WheRe tHe jOuRneY cOnTinuEs: Where To Find (WTF) Investment Tools

You must be wondering now: What stocks to buy? Do I just simply buy? What if I bought the right stocks? Matrix

: What stocks to buy?

To buy or sell stocks, it is a decision making. For you to make a decision, you must equip yourself with intelligent tools to back up your decision. Where to find (WTF) Investment tools that will assist your decision making in buying or selling stocks? You cannot rely on others on your decision. Your money is your responsible. You have to make due diligent analysis on your decision. Otherwise, you tend to blame others if you are making wrong decision.

Here, I will share intelligent data that may help you making intelligent decision

1. Information of companies listed in Bursa Malaysia: there are over 1000 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia. The first source to go is to go to Bursa Malaysia website itself:

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/

For Muslims, if there are interested whether a company operates according to syariah, Securities Commission Malaysia provides such list which is updated twice a year:

http://www.sc.com.my/paper.asp?pageid=877&year=2011

2. Financial Data on Annual Report (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Cash flow): This information is very crucial in stock market decision making. You don't call yourself as an investor if you didn't look at any part of financial information of a company.

Same case as the above, Bursa Malaysia also provides financial data particularly on the annual report as well as quarterly report. Example is Dutch Lady Milk Industries:

http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed-companies/list-of-companies/plc-profile.html?stock_code=3026

: Dutch Lady Milk Industries - Leader in Diary Product in Malaysia

: Corporate Announcement on Dutch Lady Milk

Disadvantage of Bursa Malaysia Financial Data is that, it is just data. You have to interpret and do you financial ratio calculation (Like Return of Equity, Debt to Equity Ratio etc). It may be available in the annual reports still.

3. Financial Ratio Calculation:You can also find on other financial data and financial ratio on companies listed in Bursa Malaysia. You don't need to be mathematical genius or financial expert on how to do ratio calculation, what formula etc. This is given and free of charge:

- Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DBMS.KL

- Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/DLM:MK

- Financial Times: http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Tearsheets/Financials?s=DLADY:KLS

All of the above is free. There are a few companies that provide services giving financial data and ratio analysis:

http://klsenew.klsetracker.com.my/ (if you open trading account with Jupiter Securities or Apex Securities, they provide data from EquitiesTracker as well but limited to 5 years data)

https://www.insage.com.my (if you subscribe with Malacca Securities, they provide financial data from Insage with limited to 8 years of Financial Historical Data)

4. Financial Analysis on Companies: I really recommend you to buy (in fact, it is a must have for every investors in Malaysia. This book is available at MPH Bookstore, Popular Bookstore, Kinokuniya etc. It provides quite reasonable analysis. But you shouldn't follow blindly. The price of this is RM70.00. It is updated and published twice a year (March and September).