Stock markets are just at the beginning of a larger rally which could see the major indexes jump another 20-to-30 percent and banks are the best bet, Michael Browne, portfolio manager from Sofaer Global Research, told CNBC. “We are going to see an earnings rise from 2009 to 2010 … We are very much at the early stage of this rally,” Browne told CNBC. Investors should look to banking stocks as “you’ve got to look at where people are not invested,” he said. The banking sector is where the problem is being solved, which is why it could lead the recovery from here, according to Browne. Banks led the recent bounce in the stock market with most financial shares rising sharply. But many investors are wary of ploughing cash into a sector that still recovering from a major crisis of confidence. The recent fund manager’s survey from Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch showed confidence in global stocks was improving fast. But Browne points out that the survey shows a lack of interest in banks. “Amazingly the Merrill survey out this week shows that people are still and increasingly underweight banks, it is quite barking mad,” Browne said. “Everything I see from every survey from every direction tells me that the vast majority of portfolio managers are not positioned for this at all,” he said.
Monday, April 6, 2009 ; 20:34Y
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I really have a wonderful, caring, intelligent and talented class. I see a huge potential in every single one of them, be it failed mods or pass mods. I have just received news that PS0803 shocked all and performed better than expected.
CONGRATULATIONS! =)
to all.. well done.. glad that guys proved to all that you can do it! I really do look upon you as bright young minds with a very promising future. I'm sure that if you perservere on with the same amount of dynamics.. i'm sure you guys will difinately graduate with flying colours.. I really want and do wish to see my class wear the long pao and smiling that you have given your all that there will be no regrets cos I'm 1000000000000000000000000000000000000% certain that you guys can do it! I would like to leave this quote for you guys: " YOU ARE NOT MADE TO BE CHICKENS DIGGING IN DIRT BUT TO SOAR WITH THE WINGS OF AN EAGLE." jia you !ok?! =)
p.s these are really purely from the bottom of my heart.. it's just that i dunno how to say it in front of you..
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 ; 14:49Y
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This video predates the discovery of Joseph Merrick's proper name (Joseph, not John) as well as his diagnosis of Proteus Syndrome.Neurofibromatosis was once thought to be the sole cause behind the deformities of Joseph 'The Elephant Man' Merrick. While that theory is likely incorrect, it is easy to see why the disease was pegged. Many researchers still believe Merrick had both Neurofibromatosis and Proteus as his deformities are not typical of either affliction. The gentleman in this video has a serious form of Neurofibromatosis, lesser types manifest in small knots and skin tags.
; 14:15Y
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can someone please enlighten me.. is this a mutation of some human being?
; 14:13Y
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the guy's real life story:
he's a guy from china and has a tumor that weighs more than 20kg in his face, as such this caused his face to be severely distorted. since young, he has been a subject to crude and mean jokes, even a circus wanted to buy him to perform in their circus freak show. a hospital agreed to help him as they have operated on 2 of such cases before. doctors warned that he might die during the operation as his tumor is surrounded by too many blood vessels. however, his sheer courage and determination to improve his life has made him pull through the operation. now, he still has some tumor which are needed to be removed.
; 13:39Y
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" dr blender! the patient's heart beat just stopped!!!!!"
o.O"
"QUICK!!!!!! GET ME THE DAMN DEFRILBILATOR!!!!!" > 0 < "
"STAND CLEAR!!!!"
*POUP!!!!
*BEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP
*1..2..3.. POUP!!!!!
*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPP
"AUGHS!!!!!"
*1..2..3.. POUP!!!!!
*HEARTBEAT RETURNS...
yeas!!!! my blog's been revived again by the defrilbilator!! (hee.. i kouped from CGH's clinical trial ward!!! ^^)
YEAS!!! CT's OVER!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?! TIME TO MEET UP WITH JIU QING REN!!!!! (old flames!! ^^)
hmm... last day of CT did not follow me friends go eat sushi cos of me date with a friend (aka sec sch cher who taught my class for 1 month)!! gosh! have not seen her since she left st marg's.. like.. more than 6months ago?! anyways.. really glad to see her again!! ^^ had pepper lunch with her!! ^^ hee... after meeting her.. i went to zone x to play arcade.. earned like.. 166 tokens?! ahhs! madness! did not noe wad to redeem.. ended up i redeemed a silly pink pencil case and a eeyore file.. > . <" hee.. there were many kids at the arcade..and some daring ones went to challange me "taiku" game (the jap drum game) hee.. but guess wad?!
THEY LOST!!!!! I WON!!!!! ^^
sunday was like...
P-I-S-S-E-D!!!
yepps.. the A-N-G- M-O-s!!!!! party again.. was studying biochem outside my house cos it's really breezy out there. den they kept kicking the damn ball over to my house.. and it was like... 4 TIMES?! and one time was like.. dirtied my book?! and the worst part was that lao bu treated it like nothing?! and the ang mos were rude and impatient! and they think its fun to keep making me throw back their stupid ball!!! wa liaoz!!! SHIT YOU DAMN ANG MOS!!! KNB!!!!!!! >:@
on a happier note.. looking forward to dec 24!!! why?! cos the adorable bunch of llamas from ps0803 will be coming over to me place for christmas party! ^^ going to countdown to christmas!!! ^^
hmm.. that's all for me to update! ^^ will be meeting me sec sch cher again later! ^^
P.S.. our dear beloved blender will be wheeled into the surgical theatre tommorrow.. please pray that she'll be wheeled out in one piece and not bleed to death! ^^ (jkjk!!!)
