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09
2011
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Oct
09
2011
A V3Go Tribute to Steve Jobs; His Life (Video) and Lessons We Can All Learn….. and His Last Weeks of His Life…Posted by admin in Events and Advertisements, Trivial of Life
For all of his years in the spotlight at the helm of Apple, Steve Jobs in many ways remains an inscrutable figure — even in his death. Fiercely private, Jobs concealed most specifics about his personal life, from his curious family life to the details of his battle with pancreatic cancer — a disease that ultimately claimed him on Wednesday, at the age of 56. While the CEO and co-founder of Apple steered most interviews away from the public fascination with his private life, there’s plenty we know about Jobs the person, beyond the Mac and the iPhone. If anything, the obscure details of his interior life paint a subtler, more nuanced portrait of how one of the finest technology minds of our time grew into the dynamo that we remember him as today. 1. Early life and childhood Later in life, Jobs discovered the identities of his estranged parents. His birth mother, Joanne Simpson, was a graduate student at the time and later a speech pathologist; his biological father, Abdulfattah John Jandali, was a Syrian Muslim who left the country at age 18 and reportedly now serves as the vice president of a Reno, Nevada casino. While Jobs reconnected with Simpson in later years, he and his biological father remained estranged. 2. College dropout
In his famous 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University, Jobs said of his time at Reed: “It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.” He was reportedly offered $750 for his development work, with the possibility of an extra $100 for each chip eliminated from the game’s final design. Jobs recruited Steve Wozniak (later one of Apple’s other founders) to help him with the challenge. Wozniak managed to whittle the prototype’s design down so much that Atari paid out a $5,000 bonus — but Jobs kept the bonus for himself, and paid his unsuspecting friend only $375, according to Wozniak’s own autobiography. 4. The wife he leaves behind For all of his single-minded dedication to the company he built from the ground up, Jobs actually skipped a meeting to take Laurene on their first date: “I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, ‘If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?’ I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she’d have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we’ve been together ever since.” In 1991, Jobs and Powell were married in the Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park, and the marriage was officiated by Kobin Chino, a Zen Buddhist monk. 5. His sister is a famous author After reuniting, Jobs and Simpson developed a close relationship. Of his sister, he told a New York Times interviewer: “We’re family. She’s one of my best friends in the world. I call her and talk to her every couple of days.” Anywhere But Here is dedicated to “my brother Steve.” 7. His first daughter 8. Alternative lifestyle The connection has enough weight that Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who first synthesized (and took) LSD, appealed to Jobs for funding for research about the drug’s therapeutic use. In a book interview, Jobs called his experience with the drug “one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life.” As Jobs himself has suggested, LSD may have contributed to the “think different” approach that still puts Apple’s designs a head above the competition. Jobs will forever be a visionary, and his personal life also reflects the forward-thinking, alternative approach that vaulted Apple to success. During a trip to India, Jobs visited a well-known ashram and returned to the U.S. as a Zen Buddhist. Jobs was also a pescetarian who didn’t consume most animal products, and didn’t eat meat other than fish. A strong believer in Eastern medicine, he sought to treat his own cancer through alternative approaches and specialized diets before reluctantly seeking his first surgery for a cancerous tumor in 2004. 9. His fortune In early 2011, Jobs owned 5.5 million shares of Apple. After his death, Apple shares were valued at $377.64 — a roughly 43-fold growth in valuation over the last 10 years that shows no signs of slowing down. He may only have taken in a single dollar per year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast fortune. The largest chunk of that wealth is the roughly $7 billion from the sale of Pixar to Disney in 2006. In 2011, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion, he was the 110th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. If Jobs hadn’t sold his shares upon leaving Apple in 1985 (before returning to the company in 1996), he would be the world’s fifth richest individual. While there’s no word yet on plans for his estate, Jobs leaves behind three children from his marriage to Laurene Jobs (Reed, Erin, and Eve), as well as his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.  Joan Baez6. Celebrity romances  Breakout for the Atari3. Fibbed to his Apple co-founder about a job at Atari 2. College dropout
In his famous 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University, Jobs said of his time at Reed: “It wasn’t all romantic. I didn’t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends’ rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.”
