Dr Tee (Ein55)

Strategies for Gold & Silver Trading and Investing

Posted on March 15, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Gold and Silver are popular precious metals for commodity trading. However, they are no longer effective hedging tools against market fear (eg. inflation or uncertainty), when common pool of investors are fearful of stock market, especially during global financial crisis, commodity market (including gold, silver, crude oil, etc) would fall as well.

Over the long term, gold and silver move in similar mega direction for price trends. They have more unique mega market cycle of 30 years (dual peaks in 1980s and 2010s), therefore longer term investor of gold and silver must know their optimism level to lower the systematic risk due to market cycle. Both gold and silver have crashed in year 2013, after reaching the 30 years mega peak.

From investing point of view, despite gold and silver relatively at moderate optimism in long term but when global commodity market (eg. crude oil) and stock market are falling, the fear from similar group of investors may correct the gold and silver prices.

Relatively, gold and silver also have relative competition, maintaining gold/silver price ratio of about 20 to 100 over the past 50 years. Currently, gold/silver ratio is near to the historical (50 years) peak of 100, implying gold has more downside relative to silver. Some smart investors apply the spreading (20-100) of gold/silver ratio for trading, eg

1) Sell Gold Buy Silver

when gold/silver ratio is crossing below 80

2) Buy Gold Sell Silver

when gold/silver ratio is crossing above 40

After the major correction, since Year 2016, Gold has been bullish for the past few years, suitable for momentum trading to buy high sell higher. In the same period, Silver is also recovering but more cyclic in nature (silver is as if a more cyclic “penny stock” while gold is a more stable “blue chip”), suitable for swing trading over the past few years.

From trading point of view, gold has higher risk of falling for short term to mid term as gold prices are falling below US$1550/oz, the neckline of double top at high optimism (crossing below 75% optimism around $1600 was an earlier signal for exit for trading).

Unlike stock, gold and silver are pure trading tools, no business fundamental behind. So, follow Technical Analysis to position if interested. Gold has to break higher than US$1600 to resume the uptrend, therefore traders may wait if there is a reversal.

Long term trend for silver is similar to gold but short term silver is much weaker in price strength compared with gold. Currently both gold and silver are under shorting pressure due to short term bearish signals.

There are several major investment markets (commodity – eg gold / silver, stock, property, forex, bond, bitcoin, etc) with unique market cycles but they share 3 universal formula to make money from investing or trading:

1) Buy Low Sell High (Cyclic Investing)

2) Buy Low & Hold (Growth Investing)

3) Buy High Sell Higher (Momentum Trading)

==================================

Drop by Dr Tee free 4hr investment course to learn how to position in global giant stocks with 10 unique stock investing strategies, knowing What to Buy, When to Buy/Sell.

Learn further from Dr Tee valuable 7hr Online Course, both English (How to Discover Giant Stocks) and Chinese (价值投资法: 探测强巨股) options, specially for learners who prefer to master stock investment strategies of over 100 global giant stocks at the comfort of home.

You are invited to join Dr Tee private investment forum (educational platform, no commercial is allowed) to learn more investment knowledge, interacting with over 9000 members.

Dr Tee Investment Course (Stock, Property, Commodity, Forex, Bond)

Filed Under: Commodity Market, Market Outlook, Technical Analysis, Trading Tagged: commodity, gold, investment strategies, market outlook, silver, technical analysis, trading

Strategies for Great Stocks Sales (狡兔三窟)

Posted on March 14, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Over the past few years, due to high optimism (>75%) in Level 3 (US) and Level 4 (World) stock market, focus has been in shorter term trading / investing, as if carefully walking on thin ice. With recent sudden meltdown of global stock market from bull to bear market with over 20% correction, now there is more opportunity for longer term investor as significant discount is given for many giant stocks, especially for cyclic sectors (eg. bank / property / airline / technology stocks, etc).

We don’t have to buy stocks at the lowest price (not possible to time the market this way unless one is very lucky but even so, luck may once come once, speculative in this way) but we could buy at low enough prices, eg following discount in share prices below the intrinsic value. Warren Buffett is fine to buy “wonderful business at fair price”. If one could buy giant stocks with strong fundamental at undervalue prices (almost a steal for unfair price with fear created by market), then one should grab on the rare opportunity.

Similar as shopping, we don’t have to buy at the lowest price (best discount) of a handbag in a town because there could be always another competitor offering a lower price a few days later. If a buyer is hesitating (greedy to buy at the lowest or no deal), may end up not buying anything at all, when keep on waiting for the best deal with no clear ending.

