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Tuesday, 7 December 2010

K-Star eyes dual listing prospects

K-Star eyes dual listing prospects
Posted on November 28, 2010, Sunday

KUCHING: K-Star Sports Ltd (K-Star) announced recently the company’s proposals to implement a sponsorship of a Depository Receipts Programme (DRP) in Taiwan.

Executive chairman and chief executive officer of K-Star, Ding Jianping commented, “The dual listing will also help promote public awareness towards K-Star in Taiwan, strengthening our international brand image and providing an alternative source of funding for the company.”

“Under our proposed TDR programme, the 100 million K-Star shares forming the underlying shares for the issuance of the TDRs shall comprise of up to 75.6 million new K-Star shares to be issued pursuant to the proposed share issuance and up to 24.4 million existing K-Star shares by certain existing shareholders,” he added.

The TDRs would be offered to potential investors in Taiwan by way of placement to identified third party investors and would be offered to the investing public in Taiwan.

The principal parties that would be involved in the Proposed TDR Programme included K-Star; Bank SinoPac, a financial institution based in Taiwan; Citibank NA Hong Kong, and Citibank Bhd and SinoPac Securities Corp as the underwriter for the offering of TDRs to investors in Taiwan.

The maximum gross proceeds to be raised from the proposed share issuance was expected to amount to approximately RM77.87 million, based on the indicative issue price of RM1.03 per new share, of which RM19.5 million would be used to expand K-Star’s production capacity.

The company also stated that RM15 million would be utilised for expansion of sales and marketing network; RM9 million to continue to boost the company’s branding and advertising efforts; RM3 million to enhance product design and development capabilities.

The balance of the fund would be allocated for general working capital and expected expenses for the Proposed TDR Programme and the Proposed Share Issuance.

“We are very optimistic about our prospects.

“Our company has recently expanded its footprints in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia and has successfully set up 19 wholesale points,” Ding said.

“We are pleased to continuously report sustainable growth for K-Star and we believe that K-Star is established and resourceful enough to venture into a dual listing. K-Star is eager to share its profit to a more diversified shareholder base through our dual listing,” he concluded.

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K-Star expands footprints in China

K-Star expands footprints in China
Posted on November 20, 2010, Saturday

KUCHING: K-Star Sports Ltd (K-Star) announced that it was expanding its footprint in China by setting up six new wholesale outlets in Northern China through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fujian Jinjiang Dixing Shoes Plastics Co Ltd (Fujian Dixing).

According to its executive chairman and chief executive officer, Ding Jianping, “We have started developing the Northern China market since the middle of this year and as at the end of October this year, K-Star has successfully set up 19 wholesale points, in which six are new outlets located in Urumqi situated in Xinjiang, and the remaining in Russia.

“This marks the recognition and expansion of K-Star products to all the neighbouring countries. K-Star will further leverage on its current wholesale base and identify qualified distributors to operate and manage the point of sales,” he added.

Since its listing in June 2010 on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd, K-Star has been actively expanding its business in its quest to achieve its objective of being a long-term key player in the business.

Fujian Dixing, which was initially engaged in the production of shoe soles and canvas shoes, has broadened its business by venturing into the design, manufacture and distribution of sportswear besides its core business of canvas shoes.

Ding added, “K-Star has always believed in the promising export potential of China. This confidence propelled us to begin our first venture of setting up internal wholesale spots in Northern China.

“We have confidence this will help promote our sportswear brand for the export market and capture a greater market share in the country. The new wholesale platforms are expected to prosper alongside the flourishing economy churned by the development of the West and North China markets. ”

K-Star currently has overseas distribution networks in Russia and Eastern European countries including Finland, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Finland, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic, among other nations.

Fujian Dixing currently generates over 700 designs annually and manufactures approximately 7.9 million pairs of quality sports footwear, out of which 4.3 million pairs are distributed to their retail outlets in the PRC market in 2009.

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My 18 points guide to Successfully compounding your money in Stocks

Be a good stock picker.
Think as a business owner.
Always look at value rather than the price. Do the homework.
Buy and hold is alright for selected stocks.
Compounding is your friend, get this to work its magic.
Mr. Market is there to be taken advantage of. Do not be the sucker instead. BFS;STS.
Always buy a lot when the price is low.
Never buy when the stock is overpriced.
It is alright to buy when the selected stock is at a fair price.
Phasing in or dollar cost averaging is safe for such stocks during a downtrend, unless the price is still obviously too high.
Do not time the market for such or any stocks.
By keeping to the above strategy, the returns will be delivered through the growth of the company's business.
So, when do you sell the stock? Almost never, as long as the fundamentals remain sound and the future prospects intact.
The downside risk is protected through only buying when the price is low or fairly priced.
Tactical dynamic asset allocation or rebalancing based on valuation can be employed but this sounds easier than is practical, except in extreme market situations.
Sell urgently when the company business fundamental has deteriorated irreversibly.
You may also wish to sell should the growth of the company has obviously slowed and you can reinvest into another company with greater growth potential of similar quality. However, unlike point 16, you can do so leisurely.
In conclusion, a critical key to successful investing is in your stock picking ability.