He was reportedly offered $750 for his development work, with the possibility of an extra $100 for each chip eliminated from the game’s final design. Jobs recruited Steve Wozniak (later one of Apple’s other founders) to help him with the challenge. Wozniak managed to whittle the prototype’s design down so much that Atari paid out a $5,000 bonus — but Jobs kept the bonus for himself, and paid his unsuspecting friend only $375, according to Wozniak’s own autobiography. 4. The wife he leaves behind For all of his single-minded dedication to the company he built from the ground up, Jobs actually skipped a meeting to take Laurene on their first date: “I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, ‘If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?’ I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she’d have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we’ve been together ever since.” In 1991, Jobs and Powell were married in the Ahwahnee Hotel at Yosemite National Park, and the marriage was officiated by Kobin Chino, a Zen Buddhist monk. 5. His sister is a famous author After reuniting, Jobs and Simpson developed a close relationship. Of his sister, he told a New York Times interviewer: “We’re family. She’s one of my best friends in the world. I call her and talk to her every couple of days.” Anywhere But Here is dedicated to “my brother Steve.”
7. His first daughter 8. Alternative lifestyle The connection has enough weight that Albert Hofmann, the Swiss scientist who first synthesized (and took) LSD, appealed to Jobs for funding for research about the drug’s therapeutic use. In a book interview, Jobs called his experience with the drug “one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life.” As Jobs himself has suggested, LSD may have contributed to the “think different” approach that still puts Apple’s designs a head above the competition. Jobs will forever be a visionary, and his personal life also reflects the forward-thinking, alternative approach that vaulted Apple to success. During a trip to India, Jobs visited a well-known ashram and returned to the U.S. as a Zen Buddhist. Jobs was also a pescetarian who didn’t consume most animal products, and didn’t eat meat other than fish. A strong believer in Eastern medicine, he sought to treat his own cancer through alternative approaches and specialized diets before reluctantly seeking his first surgery for a cancerous tumor in 2004. 9. His fortune In early 2011, Jobs owned 5.5 million shares of Apple. After his death, Apple shares were valued at $377.64 — a roughly 43-fold growth in valuation over the last 10 years that shows no signs of slowing down. He may only have taken in a single dollar per year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast fortune. The largest chunk of that wealth is the roughly $7 billion from the sale of Pixar to Disney in 2006. In 2011, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion, he was the 110th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. If Jobs hadn’t sold his shares upon leaving Apple in 1985 (before returning to the company in 1996), he would be the world’s fifth richest individual. While there’s no word yet on plans for his estate, Jobs leaves behind three children from his marriage to Laurene Jobs (Reed, Erin, and Eve), as well as his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. ============================ Things We can Learn From Steve Jobs!
