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  p/s: yes, Meisa Kuroki is back .. I had a good chat with a friend about dads growing old. I assume we are all filial sons and daughters. When our dads grow older and older, maybe some will have retired from their careers by now. I wonder how many of us "love our dads" in the way that allows him to continue to be the man that he is. Dads who are now retired are dads from a different era. Most of our dads are the strong silent types, not like many of the younger dads nowadays who will try to be good friends with their kids.  A man of the house usually takes the lead in the household. He takes care of the paycheck. He calls the shots in many areas of the household matters. When they retire, they may not have access to as much "money as before" - gee, do you ever wonder why, thats because he has brought you guys up, send you guys to further your studies, even finance your first car or even your first home, down payment for this and that. Flying you back from overse...

Are we in a bull run? Of course we are. Not to labour the point but I highlighted the start of the bull run back in January this year... and got a lot of naysayers but never mind: p/s: needless to say, this is Jing Tian ... beautiful face and a certain kind of freshness in her looks and acting career thus far http://malaysiafinance.blogspot.my/2016/12/bank-negara-may-have-switched-on-bull.html I would like to extend my prediction that the bull run for Bursa stocks should continue to run well till the end of the year. What we are seeing for the past 3 weeks was a general lull where volume suddenly shrunk but the general trend is still intact. My reasons for saying so: a) the overall equity markets globally will be supported by a benign recovery complemented by a timid approach to raising rates by most central banks b) thanks to a drastic bear run for most commodities, and to a lesser extent some oil & gas players, the undertone for "cost of materials" have been weak and ha...

p/s:  Lee Min Jung, whom I consider to be the prettiest Korean actress/commercial queen around ... somehow she looks better on screen in motion than in still pics The figures below are per annum:

  p/s: the girls are back due to overwhelming demand ... my first pick after so many years... Han Hyoo Joo... great actress and an even more vibrant personality... watch her in reality-variety shows such as Running Man and you will fall in love

How long have I been harping on this issue? SGX have seen their volume traded, market activity and its robustness being sharply curtailed for more than 7 years. The problem started when you have TOO MANY LAWYERS and TOO MANY MBAs at SGX. What is textbook rules and MBA playbook may not work as well in real life. SGX or any market exchanges need to have a substantive number of advisors who are "market savvy" because if there are no trades, the exchanges will not be able to fulfil its main KPI. Yes, there are other KPIs such market fairness, biased trading, other prejudicial front running or trading based on insider information ... but they all run a poor second to market robustness. Without that, why have an exchange, because the main aim of an exchange is twofold: a) allow public and investing institutions  to participate in the growth of a company, b) to raise capital for a company's growth prospects. Any other aims are secondary at best. The lunch trading trade-through r...

REPOST:  Its been more than two years since I posted on my sifu. This is probably the most significant posting I had done thus far that does not involve business or politics. My circle of close friends and business colleagues have benefited significantly from his treatment. My Master, Dr. Law Chin Han (from my iPhone) Where shall I start? OK, just based on real life experiences of those who are close to me. The entire Tong family (Bukit Kiara Properties) absolutely swear that he is the master of masters when it comes to acupuncture (and dentistry as well). To me, you can probably find many great dentists, but to find a real Master in acupuncture, thats a whole different ballgame. I am not big aficionado of Chinese medicine or acupuncture initially. I guess you have to go through the whole shebang to appreciate the real life changing effects from a master. My business partner and very close friend went to him after 15 years of persistent gout problem, he will get his heavy attacks a...