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Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hot Stock Permaju shares ride on news it may win timber concession -----------Written by Shalini Kumar of theedgemalaysia.com

Hot Stock Permaju shares ride on news it may win timber concession
Business & Markets 2013

Written by Shalini Kumar of theedgemalaysia.com
Monday, 07 January 2013 11:22

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Permaju Holdings Bhd shares rose in active trades today after news that it may be awarded about 809 hectares of timber concession land in Sabah and Sarawak.

“It’s speculative play that is driven by the news. People could have known about this earlier and bought shares and now that the news has broken, they are selling, while others continue to buy,” said Goh Kay Chong, a senior dealer from SJ Securities.

“This could also be cyclical play, or even pre-election play….[Permaju] is
the darling of the speculators.” he added.

At 10:30am, Permaju was trading at 50 sen, up 1 sen or 2%, on volume of 14.36 million. Hitting a high of 52 sen earlier, it was the third most active counter on the exchange.

According to a news report in a local paper, the outcome of the land concession award will be made known by this month.

The potential concession will make Permaju the single largest land concession owner in Sabah, said the report.

Under the terms of the contract, Permaju will clear the virgin jungle and then plant oil palm. Proceeds from the timber extracted will go directly to Permaju.

Gross proceeds from the timber is expected to be more than RM1 billion, the news report


吉隆坡5日讯)消息透露,佳华(Java,2747,主板工业产品股)与宏进工业(Permaju,7080,主板贸服股)获颁面积20万英亩土地,共30至60年的特许使用权。
消息告诉《南洋商报》,沙巴基金(Yayasan Sabah)近期将20万英亩地段颁给这两家公司,以协助发展以及再植林计划。
“有关地段一部份是可使用30年,一部份的特许使用权长达60年。”但本报无法探悉确实面积。
消息指出,政府主要是清理有关地段供发展和再植林计划,而佳华和宏进工业除了可享有砍伐区内树木的权力,更可在之后与沙巴基金以联营方式发展部份地区。

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Hot Stocks PN17 counters played up after Destini news ------------ Written by Janice Melissa Thean of theedgemalaysia.com


KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Companies in financial distress and without a core business, classified as Practice Note 17 (PN17) on Bursa Malaysia, saw a surge in price and volume traded on Friday morning as traders attempted to attract retail investors.

At noon, SILVER BIRD GROUP BHD [], PATIMAS COMPUTERS BHD [] and Integrated Rubber Corp Bhd (IRCB) were among the biggest gainers in percentage terms, having gained as much as 180%, 42.86% and 12% respectively.

“There is a concerted effort by proprietary traders to play up the PN17 companies as the market is quiet at this time of the year, but they still need to trade,” SJ Securities Sdn Bhd senior remisier Goh Kay Chong told theedgemalaysia.com.

“These traders are pushing up such PN17 stocks in the hope that retail investors will jump in. Retailers will have to be very careful as regularisation of PN17 companies can take time,” said Goh, adding that penny stocks will see similar movement as low prices “represent low risks” to the traders.

In addition, the news on Destini Bhd applying to have its PN17 status lifted also fuelled interest in such companies. Destini announced two days ago that it had completed its regularisation and corporate exercises on Sept 13, 2012, and would apply to Bursa Malaysia to have its PN17 status lifted upon recording a net profit in the two consecutive quarters following the restructuring.
“Recently, PN17 status has been lifted much faster than before, indicating that the regulator’s attitude is changing,” observed a senior remisier with another securities firm. “Traders are capitalising on this piece of good news to induce retail investors to buy into such stocks.”

In the past, prices of most stocks jumped ahead of the news on the actual lifting of the PN17 status. Destini shares jumped from a low of 31.5 sen to 33 sen on Dec 31. Following its announcement on Jan 2, the share price rose again, closing at 35.5 sen on Jan 3.

According to Goh, such trading pattern is common now due to the January effect as the market begins to rally. Buoyant market sentiment may carry this trend through to the Chinese New Year period as many employees are given bonuses before the lunar festival, which falls on Feb 10 and 11.