http://myinvestingnotes.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-18-points-guide-to-successfully.html

11 Lessons From Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch taught me:

1. Behind every stock is a company. Find out what it’s doing.
2. Never invest in any idea you can’t illustrate with a crayon.
3. Over the short term, there may be no correlation between the success of a company’s operations and the success of its stock. Over the long term, there’s a 100% correlation.
4. Buying stocks without studying the companies is the same as playing poker – and never looking at your cards.
5. Time is on your side when you own shares of superior companies.
6. Owning stock is like having children. Don’t get involved with more than you can handle.
7. When the insiders are buying, it’s a good sign.
8. Unless you’re a short seller, it never pays to be pessimistic.
9. A stock market decline is as predictable as a January blizzard in Colorado. If you’re prepared, it can’t hurt you.
10. Everyone has the brainpower to make money in stocks. Not everyone has the stomach.
11. Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy, or the stock market. Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what’s actually happening to the companies in which you’ve invested.

Lynch’s advice had a profound effect on my stock market approach. He taught me that investment success isn’t the result of developing the right macro-economic view or deciding when to jump in or out of the market. Success is about researching companies to identify those that are likely to report positive surprises.

Capital Expenditure

A great company with a Durable Competitive Advantage will have a ratio of Capital Expenditures to Net Income of less than 25%. Less is better.

Capital Expenditures are expenses on:
- fixed assets such as equipment, property, or industrial buildings
- fixing problems with an asset
- preparing an asset to be used in business
- restoring property
- starting new businesses

A good company will have a ratio of Capital Expenditures to Net Income of less than 50%.

A great company with a Durable Competitive Advantage will have a ratio of less than 25%.

Less is better.

Benjamin Graham's 113 Wise Words

The true investor scarcely ever is forced to sell his shares, and at all times he is free to disregard the current price quotation. He need pay attention to it and act upon it only to the extent that it suits his book, and no more. Thus the investor who permits himself to be stampeded or unduly worried by unjustified market declines in his holdings is perversely transforming his basic advantage into a basic disadvantage. That man would be better off if his stocks had no market quotation at all, for he would then be spared the mental anguish caused him by other persons' mistakes of judgement."

Philip Fisher's Wise Words

"The refusal to sell at a loss, while completely natural and normal, is probably one of the most dangerous in which we can indulge ourselves in the entire investment process.

More money has probably been lost by investors holding a stock they really did not want until they could 'at least come out even' than from any other single reason. If to these actual losses are added the profits that might have been made through the proper reinvestment of these funds if such reinvestment had been made when the mistake was first realized, the cost of self-indulgence becomes truly tremendous."

(Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits)

The Ultimate Hold-versus-Sell Test

Here is the overriding primary test, followed by observations on why it is so critically important:

Knowing all that you now know and expect about the company and its stock (not what you originally believed or hoped at time of purchase), and assuming that you had available capital, and assuming that it would not cause a portfolio imbalance to do so, would you buy this stock today, at today's price?

No equivocation. Yes or no?

Answers such as maybe or probably are not acceptable since they are ways of dodging the issue. No investor probably buys a stock; they either place an order or do not.

Here is the implication of your answer to that critical test: if you did not answer with a clear affirmative, you should sell; only if you said a strong yes, are you justified to hold.

Some thoughts on Analysing Stocks (KISS)

Ideally a stock you plan to purchase should have all of the following charateristics:

• A rising trend of earnings dividends and book value per share.
• A balance sheet with less debt than other companies in its particular industry.
• A P/E ratio no higher than average.
• A dividend yield that suits your particular needs.
• A below-average dividend pay-out ratio.
• A history of earnings and dividends not pockmarked by erratic ups and downs.
• Companies whose ROE is 15 or better.
• A ratio of price to cash flow (P/CF) that is not too high when compared to other stocks in the same industry.

Margin of Safety Concept: Stocks should be bought like groceries, not like perfume

The high CAGR in the early years of the investing period, due to buying at a discount, tended to decline and approach that of the intrinsic EPS GR of the companies over a longer investment time-frame.

Chapter 20 - “Margin of Safety” as the Central Concept of Investment

A single quote by Graham on page 516 struck me:

Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.

Basically, Graham is saying that most stock investors lose money because they invest in companies that seem good at a particular point in time, but are lacking the fundamentals of a long-lasting stable company.

This seems obvious on the surface, but it’s actually a great argument for thinking more carefully about your individual stock investments. If most of your losses come from buying companies that seem healthy but really aren’t, isn’t that a profound argument for carefully studying any company you might invest in?

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Tuesday, 7 December 2010

K-Star eyes dual listing prospects

K-Star expands footprints in China

All equity security investments present a risk of loss of capital

The Ultimate Hold-versus-Sell Test

Some thoughts on Analysing Stocks (KISS)

Benjamin Graham

Sell the losers, let the winners run.

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Warren Buffett

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