Hello Everyone

[shanrui_91]

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone !

@Musicwhiz Thank you for your advices and also for introducing forumers that I can learn from. And yes, I agree with you that I am lucky to be of my age now and may take this age to my advantage - certainly thankful that I'm introduced to the 'investing world' when I'm still young.

@brattzz Thank you!

@shanrui_91 Yup, I will be going in NS in 2 years time. I'm currently in year 2 in a local polytechnic now. Yes, I will for sure take this young age as a chance to learn as much as I can. "Intelligent Investor" is definitely in my list of books to get. I've just got "stock investing for dummies" 2 days ago.

@Jared Seah Hello class clown, thanks for your warm welcome and advice.

@Temperament To me, I believe that age is not a matter as long as we are willing to learn!

@kazukirai Hey there. You certainly make me feel happy that I'm at of this age now and I have this opportunity to learn more. Yes, you are right, I don't think I have much capital to start of with (maybe only 3-5k) so I'm investing more on books now as I save and earn more money.

Thank you everyone once again and see you around

Hi Mate,

Welcome. I started 6 yrs younger than you and it has became a passion, something that drives you for a life time.

Equities investments is easier than running a real business. All the best in building up your life long knowledge.

VB has many Crouching Tigers and Hidden Dragons and as they are willing to share their knowledge, there is always someone that we can learn from as investments is a life learning process, better than PHDs

I agree with you that it is now more of a passion than all about money or about beating the market. That's why Buffett, Charlie Munger, Philip Fisher and many others continue doing it as long as their minds can function or at least they believe they can.

Here's a quote from the great speculator Jesse Livermore, “The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor.”

[Temperament]

"better than PHDs"
Unquote:
Wow, you started at the age of 13 and already believe that investing and learning is for lifetime.
i started at age of 40 how to catch up with you? My ! my! ... i am only joking only
i like best what you think about "better than PHDs" - i have the same believe that's why i never stop reading about anything connected to investments from anyone(good or bad) even before i started investing.
You are indeed very wise for your age. By the way how old are you now? Wait... you must be 19+6 now, right? Wrong, you should be 19 now. Same, same but different. Actually you can be at any age now.

[greengiraffe]

"better than PHDs"
Unquote:
Wow, you started at the age of 13 and already believe that investing and learning is for lifetime.
i started at age of 40 how to catch up with you? My ! my! ... i am only joking only
i like best what you think about "better than PHDs" - i have the same believe that's why i never stop reading about anything connected to investments from anyone(good or bad) even before i started investing.
You are indeed very wise for your age. By the way how old are you now? Wait... you must be 19+6 now, right? Wrong, you should be 19 now. Same, same but different. Actually you can be at any age now.

Hi Temp,

Age is not an important factor, its the maturity. We all need to be young at heart to keep embracing changes.

I started so young because my late Dad lost a lot of money and I was lucky to have met my sifu who happens to be a chartist that ended up becoming my school bus driver.

How did a supposedly brilliant chap ended becoming a chartist - he was a hawker at the old Keppel Shipyard - made good $ selling drinks and owned a bungalow in Pasir Panjang. He also owned a HDB flat but when rules changed, HDB forced him to make a choice. He decided to stay in his HDB flat, pocket the balance to do equities and bullion trading. Obviously, he wasn't astute enough to beat the asset inflation and ended up driving school bus and hawkering in a re-sited hawker centre. He still invests based on his charting but when my former education came, I realised that charting needs fundamental analysis.

The rest is history and now its a game, a passion and a mind food. I count my blessings to be able to enjoy the passion - up & down and for better or for worst, everyday I just take it as another day in university.

All the best all you valuebuddies.

[CityFarmer]

Great to join a forum with more and more passionate youth.

I am also newly joined, although not young ;-). Envy that you can start earlier. If i can get started after my U, i believe i will be much better off

I agree, age aside, mind must be young, must young enough to learn, to accept new idea, to be active...

Wish you all the best for the new joiner, of course including myself ;-)

[Temperament]

Well put!
i always believe the day i stop learning, should be the day i die. If not behold! What a sight of a pathetic human being. A walking around living "human vegetable". i really hope i don't have to reach that state. A burden to all my dear ones

[CityFarmer]

It seem i speak like a senior now. Oh no, i just realise that i am going to be senior in short time, a very short time....of 10+ years..to withdraw my CPF

No offend to all senior here, just that i am not prepare for it yet...a lot of things not yet done... not rich enough to retire yet.... sigh....;-)