At 2.04pm, Silver Bird shares had risen 4.5 sen or 90% to 9.5 sen on 27.18 million shares traded. Patimas, meanwhile, gained one sen or 28.57% to 4.5 sen with 47.15 million shares done. IRCB shares rose 0.5 sen or 4% to 13 sen on 11.1 million shares traded.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Hot Stocks Oversea Enterprise shares played up by licensed proprietary traders


Hot Stocks Oversea Enterprise shares played up by licensed
proprietary traders
Business & Markets 2012
Written by Ahmad Kamarul Anwar of theedgemalaysia.com
Friday, 21 December 2012 12:46

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 21): As some licensed proprietary traders are
trading for direct gain instead of commission dollars, shares of restaurant
proprietor Oversea Enterprise Bhd surged 20% or 2.5 sen to 15 sen from
12.5 sen as of 12.22pm today (Friday), with 9.95 million shares done.
SJ Securities senior remisier Goh Kay Chong advised investors to be
cautious when doing trading by proprietary traders.

"Oversea is in the restaurant business, making over RM1 million in profit
for the last two years. While it is a famous restaurant chain, this may
just be a concept play as the players feel that restaurant business might
be doing well during the festive season," he said in an email sent to
theedgemalaysia.com

The ACE market-listed company made RM1.085 million in net profit for
its financial year ended Dec 31, 2011 (FY2011). On the previous financial
year (FY2010), it chalked up a net loss of RM324 thousand.
Oversea's shares averaged at 12.7 sen in the past 52 weeks, reaching
its high of 17 sen on March 27. On this date last year, it attained its 52-
week low share price of 11.5 sen.

"This stock hardly traded any volume before Dec 19. They were some
acculumation at 12 sen on Dec 19 and Dec 20. Suddenly, the volume
just came in this morning and the price went up to as high as 16.5 sen,
a gain of 37.5% just within three market days," said Goh.

He also surmised that Oversea may just be played up by the 50-odd
licensed proprietary traders in town. He said these traders play for direct
gains instead of commission dollars.

"Once they made some money, they might just turn to other stocks," he
said.

Goh also said it might not be easy to get out of the stocks once after the
price had surged.

"It's fun to make money. But it'll be frustrating when you start to lose
them. Be extra careful."


Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Exclusive CEO denies Syed Mokhtar takeover of XOX


Exclusive CEO denies Syed Mokhtar takeover of XOX
Business & Markets 2012
Written by Janice Melissa Thean by the theedgemalaysia.com
Thursday, 20 December 2012 12:18

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): XOX Bhd chief executive officer Ng Kok Heng
has denied a news report that Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary may be taking over the loss-making mobile virtual network operator.

A local newspaper this morning said that the ACE Market-listed XOX
may be the target of a takeover by Syed Mokhtar.

"I have no knowledge of this. We have not been approached," said Ng,
when responding to a question by theedgemalaysia.com whether XOX
was being taken over.

"But of course if they approach us, we will look into it. We owe that to
the company and its shareholders to do what's best for them.
"We are very happy to hear this news and we hope it is true, but for now they are just rumours," he said.

Ng is the largest shareholder of XOX, with 15.72% stake in the company.
According to senior remisier at SJ Securities Goh Kay Chong, the takeover, if materialises, will be good for XOX.

"The takeover would be a good thing [for XOX] as there will be new funds and new ideas coming into the company," Goh said, adding that the influential businessman may be able to take XOX far.
XOX is seen as an interesting proposition to Syed Mokhtar's group because of its involvement in the telco business and its current strategic partnership with Celcom (M) Bhd.

XOX currently has a commercial agreement with Celcom to ride its mobile network infrastructure and also exclusively uses the 010 mobile number prefix which had been used by Celcom previously.
It has been reported that Syed Mokhtar's Puncak Semangat TECHNOLOGY [] Sdn Bhd may be riding Celcom's network to run its 4G service now that it has been awarded the 2600MHz spectrum by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

At 11.26am today, XOX shares rose 2 sen or 12.5% to 18 sen on volumes of 7.93 million shares.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hot Stocks XOX falls as much as 9.7% on profit taking


Hot Stocks XOX falls as much as 9.7% on profit taking
Business & Markets 2012
Written by Janice Melissa Thean of theedgemalaysia.com
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 13:09

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): XOX Bhd shares fell as much as 1.5 sen or
9.68% to 14 sen this morning as investors began to take profit after
recent surge in the stock price.

