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All stock traders had their good and bad days. In my years of trading in stocks, index futures, commodities, and options, I would say that I made a lot of mistakes and therefore lose money or make profits lesser than what I am supposed to earn. The worst of all these was that I kept repeating my same mistakes again and again. I knew where I had gone wrong in my trading strategies. I would like to put up this blog post to share with you of my trading mistakes as well as to serve as a reminder to myself so that I will not repeat it. I look at financial speculation as a serious business and I am adamantly committed to this course to unlock the secrets of the stock markets. It is one thing to know the workings of the stock markets, and another to get rid of our natural habits that are not built for financial investment and speculation profession. We must work hard to improve our trading skills and accuracy as well as getting rid of the bad habits that is in-built in us that cause us to lose money in the long run.

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Malaysia’s 40 richest man has seen their total net worth decline by 22% amounting to US$36 billions. Below is the list of Malaysia top 10 wealthiest individuals.

1. Robert Kuok – US$ 9 billion
2. Ananda Krishnan – US$ 7 billion
3. Lee Shin Cheng – US$ 3.2 billion
4. Lee Kim Hua – US$ 2.5 billion
5. Teh Hong Piow – US$ 2.4 billion
6. Quek Leng Chan – US$ 2.3 billion
7. Yeoh Tiong Lay – US$ 1.8 billion
8. Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary – US$ 1.1 billion
9. Tiong Hew King – US$ 1 billion
10. Vincent Tan – US$ 750 million

Malaysia richest (Robert Kuok) and 2nd richest guy (Ananda Krishnan) total net worth would be US$ 16 billion and account for 44% of the Malaysia top 40 richest Malaysians. By the way, Robert Kuok and Ananda Krishnan is the two richest guys in South East Asia.

All the wealthiest guys in the world saw their wealth drops substantially. Bill Gates’ net worth estimates around US$ 40B falling by US$ 18B while Warren Buffett’s net worth estimates around US$ 37B after dropping by US$ 25B.

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing aged 80 has a net worth of US$ 16.2B ranked world 16th richest guy after seeing his fortune falls by US$ 10B.

I have to write this. During this recent bull-run, some of my friends lose quite a substantial amount of their trading capital by shorting the index futures. Instead of cutting their losses quickly, they compound to their mistakes by adding short positions as the index futures traded higher each day. In this post, I would like to bring out 5 sure ways to lose your money in the stock market, commodities market, or forex. You will be surprised that many of the index futures traders out there are practicing these and therefore on their ways to financial ruins. Don’t do this as it will hurt your pocket and causes you to lose your precious trading capital. Apart from sharing with you on these few key points on stock trading wisdom, I will also share with you on the traders’ psychology and why they kept making these mistakes and were not able to rescue themselves out of this financial mess.

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We often heard the wise sayings from experienced stock traders and investors such as Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Jesse Livermore. The quotations of their thoughts on stock market have been such a great lessons for us all who aspire to understand and grasp the mechanism and the working of these profitable financial markets. In this post, I will share my version of personal thoughts for stock traders and investors.

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Crude oil had been one of the hottest topics to talk about since 18th century when the Industrial Revolution started. Crude oil and its sub-products had been affecting lives around the globe. With the rises of crude oil prices, other commodities follow and resulting the increasing inflation which had been a toll for common citizen all around the world. Below is the list of top 10 biggest oil producers in the world.

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Crude oil had been the hottest commodity traded in the market beside gold. The industries around the world had been powered up by "black gold" which is another name for crude oil. Cars and machines would not be able to run without power and crude oil is one of the hottest power sources. Countries war against one another for oil. In 1995, United Nations introduced Oil-for-Food Programme for Iraq to exchange oil for food, medicine and other basic human needs. Below is the list of top 10 oil consumer countries in the world.

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Hi Lilianne,

First of all, I like your blog. But I have to disagree with your opinions that commodity futures and options are superior investment and speculation choice compared to stocks. Here is why I think so.

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I write this post for skeptics. If you are one of them, then please read on. Many beginners in the stock market don’t believe that market analysis techniques taught in the books, internet or any training from financial consultants or stock analysts do really work in the financial markets. In their mind they said that if it works, why are they teaching it and not keeping it unto themselves. To add to the doubts that they have, the methods taught seem to be strange and have little to do with the Main Street businesses. Well, I was one of them before but I do my homework to find out what really makes the financial market ticks. Here I will present 10 market analysis methodologies that work in the stock market and it also serves as a learning guidance for those who want to explore more of the equities, commodities or even forex markets. Anyway, it works.

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