Millions of people today are paying their tributes to Steve Jobs, arguably one of the most important and influential CEOs of modern day history. It is hard to find a person like Jobs. He had laser-like focus and demanded the utmost quality of his employees. From starting Apple in his garage, to getting ousted in 1985 from the very company he built, to coming back in 1997 and taking Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL – News) from the brink of bankruptcy to the largest company in the world, Steve has changed the world in more ways than one. Steve Jobs clearly had a significant impact on people around the world and left us along with the business community a few lessons we can all share. ( Focus on Quality, Not Money “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful – that’s what matters to me,” said Jobs. The business community can take note. Put people first. Focus on quality. Focus on the Future, Not the Present or Even the Past. Show People What They Want, Not What They Ask For “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice,” he said. People often think they want something until they get shown an alternative they never thought possible. Another quality about Steve was his ability to say no, even more often than he said yes to ideas. “The secret to innovation is saying no to 1,000 things,” said Jobs. Of course, no product was his idea alone, but he was the one that fostered the environment for ideas to be created and had the final say. The problem with focus groups is they can be influenced depending on the type of question asked, and the people involved have a preconceived notion of what they want based on the products that are out at the time. The business community should focus more on what they want, and focus on the future and less on the here and now. The Bottom Line “The thing that drives me and my colleagues … is that you see something very compelling to you, and you don’t quite know how to get it, but you know, sometimes intuitively, it’s within your grasp. And it’s worth putting in years of your life to make it come into existence,” said Jobs. ============================= The Last Few Weeks of Steve Jobs…. Over the last few months, a steady stream of visitors to Palo Alto, Calif., called an old friend’s home number and asked if he was well enough to entertain visitors, perhaps for the last time. In February, Steven P. Jobs had learned that, after years of fighting cancer, his time was becoming shorter. He quietly told a few acquaintances, and they, in turn, whispered to others. And so a pilgrimage began. The calls trickled in at first. Just a few, then dozens, and in recent weeks, a nearly endless stream of people who wanted a few moments to say goodbye, according to people close to Mr. Jobs. Most were intercepted by his wife, Laurene. She would apologetically explain that he was too tired to receive many visitors. In his final weeks, he became so weak that it was hard for him to walk up the stairs of his own home anymore, she confided to one caller. Some asked if they might try again tomorrow. Sorry, she replied. He had only so much energy for farewells. The man who valued his privacy almost as much as his ability to leave his mark on the world had decided whom he most needed to see before he left. Mr. Jobs spent his final weeks — as he had spent most of his life — in tight control of his choices. He invited a close friend, the physician Dean Ornish, a preventive health advocate, to join him for sushi at one of his favorite restaurants, Jin Sho in Palo Alto. He said goodbye to longtime colleagues including the venture capitalist John Doerr, the Apple board member Bill Campbell and the Disney chief executive Robert A. Iger. He offered Apple’s executives advice on unveiling the iPhone 4S, which occurred on Tuesday. He spoke to his biographer, Walter Isaacson. He started a new drug regime, and told some friends that there was reason for hope. But, mostly, he spent time with his wife and children — who will now oversee a fortune of at least $6.5 billion, and, in addition to their grief, take on responsibility for tending to the legacy of someone who was as much a symbol as a man. “Steve made choices,” Dr. Ornish said. “I once asked him if he was glad that he had kids, and he said, ‘It’s 10,000 times better than anything I’ve ever done.’ ” “But for Steve, it was all about living life on his own terms and not wasting a moment with things he didn’t think were important. He was aware that his time on earth was limited. He wanted control of what he did with the choices that were left.” In his final months, Mr. Jobs’s home — a large and comfortable but relatively modest brick house in a residential neighborhood — was surrounded by security guards. His driveway’s gate was flanked by two black S.U.V.’s. On Thursday, as online eulogies multiplied and the walls of Apple stores in Taiwan, New York, Shanghai and Frankfurt were papered with hand-drawn cards, the S.U.V.’s were removed and the sidewalk at his home became a garland of bouquets, candles and a pile of apples, each with one bite carefully removed. “Everyone always wanted a piece of Steve,” said one acquaintance who, in Mr. Jobs’s final weeks, was rebuffed when he sought an opportunity to say goodbye. “He created all these layers to protect himself from the fan boys and other