Instead, define a discount comfortable to oneself (eg. 20%-50%) compared with regular prices, be happy with the purchase. As an investor, more importantly is to achieve a consistent profit over a longer period, not a cyclic performance (big win or big loss) in short term which could be stressful.

It is the same as searching process for life partner (potential husband or wife), one could not keep on waiting and hoping for the “best” as one may not have the time and luck, each opportunity missed, may end up a single for life. Some may have stricter criteria for boy friend or girl friend or life partner before settle down, this is personality based, but when criteria is too high, may not be realistic.

Luckily stock investment is easier than choosing a life partner. One could diversify the risk of timing into several entries or exits. For example, when stock market is falling to a desired low price (but may have further downside due to bearish trend), an investor may trigger the first buy with contrarian approach (similar to Warren Buffett styles) with 1/3 capital. When stock market has chance to drop to a historical low point (eg. low optimism of recent crude oil price, can be traded with USO oil ETF), then one has option to trigger another 1/3 capital. Finally, when market is recovering with clearer uptrend (but much higher prices than previous 2 entries), one may use up the remaining 1/3 capital. This strategy of capital allocation is best described with Chinese idiom of a clever rabbit with 3 caves to hide from potential enemy (狡兔三窟), similar to diversification of “timing risks” over a period of low or high optimism.

Unsystematic risks (eg. negative news related to business, management, etc) could be minimized with an investment portfolio of 10-20 giant stocks with strong business fundamental. Even one may have limited capital (eg $1000), may consider ETF (eg. MSCI World stock ETF) to diversify over 1000 global blue chip stocks.

At the same time, systematic risks (eg. black swans related to global financial crisis, changes in political economy – interest rate / inflation, etc) could be minimized with entry of global stock market at low optimism <25% (currently 38% optimism), exit at high optimism > 75% (eg. over the past few years). Apply probability investing strategy with optimism, instead of speculating in daily stock market, guessing what could be the next move of Trump or possible market responses.

In fact, over the last few years, global stock market has exceeded 75% optimism 3 times, creating 3 times of “wolf is coming”, currently the third wolf (falling down from 75% optimism) has become a mini bear with over 20% stock market correction, if market fear is not controlled over the next few months, resulting in real economy is affected (eg. lower quarterly GDP) or hurting other investment markets (eg. property), then it could evolve into a big bear, i.e. global financial crisis, which would have over 50% major correction in global stock prices.

“Luck” is an opportunity given fairly to everyone but only accepted for those who are prepared and ready to take actions when conditions for actions (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait/ Shorting) are aligned with own personalized investing strategies or trading plans.

Learn from Dr Tee free 4hr investment course to accept this gift from heaven, saving 5-10 years of investing period when one could invest at the right time during severe stock crisis on global giant stocks. Register Here: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Fundamental Analysis, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market Tagged: global financial crisis, stock market crisis, stock strategies

Dr Tee (Ein55) Style of Stock Market Outlook

Posted on March 13, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

It is hard to wait for Level 3 (country) and Level 4 (world) stock markets to fall, sometimes need to wait for 10+ years. The current crisis may not be a global financial crisis yet (require confirmation with weaker economy with falling of related market such as property) but it is definitely a stock crisis. Grab on this opportunity may help one to save 5-10 years of time (comparing to buy & hold), especially for cyclic stocks.

Sharing below is for education purpose, please make your own decision, aligning with own personality based on strategies learned.

I have just shared more details with Ein55 graduates (since they are fully trained) to position in current stock market. Please login to Ein55 graduate forum for 3000+ Ein55 graduates. Pay attention to Article on Ein55 Style No 53: Entry / Exit with Optimism.

For 200 students waiting to attend 6-day Ein55 course (www.ein55.com/course) in Jun, Aug & Oct 2020, hope you could wait patiently to learn the complete 55 Ein55 investing styles before taking action. If it is a global financial crisis, it may take 6-12 months to fall in prices, so you will have enough time to take action for new stock investment.

Sharing here is not a “stock tip” as it could hurt those who are not trained, eg may buy a junk stock with weak fundamental at low optimism, buy low get lower. Please put in effort to learn in next 12 months in stock investment to grab the opportunity of current stock crisis. Here are my views of these 5 major stock markets:

1) World

After double top crossing down from 75% optimism, finally optimism is below < 50%, dropping to moderate low 38% optimism, a danger signal as it is hard to recover in short term with such a low optimism, unless US could reverse with strong stimulus plan by Trump.