Saturday, November 15, 2008 ; 15:23Y
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Monday, November 10, 2008 ; 22:49Y
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dear all, i really don't mean to be emo. and i don't mean to be an emo kid. but please do not judge me without knowing what i have gone through. there are lots of things which happened to me but you do not know about it. the hurt and pain i'm suffering no one understands. you might say that i'm crazy.. i'm siao.. i'm mentally ill.. yes.. sometimes what i do you might not understand why i do it.. sometimes it might not be appropriate.. sometimes i act lame.. you want to know the reason why?
i'm trying to be cheerful.. cos i feel that being lame helps me to forget some of the pain.. if you want to join in the lameness.. you are welcome to join in the lameness and have fun together.. it's ok that you might not want to join in the lameness.. but i really hope that you'll respect the lameness. if any of me lameness offended you, please let me know ya.. cos we can talk things out.. there's no need to scold.
i'm still stuck in the valley of despair and hurt.. lameness is like " wings" for me to try to escape from the valley of despair and hurt. i may appear big and strong..happy go lucky.. but in actual fact.. i'm bleeding in the inside. i have suffered a great fall and crippled.. now.. all i need is encouragement.. help me stand up on my own 2 feet again.. a cheerful blender emerges.
i am counting to the day when a whole new cheerful blender the pineapple.. smiling and cheerful.. free from the hurt. but when will the day come? on the day when i die?
P.S i'm not scolding anyone. please do not get me wrong. this are just words from the bottom of my heart.
; 22:12Y
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hey all! supposed to be doing reports but i'm still updating.. (tsk tsk tsk! blender.... naughty!)
ok.. firstly, recently i've been receiving phone calls.. people asking what on earth happened to blender " *gasps! blender! what happened? why are you sho damn freaking pissed?" " OMG! pineapple! i never know that you can be sho pissed off till the extend that you start swearing and cursing like no one's business!"
DUH! I WAS FREAKING PISSED! AND I UNTIL NOW.. YES.. NOW.. CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SUCH STUPID LAME ASS THING LIKE THIS HAPPENED!
if any of you peeps would like to know what eva happened.. here's what happened.
FRIDAY NIGHT:
KERNA SCOLDING LIKE TOTAL HELL JUST BECAUSE OF...... 1 MISS CALL FROM THIS STUPID LAME ASS GUY! C'MON! IT'S JUST A PHONE CALL AND ACTUALLY WHEN I ANSWERED THE PHONE.. HE HUNG UP! SHO... IT'S NOT MY FAULT BUT I KERNA SCOLDING AND COLD TREATMENT FOR LIKE.. MORE THAN 12HRS! WHAT IS THIIIISSSS MAN?! RIDICULOUS SIA! IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS GUY AND HIS FELLOW PEEPS CAUSED ME TO KERNA SCOLDING FOR NOTHING LORS. YA!RIGHT... OUTSIDERS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT AND INSIDERS ARE NOT. WAS TOO PISSED AND UPSET TO SLEEP. STAYED UP 1.30- 2.00AM TO STUDY.. DO MY MINDMAPS. SATURDAY: MORNING.. COLD TREATMENT CONTINUES UNTIL AFTER TALKING THAT BANGLA WORKER ( HE'S ONE OF THE GUY'S PEEPS)WHO CAME AND CHECK OUT THE REPAIR WORK. I WAS THERE EATING MY BREAKFAST.. AND I OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION.. OOH! HE'S GOING BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN.. THEY WERE WORRYING ABOUT HIS WELFARE.. FINE.. GUESS WHAT?! SUDDENLY COLD TREATMENT STOPPED COS I WAS NEEDED TO PACK MY OLD CLOTHINGS. " GO AND SEE WHICH CLOTHES YOU CANNOT WEAR. IF IT'S TOO SMALL GO PACK IT. COS HE'S GOING BACK TO HOME TOWN AND SO I'M GIVING THE OLD CLOTHINGS TO HIM TO BRING BACK." CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? COLD TREATMENT STOPPED COS OF HIM AND HIS WELFARE? PLEASE LA! I STAYED UP UNTIL 2AM AND IT'S LIKE.... NOT EVEN ONE QUESTION LIKE " YOU STAY UP SO LATER TO STUDY.. TIRED?" SHIT LA! OMG! LUCKILY I WAS DAMN QUICK.. MY FOOTBALL JERSEY WAS BEING PACKED INSIDE AND I MANAGED TO PUT IT BACK TO MY CLOSET. PLEASE LA! I HAO BU RONG YI MANAGED TO GET A FOOTBALL JERSEY LA! (COS NOT ALLOWED TO WEAR SUCH THINGS) OTHERWISE I WILL GET ETERNALLY PISSED LA! COLD TREATMENT TOTALLY SUBSIDED IN THE EVENING.
