How much have u lost with your investment/stocks/trading with the bear market hitting new low now?

[Shern25]

I wonder if anyone out there got burned terribly with their investment products or holding on to stocks and see them keep sinking deeper and deeper like no end. I got a friend who lost $30,000 actual lost (not paper lost) because he bought the T-bond on the Lehman bank.

 

The vote include paper lost, if you know what this mean (e.g. stock price falling below your purchase value but have not sold yet).

[Shern25]

Just to encourage those suffering huge paper lost now....remember those who bought in the high of 1997 and later see their stock crushing down like no tomorrow, if they hold on and sold in 2007, not only they have no lost but their profit almost doubled including those dividends they had (provided the stocks they bought did not go bankrupt).

[Nkps]

so what is your paper lost so far?

[Sofarsogood]

my UT in fundsupermart have been red color for dont know how many months liao. Sold off some to cut losses.

[Hiphiphoray]

I dont play shares at all. Duno why. Just like i dont drink one single drop of beer/liqor at all. Weird hur!

 

But i do flutter a few hundred buckaroos on 22 men chasing after a ball once in a while.

 

Keep hearing my bosses and collegues say "straits asia" no eyes to see liao. (sorry if i spell wrongly )

 

Never ask them abt thier losses, but i heard its 5 figures!

Edited October 6, 2008 by Hiphiphoray

[Solar]

i also kenna paper loss...

sometimes i also wonder... whether its better off for normal folks to put in the bank and let inflation eat away their money at 8%, than to lose big time in equities + inflation....

[Kwchan]

My colleague lost $60K in Lehman, that's probably his retirement saving

 

For myself? from +10% to -60% in less than a year

Edited October 6, 2008 by Kwchan

[Ngck]

Just to encourage those suffering huge paper lost now....remember those who bought in the high of 1997 and later see their stock crushing down like no tomorrow, if they hold on and sold in 2007, not only they have no lost but their profit almost doubled including those dividends they had (provided the stocks they bought did not go bankrupt).

 

if everybody so smart, no recession liao lor

 

there is no end to greed

[Wanderer]

Actually paper lost = actual lost........except that u r still holding on to it...

[Wanderer]

I wouldn't term it as smart, most likely it's their emotions at work that cause them to go on...

[Wanderer]

Putting in banks is as bad as the annual puny interest that the banks give is not enough to cover the inflation %

 

The value of the dollar keeps dropping

[Roborovskii]

Took most of it out last Dec (07). So loss is minimal.

[Blackyv]

so many lost more than 1-mil... some forumer here are really rich hor....

[Blue2]

r those voted real???

or is it in SGD....

Edited October 7, 2008 by Blue2

[Acemundo]

you did not include option for $0 losses or gains

[Ticklish8]

Keep my money in Thrift n Loan

 

Divident 4 percent.......better than bank

[Nhyone]

Minibonds not confirmed total loss yet. In the best case, it's still possible to get 50-80% back.

[Dankoo]

My portfolio now only 1/3 my buy price...

 

Just have to ride it out...worst for those that trade margins and keep getting margin calls!!!