2) US

After triple top crossing down from 75% optimism, there is a sharp falling knife in optimism from over 90% to only 52% which is still a fair value, not low optimism yet.

Since US economy is still strong, so far the stock crisis is fear driven (Coronavirus pandemic + oil crisis + global travelling crisis), there is still possibility it may end up as global financial crisis, if Coronavirus could end in summer (possible, based on 3-4 months virus spreading cycle pattern in China). Regardless this is a fake or real crisis, it is a major correction to stock, so opportunity could be mid term trading to long term investing, depending on severity.

For trading (long), US stock market has to recover by 20% first, not a mission impossible but requires political economy by Trump to come out with a massive stimulus plan. In fact, last US interest rate 0.5% cut in falling of stock market from high optimism is proven to be a negative help as investors may feel economy is really affected (actually not yet). Ein55 graduates have learned in earlier 6 day Ein55 course on impact of interest rate (Ein55 Styles # 21 & 22), can understand better here.

3) Singapore

Optimism at 29% yesterday, hit 25% Optimism at intra-day today but so far recovering above it. Again, Singapore could only follow the world, especially US, therefore apply US / world optimism for longer term investor to make decision, not just on Singapore. However, this is a rare opportunity for Singapore to near to low optimism of 25%, some blue chips (eg. 3 major banks) could fall more than they should if not supported by company share buyback.

4) Hong Kong

Optimism at 27% yesterday, hit 25% Optimism at intra-day today but so far recovering above it. Position for Hong Kong market is similar as Singapore, need to follow US but also China (Coronavirus condition has improved, first to start, first to end). However, China contribution to world stock value is much less than US (over 50%), therefore the direction of US stock is more important.

5) China

Optimism at 26% yesterday hit 25% optimism at intra-day today but currently recovering above it. However, short term China stock is still bullish, could be the strongest short term stock market in the world now. However, China could not be totally insulated from the fear of global investors (especially with Shanghai and Shenzhen markets connect with Hong Kong exchange), hard to be bullish alone while the rest of the world is bearish.

====================

So, there is alignment in optimism for most Level 1 (individual) and Level 2 (sector) stocks with Level 3 (country) and Level 4 (world) stock markets. Some may need to wait for TA (Technical Analysis) for reversal, some could enter in batches (Ein55 graduates may see example of different personalities as you have learned in earlier 6-day Ein55 class on Style No 53: Entry/Exit with Optimism).

For current Ein55 coaching students, please work harder in your coming coaching homework, showing potential actions, either spring cleaning (especially for weaker stocks) or dream team stocks to buy. Some experienced traders may also apply shorting in current bearish market but need to follow SET trading plan: Stop Loss / Entry / Target Prices.

In general, readers may look for 2 main types of giant stocks (following Ein55 investing styles with over 1500 global giant stocks, at least 10 different stock investing or trading strategies could be applied)

1) Growth Stocks (Buy Low & Hold)

– Add dividend and defensive stocks as extra protection if needed.

– Certain growth stocks may not drop to low optimism < 25% due to strong business fundamental, then one may apply Levels 3-4 low optimism as criteria to buy these very strong growth stocks.

2) Cyclic Stocks (Buy Low & Sell High)

– Trend-following is crucial for cyclic stocks (eg. many global banks and property stocks are more than 20-50% discount), so that it won’t Buy Low get Lower. Holding power is crucial when investing in bearish stock market.

– Align L1 (even individual stock is already low optimism) with L2 (sector), L3 (country) and L4 (world) low optimism for better quality of opportunity.

Of course, Ein55 graduate may also look for pure dividend stocks or specific sectors (diversification is needed) or even for indices / ETF (USO – oil ETF, S&P 500 ETF – SPY, World stock ETF, etc) for those limited in capital but need diversification. Ideally, diversify over a portfolio of 10 – 20 giant stocks (max 5% risk if 20 stocks), entry / exit in batches (eg. 2-3 times) if capital is sufficient.

For general public (non-Ein55 graduate), you may start your investment journey at the right time now with stock market crisis, learning from Dr Tee 4hr free stock investment course on LOFTP strategies (Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis). Register Here: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Optimism, Market Outlook, Stock Market Tagged: dr tee, ein55, global financial crisis, market outlook, stock market crisis

What to Do in Stock Crisis Now?

