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talking of flu like symstoms .....
on our arrival at the new Iskandar checkpoint in Johore .... I noticed that the thermal camera was turned on ... to see who are entering with fever like symptons ... but the glaring part was there was no officer at the camera station ... and two busloads of people just rushed through to the immigration .... wondered what if one of the passengers just slipped through .... touch wood ... with h1n1 ...... after all the hassle to set up the thermal camera counter ... what use if no one was manning it ...
maybe they are complacent becos of passengers from singapore would have been 'clean' ....
my mistake ..should have pointed out to the officers .... i too was guilty of rushing through to catch the bus ....hahaha !
I was in KL two years ago for a short holiday. The air was so bad from the traffic jams and the weather was so hot. Just 1 hour after stepping out of the hotel, I started to have breathing difficulties.
When I came back to Singapore, I had flu-like symptoms that lasted 2 weeks.
kbesci ( Date: 09-Jun-2009 10:01) Posted:
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Hi Singaporegal, could you elaborate.
I have stopped going over to Malaysia ever since I came back from KL sick from the pollution there.
the bus railings at woodlands checkpoint (inwards) are an eyesore ..... first world ? third world ? ....or ... maybe the slack is due to the bad economy ....
but...hey ! .... here's an 'micro opportunity' to stimulate the economy on a 'micro level' ..... repairs ordered will bring in smiles to small contractors and building material suppliers .... hahaha !
Re : Kidney Stones
drink plently of water daily
don't put off going to toilet to urine when the urge comes .
... friendly advice from personal experience ...
: )
An Interview with Joe DiNapoli
TJ : Tell us a bit about your trading style, how do you go about it ?
JD : The trading techniques I use are substantially different than those used by other people. I mix leading and lagging indicators and interact with prices based on that approach. I use certain lagging indicators like Displaced Moving Averages and the MACD/Stochastic combination, to determine the trend. Once I'm in a trend, I use Fibonacci analysis, as a leading indicator, to position myself within that trend. The last step is to take Logical Profit Objectives. Those profit objectives are calculated by certain Fibonacci techniques. The approach is mine, since I've spent an awful lot of time developing it. I use Displaced Moving Averages, for example, in very specific and unique ways. I think I've really done my homework on that one, about 3 years worth of research in the early '80s. During the mid-80's, I spent another three years or so determining the most effective method to utilize Fibonacci techniques. I think I've done a good job of separating the best, from the good, or the average. Sometimes it's not a matter of developing a brand new indicator. It's a matter of utilizing an existing indicator in a more effective manner.
An Interview With J. Welles Wilder
J. Welles Wilder is best known for his technical indicators – now considered to be core indicators in technical analysis software. These include Average True Range, the Relative Strength Index, Directional Movement and the Parabolic Stop and Reverse.
He has written many articles on trading, appeared on numerous radio and television programs, and conducted technical trading seminars in Asia, Australia, Canada, USA, and Europe. He has also developed the Delta market timing software, One Day at a Time. Around the world, there are probably more traders using Mr. Wilder's systems and methods than any other discipline.
Yup... very bullish.
When the market goes up, no amount of pessimism will stop it...
Because the market has a mind of its own...
Today sti index looks like an ascending triangle to me. Just my own observance. dyodd.
Sentiment is coming back with a bang...
We will shortly be seeing more green dung flies swarming back when they see their friends making money already... hehehe...
It has been a busy few weeks for me. That's why I'm not online often.
I see that heavy traffic has returned to the stock market and also to SJ. That's a good sign!
Learn how to read stock charts
Reading charts is an art form that can be mastered ! There are many factors on a chart that go into making trade decisions.
You have to be able to analyze all of these factors and come to a conclusion about whether or not to risk your hard earned money on a trade.
This is what separates the novice trader from the professional. There are several things on a chart that make it worthy of trading.
The questions that you want to ask yourself about the chart are:
- What stage is this stock in?
- Is this stock in and uptrend or a downtrend?
- Is the stock at the beginning, middle, or end of the trend?
- How strong is the trend?
- Where are the trend lines?
- What wave is this stock in?
- What do the moving averages tell me?
- Was there a breakout recently?
- Is the chart "smooth" or "sloppy"?
- Are there any chart patterns?
- Are there wide range candles in the direction of the trend?
- Are there any gaps in the direction of the trend?
- Are professionals selling strength or buying weakness?
- Where are the support and resistance areas?
- Is this stock at a Fibonacci level?
- What does volume tell me?
Med , well said. Work harder liao, after Labour Day. Cheers.
baseerahmed ( Date: 01-May-2009 12:03) Posted:
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Superb when applied to trading... remember to dump shares at a moment's notice!!!
baseerahmed ( Date: 23-Apr-2009 11:52) Posted:
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New leading indicator predicts emerging recovery
April 30, 10:06 PM
Predicting the future of price action is what I do for a living. I am a trader. Nowadays there are some pretty good indicators that traders like me use in order to make informed decisions about our trades, stacking the odds in our favor, and acting accordingly. Besides some that involve snazzy mathematics, most indicators are lagging, including economic indicators like Non Farm Payrolls (unemployment data). But here is a brand new leading indicator developed by none other than Dow Jones, just released today to the trading public. It is called the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) and it uses certain search word strings to analyze articles in 15 newspapers across the nation to come up with a monthly aggregate sentiment reading between 0 and 100. For example, the more the word "recession" is counted in these select newspapers' articles, the lower the indicator reading.
Today Dow Jones released that the ESI reading for April was 27.2, compared with 26.3 for March. At the lowest point so far in this recession/depression/repression the ESI showed a 22.2 back in Novermber. Any reading falling below 50 means bad news ahead, but it is positive that since November the monthly rating is slowly turning back upward, signaling possibly the very beginning of a recovery.
Attached is a chart showing the findings of the backtesting to 1990 of the ESI. It clearly predicted the recession of 2001 and 2008, and subsequent climb out and recovery. Apparently it actually predicted this recession in 2008 as much as 7 months in advance of other indicators, according to Alen Mattich, co-creator of the ESI. It appears to have some correlation to Non Farm Payrolls monthly data especially. Mattich mentioned in a video here that April's reading of 27.2 indicates that April NFP expections are likely to be understated, even if only by a small margin, which will continue to play to the "green shoots" hopefuls. The ESI is released monthly on the last business day of the month.
I must admit that any indicator claiming to be a leading indicator sparks my interest as a trader. Can we really rely on our nation's media to accurately predict where the markets and economy are heading? Afterall, they like to make mountains out of mole hills and yet still under report things that are important (to me). Nevertheless, I will add this one to my repertoire of fresh future telling magic eight balls.
For more info: See also 5 crucial elements to signal the economic recovery.
Jennifer is a foreign currency trader and currency coach at www.piptrain.com.
Jennifer Shotts
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Failure happens when we fail to consider the possibility of failure
-- former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee, in 1981
Last time (many years ago) when you donate blood, they would give you an apple and a packet of milk. Nowadays, I think you need to pay for it. Hahaha.
baseerahmed ( Date: 19-Apr-2009 15:05) Posted:
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er forgot to add the punchline ...
a fallout from kidney donation ....?
went to donate blood this morning .... on the way back , noticing the bandage on my arm , a odds labourer on his bicycle with his tools of his trade ... asked me if they put in some money in our CPF for donating blood .... hmmm ....