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Review of my history with Genting Singapore

Can't quite remember when I first bought Genting Singapore stocks. I remember subscribing for their rights so I must have owned it before 10 September 2009. And my records with my broker showed that I have traded the shares a couple of times in 2011 and 2013 and seemed to have made some decent profits. The hokkien has a saying "blind chicken peck the worms". I must have been a blind chicken from 2011 to 2013. My records showed that I was quite a trader then and actually did pretty okay! It could be age (getting older) or simply because now that I do not have a fixed regular income to offset any trading loss, I have become a lot more risk adverse. Hence I was quite surprised to see my trading history! The more I think about it, the more I believe this is a result of not having a fixed income from a job. Sigh. I have learned a hard lesson in that, maybe someday I will write a post on how it is important to appreciate a good paying job and just ignore whatever politics o...