Investing in the Stock Market

I am reading up on finance books and also on investing in the Malaysian stock market. Though I have already opened an online trading account with Public bank last year, I still dare not trade yet for lack of knowledge. Now, as I read more books on investing and financial ratios like ROE or Return on Equity which measures profitability or PE ratio for Price Earnings Ratio and Debt Equity Ratio, etc. You also need to know how to calculate intrinsic value or book value of the share in a company so that you don't over pay and buy at a discount, preferably below 2/3 its actual price.

More Opportunities to Blog

This morning, as I woke up quite early at around 6:30am, I checked for opportunities and found several. So now I am in a blogging marathon which reminds me that Penang Star Walk 2011 starts next month and you can start registration now. I also received a free ebook to review which will need to be paid for other people later on to access it. My food blog has attracted international attention and I have been contacted before for an interview with an Australian Radio show on Clinic Cafe but I had to gently turn it down. Otherwise, it would mean more traffic spikes for my food blog. But it is doing fine on its own.

Milking the Internet

Making money on the internet certainly requires some effort and luck. Your computer is your cash cow for you to milk from the internet with broadband connectivity. You have to be resourceful by scouring through the thousands of web sites to find the select few that pays regularly for some work done in a timely manner. Nobody is going to teach you how to do it and it is up to your determination to find the needle in the haystack. During good times, it was lucrative but not anymore. A lot of people are still jobless and the unemployment rate hovers around 9% in USA in current times.

Actos Lawsuit

Actos is an oral diabetes medicine that has been shown by recent studies to lead to serious injuries such as heart attacks, heart failure, and an increased risk of bladder cancer, which can result in an Actos lawsuit. Pioglitazone, the chemical name for Actos was sold under the trade names Actos, ActoplusMet, Competact and Duetact.

So beware of what you are buying off the shelves from the pharmacy in your neighborhood. Some of the medication that we take may have adverse side effects. So it is better to do some research on the internet first before purchasing that medication or as prescribed by your doctor who may be unaware of the lawsuits. Hence, it is good to seek second or even third opinion from the medical experts if you can afford it. You can never take your health for granted and trust to consume every medication given to you safely.

Some of the side effects may take years to be discovered by clients or patients. By then it may be too late for you already. So, be in the know all the time as knowledge is power and brings good health. Some of the medication may cause obesity or numbness of the peripherals. Others may have worse side effects.

Writing Opportunities

Yesterday, I received several writing opportunities from a client for USD 5 per article. Not to put a feather to my cap, but I make a humble USD 35 in one day which could be equivalent to half the amount of Google Adsense revenue for some lucky bloggers who make USD 60 - USD 70 daily, or even more. Unlike Google Adsense, I had to work hard at it and the money will not be credited immediately but takes months before you see it in your Paypal account. I started typing out the articles from morning till evening with some rests in between. That is how hard I work at it. But each day, money will surely trickle in slowly but surely. At the moment, my blogs do not have such high traffic to bring in monthly income of USD 100, but I am getting there some day.

Work like the Ant

You need to work like the ant, always storing food up for winter. Don't be like the grasshopper which sings all day along enjoying life for the moment but goes hungry when winter comes! We should emulate the little wise ant, always working and will never go hungry. In the Bible, we should work until the day we die so that our minds will remain active and alert in our golden years. This will help prevent Alzheimer's Disease - a debilitating sickness that eats away the brain and leads to eventual death. You will lose your mobility, cognitive actions, recognition of familiar faces, etc. Basically you will become a vegetable, depending on your caregivers for basic daily life.