Hi All Mooers,
Pertaining to this topic, I have a very important person that I would like to accredit. She is one of the MOST successful women investors who has greatly influenced and impacted my practice of investment.
She's none other than Geraldine Weiss. She is known as The Great Lady of Dividends. Her investment strategy studies into Dividend's yield to determine the company's value.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Weiss
She al...

2021 is awesome because I started my investment journey... I selected Moo Moo as my desired investment platform due to several reasons, 1) Moo Moo offers user friendly interface, 2) lots of news, short quick articles and videos to level up my investment knowledge, 3) low charge fees for trading, and 4) offers free stocks! The journey so far using Moo Moo has been exceptionally pleasant.
For my investment portfolio, I diversify on several fronts.
I actively invest in Bank stocks including $OCBC Bank(O39.SG)$, $DBS Group Holdings(D05.SG)$, $UOB(U11.SG)$, which provide for great gains and dividends.
For Reits, I would recommend $CapLand IntCom T(C38U.SG)$, $CapLand Ascendas REIT(A17U.SG)$, $Suntec Reit(T82U.SG)$ and $Keppel DC Reit(AJBU.SG)$. Good source of high dividends.
Other SG stocks include $ST Engineering(S63.SG)$ and $SGX(S68.SG)$ are worth considering.
For US stocks, $Apple(AAPL.US)$ is definitely a good stock to invest in. I would expect the stock to rise further with the excitement over the release of the Apple Car in the near future. In the upcoming hype of the electric cars, stocks such as $NIO Inc(NIO.US)$, $Lucid Group(LCID.US)$ would probably gain traction over time. I previously bought NIO with the believe that the stock would soar in time.
For the HK market, $BABA-SW(09988.HK)$ and $ICBC(01398.HK)$ are my targets. Alibaba is currently very much undervalued, thus expecting it to increase soon after recovery from its nosedive for a period.
All of the above stocks, I am adopting the long term investment mentality to gradually increase the volume for high dividend returns.
Patience and diligence is what I learnt through the process as I spent many days observing the stock trends to determine when would be the best time to enter the market.
With uncertainty over news of the Omicron variant, stocks seem to be bearish during this time, I see it as an opportunity to buy more during the dip. So far, I am happy with the performance of all my investment, laying the foundation for growth as the economy gradually recovers.
One cool thing I did was to sell the Twitter stock and use whatever funds to buy a biotech stock, $Longeveron(LGVN.US)$. This was the only one off instance that I traded based on luck with the strike lottery mindset. As in times of covid, biotech stocks tend to be rocketing high dynamically within a day. I made a decent profit out of it when the stock shot up. This was quite an experience.
Hope for all to invest well and into a Great 2022 ahead!

Hi all Mooers, I supposed previously I did share about my strategy in doing investment; long term planning is critical to eventually gain profit in these uncertain times. If one just pursues quick luck and fast capital gains, then the tendency to lose money in the long run is greater. One may gain from one stock and lose heavily in others. Thus, I will only invest with the plan to get dividends over capital gains. If the particular stock really outperform incredibly then would I consider to sell for an immediate hefty profit. As such Reits, ETFs and Bank stocks are my primary targets. Here are some personal sharing and key pointers:
1. To identify a good stock. There is no shortcuts prior to doing an investment, meaning to say there is a need to perform your due diligence by reading the financial/Business reports, news to attain knowledge and information of the various companies that we would be keen to invest in. It is also advisable to study their business trends and growth. This would allow us to better understand the health of the company, cash flow status and to catch hold of any business challenges that the company might faced. Only with prudence will we be assured that our hard-earned money put into investment stands a higher chance to be successful. If in doubt, do not invest. Because for long term investment we are counting on the eventual growth of the company to bring the shares up and not through daily spike for gains.
2. Holdimg Power is Everything. Having the Long term investment mindset also takes away the stress and frustration during a recession. Holding power is everything, so only use spare money to buy shares, if not you would be complied to sell it at a "bad" price. As part of my plan, I will never sell a stock that is in RED. It would be good to buy more shares during the dip and increase your portfolio for larger dividend returns. There will come that it will rise passed the buying point where you can consider to sell for capital gains after your experience of the stocks' performance over time.
3. Patience. Never be too eager to put your money in. Can spend several weeks or months to study the perfomance trend of the company before committing. This will also help you identify the best entry point. True that one may miss the boat to buy a rising stock due to hesitation but at least your money is still in your hands. Many a times, we would hope that we didnt get into a deficit and hope for a restart where you can do it all over on paper trading but not with you own money.
Some of the stocks that I have identified that I am investing in are:
$Nikko AM STI ETF(G3B.SG)$
$DBS Group Holdings(D05.SG)$
$CapLand IntCom T(C38U.SG)$
$SGX(S68.SG)$
$UOB(U11.SG)$
$OCBC Bank(O39.SG)$
$Suntec Reit(T82U.SG)$
$Keppel DC Reit(AJBU.SG)$
$CapLand Ascendas REIT(A17U.SG)$
$Mapletree Ind Tr(ME8U.SG)$
$Mapletree Log Tr(M44U.SG)$
$Mapletree PanAsia Com Tr(N2IU.SG)$
$Sheng Siong(OV8.SG)$
Here are some others that are also from good companies with potential but I would say riskier.
$Apple(AAPL.US)$
$NIO Inc(NIO.US)$
$ICBC(01398.HK)$
$BABA-SW(09988.HK)$
Let's all have our long term strategy in place for a bountiful future!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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