Posted by koonbee9 > 2015-12-28 20:26 | Report Abuse

I kena whack by kcchongz sifu...haha

Posted by koonbee9 > 2015-12-28 20:28 | Report Abuse

after read 2 times i still dunno la sifu kcchongz

Posted by news > 2015-12-28 20:35 | Report Abuse

Totally agreed with Kcchongz. Using fundamental analysis to look for good stocks works for me too.

Posted by Desa20201956 > 2015-12-28 21:30 | Report Abuse

thanks for the postings, chong.
I also commented as follows previously.
<Blog: MyFirstPortfolio Which stock to sell and what to keep? kcchongnz
Dec 27, 2015 07:10 PM | Report Abuse

At the end of the day, big money is made by buying small cap stocks with low PE and gets re rated because of increasing quarterly profits.

Ratios hardly help in this respect.....but insider information and deep understanding of the company and its environment will do the trick.

Even simple rations have too many factors behind it to use to predict the future.


Blog: MyFirstPortfolio Which stock to sell and what to keep? kcchongnz
Dec 27, 2015 06:47 PM | Report Abuse

Thanks for the education.
This web site is incomplete without you.

But I must say every ratio starts from the audited accounts....and you already know what they can do to audited accounts.

Other gurus put emphasis on other non quantifiable things such as.....business model, management, ....shareholder strengths, relationships, concept stocks. Etc etc....and this year earnings, latest q earnings. PE ratio.>

I also an accountant so I appreciate people like you who promotes financial ratios.
It is not my intention to be anti Chong....the purpose of my comment is to say ratios is only part of the story....it is historical, it can be manipulated, and limited predictive power in relation to share price which we are all in it for.

I like to look at a share as consisting of 3 components...the business model, the management and the numbers. Ratios do assist in answering specific questions in relation to the 3 factors above....And only that. Ratios help to answer very specific and very limited questions. Ratios also help in selecting the best from a similar industry and similar operating environment by doing some comparisons within the same industry.
Comparing Ebita yield eleminates the effects of borrowings and depreciation and focuses on the enterprise value of companies in the same industry.
Earnings yield as defined by you as Ebita divided by market cap plus borrowings introduces share price into the equation which is good and gives additional information
so, you see, I am not anti Chong.
Ratio is a financial tool, it is just a tool.
But the best buys are those companies with a good business model, good management and good figures. and you can buy it at a decent price....or in the words of KYY, profits increasing Q by Q and still below PE 10.

Posted by joe2703 > 2015-12-28 22:28 | Report Abuse

Totally agree with kcchong's core principles and methodologies!

Posted by 爱丽丝 梦幻世界 > 2015-12-28 22:42 | Report Abuse

Great sifu! Sometimes 'dunno' also can make money --- > gambling

Posted by paperplane2016 > 2015-12-28 23:47 | Report Abuse

No need waste time here kc! Ppl here only wanna get tips, follow syndicate goreng, and also get Max margin to punt. Why waste time with these ppl?
It is like you going genting casino, asking those dou zai, uncle auntie quit gambling! U will kena xxxx kao kao later.

Posted by dnn78 > 2015-12-28 23:49 | Report Abuse

Hahahahahaahha....funny shit. Serve you rite koonbee.
Dont play play with sifu kcchong. How laa a simple "Golden rules" can beat fundamentalist

Posted by Desa20201956 > 2015-12-29 00:48 | Report Abuse

Behind the simple rules are years of white hair ....not Koon but Koon YY.

Posted by Desa20201956 > 2015-12-29 01:14 | Report Abuse

KC

I will focus less on the ratios and more on valuations.
eg, some of your previous writings about valuations, appropriate PEs, growth, discounting rates, terminal values, what PE for what growth rates...these are very illuminating.

a simple rule of thumb...a 25% growth rate company can easily justify 25X PE once we are comfortable with the projections.

Posted by thebadguy > 2015-12-29 09:16 | Report Abuse

Usually people don't like to broadcast that they "dunno". But it seems i3 got some people very proud to advertise their stupidity. Simple thing still "dunno".

Posted by vinext > 2015-12-29 11:20 | Report Abuse

at i3, Kcc's and a few writing are worth reading all, i hope he wrong bit more on ROIC = Ebit/Invested capital and also EV/ FCF or ebit/EV, stil learning.
Some ppl wil just nvr get it, shocks me to learn that even someone with accounting says thing with gongchart brain. "let me tell u 3 words that wil make u very rich, rmbr free cash flow"- Warrren edward buffett

Posted by leno > 2015-12-29 11:26 | Report Abuse

HAHAHAHAHAH ... HAHAHAHAH ... newbies quarelling with each other about useless things ... HAHAHAHAHAH ... but hey ! It is a learning process. At the end ... u may learn something .... "that somethng could be more harmful than before u learn that something" ~ quoted by leno the most panlai .... HAHAHAHAHAH .... scary but truthful right ?