At 12.30pm, shares of loss-making mobile virtual network operator lost
0.5 sen or 3.23% to 15 sen on trades of 12.64 million shares.

The fall today follows two days of massive surges with highs of 30 sen on
Monday and 22.5 sen on Tuesday.

"As the volume was high on Dec 17 (Monday), it is expected that this
stock can only rebound after the force-selling on Dec 21, 2012," senior
remisier Goh Kay Chong of SJ Securities told theedgemalaysia.com.

According to Goh, investors had begun taking profit on Monday, following
a steady rebound since Dec 3.

"The stock had slipped to a historical low of 10.5 sen on Nov 30 and the
investors or speculators thought that it had to stage a rebound then.

"Therefore, they started to buy since Dec 3 and the stock slowly and
steadily moved up within 11 market days to the high of 30 sen (Dec 17)
before it retraced to 20 sen [at Dec 17 close], meaning it has gone up
185.71% within a short span of time," Goh explained.

XOX was in the news recently when it announced plans to turn around
the company via its Voopee mobile application.

The Voopee application, which is slated to launch by next month, allows
smartphone users to make calls and send SMS at lower rates as it runs
on Internet data.

However, subscribers need to pay a commitment fee to continue using
the service. For this reason, Goh said there is cause for the stock to
move upward.

"Investors perceived that this service might improve the company’s
financial position therefore they jumped in to buy the stock earlier," he
said.

The ACE Market-listed XOX has been bleeding financially since its initial public offering (IPO) on June 10, 2011. Between then and the financial quarter ended Sep 30 this year, the group lost RM54.84 million.

In the financial quarter ended Sept 30, 2012, the group recorded a net loss of RM1.53 million on the back of RM9.19 million in revenue, versus a net loss of RM6.54 million for and RM8.98 in revenue for the year.

Trading opportunities


To be successful in trading the stock market, one has to monitor the market constantly and keep looking for trading opportunities.

There are eight stocks jumped into my screen which matched my Meta Stock program screening criteria. Meta Stock is an award winning investment software in America for many years and earned good reputation.

 The stocks selected are 1. Zelan, 2. HO WAH GENTING BHD(HWGB), 3. Dutaland, 4.Green Packet, 5.Tiger, 6. IJMLand, 7. Borneo Oil, 8.Coastal contract.

Zalan closed at RM 0.25 last Friday. The low on that day was 0.245. It has come down from the high of RM 0.55 on Feb 14, 2012.  On Monday, it closed at RM 0.245.

RM 0.245 is close to the low of RM 0.235 achieved on Sep 26, 2011.
If history were to repeat itself, Zelan will eventually move back to challenge the high of RM 0.55 achieved on Feb 14, 2012.

Before, it can move that far, it has to overcome the resistance at RM 0.295, RM 0.355, RM 0.425, and then RM 0.55.

14 day RSI recorded at 25.27 last Friday which is a oversold position.
Zelan’s wholly-owned unit Zelan CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd has been awarded a RM 179.32 million contract for the construction of whart structures at Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas in Johor by MMC CORPORATION BHD’s unit.

Zelan’s price was slowly slipping when it announced that its Meena Plaza project in Abu Dhabi ran into trouble after project owner Meena Holdings LLC’s decided to end the contract.

Its unit Zelan Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd’s Abu Dhabi branch received a letter dated Nov 21, 2012 from Meena Holdings LLC which gave a 14-day notice to terminate the contract and to liquidate the performance bond.

This construction company made 14.65 million ringgit for FY 2012 compared to a net loss of RM 257.428 million for FY 2011.
HO WAH GENTING BHD(HWGB) closed at 0.31 last Friday.  On Monday, it was closed at 0.295. The recent low for this stock is 0.29 on Dec 7, 2012.

Over the last three months or so, it has rebounded back to the high of 0.375 on Sept 24, 2012 and 0.385 on Nov 12, 2012 respectively after it touched the low of 0.27 on Sept 11, 2012 and 0.30 of Oct 15, 2012.
Since one of the basic principles of technical analysis said that history will repeat itself, therefore, it is possible that the sock might rebound to 0.375or 0.385 any moment from now.

