Tuesday 24 September 2019

[Post 95] Learning investing/trading together part 20:How to purchase a stock?(Standard chartered)

Learning investing/trading together part 20:How to purchase a stock?(Standard chartered)

I mentioned before that i am currently using DBS vickers and Standard chartered as my brokerage.Recently, I have also sign up for FundSuperMart due to the low fees of 0.08% or a minimum of $10(but that's a story for another day)

This post will be on how to purchase stock with standard chartered.

So,why choose standard chartered as a brokerage?
  • Brokerage charges for standard chartered online and mobile trades:0.20%, min $10
  • 0.20%/100=0.002
  • $10/0.002=$5000
  • The minimum amount that one should invest in each trade should be more than $5,000
  • The purchasing power will be updated immediately after you sell your stock!
How to set up a standard chartered account?
  1. Head down to the nearest standard chartered bank branch 
  2. Open up an saving account(For more information about the various saving account you can open with standard chartered,please refer to this link,Personally,i opened a E saver account where it require a min deposit amount of $1000)
  3. Do open an securities settlement account with different currency(US,JPY) to have to option to invest in other countries market at no extra charge,specifically tell them you are opening an account to invest
 Onto the step by step guide on how to purchase a stock via standard chartered!

Step 1)Transfer money into your standard chartered account

How much to transfer? 
  • Well, it depends on how much your budget to purchase those stock and whether you have enough in your bank
  • Currently, the Brokerage charges for standard chartered online and mobile trades:0.20%, min $10
  • DBS cash upfront charges 0.12% or minimum $10
  • FSM charges 0.08% or minimum $10
  • if you are investing up to $5,000, you can either use DBS Vickers or SCB or FSM.
  • If you are investing above $5,000 and up to $8,333.34, use either DBS Vickers Cash Upfront or FSM.
  • If you are investing above $8,888.34, use FSM.
  • ***Note: You can invest in any amount you like it need not be $5,000, in my personal case I use either $3000 or $5000 or $7000
So you have decided the amount? What's next?
  • Transfer the money, of course!

1. Log in to standard charted bank account,you reach the below page

2.Transfer Fund from your E$aver A/C to your SECURITIES SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT by clicking Transfer Fund(Red box)

3.Click Between Own Account

4.You will be asked to authenticate your account,after authenticating you will be brought to the transfer between own account page

Transfer to: Local Own Account
Account to be Transferred to: E$Aver A/C
Account to be Transferred from:SECURITIES SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT
Currency and Amount:SGD ,any amount that your wish to transfer(e.g 5000.00)
Description: None

5.Check the detail and click confirm(black box)


Step 2)Time to buy some stock!

6)Click MENU then click Online Trading


7.You will then be brought to the below page,the place order is at the right side of the page



8.Key in the counter code(e.g ES3) and Scroll down to check the detail of the bid and ask price




So, in my case I enter in the code: ES3(STI ETF)*Take note, this is different from the other STI ETF that you purchase with POSB invest saver(For more information about the difference between the two ETF, read here)

The terms are taken from this post, a while back,some important terms are...

Last
  • Last action-how much was this share bought or sold for
Bid
  • Bid-how much someone is willing to pay for the share(Someone want to buy the share at a price of 3.267)
Offer or Ask
  •  Ask is the price a seller is willing to sell the share(someone want to sell his his share at a price of 3.275)
Bid qty
  • Bid qty,someone make a bid to buy 100 shares at 3.267 for each share
Offer or Ask qty
  • Offer vol is someone selling his 3200 shares at 3.275 for each share
*As taken from here: When a market is experiencing more buying volume than selling volume, it means that there are more traders buying at the ask price, which has a tendency to push the price up.
When a market is experiencing more selling volume than buying volume, it means that there are more traders selling at the bid price, which has a tendency to push the price down.
Chg or change
  • For a stock or bond quote, change is the difference between the current price and the last trade of the previous day
Day High
  • Today highest price for the stock so far
Day Low
  • Today lowest price for the stock so far
Will continue at the next Learning investing/trading together post!

Saturday 31 August 2019

[Post 94] Learning investing/trading together part 19:How to determine whether to invest or trade a company using SGX stock screener

How to determine whether to invest or trade a company using SGX stockscreener?

In my previous post on Learning investing/trading together,I mention on using the SGX stock screener to determine whether to invest/trade a company using SGX stockscreener.