peoples’ expectations and the distractions that have destroyed so many other companies. “But once you’re gone, you belong to the world.” Mr. Jobs’s biographer, Mr. Isaacson, whose book will be published in two weeks, asked him why so private a man had consented to the questions of someone writing a book. “I wanted my kids to know me,” Mr. Jobs replied, Mr. Isaacson wrote Thursday in an essay on Time.com. “I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.” Because of that privacy, little is known yet of what Mr. Jobs’s heirs will do with his wealth. Unlike many prominent business people, he has never disclosed plans to give large amounts to charity. His shares in Disney, which Mr. Jobs acquired when the entertainment company purchased his animated film company, Pixar, are worth about $4.4 billion. That is double the $2.1 billion value of his shares in Apple, perhaps surprising given that he is best known for the computer company he founded. Mr. Jobs’s emphasis on secrecy, say acquaintances, led him to shy away from large public donations. At one point, Mr. Jobs was asked by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates to give a majority of his wealth to philanthropy alongside a number of prominent executives like Mr. Gates and Warren E. Buffett. But Mr. Jobs declined, according to a person with direct knowledge of Mr. Jobs’s decision. Now that Mr. Jobs is gone, many people expect that attention will focus on his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, who has largely avoided the spotlight, but is expected to oversee Mr. Jobs’s fortune. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Mrs. Powell Jobs worked in investment banking before founding a natural foods company. She then founded College Track, a program that pairs disadvantaged students with mentors who help them earn college degrees. That has led to some speculation in the philanthropic community that any large charitable contributions might go to education, though no one outside Mr. Jobs’s inner circle is thought to know of the plans. Mr. Jobs himself never got a college degree. Despite leaving Reed College after six months, he was asked to give the 2005 commencement speech at Stanford. In that address, delivered after Mr. Jobs was told he had cancer but before it was clear that it would ultimately claim his life, Mr. Jobs told his audience that “death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent.” The benefit of death, he said, is you know not to waste life living someone else’s choices. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” In his final months, Mr. Jobs became even more dedicated to such sentiments. “Steve’s concerns these last few weeks were for people who depended on him: the people who worked for him at Apple and his four children and his wife,” said Mona Simpson, Mr. Jobs’s sister. “His tone was tenderly apologetic at the end. He felt terrible that he would have to leave us.” As news of the seriousness of his illness became more widely known, Mr. Jobs was asked to attend farewell dinners and to accept various awards. He turned down the offers. On the days that he was well enough to go to Apple’s offices, all he wanted afterward was to return home and have dinner with his family. When one acquaintance became too insistent on trying to send a gift to thank Mr. Jobs for his friendship, he was asked to stop calling. Mr. Jobs had other things to do before time ran out. “He was very human,” Dr. Ornish said. “He was so much more of a real person than most people know. That’s what made him so great.”
Oct
07
2011
Steve Jobs… His Life… His Story….. His Legacy…. He will be remembered…Posted by admin in Interesting Videos, Trivial of Life
CNN) — Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. The hard-driving executive pioneered the concept of the personal computer and of navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse. In more recent years, he introduced the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet — all of which changed how we consume content in the digital age. Fortune: Ten ways Steve Jobs changed the world His friends and Apple fans on Wednesday night mourned the passing of a tech titan. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” Apple said in a statement. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.” See reactions from Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and many others More than one pundit, praising Jobs’ ability to transform entire industries with his inventions, called him a modern-day Leonardo Da Vinci. “Steve Jobs is one of the great innovators in the history of modern capitalism,” New York Times columnist Joe Nocera said in August. “His intuition has been phenomenal over the years.” Jobs’ death, while dreaded by Apple’s legions of fans, was not unexpected. He had battled cancer for years, took a medical leave from Apple in January and stepped down as chief executive in August because he could “no longer meet (his) duties and expectations.” Born February 24, 1955, and then adopted, Jobs grew up in Cupertino, California — which would become home to Apple’s headquarters — and showed an early interest in electronics. As a teenager, he phoned William Hewlett, president of Hewlett-Packard, to request parts for a school project. He got them, along with an offer of a summer job at HP.  