RSI 14 recorded at 53.04 on last Friday which is heading for a overbought position of 70.  The low of RSI 14 was 41.50 on Dec 10, 2012 and the share price on that day was 0.295.

HWGB made a net loss of RM 6.997 million for FY 2011 compared to a net gain of RM 9.851 million for FY 2010.

To recap, there were some buying interest on Sep 26, 2012 when news that the group has secured RM800 million worth of light-emitting diode(LED) contracts from two Japan-based customers.

Dutaland closed at RM 0.53 last Friday. On Monday, this stock closed at 0.525.  The recent low for this stock is 0.505 on Dec 12, 2012.tiger

Over the last five months, this stock has rebounded back to the high of 0.57 on Aug 13, 2012 and 0.625 on Oct 31, 2012 respectively after it hit the low of 0.45 on July 18, 2012 and 0.475 on Sep 11, 2012.

This is trading on a medium term.  On a shorter term, the recent fluctuation was from 0.505 of Nov 16, 2012 to 0.55 of Nov 22.

There is a possibility that this stock might challenge the high of 0.62  if it exceeded 0.55.

RSI 14 recorded at 54.68 on last Friday. The low of RSI 14 was 40.98 and on that day the share price was 0.505.

Traders love the fluctuation of this stock.

This plantation counter recorded a net loss of RM 4.978 million for FY 2011 compared to a profit of RM 689,000 for FY 2010.

Green packet closed at 0.45 last Friday. In the Japanese candlestick chart, a doji was seen last Friday. A doji is a cross sign where the stock is open and close at the same price reflecting the tussle between the buyers and the sellers and normally the buyers will be on the upper hand and the stock will move up in a day or two.

A similar doji was seen on Nov 27, 2012. On that day, the price was closed on 0.465. Later, it moved to 0.515 in seven market days. On Monday, it closed at RM 0.445.

This stock slipped to a low of RM 0.405 on Oct 11, with RSI 14 recorded at 36.78.  Later it was pushed to the high of 0.68 just within 10 trading days.

RSI 14 hit 34.91 on last Friday which is close to the oversold position of 30.

Technical traders expect a rebound soon from the chart observation.
On Dec 6, 2012, market was focused on this stock following news that it is one of the eight recipients of the 2.6GHz spectrum award from the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

On Nov 28, it was announced that GREEN PACKET BHD registered a narrower net loss of RM 17.5 million in the third quarter(3Q) ended September 2012, a 28% fall in net loss compared with RM 24.3 million in the corresponding quarter in 2011.

Tiger Synergy closed at 0.325 last Friday which was a doji sign. A doji was also seen on Dec 4 and Dec 6, where the low was recorded at 0.325 and 0.335 respectively.  Later, it flied to the high of 0.435 in two market days.

The chart traders are hoping that history will repeat itself.  This stock hit the low of 0.30 on Nov 22, 2012 and later rebound to 0.42 within six market days.  Risk takers are all eyes on this stock. On Monday, this stock closed at 0.315, the day low was recorded at 0.31.

Tiger Synergy will hold a board meeting later this month to decide whether to call for an EGM to discuss the resolutions for two major shareholders, Hayat Maya Sdn Bhd and Syawaras Sdn Bhd, seeking the removal of the entire board. Hayat Maya and Syawaras collectively own 14.69% of Tiger Synergy.

IJMland closed at 2.03 with a four price doji, depicting a candlestick bar where the open, high, low, and close are all the same.
A similar doji was seen on Oct 8, 2012 with a price of 2.06. Later, it climbed to the price of 2.21 within eight market days.

IJMland is a stock with good fundamental. On Monday, it closed at RM 2.01.

It has made a net profit of RM 193.709 million for FY 2012 compared to a net profit of RM 217.653 million a year earlier.

BORNEO OIL BHD closed at 0.42 last Friday with a bullish dragonfly doji.
A similar doji was seen on Nov 6, 2012 with a closing price of 0.435.  Later, the price of this stock moved to the high of 0.52 within nine market days. Market speculators love this stock dearly because of its periodical movement.