Why use SGX stock screener?
  • Computer will perform the calculation of the financial ratios,save time on our part(not many of us has the luxury of looking through financial statement of companies all day long,that is if reading the financial statement doesn't bored us!)
  • One stop platform to get the financial ratios of a particular SGX company
So,let begin using SGX stock screener (Note:I will be using Singpost (S08 as  a example)

1.Go to Stock screener website,you will be brought to the below page
2.Click on the search stock to type the company you want to search( In this case,I can either type Singpost or its stock code S08


3.In my case,I type singpost, and its show 1 result for singpost
4.Scroll down and click on singpost

5.Scroll down and Click on the tab financial to see the financial ratio

6.Scroll down to get company information
7. Determine the financial ratio to evaluate a company 

Everyone has a different set of financial ratios they use to evaluate a company,in my case i will generally use these few financial ratios,below are the recap of financial ratio from the previous post

Price/book ratio


  • It measures the company's market price to its book value. Book Value represents the total amount that would be left over after the company sell off its assets and repaid all of its liabilities
  • Low PB ratio may mean the company is undervalued. The PB ratio is used to evaluate the assets of each company such as property companies.
  • Ideal Range:Any value under 1.0 is considered a good P/B value, indicating a potentially undervalued stock.
Price/Earning ratio
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  • It measures the share price relative to the company's earnings. A higher PE means investors are expecting better future earning or growth
  • High PE=20 and above
  • Average PE=11 to 20
  • Low PE=1 to 10
  • Average Market PE=15
  • Ideal Range=It is better to buy a stock with lower PE ratio assuming all things being equal
  • As the stock price goes up, the P/E ratio goes up
  • As the stock price goes down, the P/E ratio goes down
  • As a company’s earnings go up, the P/E ratio goes down
  • As a company’s earnings go down, the The P/E ratio always equals the number of years it would take in earnings per share to equal the current price of the stock. So if the ratio is 20, it would take 20 years of current earnings to equal the current price of thstock.P/E ratio goes up
  • Compare within the same industry
Current Ratio



  • A simple ratio of current asset divide by current liabilities
  • Current liabilities are debt that need to clear in the short term(in a year)
  • If a company has a current ratio less then 1.0, do not invest in it
  • If a company has a current ratio more then 2.0, May consider investing in it
  • The higher the current ratio, the better
Quick ratio
  • Quick ratio is used to determine if the company has enough short term assets to sell to cover its current liabilities(debt)
  • The quick ratio is almost similar to current ratio except that it is assumed that the company does not sell its inventories(e.g Toyota inventory is its car) or stock, it is still able to fulfill its debt
  • If the company has a quick ratio of 0.75 and below, do not invest in it
  • If the company has a quick ratio of 1.25 and above, May consider investing in it
  • The higher the quick ratio the better
Debt to equity
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  • This is an important ratio and it will determine if you are evaluating a highly gear company. Companies with high borrowing are subjected to higher risk than companies with no or low debt. Investors would look at this ratio to determine the company's ability to repay its debt
  • It measures the total liabilities to total shareholder equity. A higher ratio could mean the company is higher financed by debt
  • Ideal Range: 2.0 or less
Earning Per share
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  • It measures how profitable a company is on a shareholder basis. The higher the EPS,the more profitable the company is
  • When earnings per share is negative, it means the company is losing money. 
  • Ideal range: Go for consistent and stable or growing EPS.
For Price/Book and Price/earning ratio,click on Valuation tab

Price /Book ratio remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost Price/Book value is at 1.353, 
  • Ideal Range of Price:Any value under 1.0 is considered a good P/B value, indicating a potentially undervalued stock.
  • Since it is above 1,hence you can either consider it as a slightly expensive stock
  • A red flag!
Price/Earning ratio remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost Price/Earning ratio:263.857
  • Crazy Price/Earning ratio,Consider to be high
  • The P/E ratio always equals the number of years it would take in earnings per share to equal the current price of the stock. So if the ratio is 20, it would take 20 years of current earnings to equal the current price of thstock.P/E ratio goes up
  • To put it simply,Do you think singpost can increase its share price x 200?I think not
  • Definitely a red flag!!
For current ratio,quick ratio, debt/equity ratio,EPS 5 yr growth,click on financial tab