Posted on March 13, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global stock markets (including US & Singapore) have fallen over 20% from the peaks of indices over the past 1 month, fulfilling the common technical definition of a “Bear Market”. Global and local stock investors who still have stocks now are worrying (stocks may have dropped by 20-50%), not sure what to do under dual crisis of Coronavirus and crude oil Market.

Although global financial crisis is not confirmed yet (so far is still a mini bear, even with 20-30% stock indices correction), it has potential to get worse if country economy is also affected (i.e. recession if next few quarters have negative GDP growth) and other investment market (eg. property, typically effect will be shown in about 3-6 months after stock crisis) may all fall.

Here are 5 KEY actions to take in stock crisis now, depending on individual investor:

1) Hold

This action is more suitable for longer term investors investing in defensive giant stocks with strong business fundamental, collecting dividend consistently, even during stock crisis. Only about 5% of global stocks are defensive (relative to stock indices and blue chips), could within the impact of global financial crisis. 95% of global stocks will be affected by this systematic risks of global financial crisis, falling down more than 50% in share prices.

2) Buy / Wait

Yes, it is time for Ein55 members to do homework to pick up dream team stocks aligned with own personality.

Ein55 graduates may consider over 1500 giant stocks globally. Many stocks are heavily discounted but currently more suitable for contrarian value investor who has strong holding power as short term price trend is still bearish. Integrate LOFTP strategies together to plan for this rare gift from heaven.

For general public (non-Ein55 graduate) who are not trained for Ein55 investing styles, you may attend free 4hr investment course by Dr Tee, you will learn how to position on global giant stocks: www.ein55.com

Each of you just needs to shortlist 10-20 giant stocks to form a dream team portfolio, then align strategy with personality to plan for entries in batches.

“What” to Buy does not mean “Now” to Buy. Since the short term stock market now is bearish, “Buy” action now is more suitable for contrarian investor (eg. Warren Buffett). There could be more downside (despite over 20% stock market correction), optimism analysis is required, especially for Level 3 (US) and Level 4 (world) for stock markets.

Some investors may prefer to “Wait” for reversal in prices, integrating trading into investing, buying low enough, but no need to aim for the lowest prices (no possible unless one is very lucky, but luck may only come once, as good as speculation). In short, don’t greedy to buy at the lowest, just buy low enough.

3) Sell / Shorting

Sell action could be a bit late (falling from 90% to nearly 50% optimism for US stock market, already a fair value but not yet low optimism which is undervalue) but it is never too late, especially if investor has stocks with weak fundamental. Loss aversion psychology may encourage potential sellers to hold on to junk stocks, resulting in more potential losses over next 6-12 months if stock crisis gets worse.

Alternatively, an investor could apply “Shorting” to hedge against the current position, buying an insurance from further downside of stock crisis.

Experienced traders are happily look for many opportunities during stock crisis now to short (profiting from falling of stock prices). However, shorting requires strict compliance with trading plan (SET: Stop Loss / Entry / Target Prices), especially during the volatile stock market which could move up and down by 5 to 10% daily for indices, 10-20% daily for individual stocks.

===================

Current stock market crisis could be just a flash crash (with V-shape recovery if Coronavirus may end in summer as China epidemic was about 4 months from Dec 2019 to Mar 2020, rest of the world is delayed in outbreak, could be Feb – Jun 2020 for pandemic). It could also trigger a more severe global financial crisis (if economy is affected starting from airline / consumer / retail sectors, together with falling of property market, over next 6-12 months).

Regardless it is a mini bear (major correction) or big bear (global financial crisis), both are significant opportunities, gifts from heaven for those who are prepared.

Take Action (Buy / Hold / Sell / Wait / Shorting) for Stock Crisis Now. If you are unsure how to take the right action for yourself (unique personality), learn from Dr Tee free 4hr course on formation of a dream team stock portfolio in this perfect storm, converting crisis into future wealth: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market Tagged: global financial crisis, stock market crisis

Stock Market Crash with Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted on March 12, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

There are always 2 sides of news, outcome depends on which side you position. Learn further here to position in both Coronavirus and Stock Market Crisis.

1) Fear

Bad news: Coronavirus is now a PANDEMIC (declared by WHO).

Good news: It has been a fact (global speading) for weeks, only a label now

2) Wealth

Bad news: Global economy will get more hit (global travelling restrictions by most countries, consumer and retail sectors would lose money), global stock market would fall further (so far down by about 20%), people may lose jobs, etc.

