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Keep INVESTING Simple and Safe (KISS) ****Investment Philosophy, Strategy and various Valuation Methods**** The same forces that bring risk into investing in the stock market also make possible the large gains many investors enjoy. It’s true that the fluctuations in the market make for losses as well as gains but if you have a proven strategy and stick with it over the long term you will be a winner!****Warren Buffett: Rule No. 1 - Never lose money. Rule No. 2 - Never forget Rule No. 1.

Monday, 28 November 2011

MBF Holdings Berhad

Company Name	:	MBF HOLDINGS BERHAD
Stock Name	:	MBFHLDG
Date Announced	:	16/11/2011

Financial Year End	:	31/12/2011
Quarter	:	3
Quarterly report for the financial period ended	:	30/09/2011
The figures	:	have not been audited

Converted attachment :

Please attach the full Quarterly Report here:

MBfHSept2011.xlsx

Announcement - NOTES 092011.docx


Currency	:	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

30/09/2011

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30/09/2011	30/09/2010	30/09/2011	30/09/2010
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000
1	Revenue	649,159	561,859	1,761,949	1,488,891
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-5,783	8,111	127,704	70,586
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-12,784	-1,627	75,435	45,786
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-12,638	-3,856	74,844	41,944
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-2.22	-0.68	13.13	7.36
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	1.7651		1.4985

9 Months cumulative quarter 30/9/2011

Income Statement

Revenue 1,761.949m

EBIT 193.878m

PBT 127.704m

PAT 75.435m

Finance costs ( 67.184m)

EPS attributable to equity holders

Basic (sen) 13.13 sen

Diluted (sen) 11.39 sen

Balance Sheet

NCA 1,471.212m

CA 1,644.514m

TOTAL ASSETS 3,115.716M

CL 1,454.513m

NCL 629.805m

TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,084.318m

TOTAL EQUITY 1,031.408m

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 3,115.726m

Net assets per share RM 1.7651

Inventories 429.476m

Trade and other receivables 952.081m

Trade and other payables 478.321m

Provision for liabilities 37.021m

Cash and bank balances 245.613m

ST Loans and borrowings 909.245m

LT Loans and borrowings 407.165m

Secured bonds 40.392m

Cash flow statement

PBT 127.704m

Operating profit before changes in working capital 160.496m

Cash generated from operations after changes in working capital 88.182m

Interest paid (67.750m)

Net cash used in operating activities (5.400m)

Net cash used in investing activities (148.793m)

Net cash generated from financing activities 70.479m

Dividends

30.9.2011 -

30.9.2010 (4,014m)

Shares

Basic 570.050m

RCSLS 76,835m

Diluted 646.885m

Market Watch

Recent Financial Results

Announcement Date	Financial Yr. End	Qtr	Period End	Revenue RM '000	Profit/Lost RM'000	EPS	Amended
16-Nov-11	31-Dec-11	3	30-Sep-11	649,159	-12,784	-2.22	-
09-Aug-11	31-Dec-11	2	30-Jun-11	561,885	79,881	13.97	-
27-May-11	31-Dec-11	1	31-Mar-11	550,905	8,338	1.37	-
25-Feb-11	31-Dec-10	4	31-Dec-10	555,895	8,317	1.27	-

Share Price Performance

	High		Low
Prices 1 Month	1.120	(25-Nov-11)	0.760	(22-Nov-11)
Prices 3 Months	1.120	(25-Nov-11)	0.540	(26-Sep-11)
Prices 12 Months	1.120	(25-Nov-11)	0.500	(09-Aug-11)
Volume 12 Months	90,370	(24-Nov-11)	8	(27-Jun-11)

Share Price Performance

	High		Low
Prices 1 Month	0.350	(24-Nov-11)	0.110	(16-Nov-11)
Prices 3 Months	0.350	(24-Nov-11)	0.040	(07-Oct-11)
Prices 12 Months	0.350	(24-Nov-11)	0.030	(18-Jul-11)
Volume 12 Months	1,204,891	(23-Nov-11)	1	(19-Jul-11)

MBF Holdings Berhad Company Snapshot
Business Description:
MBF Holdings Berhad operates in the Functions related to deposit banking sector. MBf Holdings Berhad (MBfH) is an investment holding company and a provider of management services to its subsidiaries. MBfH operates in eight segments: Card and payment services, Papua New Guinea-Automotive, Papua New Guinea - Agriculture, Fiji - Retail and wholesale, Fiji - Automotive, Fiji-Property, Shipping and others. MBfH principally operates in Malaysia, South Pacific Islands, East Asia and United States of America. In March 2010, the Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, MBf Carpenters Shipping Limited (MBfCSL) in the Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia. In May 2010, the Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, MBf Carpenters Shipping (NZ) Limited. On September 29, 2010, the Company incorporated two wholly owned subsidiary companies, Frezhasia Telecoms Sdn Bhd and Frezhtalkz Mobile Sdn Bhd. On September 7, 2011, the Company incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, MBf Carpenters Leasing Limited.

