The mythological tale of the Pillars of Hercules, tells a story that Hercules himself, while having to cross a mountain on his way to the garden of the Hesperides, used his superhuman strength to smash a mountain into two pieces that was blocking his way, rather than climb over it. When these two pieces of the mountain fell into the sea, they formed what we know of today as; Gibraltar and Monte Hacho. Ever since this tale of what happened within the strait of Gibraltar was told, these two halves of the mountain have been known as the Pillars of Hercules.
Although in today’s world we do not know of people with such superhuman strength as the described Greek gods. The tale of Hercules and how he managed to smash through a mountain creating to separate huge rocks, lives on. This is why when we see the strongmen performing these super extreme holds, this is the closest thing to superhuman strength as we know it. This is why holding up two huge concrete pillars is known as the Hercules hold. Although the strongmen of today hold these pillars from falling down, this is how we would imagine the incredible Hercules would have held these rock formations from falling down if they had been a danger.
About The Hercules Hold
The Hercules hold requires the strongman to hold up two giant pillars of 160kg each for as long as possible, this is a true test of power, grip strength and determination. It is often the athlete that can best overcome the mental torment of being pulled apart by two massive weights that prevails, over the man with the superior grip or strength but cannot handle the mental torment that is applied.
The two pillars (or weights in less extravagant setups) are attached to chains which have handles for the strongman to grip hold of. The strongman stands in the middle, in this case between the two pillars and takes hold of a handle in each hand before the pillars are released. Once the pillars are released they start vigorously pulling the strongman in opposite directions. The man who can hold onto the pillars for the longest time is declared the winner.
Training for the Hercules Hold: The Hercules Hold is very difficult to practice as it is not often that you find two falling pillars with chains and handles on for you to hold. Even creating a makeshift way to practice this can be very dangerous depending on what you are using to hold onto. Although there are not many things that can replicate this hold, the closest thing to be able to hold a good amount of weight in each arm in this way is within a gym. While using a gym, if you take the cable crossover machine (one with adjustable height), you can replicate this hold by putting the weight nice and high on both cables, at a height slightly below your shoulders. Find a few people within the gym or even your friends if they are available, who can help and pass you a handle in each hand to hold. Once you have hold of both handles and the heavy weight is trying to pull you apart. Stay central and try to hold this weight for as long as possible. Although in the Hercules hold, you see the strongman hold on until he cannot anymore, this is only recommended if the people who are assisting you can grab the cables for when you let go. If this is not possible try to train yourself and improve your grip strength, but do not suddenly drop the handles if you have heavy weight on. One reason for this is because if you are new to this strongman exercise, you may cause yourself injury and secondly, if you suddenly let go and weights start smashing together in the gym, you may lose your membership!
Current World Records
The official record for the Hercules Hold was set at the Giants Live Wembley in 2019 and is in the name of Mark Felix with a stunning time of 83.62 seconds. Since then Mark Felix has gone on to set a new world record in the Hercules Hold event at Giants live Manchester in 2019 with a time of 87.52 seconds. This is currently the highest time achieved within this event and is currently the world record.
1. It will be good to put KGB Warrant inside your favourite watch list for buy orders on the
KGB Warrant as it behaves almost identical pattern as Comfort Warrant WB
Analysis on Comfort Warrant WB
1.1 Comfort Warrant , WB
first day of listing 6 July 2021 / limit up RM 0.305
1.2 From 6 July 2021 (1st day ) to total another 13 trading days -- to 26 July 2021/ RM 0.745
total gain from RM 0.305 to RM 0.745 =RM 0.44 that translates to 145 %
July 2021
1.3 . 1 /1st day / 6 / limit up RM 0.305
2 / 2nd day 7 / closed RM 0.39
3 / 3 rd day / 8 / closed RM 0.39
4 / 4th day / 9/ closed RM 0.415
5 / 5th day / 12 / closed RM 0.385
6 / 6th day / 13 / closed RM 0.395
7 / 7th day / 14 / closed RM 0.40
8 / 8th day / 15 / closed RM 0.47
9 / 9th day / 16 / closed Rm 0.465
10 / 10th day / 19/ closed RM 0.47
11 / 11th day / 21 / closed RM 0.595
12 / 12th day / 22 / closed RM 0.665
13/ 13th day / 23 / closed RM 0.71 ( high RM 0.74 )
14 / 14th day / 26 / closed RM 0.64 ( high RM 0.745)
2. Pls note from the technical analysis of KGB Warrant , WB :
it will behave as the same positive manner to at least
Target Price : RM 0.60 to RM 0.745
short term , possibly by 19 Aug 2021 with potential gains from
RM 0.305 to RM 0.60 = RM 0.295 / 98 %
RM 0.305 to RM 0.745 = RM 0.295 / 145 %
2.1 1st day of listing / 3 August 2021 / Limit up RM 0.305
2.2 2nd / 4 August 2021 / low RM 0.305 / high RM 0.385 / closed RM 0.315
2.3 3rd day / 5 August 2021 / low RM 0.305 / high 0.355 / closed RM 0.35
2.4 4th day / 6 August 2021 / low RM 0.34 / high RM 0.42 / closed RM 0.40
Author: kiasutrader | Latest post: Wed, 25 Aug 2021, 10:21 AM
Kelington Group - Fab Expansion on the Rise
Author:kiasutrader | Publish date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021, 9:25 AM
KGB has clinched another job win, this time from GlobalFoundries which recently allocated US$4b to expand its wafer fab in Singapore.
