Japan 01 (May 08 - Dec 09)

[winston]

I have been reading reports since last year (at least) citing Japan is 'undervalue' and provides a good entry.

Hi 802,

Maybe those reports were written before Subprime...

About 3 years ago, I was also looking high & low, for a way to invest in Japanese Real Estate. However, I could not find anything suitable. There were Asian Property Funds but no Japanese Property Funds.

With the global credit crunch now, I think some of those previous reports are now no longer that useful.

Take care,
Winston

[iam802]

Thanks Lena, W.

Think it could make sense. Have to dig around for the actual dates of the reports. But, I have seen less of Japan reports (except one) recently.

Putting Japan to lower priority on my list.

[HengHeng]

actually singapore is slowly turning into another japan ..

with the high amount of graduates churning out of the universities yet many aren't able to find work in their respective majors.. my suggestion if they want to keep talents best way to give "post" graduate education for free or at a subsidized cost for singaporeans with the agreement that the fellow must work in singapore or a singapore company for 3 years.. LOL

Just imagine i always read from blogs nowadays about engineering students looking into careers in finance. Hmmm finance really so good meh ... lol .. or is the grass on the other side greener.... lol i say only coz i also another switcher .. lol had a dip in EEE then switch to study economics.

One side all risk if good of course winners takes all but finance also got people v cham one. . but for engineering it is a stable job .. with not much risk .. at least you won't get bankrupt assuming u make the wrong decisions.

[ishak]

It is true that in the first half of the year, a finance career is much better than engineering. My company was also losing staffs to the finance sector in the beginning but now things are better.

In engineering, you can get sued for a collapse of something you build. In finance, your clients get bankrupt but not you.

[HengHeng]

if u make ur clients bankrupt u think ur clients will let u go meh ? ..

Somemore in finance ur crediblity is more important than anything else. If i cannot trust you with the money you think i will invest in u ?

One example , will u still invest in bear sterns hedge funds after their mess ?

In engineering ur company get sued not u.

[ishak]

If you are the PE in engineering, you will get sued.

If you are in finance, you can change company, change clients, change products or just repackaged the old product.

[HengHeng]

erm , if u get blackmark from MAS i can confirm u cannot switch .. lol

[ishak]

Just joking, i don't trust finance guys, especially engineering guys who switch to finance.

[HengHeng]

sobs .. lol i engineering dip leh though never did an engineering job before .. lol ..

[kennynah]

eh...i think there is a course called engineering finance....? hahahaha....


shiok...make these young and pretty graduates serve me kopi-o....