Posted by Jonathan Keung > 2016-04-18 15:53 | Report Abuse

it's a lonely at the top. sigh! to become a super & successful full time player

Posted by Alex Chan > 2016-04-18 16:43 | Report Abuse

Trade not invest.Only 10% are successful. Those who cannot, teach.....

Posted by Jolin Lai Chi Pet > 2016-04-19 08:22 | Report Abuse

for those quit the job, will get alzheimer soon..................so, u all must work everyday!!!!!

Posted by yeo219 > 2016-04-19 13:44 | Report Abuse

Fully agreed the author. Unless you manage fund that big enough to derive sufficient dividend to sustain your living expenses monthly, it is risky to go full time investor. You can only consider profit make from investing stock as bonus for your holidays and dividend as interest earned from the investment. Investor goes full time with small fund will inevitably make wrong decision sometime and also not able to hold good potiential stocks for sufficient period to get the maximum returns.

Posted by vcheekeong > 2016-04-19 20:08 | Report Abuse

Well said..tempting to become full time investors is great but you can't be picking winning stocks all time.
Stay employed is good for beating loneliness and stay active while can nimble in stocks market.

Posted by Tom > 2016-04-20 11:06 | Report Abuse

totally not agree with author. if you don't quit ur job then how to become full time investor?
title should be "Why You Must Not Quit Your Job to Become a part-time investor"

Posted by Lulu La > 2016-04-20 11:10 | Report Abuse

I think the title correction shud be.."Why You Must Not Qui Your Job To Become A Full Time TRADER"...investor n trader is different lo

Posted by Tom > 2016-04-20 11:27 | Report Abuse

1x2 = 2x1
"investor" = trader
same thing :)

Posted by Lulu La > Apr 20, 2016 11:10 AM | Report Abuse

I think the title correction shud be.."Why You Must Not Qui Your Job To Become A Full Time TRADER"...investor n trader is different lo

Posted by Lulu La > 2016-04-20 11:28 | Report Abuse

Totally not agree with investor = trader.....

Posted by noobnnew > 2016-04-20 11:41 | Report Abuse

Investor is not trader. Trader constantly looking at price perform buy in sell out in short period of time. Investor constantly looking at annual report, quarter report, perform financial analysis, looking for bargain hunt. Investor won't sell for 2-3sen different. We do our homework, play big and win big.

Posted by 3EMWE > 2016-04-20 11:41 | Report Abuse

until there is a sustainable source of income or fresh cash flow outside of investing one might consider being a full time investor. there has to be a plan A for plan B to work.

Posted by stockmanmy > 2016-04-20 15:02 | Report Abuse

don't listen to others....not even Vishal Khandelwal

Posted by Angielim9955 > 2016-04-20 21:25 | Report Abuse

I have been suffer by last year when bearing . So I already feel the fear and lonely . And also feel only super clever person can become full time. I think less than 10% in the world can be a very clever people . Haha . Even god of bursa also don't hundred percent know tomorrow index will up or going down . So I agreed this title .

Posted by stockmanmy > 2016-04-20 21:33 | Report Abuse

angie


for directors, substantial shareholders and long term investors, they don't have to be right all the time. They don't even have to be right most of the time. For them, they only have to be right once a decade, they can do very well for themselves.

Posted by Angielim9955 > 2016-04-20 21:44 | Report Abuse

Agreed

Posted by stockmanmy > 2016-04-20 21:48 | Report Abuse

What it needs is that for a long term investor, his main focus is strategic issues and quality of management.......got that right the share will do very well at least once a decade.

Posted by Tom > 2016-04-21 09:43 | Report Abuse

told u....
1x2 = 2x1
"investor" = trader
same thing ：）

Posted by noobnnew > Apr 20, 2016 11:41 AM | Report Abuse

Investor is not trader. Trader constantly looking at price perform buy in sell out in short period of time. Investor constantly looking at annual report, quarter report, perform financial analysis, looking for bargain hunt. Investor won't sell for 2-3sen different. We do our homework, play big and win big.

Posted by unclejoe > 2016-04-21 16:51 | Report Abuse

Like what Walter Schloss said, Quote: “ In life, we should be confident in ourselves, do something that we like and are passionate with; not doing something that we don’t like just because it makes us money.”

Posted by stockmanmy > 2016-04-21 16:54 | Report Abuse

3 kinds of participants

- the directors, substantial shareholders and long term investors
-the portfolio manager
-the traders

the stockmarket is big enough for all three
but no one is big enough to be all 3.

Know thyself first.