SUNDAY: EVERYTHING WENT OK. STARTED TO LOVE TO DO WEEDING. WEEDING IS FUN OK! EVERYTHING WENT FINE.. UNTIL... IN THE AFTERNOON.. ANG MO NEIGHBOUR AGAIN.. THEY AGAIN KICKED THEIR STUPID BALL TO MY PLACE. ONCE THEIR SSTUPID BALL LAND INTO MY PLACE.. THEY'LL START RINGING MY DOORBELL.. IF I IGNORE.. THEY'LL KEEP RINGING IT .. THEN THEY STARTED TO KICK AND BANG ON MY GATE AND SCREAMING.. SHIT EM LA! I SHOUTED AT EM: " OI! DIAM LA! SI BEI CHAR SI NANG!" THEY DID NOT CARE.. AND CONTINUED TO IRRITATE ME FURTHER.. " WA LIAOZ! DIAM LA! SHIT YOU! @#$%! (ALL THE HOKKIEN VULGARITIES)!!!!" OMG! I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WILL THEY BE RENTING THE HOUSE? AND I CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW CHRISTMAS WILL BE LIKE? WILL I BE ABLE TO REST IN PEACE (COS ON 17TH DEC GOT SURGERY AND THE PAIN AND SORENESS WILL LAST FOR ABOUT 10 DAYS)? UNFORTUNATELY.. MY MOUTH WILL BE TOO SORE AND PAINFUL TO CURSE AND SWEAR AT EM. =( NEVERMIND.. WE SHALL SEE HOW..
THAT'S ALL!
Sunday, November 2, 2008 ; 21:45Y
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HAPPY B DAE TO MY DEAR BELOVED BLENDER!!!! :D
HAPPY B DAE TO MR ANDREY TAN!! :D
haha! blog's dead.. now revived by b dae blender..
hmmm..... how's like being one yr older?
okay.. first of all...
i'll like to thank my BELOVED and WONDERFUL class PS0803!!!
YES! cos they were the kind souls who made my b dae very special.. cos it has been 10 FREAKING LONG YEARS since i last celebrated my b dae.
yup! but it was celebrated in advanced.. and it really took me by surprise..
oo! now i know where they bought the cake! FOUR SEASONS! YUMMY! :P
THANKS KAR AND LAO NIANG FOR THE CAKE! IT WAS REALLY DELICIOUS! :D
secondly.. happy b dae to mr andrey!
oi! now one yr older liaoz! stop being a sissy ku ku ya! lol! jkjk!
Friday, October 24, 2008 ; 10:13Y
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LOL! Channel News Asia's interview with the puppets of the latest horny musical: Avenue Q!
PRINCETON - The fresh college graduate who is looking for
meaning in life
Do you ever get jokes about your name?
Princeton: Yeah! But they aren’t really that funny...
How important is it for you to find a purpose in life?
Princeton: I’ll tell you once I find it!
Have strangers ever sent you money?
Princeton: Not yet – but please do so (can you put this in big letters in your article, please) do send your donations to Princeton, 3 Avenue Q, Alphabet City.
KATE MONSTER - The teaching assistant
We all know you’re not really a monster. What qualities do you look for in a man?
Kate: Yes, I'm a real monster and proud of it. The furrier the better (for my man).
Do you think you’ll dump Princeton for a Singaporean?
Kate: No, of course not. Princeton is my man. Kate Monster, if you’re so bothered about your hairy situation, why not try waxing or IPL? No pain, no gain.
Kate: I tried – but it grew back at monster speed, so I’ll wait till they have invented a new painless method.
NICKY - Rod’s jobless roommate
We heard that you’re not working. How do you get by?
Nicky: I get by with a little help from my friends *wink*
The Singapore government loves foreign talent. Would you
consider looking for a job here?
Nicky: Sure – will you let them know how talented I am?
Why do you even care if Rod is gay?
Nicky: Who would hang out with someone who isn’t cheerful?
Do you think you and Rod are meant for each other?
Nicky: Depends on the time of day
ROD - The Republican investment banker who likes erm, men.
So you’re a Republican, you think McCain-Palin team is going
to win the election?
Rod: Absolutely – McCain is such a hunk!
What are your thoughts on the current credit crisis?
Rod: I’m always broke, so I don’t have a lot to lose.
Are you affected? Is it time for a career switch?
Rod: Sure – is Channel NewsAsia hiring? I look very good on camera.
LUCY THE SLUT - The foxy cabaret singer
Any seduction tips for the Singaporean ladies?
Lucy: I’m planning to keep all the men in Singapore to myself!
Are you excited about meeting Asian men in Singapore?
Lucy: I’m always excited about meeting men.
Would you consider hitting on men? Or do you play hard to get?
Lucy: Of course I hit on men – don’t you?
Boxers or briefs for your guy?
Lucy: Haven’t you heard the song from our show “I’m not wearing any underwear today”?