @GoodCompanies.
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/singapores-wealth-per-adult-among-the-highest-in-the-world

One of the news today, that will burden the cost of living for the rakyats.
Read -https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/389920

Listen to this song.Uplifitng to the battered soul.
Singh along- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p267W1G5HtE

Hope the Rahman prophecy turns out true.

2.The momentous and epochal change is NOT too far away.It is possbile.
3.All citizens will cry for joys and happiness on the day it happens,when we can usher in a new government which is far,just and equitable,uphold the Federal Constitution,uphold on Rule of Laws and not Rule by Laws;eliminate corruption in all spheres of public and private eco-systems.ensure all citizens are equal in the eyes of the laws as per Article 8,Federal Constitution and promote meritocracy.
4.Gives incentives to citizens to be more entrepreneurial,and armed with great digital knowledge to face the challenging world.
5.Restore independence of the judiciary and Parliament.

Top Three(3) on the list which can help Malaysia to take a quantum leap towards a developed country status.

Listen to the great song by Frank Sinatra- My Way.The song is very uplifting.
Open and view,sing along- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE

Listen to the great song by Frank Sinatra- My Way.The song is very uplifting.
Open and view,sing along- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE

@Tan Cheng Poh agrred.Why pay RM 150 subscription fee to get information from abc?.
2.In the present globalised world so much inter-connected and wired one can get lots of invaluable sources of information free.From the edge,Bursa homepage,malaysia biz stock homepage,mainstream news,etc.At least for the latter we know their identities.Make an effort to browse and read up and be an informed investor.
3.At the end of the day,digest and analyse those information and makes your own judgement.Money does not grow on trees.
4.Convince yourself that the decision make is from your own judgement and not from somebody call."Herd mentality" will hurt you if you are not careful and alert.Akin to the blind leading the blind to the edge of precipice.

Cash is King is back.The drum beat is getting louder every day.
2.Good we just take what is given to us also like BRIM for the marginalised group-" the bottom 40" citizens who are from the lower income group.After all it is from the other citizens' taxes,GST,etc.
3.But when comes to decision day,we can take a different path.
4.Don't be afraid of change.Change is constant.
5.We are in a very much globalised,inter-connected and wired world.News flow from every scandal can reach the citizens very easily and every corner of the globe.Citizens are much better informed nowadays.
5.According to the global rating agency,our country needs to look for new sources of revenues to avoid the double whammy of twin deficits.But with such injudicious spending the deficits will ballon.
6.hehehe...to cover the shortfalls,gomen will then think of ways to take back the money given out.So the citizens must not be gullible.If not they are always at the losing end.

It comes in a vicious cycle: What the gomen can give,gomen can also take back.But once it starts taking back,it will take back more than were given out.

That is reality!.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/07/26/amanah-decries-reckless-spending-to-buy-votes/

Famous quote: IF the fish is rotten, it starts from the head first.:-(((

Caveat emptor in legal term buy at your own risk.
Top three negatives:
1.This share counter has not found its true price support level yet because last few trading days,buybacks by Maybank.Buyback plan had stopped completely on 24 July after achieving the number of shares to be purchased back.
2.Global petrochemical prices ahead will be soft vis-a-vis the first half of the year because of the glut.
3.As what some forumers said,the valuation put out during the IPO is way too high.Now beaten down and still has some way to go. Do used PetChem share price as your guide.

Good luck,and be patient..