Current ratio remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost current ratio:0.806
  • If a company has a current ratio less then 1.0, do not invest in it
  • If a company has a current ratio more then 2.0, May consider investing in it
  • The higher the current ratio, the better
  • current ratio not above 2.0,avoid it!
  • Another red flag!
Quick ratio remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost quick ratio:0.805
  • If the company has a quick ratio of 0.75 and below, do not invest in it
  • If the company has a quick ratio of 1.25 and above, May consider investing in it
  • The higher the quick ratio the better
  • Quick ratio is not above 1.25
  • Another red flag!
Long term debt/equity remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost debt/equity ratio:0.56
  • It measures the total liabilities to total shareholder equity. A higher ratio could mean the company is higher financed by debt
  • Ideal Range: 2.0 or less
  • Debt/equity ratio is 0.55,which is less than 2.0
  • Finally, a good indicator !
Eps five year growth remark for Singpost(S08)
  • Singpost EPS five year growth: -38.122
  • When earnings per share is negative, it means the company is losing money. 
  • Another red flag!
Conclusion

The six financial ratio i used to evaluate singpost are: Price/Book ,Price/earning ratio, current ratio,quick ratio, debt/equity ratio,EPS 5 year growth

As you can see above,only one out of all the six financial ratio criteria i used to evaluate signpost is met,hence singpost is not a good buy.

One last note: Different people may used different financial ratio to evaluate a company,there is really no fix formula for evaluating a company ,hence always dyodd!(do your own due diligence) 

Saturday 29 June 2019

[Post 93]Learning investing/trading together part 18:How to read financial statements and financial ratio part 3

Continue on from the last post here...

3.Debt

Debt to equity
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  • This is an important ratio and it will determine if you are evaluating a highly gear company. Companies with high borrowing are subjected to higher risk than companies with no or low debt. Investors would look at this ratio to determine the company's ability to repay its debt
  • It measures the total liabilities to total shareholder equity. A higher ratio could mean the company is higher financed by debt
  • Ideal Range: 2.0 or less

Debt to Net Profit




  • Debt to Net Profit=Total Debt/Net Profit
  • It measures the company's debt to its net profit
  • Ideal range:3.0 or less


Debt to Cash Flow





  • Debt to Cash Flow=Total Debt/Operating Cash Flow
  • It measures the company's debt to its operating cash flow.It is an indication of the company's ability to cover its total debt with its annual operating cash flow
  • Ideal range: 3.0 or less
Interest Cover
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  • It measures the company's ability to pay the interest expenses with sales
  • Ideal Range:1.5 or more
Net Gearing

  • Net Gearing =(Total Debt - Cash)/Shareholder Equity
  • It measures the company's debt to its shareholder equity, The higher the ratio, the more debt and risk the company has
  • Ideal Range:0.5 or less

4.Efficiency

Inventory Turnover 


  • Inventory Turnover= Inventory/(Costs of Good sold x 365 days)
  • It measures how many days it takes to sell the inventory
  • Ideal Range: The lower the number of days the better
Creditors


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  • It indicates how many days the company takes to pay its creditor
  • Ideal Range: The higher number of days is ideal as the company can roll its cash flow but it also means that the company has cash flow problems and cannot pay off its debt
Debtors
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  • It indicates how many days it takes the company to collect its debt from its debtors
  • Ideal Range: The lower the number of days the better
Others

Earning Per share
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  • It measures how profitable a company is on a shareholder basis. The higher the EPS,the more profitable the company is
  • When earnings per share is negative, it means the company is losing money. 
  • Ideal range: Go for consistent and stable or growing EPS.
Dividend Yield


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  • It measures how much dividend the company is paying out compared to stock price.
  • Ideal Range: Go for consistent dividends in the range of 5% to 8%
Price to Earnings(PE)
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  • It measures the share price relative to the company's earnings. A higher PE means investors are expecting better future earning or growth
  • High PE=20 and above
  • Average PE=11 to 20
  • Low PE=1 to 10
  • Average Market PE=15
  • Ideal Range=It is better to buy a stock with lower PE ratio assuming all things being equal
  • As the stock price goes up, the P/E ratio goes up
  • As the stock price goes down, the P/E ratio goes down
  • As a company’s earnings go up, the P/E ratio goes down
  • As a company’s earnings go down, the The P/E ratio always equals the number of years it would take in earnings per share to equal the current price of the stock. So if the ratio is 20, it would take 20 years of current earnings to equal the current price of the stock.P/E ratio goes up
  • Compare within the same industry
Price to Book(PB) 


  • It measures the company's market price to its book value. Book Value represents the total amount that would be left over after the company sell off its assets and repaid all of its liabilities
  • Ideal Range: Low PB ratio may mean the company is undervalued. The PB ratio is used to evaluate the assets of each company such as property companies.
Price to Earnings Growth(PEG)