Good news: Global stock market is cheaper now, investors could get highly discounted prices to buy stocks

3) Health

Bad news: Many people would die after infected

Good news: Fatality rate is actually less than 2%, even much lower for those less than 50 years old with stronger immune system.

There are in fact more people die in common flu each year, awareness in Coronavirus could directly help to minimize death in common flu, therefore more lives would be saved in this health crisis.

====================

So, stay calm, be cool, both for Coronavirus pandemic and also global stock market meltdown. However, one has to take active actions in both crisis:

Coronavirus

1) Enhance personal hygiene (wash hands, wear mask if unwell, etc)

2) Social distancing (avoid crowded places)

3) Stay healthy (exercise & healthy diet, optimistic, etc)

Stock Market

1) Buy – Mainly for contrarian investor (eg. Warren Buffett), aligned with lower optimism at country/world levels (L3-L4), stock market may have further downside.

2) Hold – Mainly for fundamental strong stocks which are defensive to sustain through possible global financial crisis

3) Sell – Mainly for trading stocks, exit following the plan (eg when down by 5%, 10% or 20% or breaking below certain price support).

4) Wait – Mainly for trend-following traders or investors for clearer market signal.

5) Shorting – Mainly for short term traders to align with current short term bearish market, profiting from shorting with breaking of support, following lower highs and lower lows pattern.

==============

Currently with 20% price correction in global stock market, it is still a mini bear, medium term investors may start to do homework but position only after there is a clear price reversal (eg. economic stimulus plans by G7 or fading of Coronavirus in summer time, etc) and cut loss has to be included in plan.

If not, need to be patient to align with longer term lower optimism, especially for Level 3 (US) and Level 4 (world), not just on individual stocks or sectors which are falling knifes in prices, not suitable for traders.

Do you feel better now that you have a choice to be positive or negative? More importantly, position in the right side with right action for both Coronavirus and stock market crisis. Learn from Dr Tee free 4hr investment course to convert the crisis into opportunity: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Personal Analysis, Stock Market Tagged: global financial crisis, pandemic, stock market crash

3 Levels of Stock Market Crisis (Wolf, Mini / BIG Bears)

Posted on March 10, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Every 10 wolves (eg. 10% minor stock correction, could be yearly) may lead to 3 mini bears (eg. 20% major stock correction, could be every 1-3 years), eventually only 1 becomes the BIG bear (eg. over 50% stock market crash, could be every 10+ years) or commonly known as Global Financial Crisis.

For stock investing or trading, one has to know own personality which includes preferred timeframe of investing and holding power, aiming for 3 levels of stock market crisis which could be represented by these 3 animals:

1) Wolf (Short Term Trading)

Short term investor (usually is also a trader) may need to take action every few weeks or few months, responding to daily positive/negative news which may cause the stock price to up/down by about 10%. A common tool is Technical Analysis, analyzing price trend and also support/resistance of stocks (eg. exit when S&P 500 is below 3000 points).

Trend-following strategy is flexible (similar to a wolf who is very alert to surrounding), suitable for traders, although many times, could end up as false alarms to longer investors who hear “wolf is coming” (eg. market recovers again after price correction).

2) Mini Bear (Mid Term Trading)

Mid term investor or trader could have higher tolerance level, able to hold longer (eg. more than 1 year) for up and down of about 20% in stocks. A Mini bear may come when there is a regional crisis (eg. Euro Debt crisis, US losing AAA credit rating, etc) or unexpected events (eg. Coronavirus, Oil Crisis, etc). It is a mid-scale crisis which could cause significant harm, but could be intermediate opportunity to buy low when crisis is over a few months later.

A mini bear is welcomed by both investors and traders as it won’t end the bull run but creating more opportunities along the long journey of bull market (eg. current bull run is already 11 years long from 2009 to 2020).

3) BIG Bear (Long Term Investing)

The scary BIG bear is a threat for global investors and traders who know how to buy stocks but do not know how to exit because the drawdown could be more than 50%. For junk stocks with weaker business fundamentals, some may be swallowed by the BIG bear, ending in bankruptcy, an investor could lose 100% investment permanently in this coldest winter which could last more than 1-2 years (Great Depression in 1929 could take more than 5 years).

At the same time, the BIG bear or global financial crisis provides an excellent opportunity to redistribute the wealth globally, from those who are ignorant to those who are prepared, smart investors who have found a portfolio of global giant stocks with strong business fundamental, using the BIG bear to scare away other competitors to get a huge discounted price to own them for another 10+ years of new market cycle (which the investor later could decide whether to hold for long term or sell at next market high).

