The Author
Recently, I read Uncle CW8888 post about Uncle Chua. Hey! the story sound quite familiar and I did read it somewhere a few years ago. So I dig my bookshelf and finally found the book 'Why I keep losing money in Stock Market'. It was first published in 2005 by a remiser. Wow, almost 10 years ago. The last section of the book has a very motivating real live case study of Uncle Chua. He is a great movitation for all of us.
How about if I tell you that you just need to start building up your retirement stock portfolio when you are retired in the 50s and you will end up a millionaire? No need to do in depth stock analysis, everyday just need to monitor the stock price using daily newspaper and no computer, graphs or fanciful software required.
Finally someone local, a Singaporean did it. He achieved financial freedom and build riches by investing in stocks.
Here's how Uncle Chua did it
1. Buy only and just blue chips eg SPH, Keppel Corp, Sembcorp, SingTel, etc
Copy of the hardcopy statement
2. Buy bit by bit when market is down
3. Live till ripe old age to allow your investment to compound and multiply. He lived up to 85 years old.
4. Stay invested and reinvest all dividends into his portfolio
5. Frugal. Lead a very simple life, he wore simple clothes, slippers and travel by bus. Car is way too expensive in Singapore
Uncle Chua is no longer with us now but his investment portfolio and knowledge has been inherited by his children. Accordingly to the book, his children will still call the remiser to buy blue chips when market is down.
We should all learn from his experience.
So what I have been doing is nothing new, but has been done by someone decade ago, except that I buy blue chips and Reits which was not available then.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, my sifu is also Chua (ghchua). So I am following Uncle Chua's footstep, and now I myself become Uncle Sanye. :P
i think you already did it :)
Deletecongrats!
Jimmy,
ReplyDeleteA healthy counter-balance to we need to start young, be interested in personal finance, buy fundamental and/or technical medicine from voodoo peddlers, etc.
The reality is all roads lead to Rome. We just have the one that suits us the best ;)
Own time; own target.
time is an ingredient
Deletebest is short term trading + long term dividend investing
invest your trading profits into long term dividend stocks haha
I fully agree w uncle chua method. All we need is to identify a few counters n keep adding more using the dividends. No nees hi tech stuff.
ReplyDeletecheers!
good old buying blue chips on the dip
Deletetested and proven by uncle chua :)
Late Uncle Chua is long-term retail investors role model. Less analyzing. More investing.
ReplyDeleteproven that long term investing works!
DeleteLearn from great old man read? Grand old investor and gambler???
DeleteHi Jimmy,
ReplyDeleteOld ginger is hotter in the mouth. Young ginger is hotter by the looks.
Yes, do it the easy way... blue chips!