The award is worth RM45m for a base build specialty gas delivery system and work will commence immediately as the customer is seeing an urgent need to increase its 12-inch wafer output up to 1.5m per year (+43%) due to swelling chip demand. This brings YTD order wins to RM264m while order-book stands at RM523m. We believe this is the start of more fab expansions to come, indicating a slew of jobs in the pipeline for KGB.
Maintain OUTPERFORM with a
higher Target Price of RM1.50.
Just the start. Kelington Group (KGB) made an announcement yesterday indicating another UHP (ultra-high purity gas delivery system) job win, this time from GlobalFoundries’ wafer fabrication plant in Singapore. This award is worth RM45m for a base build job relating to the specialty gas delivery system and work will commence immediately as the customer is seeing an urgent need to ramp up capacity due to swelling chip demand. We are very positive on this development as it strengthens our belief in KGB’s competency and competitive edge among peers given that the group managed to win this contract in a short span of time, merely one month after GlobalFoundries announced its US$4b capex plan to build a new wafer fab. Including the recent award, KGB has secured RM264m job wins in 2021 while its order-book has ballooned to RM523m.
More to come. We observed that larger wafer fab players such as TSMC and SMIC have started their capex plan early in the year, while medium sized players are only starting to execute their capex plans now and can no longer hold back as the gap between surging demand and available capacity continues to widen. This indicates that we can expect more wafer fab expansion to come and KGB is in a favourable position to benefit from more UHP jobs, in line with management’s goal to achieve another year of record job wins. The group’s tender-book has jumped to RM1.5b, a sharp increase of 50% from the RM1b usually reported by them. This is likely driven by strong demand for semiconductors as our channel check shows that laptop manufacturers are still experiencing chip supply that are 25-30% below demand while automotive semiconductor companies are locking in wafer orders with non-cancellation clauses for up to 24 months.
Braving through the MCO challenges. Despite running at 60% workforce restriction in its Malaysia operation during the MCO 3.0 period, we are hopeful for the 2QFY21 result to remain stable QoQ as UHP jobs in China have been running smoothly and would likely be able to offset the MCO 3.0 impact. Note that China contributes c.48% of the group’s order-book.
Maintain FY21E-22E earnings of RM31.1m and RM35.6m, representing growth of 78% and 14%, respectively.
Maintain OUTPERFORM with a higher Target Price of RM1.50 (previously RM1.30), based on rolled forward FY22E PER of 26x, representing 15% discount to peers’ average.
Risks to our call include: (i) slower revenue recognition due to Covid-19, (ii) downturn in semiconductor sales, and (iii) delay in liquid CO2 ramp up.
In the financial , stock market theme in US is the technology sector ,
Nasdaq with the 52 weeks , low is 10,519 points and the high is 14,896 points , the closing for 6 August 2021 is near the historical high ,
14,836 points and now KLSE - technology stocks in
Technology sector enjoy positive momentum ,
and the spillover strong positive effects included
3. KGB / 0151 Warrant for Technical / Trading Buy
3.1 KGB /0151 , one of their key business is
UHP DELIVERY SYSTEMS
We serve industries that require ultra high purity (UHP) gases and chemicals in specialized applications. Having a strong understanding of the unique characteristics of these specialty gases and chemicals, we engineer solutions that ensure safe handling of the delivery and distribution of these substances all the way from source to equipment to waste disposal.
The use of gas purification and abatement technologies are critical to ensure that gases fed into the UHP delivery system are of specified purity level, while the waste gases produced as a result are treated accordingly prior to disposal.
We have the complete solution for UHP gas purity monitoring
Ultra-high purity (UHP) gases are essential for semiconductor manufacturing and the production of electronics such as LED and LCD displays. We provide a single-supplier solution for all UHP measurements in these applications.
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Nasdaq - Big Gainers
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(i) NVIDIA CORPORATION = 4 January 2021 / USD 131.14
6 August 2021 / USD 203.66
+ USD 72.52 translate to 55.30 %
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(ii) NXP SEMICONDUCTORS /NXPI= 5 January 2021 / USD 165.67
THE ABOVE IS NOT A BUY OR SELL CALL AND IS ONLY A PERSONAL OPINION, WRITTEN AS ARTICLE FOR SHARING PURPOSES TO KLSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
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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....
Mark Felix
| Publish date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021, 9:25 AM
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