Jobs dropped out of Oregon’s Reed College after one semester, although he returned to audit a class in calligraphy, which he says influenced Apple’s graceful, minimalist aesthetic. He quit one of his first jobs, designing video games for Atari, to backpack across India and take psychedelic drugs. Those experiences, Jobs said later, shaped his creative vision. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future,” he told Stanford University graduates during a commencement speech in 2005. “You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” View a time line of Steve Jobs’ work While at HP, Jobs befriended Steve Wozniak, who impressed him with his skill at assembling electronic components. The two later joined a Silicon Valley computer hobbyists club, and when he was 21, Jobs teamed with Wozniak and two other men to launch Apple Computer Inc. It’s long been Silicon Valley legend: Jobs and Wozniak built their first commercial product, the Apple 1, in Jobs’ parents’ garage in 1976. Jobs sold his Volkswagen van to help finance the venture. The primitive computer, priced at $666.66, had no keyboard or display, and customers had to assemble it themselves. The following year, Apple unveiled the Apple II computer at the inaugural West Coast Computer Faire. The machine was a hit, and the personal computing revolution was under way. Jobs was among the first computer engineers to recognize the appeal of the mouse and the graphical interface, which let users operate computers by clicking on images instead of writing text. 
Apple’s pioneering Macintosh computer launched in early 1984 with a now-iconic, Orwellian-themed Super Bowl ad. The boxy beige Macintosh sold well, but the demanding Jobs clashed frequently with colleagues, and in 1986, he was ousted from Apple after a power struggle. Then came a 10-year hiatus during which he founded NeXT Computer, whose pricey, cube-shaped computer workstations never caught on with consumers. Jobs had more success when he bought Pixar Animation Studios from George Lucas before the company made it big with “Toy Story.” Jobs brought the same marketing skill to Pixar that he became known for at Apple. His brief but emotional pitch for “Finding Nemo,” for example, was a masterful bit of succinct storytelling. Share your memories and images of Steve Jobs In 1996, Apple bought NeXT, returning Jobs to the then-struggling company he had co-founded. Within a year, he was running Apple again — older and perhaps wiser but no less of a perfectionist. And in 2001, he took the stage to introduce the original iPod, the little white device that transformed portable music and kick-started Apple’s furious comeback. Thus began one of the most remarkable second acts in the history of business. Over the next decade, Jobs wowed launch-event audiences, and consumers, with one game-changing hit after another: iTunes (2003), the iPhone (2007), the App Store (2008), and the iPad (2010). Review Jobs’ top moments as a showman Observers marveled at Jobs’ skills as a pitchman, his ability to inspire godlike devotion among Apple “fanboys” (and scorn from PC fans) and his “one more thing” surprise announcements. Time after time, he sold people on a product they didn’t know they needed until he invented it. And all this on an official annual salary of $1. He also built a reputation as a hard-driving, mercurial and sometimes difficult boss who oversaw almost every detail of Apple’s products and rejected prototypes that didn’t meet his exacting standards. By the late 2000s, his once-renegade tech company, the David to Microsoft’s Goliath, was entrenched at the uppermost tier of American business. Apple now operates more than 300 retail stores in 11 countries. The company has sold more than 275 million iPods, 100 million iPhones and 25 million iPads worldwide. Jobs’ climb to the top was complete in summer 2011, when Apple listed more cash reserves than the U.S. Treasury and even briefly surpassed Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valuable company. CNNMoney.com: Apple stock under Jobs But Jobs’ health problems sometimes cast a shadow over his company’s success. In 2004, he announced to his employees that he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. He lost weight and appeared unusually gaunt at keynote speeches to Apple developers, spurring concerns about his health and fluctuations in the company’s stock price. One wire service accidentally published Jobs’ obituary. Jobs had a secret liver transplant in 2009 in Tennessee during a six-month medical leave of absence from Apple. He took another medical leave in January this year. Perhaps mindful of his legacy, he cooperated on his first authorized biography, scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster in November. Jobs is survived by his wife of 20 years, Laurene, and four children, including one from a prior relationship. He always spoke with immense pride about what he and his engineers accomplished at Apple. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do,” he told the Stanford grads in 2005. “If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”
