Great! Mr Icon, we all know this is main main portfolio, but it is still good to give us something to think of. Lose also never mind, try something that we will never try in real life.
When you go and buy a bottle of beer the price is RM10. When you go and buy 10 crates of beer the price do you think will be RM10 each as well? Obviously not. There are many intricacies to buying stocks, most importantly patience, discipline and consistency.
In this case, one must stay invested in the stock market to gain the 100k in the first place ( or make a lot of money elsewhere). Speculating in this manner (call it what it is) is insane and a crazy way to introduce new investors to a high risk form of speculation.
Putting 99% of net worth in a warrant gives you added complexity. On top of needing to understand how the company will work out in the long term, you also need to understand the momentum of the warrant. People who buy needs to understand the time value of the warrant, what is the market Volume, the market volatility and most of all the RISK involved.
That will determine everything.
If you take it theoretically ( for me it became a painful reality),
If you had 10 years of 85% portfolio growth, then followed by just 2 year of 85% losses, you would basically have burnt all your profits in one sweep. Very stressful way of "investing".
You need to understand risk. Especially if you don't get to enjoy dividends.
Having said that options ( warrants) trading is a very good tool for making short term money, if you accept it is a trading and speculating method.
I have friends who do this on a daily basis and they have a great career.
They would however put capital risk protection as their first and foremost mechanism. No trade should be more than 5% of their capital invested, as the example I gave was what really happened. They would hold 35-40 stock options and warrants so losses are tempered by gains, not the other way around.
Safety first.
Derivatives have always been a weapon of mass financial destruction.
The best method is always to build up a position in a growing good company slowly, building up your confidence in knowledge and understand the competitive advantage as you go along. When you are able to recognize the difference between permanent loss of business advantage and capability and a temporary problem in the market, a slowly profitable 15% consistently over a long time with added dividends is far more preferable, especially when sleeping at night becomes a priority.
Philip, can I get your view on upcoming IPO Leong Hup which will be listed at PER 20X historical earnings FY2017? Will it have chance to get valuation like QL? Worth applying its IPO?
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This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
Posted by Icon8888 > 2016-05-04 20:58 | Report Abuse
I am starting this portfolio with RM100,000. Will close the book by end 2016