This stock is actively trade today.  At 5:00 pm, this stock recorded at the price of 0.44 and the day low was 0.405.  Chart traders are already gluing their eyes on this stock.

This stock has made a net loss of RM 4.979 million in FY 2012 compared to a net profit of RM 72.393 million a year ago.

Coastal contract closed at 2.00 last Friday with a black candle. On Monday, it closed at RM 2.02 with a white candle.

This stock started its uptrend cycle from Oct 29, 2012 at RM 1.80 with the top of wave one to record at RM 2.03 on Nov 20, 2012.

Wave three started its move on Nov 28, 2012 at RM 1.89 to top the target price of RM 2.12 on Dec 11, 2012.

It is expected that this stock will still continue its uptrend movement to challenge the target price of RM 2.74 recorded on Feb 9, 2012.  It has to surpass the resistance of 2.15(May 4, 2012), 2.36(Mar 9, 2012), and 2.46(Feb 15, 2012) before moving any further.

The second tenet of technical analysis is that prices tend to move in trends. At this moment, the chart still shows an uptrend, with the price rising over time.

 This company recorded a net profit of RM 190.954 million for FY 2011 compared to a net profit of RM 200.787 million a year earlier.
On Sep 21, 2012, it announced that it has secured contracts for the sale of two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) units and one subsea support vessel (SSV) worth about RM 111 million.

Coastal has RM 743 million worth of vessel orders awaiting delivery up to 2012. 

This article is written on Dec 17, 2012 after the close of the market.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Hot Stock Gamuda chief ups stake, stock at 7-month high


Hot Stock Gamuda chief ups stake, stock at 7-month high
Business & Markets 2012
Written by Chong Jin Hun of theedgemalaysia.com
Thursday, 01 November 2012 15:49
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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): Datuk Lin Yun Ling, GAMUDA BHD [] group
managing director, had spent some RM65 million to acquire about 18
million shares in the CONSTRUCTION [] firm from the open market last
month (October).

Exchange filings show that Lin had acquired the shares with a combined
stake of 1% in three separate transactions, one each on Oct 25, 29 and
31.

On October 25, Lin had acquired 8.41 million shares at about RM3.50
each. He had purchased another 4.95 million units at RM3.55 a share on
October 29, before buying another 5.11 million shares at RM3.59 each
on October 31,according to the updates.

Following the latest transactions, Lin has a direct stake of 2.55% in Gamuda, according to filings the bourse. This compares to
1.78% on October 5, the filings indicate.

Lin could not be reached for comment when contacted at his office on Thursday, but meanwhile Gamuda shares have rise to a seven month high in active trade on Thursday.
At 3.07pm today, the stock was traded at RM3.76 with some 21 million shares done after rising as much as 5% or 17 sen to RM3.78 earlier. This is the highest price since last April, according to Bloomberg data.

This compares with analysts' target prices for the stock at between RM3.40 which is given by Nomura Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and
RM4.80 by Macquarie Securities Ltd, Bloomberg data show.
Analysts and dealers said the rise in the share price of Gamuda and the substantial volume transacted today could be due to
fund managers rebalancing their portfolio to increase exposure to domestic construction stocks ahead of the general election.
They also believe Lin's move to raise his stake may be a major factor prompting investors to accumulate more shares in the
company.
Also, expectations that Gamuda will seek shareholders' consent to buy back its own shares in the coming AGM could have resulted in better sentiment for the stock, they said.

"The MD (managing director) buying (more shares) alerted investors to follow suit. And also the company is seeking approval to buy back its own shares in the coming AGM.

"Investors suspect something is cooking," SJ Securities Sdn Bhd remisier K.C. Goh told theedgemalaysia.com via sms on Thursday.

Meanwhile, an analyst said fund managers could be increasing their equity exposure in the Malaysian constructor sector, hence, demand for Gamuda shares. According to the analyst, this is in anticipation that the country's general election may be held in June next year, hence, offering a time frame to realise their potential gains within the duration.

Lin's move came at a time when major shareholders and directors of Gamuda had disposed of the stock last month (October).