=======================

No one would know exactly when the BIG bear may come. We don’t have to scare ourselves every year whenever there is a wolf calling (action for short term trader) or even hearing the steps of mini bear (alert for mid term trader).

For longer term investor, one could apply probability investing with optimism to know when to stay alert, the time when global stock market at Level 4 (especially US stock market, Level 3) exceeds 75% optimism (eg. over the past 2 years). The investors who prefer not to exit first (to ride the price momentum in last rally of bull run), then need to protect oneself with shorter term trend-following strategy during the uncertain stock market at high optimism.

In summary, despite we may know not precisely when the global financial crisis may come, we could evaluate the probability based on signals received along the way, eg. stock market optimism (Levels 1-4 Analysis), business fundamental and country economy (Fundamental Analysis), Price trends (Technical Analysis), Market High or Low (Optimism Analysis) and more importantly, knowing if one’s personality (Personal Analysis).

Learn the unique LOFTP Strategies from Dr Tee free 4hr course to prepare for 3 levels of crisis (Wolf, Mini Bear or BIG Bear). Register Here: www.ein5.com

Filed Under: Market Cycle Investing, Market Optimism, Stock Market Tagged: global financial crisis, stock market crisis

Crashes in Global Stock Market and Oil Market

Posted on March 10, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global stock markets crashed yesterday, dropping as much as 7% (with protection of circuit breaker) for US stock market, 6% for Singapore stock market. There could be more downside if fearful emotion continues.

Oil crisis comes faster than Coronavirus spreading, Brent crude oil price dropped to about US$30/barrel overnight. Saudi could cut oil price because the production cost per barrel is the lowest. Price war is lose-lose for for both OPEC and non-OPEC, see who could last longer. Eventually, this could trigger Level 3 country financial crisis as national income would be reduced significantly.

Crude oil is a giant commodity by default, it could not drop to $0 (unless end of the world when energy is not required anymore, then investment or money is also no longer important) as a stock but it could stay at low optimism level for a long period of time, especially under manipulation of certain forces (eg. OPEC). This drama is not new, episode #1 was about 5 years ago, aiming to wipe out shale oil producers in US with higher production cost. Eventually, the shale oil producers still survive but becomes more efficient in operation, harder this time in Episode #2 of global oil price war.

It could be no-brainer investing when Brent crude oil dropped to or below US$30/barrel, one could position in crude oil through USO (oil ETF) as Saudi and Russia could not sustain in long term at this low price (perhaps only Saudi could still make a profit due to low production cost). However, such a contrarian investor (similar to Warren Buffett style) needs to have strong holding power, at least can hold longer than oil produce countries before they burned out first.

Similarly there are many blue chip stocks, buy low could get lower in bearish short term market, not suitable for speculator. Global stock market is not yet very bearish yet, so far is only a major correction. Again, shorter term trend-following strategy is safer during this uncertain market, either for exit (could have exited last week if following signal, eg. S&P 500 below 3000 points) or entry again.

Everything has 2 sides, when oil price is crashed, consumers such as car drivers are happier with lower petrol cost. However, one has to look at a bigger picture, lower inflation or cheaper price is not always a good news because when global economy is weak, one could even lose the job because company may be eventually losing money as well.

Learn further from Dr Tee to leverage on current Oil Crisis and potential global financial crisis with stock market crash. Register for Dr Tee Free 4hr Course to position with crash in global stock market: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Commodity Market, Macroeconomy, Market Cycle Investing, Stock Market Tagged: crude oil, global financial crisis, stock market crash

Triple Short Term Crisis of Oil & Gas Stocks （屋漏偏逢连夜雨）

Posted on March 9, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Global Oil & Gas sector has been under crisis mode over the past 6 years, Brent crude oil fell from US$115 (year 2014) to $27 (year 2016) per barrel, about 25% of peak price, a very low optimism for the past 2-3 decades, ending the mega bull run for commodity market (including crude oil, gold, agricultural products, etc).

Over the past 4 years, crude oil together with commodity market in general has been struggling with recovery in prices, achieving an intermediate high of US$86 (year 2018), falling down again to $50, then gradual growth, stable between $60-$70 in last 2 years with joint effort by OPEC and non-OPEC (eg. Russia) oil producer countries to control the oil supply, in an attempt to stabilize the market prices.