1. Satu slogan atau ikrar demi satu ikar/slogan dilaungkan oleh gomen atau pihak berkuasa.Buat masa ini pula ikrar integrity dan tadbir urus yang diumumkan oleh pemimpin(integrity and good corporate governance pledge).Jikalau kita boleh rumuskan kembali gomen telah menubuhkan Institut Intégriti Malaysia(IIM) sejak lebih kurang tiga puluh tabun(30years ago) yang lepas.Apa sudah jadi padanya? Berjuta-juta wang rakyat dibelanja untuk mengadakan majlis ikrar,promosi,kempen,wawancara dan apa jadi pada asilo yang diperoleh? Adakah imej negara berkenaan Transparency Index-TI,(Indek Transparensi) lebih baik dan pada kedudukan atas yang membanggakan.Secara jelas kedudukan negara untuk TI telah turun kepada satu tangga.Itu mengikut lapuran terkini daripada pertubuhan TI.
2.SPRM(Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia) juga ada memohon ajensi kerajaan dan GLCs,pihak swasta dan pertuhuban NGOs menandantangi MOU Integrity dan Pembasmian Rasuah.Banyak negeri,agensi kerajaan dan juga pihak swasta membuat demikian.Tetapi apa hasilnya yang diperolehnya? Sama juga.Hanya untuk publisiti umum setakat itu såja.Lepas majlis besar-besaran yang diadakan balk kepada status-quo.
3.Maka makin jelas bahawa samada pada peringkat negara,negeri,ajensi kerajaan, atau dikalangan swasta komitmen,tanggungjawab dan accountabiliti penh berkenaan perkara ini rendah.Jadi apa jalan penyelesaiaannya?

Cadangan: Menegakan tahap penguatkuasaan ketat mengikut prinsip "Rule of Laws" dan bukan "Rule By Laws" tanpa mengira status,kedudukan,warna kulit,bangsa,jawatan,dan sebagainya keatas seseorang atau mana-mana pihak yang melanggar undang-undang sedia-ada yang dikuatkuasakan.

READ- https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/bahasa/s/8651/

@limch it is all hogwash.Within FGV and all other public listed companies they have to uphold on good corporate governance under SEC and Bursa listing rules.But as you can see more times than not it is side-lined for selfish interest.Another red herring for good sloganeering.

1. There are a lot of news from the grapevine.There are also a lot of news made in this open forum.True or not yet to be determine!.
2.The trend and momentum of IWC for the past few months can be discerned clearly.
3.It is also influenced by gomen ill-advised political stance- a lot of "flip flops" every now and then.
4.Many former acted emotionally and with herd mentality bought at the high.

Outcome : Such stock is highly speculative and the risk level is very high.Fundamental analysis and Valuation Analysis- on the high side.Meaning overpriced and overvalued.
Not for those investors who cannot afford the time to monitor the price and trend.

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2104005/wanda-scraps-bid-develop-bandar-malaysia-rail-project

Latest news update.Read -http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2017/07/25/can-scomi-engineering-keep-going/

Read- http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/lotte-chemical-titan-ipo-proceeds-cut-rm226m

@Chaostrader,bravo just ignore such group of loonies and toonies.They are amongst the un-wlecome pesky forumers who cannot think and act decently and properly.
2.They cannot present a good feedback to forumers' posting and yet want to run them down.
3.We have no time for time.But we stand and assert what is right from wrong.
4.So uncouth of them.

Huhuhu...you have picked the wrong target.
2.Sober down and reflect back on the mis-step and mis-direction on the BM earlier proposal made by party outside the control of IWC-CREC.
3.They are not the fly by night company.
4.Think you know how things get done over here.
5.Flip-flops abound in our socio-eco-political sphere.
6.Sad for corporate governance ala Malaysia.

Read on - http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/johari-8-firms-interested-be-bandar-malaysia-master-developer%C2%A0

When faced with such dilemma like "A Black Swan" event which nobody can see it coming,the best approach is to take proper and immediate step to preserve and safeguard one invested capital and hard-earned money.

2.There must not be any "love attachment" with the stock one is buying.

3.Otherwise,not only one ended up carrying an overvalued counter which no one want to buy unless at a steep discount but one will also be pained with the loss from one poor judgment or stock pick.

4.Time to decide,one should not turn back.Hoping against hope that the tide will bring back good return again is a big no.That is as good as dreaming on.Makes for poor investment strategy.