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*Expected EPS growth is also known as Annual EPS growth


  • It measures the company's value to the company future growth
  • A lower PEG may mean the stock is undervalued
  • Ideal Range:0.5 or less
Free Cash Flow Ratio


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  • It measures how much free cash the company can generate after deducting the company's capital expenditures
  • Ideal Range:6% or above

Margin of Safety




  • V= Intrinsic Value, P=Current Share Price
  • It is the amount in which the company's shares are trading below the intrinsic value, which is expressed in percentage
  • Ideal Range: A higher margin of safety means there is greater protection for an investor if the share price falls due to falling revenue
  • The general rule of thumb for Margin of Safety
  • 50% Margin of Safety means the stock is undervalued
  • 0% Margin of Safety means the stock is trading at fair value
  • -50% Margin of safety means the stock is overvalued
Understanding financial ratios is a key skill for any investor. Financial ratios illustrate the strength and weakness of a business

While an investor can use financial ratios to evaluate how the business is performing over time, there are certain important points that investors must take note of:

1. Compare the financial ratio within the same industry. This is very important. For example, a different ratio is used to evaluate a food and beverage company compared to an asset-based company

2. Inflation can badly affect or distort the figures in the financial statement, which in turn is reflected in the ratio

3. Using financial ratio to assess the company is not good enough, the company's management also must be looked

4. The company can doctor its accounts to make its accounting attractive, which will affect the valuation of the financial ratios.

Hope you enjoy reading through these few post as financial statement do bore the sh*t out of many people(Including me!).

That''s all for How to read financial statement and financial ratio! 

Tuesday 11 June 2019

[Post 92] How to properly valuate a company?

Credit to growth investor from investing note(investing note has lots of good tidbits)

These are the valuation metrics that are commonly used:
- Price to Earnings Ratio (P/E)
- Price to Book Ratio (P/B)
- Discounted Cash Flows (DCF)
- and others…

P/E: This is the simplest of all. It is simply = Share Price divided by Earnings Per Share (EPS).
Trailing P/E refers to Current Share Price divided by the EPS over the past 12 months.
Forward P/E refers to Current Share Price divided by the forecasted EPS for the next 12 months.

A layman’s interpretation of P/E is how much I am willing to pay for the company’s earnings. Example: A P/E of 15 means I am willing to pay 15 times per share for its earnings.

To me, P/E by itself is quite meaningless. It is useful only if you compare the company to its peers’ P/E or the industry average P/E, to judge whether it is under or overvalued.

P/B: Book value is the amount of cash I would get if I were to liquidate the company *today*. It’s like the “net worth” of a company. It is the sum of assets minus total liabilities. Sometimes “Net Asset Value” is used loosely interchangeably as “book value”. Book value per share is simply the book value divided by the total number of shares. P/B is thus Share Price divided by Book Value per share.

A P/B smaller than 1 means the share price is undervalued in terms of book value, while a P/B greater than 1 means overvalued. A P/B ratio < 1 simply provides an assurance to the shareholder that he/she can get back all (in theory) of his invested capital if the company was to go bankrupt.

Simplified Example: If I pay $1 for a share of a company with a P/B of 0.5, and if the company was to be liquidated today, I will in theory get back $2 as a shareholder. In practice this may be less than $2 due to expenses for liquidation and other factors. On the contrary, if I bought a share worth $1 of a company with a P/B of 2, I will at most get back $0.50 if the company was liquidated.

In summary, P/B looks at the value of a company at the point in time when the book value and P/B ratio were calculated.

The problems with using P/B is that it does not take into account the *future* earnings of the company and assumes the total value of its assets is correctly calculated. A company with a P/B ratio of 0.5 does NOT necessarily mean it’s a wonderful company with strong revenue growth.

There are many companies whose P/B ratios remain quite constant through the years. Eg. property development companies.

DCF: This refers to the sum of future Free Cash Flows (FCFs) that can be potentially generated by a company, discounted to present value. It is typically used by value investors to calculate a DCF-based fair value.

To understand this, you need to know the concept of “the time value of money”. In layman’s terms, “time value” refers to the fact that a dollar today may not be worth a dollar in the future due to inflation or deflation. So if a company can generate $2 mill of FCF in the future, I need to discount it to present value to assess what this future $2 m is worth today.