Unfortunately, Crude Oil is currently facing triple short term crisis over the past 2 months:

1) Coronavirus

There is less global demand for crude oil. There is less manufacturing in countries such as China which is a major energy consumption country. Some global airlines also cut down flights by more than 30%.

Less demand = Lower price for crude oil.

2) Fall in global stock market

Fear driven stock market fall (especially in US) has affected the confidence of global investors who also invest or trade crude oil, anticipating lower demand for crude oil.

Bearish emotion = Lower price for crude oil

3) Political Conflicts (OPEC vs non-OPEC)

After expiry (end of Mar 2020) of agreement on production cut, it is possible for supply for both OPEC and non-OPEC to increase significantly. Of course, it is possible for interested parties to extend the collaboration but their influence would be weaker each time. The global market share of crude oil could be taken by countries who may not follow the agreement (eg. Iran which needs cash or US with shale oil as new major exporter with lower cost per barrel).

Higher Supply = Lower price for crude oil

================

As a result of triple short term crisis, Brent Crude Oil drops to US$45/barrel currently. $40-$45 is an important support zone (low prices during 2009 global financial crisis), if breaking below $40 while there is no quick solution in a few months with reversal for 3 short term crisis above, it may challenge the last long term support, $27/barrel recorded in early 2016 during the earlier Oil & Gas Crisis.

If so, global Oil & Gas stocks would be under price pressure, falling back to low optimism again. Upstream Oil & Gas sector (eg. exploration of oil) would suffer the most from falling in oil price, following by integrated oil & gas companies. Mid-stream (eg. storage and delivery of oil & gas) and Down-stream sectors (eg. refinery, processing of petro-chemical) would have less impact on its business. Careful selection of Oil & Gas stocks are critical, especially if the current Level 2 (Oil & Gas sector) crisis may be combined with bigger scale of Level 4 black swan (Global Financial Crisis.

Oil & Gas stocks are generally cyclic in nature due to fluctuation of oil price, therefore better to position with Buy Low Sell High strategy, more suitable for trading.

“Crisis is Opportunity” is true only if one knows What to Buy (giant stocks), When to Buy (timing, too early may catch the falling knife) and When to Sell in future (taking profits or potential cut loss if trading in an uncertain global stock market at high optimism).

Learn from Dr Tee Free 4hr investment course to position in global giant stocks with discounted prices, mastering the investment clock for entry / exit. Register Here: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Commodity Market, Macroeconomy, Stock Market Tagged: crisis stock, crude oil, oil & gas stocks

How to Start Stock Investment with Low Capital ($1000)

Posted on March 8, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Not everyone born in a rich family, therefore starting line is different for investment. For any form of common investment (stock, property, bond, commodity, forex or even bitcoin, etc), here are 3 main considerations for an investor:

1) Capital Available

2) Reward (winning probability)

3) Risk (safety)

For reward & risk, it is strategy and type of investment dependent, interested Ein55 readers may review the past articles. For capital available, it is always a constraint. For an investor with low capital of $1000, 100% return is only another $1000 as it is capital dependent (without leveraging). For an investor with higher capital of $100,000, just 1% return could get the same $1000 return.

For property investor with $1 Million, 100% return over 10 years would be another $1 Million, not to mention property investor could leverage on loan (as if CFD for stock trading), only need $100k to $200k (depending on local law) to start investment of $1 Million.

Similarly for more speculative Bitcoin trading, it seems easy to big money with small capital but eventually one could lose most of the small capital due to volatile prices exceeding the risk tolerance limit.

So, is there a relatively safer way for small capital investor (eg. $1000 cash) who is a beginner to start the investment journey? Here are 3 main steps:

1) Learn the investment skills

Regardless one is a smart investor with over $1 Million fund or a beginner investor with small capital of $1000, both needs to learn investment, developing a personalized investing strategy aligned with own personality over time.

Here is a good platform for exchange of investment knowledge (please make your own decision), learning this life skill gradually. Dr Tee also conducts monthly free investment course (stock, property, commodity, bond, forex) for general public, sign up here: www.ein55.com

2) Practice with Virtual Trading

Similar as race competition (actual investment), one has to practice in advance, eg. through virtual trading of stocks, i.e. record what stocks to buy, when to buy/sell in a journal, including profit or loss during a period of time. This is more suitable for short term traders as time of practice is usually a few months, hard for one to “practice” investing with 10 years before taking real action with real money.

Learn to take actions in stock or other investment: Buy, Hold, Sell, Wait, Shorting. Refine the strategy to increase the winning probability and also reward/risk ratio.

