Japan Reconstruction Theme

People used to say, a crisis will always brings opportunity. 

This is very true, especially in stock market. Many investors do think that certain stocks would benefit from the reconstruction of the buildings damaged in Japan's earth quake more than 2 weeks ago. 

Since Malaysia is rich with natural resources, what can our local company can contribute for the buildings reconstruction?

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Is Rubber Glove Stocks Reviving?

On last week, Japan crippling earthquake has led KLSE index to go down and test 1470 level for the 3rd time. And how the index is back to 1510 level. We just watched a drama by looking at the index goes up and down for the past 2 weeks.

Anyway, most of the big falls have come back by these few days. I hope you've get your money back by now? By looking at my portfolio, overall the small-cap prices have came back and blue chips remain stagnant. It's boring, isn't it? 

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Why is the Yen Strong Amid Crisis?

A spiraling crisis caused by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear drama has turned into a financial crisis for the world’s third largest economy.

In a few short hours, the yen smashed through the 80 yen-to-the-dollar barrier, peaking at 76.25 yen. That was the highest level the currency has hit since World War II.

The health of Japan’s economy is based heavily on exports. A stronger yen can wipe billions of dollars off corporate balance sheets. For example, Toyota loses 30 billion yen, roughly $380 million, for each uptick of the yen against the dollar.

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What A Bad Luck Day!

We are feeling upset over the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Besides fatality, this natural disaster has slashed Japanese a huge sum of money. We may want to pray for them and help them. 

Today, it seems that I'm no longer better than what I am. I hit food poison since last Sunday morning and I'm having diarrhea over the past few days. I'm hydrated and I've yet to recover completely until now.

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