Off to Hong Kong

I will flying over to Hong Kong for a short holiday and will give some insights and observations of the country.

Anyway, those of you who realized, the china penny stocks are surging like crazy over the last 2 days while the STI index is relatively stagnant...this is causing me to worry a little.

This is because, the last time this happened over a consistent period of time, i.e penny stocks surged while the blue chips are relatively stagnant, a major correction followed after it. This might be a signal that the market might correct soon. So set your stop losses!

I also believe that stop losses are important, even in 'long term investment', this is because I had a bad experience when I did not set my stop losses. (The reason is simple. A stock that drop 50%, needs to gain back 100% in order for you to break even. That's tough!)

Also, if you want to trade China stocks, I have a good stock in mind, ChinaMilk. This is researched by a friend of mine, BT. Just last week, it was trading at around 27 cents which I really wanted to buy in, because the company is actually holding around the equivilant of cash on hand. (meaning, if you can take over the company and liquidate it, you can get back around the same amount of $$, excluding their fixed assets and other stuff) The only thing that I worry is that their core business is doing REALLY badly, with revenue of some businesses dropping over 90%!

But frankly their cash on hand is really enticing. However the stock has started to run. In my opinion, just wait and not rush in. The stock might still run up, like all the other China stocks, but unless there is good reason to back it up, it is pure speculation and thus will definitely correct itself!