How to invest in bull markets that are nearing it's end

Hi forumers,

Let me start the ball rolling for the most noobish question in every market cycles. Haha!

I guess we have heard many of us here are saying that it is tough to find gems nowadays and I totally agree. On investment strategy wise, momentum investing seems the best now but I am not very familiar with it to take up e risk. But at the same time, sticking to good discount to book value isn't a fantastic idea now as we do not know whether are there other hidden reasons for e discount when e market is sizzling hot.

My simple idea is to look out for high dividend yield companies that are consistent in their payouts as at least I can get better returns than cash. I am targeting current yields of 7% & above with investment horizon of 1 year max. I am not interested in any forms of trust as I do not want to incur further fund raising for capital gains.

Comments pls?

I don't think you will be successful in finding any company with consistent dividend payouts with yield exceeding 7% at this juncture. I think 5-6% may lead to more choices. Perhaps the only company which may meet your criteria will be Starhub which pays a quarterly dividend with yields exceeding 7%.

Stock Punter mode ON
Buy Koon loh...
Result end Jan.(since you said the investment horizon is 1 year....)
EPS is likely to be high.
possible special dividend since they are loaded with cash.

Lose money don't blame me

Stock Punter mode OFF


If there is no worthwhile investment, then doing nothing is better than doing something silly...

(07-01-2011, 09:41 PM)Nick Wrote: I don't think you will be successful in finding any company with consistent dividend payouts with yield exceeding 7% at this juncture. I think 5-6% may lead to more choices. Perhaps the only company which may meet your criteria will be Starhub which pays a quarterly dividend with yields exceeding 7%.

Haha. I managed to found a handful.

Share your strategy! Keep cash or keep invested?

I think should only load during market dip or correction.

And put stop loss and and moving target price to take profits regularly once tp is reached...

Load during dips is to ensure a bigger safety margin..

I am looking for companies to invest in, but it has not been easy. Well, this is partly due to the voluminous research that I need to undertake on just ONE company, in order to ensure my margin of safety is present.

But I'd rather avoid investing than invest in the wrong company!

(08-01-2011, 12:02 AM)Musicwhiz Wrote: I am looking for companies to invest in, but it has not been easy. Well, this is partly due to the voluminous research that I need to undertake on just ONE company, in order to ensure my margin of safety is present.

But I'd rather avoid investing than invest in the wrong company!

So what are you looking at now?

Care to share your research so far?

I am also looking to invest but so far I am unable to find any company that is trading at a price that I am comfortable to invest in..

I'm looking at a few potential companies now, and also monitoring a few others. Investing takes time and patience, so I am in no hurry to deploy my funds. If the cash builds up, so be it.

Sometimes, if you feel it's nearing the end of the bull market, it is better to do nothing and accumulate cash.

I'm fully invested to my appetite but still holding on to cash in case i am wrong.

do nothing do u mean not selling the stock equity holding near the peak of a bull