3) Real Action with Small Capital ($1000)

It is never too late or too small capital to start investment. $1000 could be a reasonable starting fund, one could investment in REIT with property portfolio with over $1 Billion through stock investment. Real action is important as it could train the mastery of own emotions, eg greed and fear, which is hard to achieve with virtual trading (zero risk and zero reward, therefore no greed nor fear).

Due to limited capital size, an investor may only able to invest in 1-2 stocks unless it is a penny stock (some could be giant penny stocks), knowledge of Fundamental Analysis will be critical to focus only strong fundamental stocks. Since there is only 1-2 “bullet” to shoot, timing of action has to be precise, skill in Technical Analysis would be helpful to take action following the price trend.

Alternatively, low capital investor may also consider a giant stock fund (only need minimum $1000 capital) which invest in hundreds or thousands of stocks through 1 investment. Investing in stock index (eg. S&P500 – SPY ETF, which follows US stock and economy performance) is another option but need to pay attention to high optimism level, potential risk of global financial crisis could cut even index or funds by half, $1000 could be left with $500, although it would recover again a few years later, one could be disappointed.

$1000 capital could be relatively little money to many people but could be significant life saving for needy group. So, it is important to put aside some emergency fund (eg. 3-6 months salary as saving), only invest in money which can afford to hold, as if fixed deposit in stock market, instead of in a bank. If one is greedy, borrow money or leveraging beyond the limit to trade, when there is unexpected risk, weak holding power would force the trader to buy high sell low, or buy low sell lower.

===================

Why Warren Buffett does not need to time the market (he could buy with bearish price trend) is mainly because he has tremendous holding power, investing in mainly giant stocks, diversifying over a portfolio of different sectors (although mostly US stocks), riding the uptrend US economy over the decades, waiting for each market crisis to buy more stocks with discounted price.

It is fine to start stock investment with small capital of $1000 but one has to treat it seriously. After mastering management of $1000 capital, one will be more confident to increase investment at later stage of life, including property or bonds, etc.

Filed Under: Stock Market Tagged: low capital, stock investment

Stop Financial Virus with Probability Investing System

Posted on March 8, 2020 Written by Dr Tee (Ein55)

Extreme isolation measures over the past 6 weeks in China Hubei has proven that spreading of Coronavirus could be terminated or reduced (if 0 data reported so far a few cities is still considered unbelievable by some people) after a period of time when breaking the people into “units” of family, the risk, if any, will be within this family. This concept is similar to “curfew” to limit the actions of people (eg. staying home at night) to minimize the possible instability.

This strict method (including locked down of city and staying at home with permit required to go out) could work in China or probably a few other countries with strong power of government authority and more obedient or understanding (politically correct term) people. In Europe (especially) and US with more “democracy”, these extreme measures may not work as people may not follow. Just read that some Italian people use the opportunity of no school (should stay at home) to gather in crowded cafe.

Democracy usually comes with a price. When rules (eg. Coronavirus prevention) are not followed by some people, the entire system could fail, all people would suffer together.

============================

Similarly for stock investment and trading, risk management is critical. Similar “isolation” measure could be done for stocks through position sizing (trading) or diversification (for investing) to limit the maximum loss when unexpected risk is encountered. This will help to prevent the financial “virus” (eg. market fear) to spread easily and “infect” all the stocks.

If a trader or investor could follow the rules strictly, eg. SET = Stop Loss, Entry & Target Prices, the potential loss could be limited within individual risk tolerance level, preventing from evolving into bigger loss of entire capital when holding to loss position (loss aversion personality).

Stock market and Coronavirus have many similarities, both are unpredictable but when certain rules are applied, higher probability outcome will likely to happen, even no one would know the future. For example, recommended practices such as washing hands more often, avoiding crowded places, etc, could help to reduce the chances of infection.

This is similar to filter out stocks with potential red flags (eg. high debt, unclear business outlook, etc), financial risk of stock could be reduced significantly. At the same time, if one could look for giant stocks with strong business fundamental and uptrend share prices with technical analysis, the probability of success in stocks would be even higher.

Apply “Probability System” in both Coronavirus control and Stock Market investing without emotions (greed and fear). Learn the LOFTP (Level / Optimism / Fundamental / Technical / Personal Analysis) strategies from Dr Tee free 4hr course to enhance the probability of success in stock investment: www.ein55.com

Filed Under: Macroeconomy, Stock Market Tagged: Probability Investing, stock market

2 Free eBooks by Dr Tee (Click to Download)