Oct
06
2011
0745hr Market & News Update: Apple Founder, Steve Jobs Have Passed On….Posted by admin in Comments and Feedback, Trivial of LifeGood Morning Readers, Latest News….. Apple Founder, Steve Jobs passed away this morning….at age of 56… Our deepest of Condolences to his family,all his staffs and his fans…. (I’m one of them… ) He fought hard…. He fought all odds…. He created the Sensation… He created New History…. He deserved the rest now…. Rest in Peace…. Kelvin Han
Sep
27
2011
Warren’s Berkshire Buying and USD Strengthening Are Signals to UPSIDEPosted by admin in Commodities, Forex Analysis, Futures Pick, Kelvin's True Life Trading Stories, Market Analysis, Trivial of LifeGood Morning Everyone! I recalled my meeting at Amara Hotel earlier with my trader friends and business associates when we have a friendly side-bet that how much will be the NET-CHANGE of the Dow. Then it was around 10.30pm, Dow just opened for around 1hour. Everyone was looking at +90pts or +110pts… thereabouts… But when I say tonight will be UP a potential of +280pts. . . They were STUNNED andbroke into laughters… mocking and jeering (friendly type)… I kept to my stand as I told them that, if I am correct, yesterday, we have saw the BOTTOM of the Selling in the Asian Markets for THIS ROUND/CYCLE. If you have been observing, since early last week, I kept calling for BULLISHNESS in the market but I didn’t state any entry price of our portfolio BUT only yesterday, I shared with the levels that we entered. We been observing and waiting for the RIGHT Moment and Yesterday, we started FIRING in our Ammos. During the INVEST Fair in Suntec City (August),infront of an audience of more than 400 people, I kept repeating that Warren Buffet will lead the charge and the USD must strengthen than kept printing the Greenback. The printing of it will only resolve the near term issues BUT it will bring a Greater Issue in the time to come and QE1 and QE2 aftermath have shown it all. Yes, without QE3, it will be a BITTER PILLto swallow and to strengthed the GREENBACK on such economic outlook, it was near impossible… therefore the only WAY-OUT is to get all G-20 members to DUMP out their Currency against the Dollar so that it will combat inflation and also allow US to draw credits without printing. This would bring down the Stock market especially Asian and Emerging markets BUT it will attract VALUE Investment for the Investors who kept their money on the side and also SHAKE-OUT Weak Speculators and Investors. A strong USD and a stock market that is down will be the PERFECT Combo for a Start of the BULL Market to come SOON! And of course, with Berkshire announcing the RARE Share BuyBack; it shows that the GLOBAL Economy is going to RECOVER very soon!! Why? Simple… Berkshire Business model is 70% into Retail Business therefore unless Mr. Warren is sure of an US Economy recovery, it won’t make sense to buy back their shares which not only increase the intrinsic value but also indirectly TELLS the whole world that it is SAFE and WORTHY to look back into the US economy. (http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/26/markets/buffett_berkshire_buyback/index.htm?iid=EL ) Many critics are saying that Warren is lacking of vision, strategic vision, failure to pick companies etc…. I OBJECT! I think these people fail to SEE the Future and I will reserved my opinions on these plausible DOOM trader/investors. They are the ONES who will always be FEEDING to the market by the end of the day. I am not a Warren Buffet Fan (I am a Jim and Soros Fan) therefore I am not defending him for his action but I am looking at it from a Macro perspective and it clearly SPELL the Future. Just mark my word, I am confident that US Economy will recover very soon and Dow will hit 13,500 by end of 2011… unless we have UNFORESEEN Incidents from other parts of the world… Last night Dow closed at 11,043… this is just the beginning…SHORT Sellers, Shorting Again today?? Just becareful….This is what I shared with my graduates this morning: ——— 7.45 am Morning Everyone! Dow Rose 273pts! 90% chance market will gapped up first and market will sell into Rally as players are getting used to the downside and people been making money on the short side so this rally will be something they will use to short but if the market can hang on by the end of the day, e.g. above OP and MLP,there could