Picked up the pieces and move on.It will make for a better and hopeful day:-)))

I am commenting today in Bahasa Malaysia for the benefits of our friends maybe from Felda or FGV who are not so conversant with English:

1.Felda ialah satu agensi quasi-kerajaan yang ditubuhkan untuk memelihara kepetingan kebajikan,kesejahteraan dan hak-hak para peladang supaya taraf kehidupan mereka sentiasa dijagai dan dipelihara.Tetapi Felda sejak penubuhan 64 tahun ini telah gagal memainkan peranan yang diamanahkan dan diperuntukkan.Seharusnya Felda sekarang sepatutnya dapat berdikari dan tak payah lagi bergantung kepada bantuan kewangan,insentif dan penglibatan kerajaan daripada semasa kesemasa.
2.Jikalau diteliti daripada beban pinjaman Felda sebanyak RM 10billion dan dikehendaki membayar wang bunga(interest) pinjaman setahun dalam lingkungan jumlah RM 400juta(daripada arus laporan berita) bagaimana agensi ini dapat memenuhi matlamat kepada para peladang? Ini adalah satu soalan yang harus diteliti secara mendalam.
3.Tambahan FGV yang disenaraipendek diBursa sejak 5 tahun yang lepas juga telah mencatat prestasi yang amat tidak memuaskan walaupun harga pasaran CPO,kernel,olechemicals adalah pada paras yang tinggi bertahun-tahun.Bandingan dengan lain-lain syarikat seperti IOi,KLK,GenP,HS Plant,UP akan memberi gambaran yang jelas bahawa prestasi pengursan pada semua peringkat pengurusan samada diperingkat pengurusan perladangan,pengursan operasai,pengurusan tadbir urus and integriti,pengursan pembayaran kepada ahli lembaga syaraikat adalah sungguh lemah.Ini telah menyumbang kepada kadar kemerosotan keuntungan yang diperoleh oleh syarikat.Misalnya Return of Equity(ROE) untuk syarikat FGV adalah sungguh lemah dan rendah.Menyakitkan dan melukai hati…:-(((
4.Bila harga jualan saham FGV semasa IPO ialah RM 4.55 tetapi harga sekarang diBursa Saham KL telah menjunam pada harga RM 1.66 semasa maka telah menimbulkan satu pra sangka dikalangan pelabur dan pemegang saham FGV.Mustahil untuk sebuah konglomerate ditelan dengan satu kadar kemerosotan keuntungan pada setiap 4-bulan laporan(QR) yang telah merosakkan nilai saham pasaran yang diperoleh FGV.Ini juga membebankan para peladang Felda yang mempunyai dan memilek saham FGV daripada pinjaman perbankan.
5.Bukan sekadar itu saja.FGV sekarang juga menghadapi satu kepincangan(tussle) diperingkat lembaga dan pengurusan atasan dalaman.Ini akan memberi satu gambaran dan imej kurang positif kepada pelabur dan pemegang saham.

6.Terdapat juga faktor-faktor lain yang harus diselesaikan segera.Tetapi adalah mencukupi untuk berkongsi maklumbalas berkenaan lima faktor utama(Top five factors) yang harus diselesaikan segera oleh pihak-pihak berkenaan,

Sebagai salah daripada seorang pelabur dalam FGV juga menjadi harapan saya dan keluarga saya bahawa FGV dapat diperkukuhan segera supaya dapat keyakinan dan kepercayaan semula daripada semua para pelabur dan pemegangtaruh(stakeholders) yang berkaitan.

Saya masih terus dalam perjalanan untuk mendapat jawapan tepat kepada hal-hal semasa yang berbangkit dalam pengursan FGV.

@GoodCompanies thanks for your feedback.But do read between the lines and all the lines.GDP growth for Spore had been sterling and used to be in the range of 6-9% yearly whilst they are on the road to developed countries.Same for Japan and South Korea in their sterling eras of sound and well-planned development.
But once these three countries reached developed country status their economy will mature.With such positive development towards a matured and well developed economy even a growth rate of 1.0-3.0% for a developed country is good and enviable.Their base is already very high.
2.On the same score,Singapore was listed as one of the top countries in term of number of millionaires.Their per capital income is the highest in the world and out-rank Switzerland which used to hold that eminent seat.Its corporate governance in all sphere of public and private eco-systems is undisputed.Same as for Japan and South Korea.

Needless to say more...