Stock Performance Chart for MBF Holdings Berhad

Stock Performance Chart for MBF Holdings Berhad

Current Price (11/18/2011): .79
Market Cap: 450,339,500

Shares Outstanding: 570,050,000
Closely Held Shares: 476,725,652

23.11.2011

Price RM 0.965
PE 6.88x
DY 5.18%
Market cap 550.1m

MALAYAN UNITED INDUSTRIES BERHAD (MUI)

Company Name	:	MALAYAN UNITED INDUSTRIES BERHAD
Stock Name	:	MUIIND
Date Announced	:	21/11/2011

Financial Year End	:	31/12/2011
Quarter	:	3
Quarterly report for the financial period ended	:	30/09/2011
The figures	:	have not been audited

Converted attachment :

Please attach the full Quarterly Report here:


Currency	:	Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)

SUMMARY OF KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

30/09/2011

		INDIVIDUAL PERIOD		CUMULATIVE PERIOD
		CURRENT YEAR QUARTER	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING QUARTER	CURRENT YEAR TO DATE	PRECEDING YEAR CORRESPONDING PERIOD
		30/09/2011	30/09/2010	30/09/2011	30/09/2010
		$$'000	$$'000	$$'000	$$'000
1	Revenue	230,489	238,448	673,746	687,370
2	Profit/(loss) before tax	-1,131	48,126	17,279	60,963
3	Profit/(loss) for the period	-6,070	38,971	2,149	44,160
4	Profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent	-5,479	33,042	-4,668	33,580
5	Basic earnings/(loss) per share (Subunit)	-0.27	1.63	-0.23	1.66
6	Proposed/Declared dividend per share (Subunit)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

		AS AT END OF CURRENT QUARTER		AS AT PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR END
7	Net assets per share attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent ($$)	0.3309		0.3301

9 Months ending 30.09.2011

Income statement

Revenue 673.748m

Gross profit 198.632m

Profit from operations 51.815m

PBT 17.279m

PAT 2.149m

Finance cost (46.551m)

Share of results of associates 8.497m

EPS

Basic (0.23sen)

Diluted N/A

Balance Sheet

NCA 1,590.064m

CA 1,000.120m

TOTAL ASSETS 2,590.184m

TOTAL EQUITY 973.138m

NCL 678.777m

CL 938.269m

TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,617.046m

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 2,590.184m

Net assets per share RM 0.33

Assets:

Goodwill 220.896m

Investments in associates 440.520m

Property development costs 79.914m

Inventories 90.582m

Trade and other receivables 223.984m

Trade and other payables 214.465m

Provisions 139.100m

Deposits, bank balances and cash 520.266m

LT Borrowings 661.292m

(Secured 635.592m, Unsecured 25.700m)

ST Borrowings 509.554m

(Secured 142.500m, Unsecured 367.054m)

Equity

ICULS 837.961m

(ICULS refer to Class A1 and Class A2, 8 year Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks stated net of discount and Class A3, 2 1/2 year Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks.

Dividends

30.9.2011 nil

30.9.2010 nil

Cash flow statement

PBT 17.279m

Operating profit before working capital changes 67.520m

Net cash from operating activities 76.857m

Net cash from investing activities 14.214m

Net cash used in financing activities: (73.728m)

Dividends received by company from investments

30.9.2011 15.492m

30.9.2010 13.144m

Purchase of investments (23.420m)

Purchase of PPE (5.397m)

Operating segments PBT

Retailing 23.721m

Hotels 24.146m

Food and Confectionary (0.416m)

Financial services 9.813m

Property 7.711m

Travel and Tourism 0.085m

Investment Holding (47.780m)#

#Finance cost for Investment Holding (44.647m)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue 2,029.773m

ICULS 902.788m

Adjusted weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue and issuable 2,932.561m

Market Watch

Recent Financial Results

Announcement Date	Financial Yr. End	Qtr	Period End	Revenue RM '000	Profit/Lost RM'000	EPS	Amended
21-Nov-11	31-Dec-11	3	30-Sep-11	230,489	-6,070	-0.27	-
18-Aug-11	31-Dec-11	2	30-Jun-11	213,606	3,746	0.01	-
27-May-11	31-Dec-11	1	31-Mar-11	229,651	4,473	0.03	-
28-Feb-11	31-Dec-10	4	31-Dec-10	240,139	5,643	0.10	-

Share Price Performance

	High		Low
Prices 1 Month	0.295	(25-Nov-11)	0.210	(31-Oct-11)
Prices 3 Months	0.295	(25-Nov-11)	0.180	(26-Sep-11)
Prices 12 Months	0.315	(08-Feb-11)	0.140	(09-Aug-11)
Volume 12 Months	1,177,745	(08-Feb-11)	2,901	(05-Jul-11)

Malayan United Industries Berhad Company Snapshot

Business Description:
Malayan United Industries Berhad operates in the Misc. homefurnishings stores sector. Malayan United Industries Berhad. Malayan United Industries Berhad is an investment holding company. It operates in seven segments: retailing, which is engaged in operating department and specialty stores, and through an associate, design, manufacture, sourcing, distribution and sale of garments, accessories and home furnishings; hotels, which is engaged in holding of hotel properties and hotel operations; food and confectionery, which is engaged in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of confectionery and other food products; financial services, which is engaged in universal broking and general insurance; property, which is engaged in property development and investment; travel and tourism, which is engaged as a travel agent and provision of travel related services, and investment holding, which is engaged in investment activities. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company opened six new stores in the United Kingdom and three in France. In 2009, there were 230 franchised stores in 26 countries.

Stock Performance Chart for Malayan United Industries Berhad

Stock Performance Chart for Malayan United Industries Berhad

23.11.2011

Price RM 0.215

PE nm

DY nil

Market cap 436.4m

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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Monday, 28 November 2011

MBF Holdings Berhad

Market Watch

MALAYAN UNITED INDUSTRIES BERHAD (MUI)

Market Watch

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.

Investment Style

Warren Buffett

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