be a chance that the short sellers might be pushed out of the game and the Bull Camp may just win it So today is important. Watch SIN Dollar today… as long as it stays below 1.30 and trades lower (meaning SIN strengthen; you may just see some upside in the local stock market) I will be sending out 10 different markets chart view via email to all my members in my V3Go Mailing Group by noon today. Last night, my chart software was cranky thus, I didn’t managed to do it. As long as you have been receiving my market outlook, you will get it. If you wish to JOIN this FREE Service, just email to Technical@v3go.com … you can tell your friends about it too. Sharing is the MOST Powerful Thing… V3Go Does it, why not you? Let’s PAY it FORWARD! Kelvin Han
Sep
21
2011
Dow Retraced 130pts from Day High. Selling Again? Patient.. 1500hr (SIN Time)Posted by admin in Comments and Feedback, Events and Advertisements, Futures Pick, Interesting Videos, Market Analysis, Trivial of LifeGood Morning my Readers, Undeniable, we are witnessing a great see-saw melody displaying in the US Stock market while traders tries to figure which direction to go from here. Many of my traders friends (non V3Go Graduates are showing me the signs of GIVING UP). I contacted 4 brokers friends and asked how is business? “No One is calling….” My stand remained fixed as I believe very soon, we will see Equities market in US, running higher and higher on a Up 3 Steps, Down 2 Steps momentum. Based on more than a decade of experiences in the market, we can see that despite the poor economical numbers from US, there are market players coming into the market to absorb while Retails dumps on Fear; suggested by the ongoing Media reports. To me, last night’s 130pts correctional movement is very healthy as it leave no positive expectation from tonight’s FOMC Meeting. Imagine, if Bernanke and team fail to impress the market with their outcome/recourse then the market will take a beating instead. To know whether what will be the plausible outcome of tonight’s FOMC, we will need to be patient and wait … to see if we can get an idea from Hang Seng market… This morning, it was sold down with a transaction of more than 35,000 contracts with first 2 hours of trading. At 9.50am, the selling was fast and furious, with more than 5500 contracts traded (average is around 1400 contracts per 5min). Then the market slammed from 18868 to 18678. But interestingly, within an hour, the market recovered back to the same level, but the total transacted contracts is around 19,000 contracts instead. This is rather interesting to any seasoned trader. Afternoon will be the test. If the market can hold above 19100 by end of today, we might just seen the bottoming out of this market, for now. This is what I shared with my V3Go Graduates, moments ago…. [11:25:27 AM] 00 KH-Trend Master: HK Traders Take Note HK’s DL hits off the LB of the DT TSC and rebounded!! Take note of the Downside ROC, it is getting smaller as compared to the previous day. Most important, it have tested TAOS. Now trading at 18940. Disclaimer applied
Aug
29
2011
I Can’t Help Stop Laughing … Decided to Share With You! Relax yah…Posted by admin in Interesting Videos, Trivial of LifeAlthough we all know who is our 7th President now… but this video really tickles me… so I decided to share with all my readers…. enjoy it.
Aug
28
2011
Dr. Tong Tan is Singapore’s 7th President after Narrow WinPosted by admin in Comments and Feedback, Trivial of LifeSINGAPORE (AP) — Former Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan won a narrow victory to become the country’s seventh president in Saturday’s election, a sign that the popularity of the Southeast Asian city-state’s ruling party is eroding. The 71-year-old Tan received 35 percent of about 2.1 million votes, edging former member of parliament Tan Cheng Bock by just 7,269 ballots, Elections Department chief Yam Ah Mee said early Sunday. Tan Jee Say earned 25 percent of the vote while Tan Kin Lian got 5 percent, Yam said. The announcement of the results was delayed by a few hours as election officials recounted the votes because of the tight contest between the top two candidates. “I plan to work my utmost for Singaporeans whatever be their political affiliation,” Tan said after the results were announced. “The presidency is above politics.” Analysts were closely watching the performance of Tony Tan, who was backed by most of the political establishment, as a barometer of voter discontent with the People’s Action Party, which has held power since 1959. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the PAP did not officially endorse Tan, but Lee praised Tan last month and didn’t mention any of the other three candidates. Until last month, Tan was executive director of sovereign wealth fund Government of Singapore Investment Corp. and chairman of media company Singapore Press Holdings. The PAP’s vote total in parliamentary elections in May fell to 60 percent — its lowest since Singapore split from Malaysia in 1965 — amid a backlash against soaring housing prices, a surge in foreign workers and rising income inequality. The PAP maintains a large majority in parliament, with 81 of 87 seats. But its grip on power — once so complete that it controlled every parliament seat and PAP candidates won most districts unopposed — appears to be slipping. “The overwhelming majority of the voters didn’t vote for the government-sponsored candidate,” said Tan Jee Say, who lost a bid for a parliament seat in May representing the opposition Singapore Democratic Party. “More than 60 percent wanted some checks and balances.” The election was the first contested vote for president since 1993. The presidency is largely a ceremonial position in Singapore’s parliamentary government. Singapore’s constitution allows the president to veto the use of the country’s reserves and some public office appointments, but doesn’t give the post any executive authority. Tan Cheng Bock was a PAP member of parliament from 1980 to 2006, but said during the campaign that he would put the interests of the country above those of the party and speak out if the government makes a mistake. “I’m not a proxy to any political party. I’m not a proxy to the PAP,” he said early Sunday before the results were announced. “I’m the one who can unify all Singaporeans.” Current President S.R. Nathan, who won two six-year terms unopposed, consulted with the prime minister and Cabinet in private but avoided public comment on government policy. Tony Tan and government spokesmen sought in recent weeks to quell calls for an expanded role for the president. Tan will take office September 1.
Aug
27
2011
Vote For The Right Man (Tan)….. He Represent Us (Singaporean)Posted by admin in Trivial of LifeGood Morning Everyone (6.30am), I am preparing my day for my 39th V3Go Mentoring Program … but more importantly, I need to go to the Polling booth early so that I can cast my vote. I have been studying the 4 candidates over the last 1 week and I must say, 2 of them, gives me the right feel of being my Representative, as a Singaporean. The other 2 …. well… one is too cowboy style which doesn’t make sense … imagine if some foreign diplomats are to arrive Singapore to “vsit”and ask our President about our government and he replied with some discontent…. this will only make people laugh and give bad name for our country… The other one is too “interesting”….. this is an Election for a President Role… not G.E. Therefore promising things outside the constituency is not going to happen…. While I was having a meet up with my friends last night; we chit chat on this topic and its undeniable; the spectacle logo man have the higher chance; not because he is recognized as the Man but because of the dilution of the votes by the remaining 3 parties. Some are voting the cowboy because younger folks just want to do another Aljunied saga… Honestly, I am still thinking of whom to vote for… my heart and mind is giving me 2 different feel… from the start, I was pretty clear with whom I want to vote… but during the organized round table talk organized by the Media, the financial storm weathered man, looks more firm and confident than the white hair… So I am truly in a fixed… but I know, regardless, on who I vote, this guy must be able to represent me, my family and my country and most important… I am going to watch him, waving the signature hand…. on TV, every 9th of August….for the next couple of years…. Ssssshhh…….. your vote is secret……. vote for the Right TAN !
Aug
11
2011
STI Reversed 100 points from the bottom!! Well DonePosted by admin in Comments and Feedback, Market Analysis, Trivial of LifeDear all, By 10am, I made several calls to my broker friends and I was very positive that they are calling for SELL to all their clients. None of them expect a recovery when I shared with them. “Peter, don’t you think the market is bit odd to see such heavy selling in the morning and -100pts when the rest of the market like Hong Kong is only down -1.8% while we are down nearly -4%??” ” Kelvin, come on, Singaporean are KS…. so see people sell…. sure follow…. you??? what you see?” ” Based on experiences and calculation, I am looking at a recovery and NIKKEI, Crude and Gold will be my best Indicators, if the first 2 recover and Gold sells, then I am not going to be surprise to see a U-Turn in the market.” I replied, confidentally. Lets See… Disclaimer applied. Kelvin Han |
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