The simplified formula of a DCF-based fair value = Sum of Discounted FCFs divided by number of shares. The calculation can be much more complex due to what is the correct discount rate and the growth rate of FCF to use.

The advantage of using this is that I can judge a company’s worth or fair value by taking into account its future FCF growth (i.e. earnings growth). It definitely provides a more accurate view of a company’s future vs P/B ratio.

The downside of using DCF is that it is very sensitive to the inputs you use (discount rate, growth rate, etc.), hence “garbage in, garbage out”. The calculated fair value can vary a lot based on the input parameters. Also the psychological aspects -- sometimes we may tweak the inputs to our liking subconsciously, hence deriving an overly optimistic fair value.

As stock prices are typically driven by strong revenue growth (as per my observation), using DCF-based fair value will be more appropriate over P/B ratio if you want to maximise investment returns.

In conclusion, P/E and P/B ratios provide a very limited view of a company’s future growth. DCF valuation is often more appropriate. Having said all these, valuation metrics still pretty much serve as a rough estimation and guideline only. In reality, the market may be irrational (esp in the short-term) and many participants do not obey valuation metrics.

Hope this helps!

Sunday 9 June 2019

[Post 91] Just For Laugh part 3: 100 Jokes From Singapore part 2

Continue on from last chill and relax post ..



51)
I took some friends out to dinner last week, and I noticed a spoon in the shirt pocket of our waiter as he handed us the menus. It seemed a little odd, but I dismissed it as a random thing. Until our waiter came with water & tableware; he too, sported a spoon in his breast pocket. I looked around the room, and all the waiters, waitresses etc. had spoons in their pockets.
When our waiter returned to take our order, I just had to ask, “Why the spoons?"
"Well," he explained, "our parent company recently hired some Andersen Consulting efficiency experts to review all our procedures, and after months of statistical analyses, they concluded that our patrons drop spoons on the floor 73% more often than any other utensil; at a frequency of 3 spoons per hour per workstation. By preparing all our workers for this contingency in advance, we can cut our trips to the kitchen down and save time...nearly 1.5 extra Man-hours per shift.
Just as he concluded, a "ch-ching" came from the table behind him, and he quickly replaced a fallen spoon with the one from his pocket.
"I'll grab another spoon the next time I'm in the kitchen instead of making a special trip," he proudly explained.
I was impressed. "Thanks. I had to ask."
"No problem," he answered, then he continued to take our orders.
As the members of my dinner party took their turns, my eyes darted back & forth from each person ordering and my menu. That's when out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a thin, black thread protruding from our waiter's fly. Again, I dismissed it; yet I had to scan the room and, sure enough, there were other waiters with strings hanging out of their trousers.
My curiosity overrode discretion at this point, so before he could leave I had to ask. "Excuse me, but...uh...why, or what...about that string?"
"Oh, yeah" he began in a quieter tone. "Not many people are that observant. That same efficiency group found we could save time in the Men's room, too."
"How's that, I asked?"
"You see, by tying a string to the end of our, eh . . ., selves, we can pull it out at the urinals literally hands-free and thereby eliminate the need to wash our hands, cutting time spent in the restroom by over 93%!" "
Oh, that makes sense," I said, but then thinking through the process, I asked, "Hey, wait a minute. If the string helps you pull it out, how do you get it back in?"
"Well," he whispered, "I don't know about the other guys; but I use the spoon in my pocket"!


Phew….that was probably the longest joke I have….


52)
A young man and woman come to a doctor's office and say:
"Doctor, we would like to know if we are screwing properly. Will you watch us, please?"
The doctor, somewhat puzzled, agrees, they climb on his table,the boy gets on top of the girl, and they have sex. After observing them, the doctor says, "Yes, you're having sexproperly. That will be forty dollars."
They come back the next day with the same request, but this time  the boy enters the girl from the rear. They keep coming for four days in a row, using different positions every day.


On the fifth visit the doctor says, "Why do you keep on coming back? I told you you're having sex properly."
The boy explains, "The hotel room costs the same forty dollars, but this way we get reimbursed by Medisave


53)
A mute was walking down the street one day and chanced upon a friend of his (also a mute).
In sign language, he inquired how his friend had been doing. The friend replied (vocally!), "Oh, you can stop using sign language. I can talk now!"
Intrigued, the mute pressed him for details. It seems that he had gone to a specialist, who had put him on a treatment program that had restored the use of his vocal chords. Gesturing wildly, the mute asked if he might meet this specialist. They got an appointment that very afternoon.
After an exam, the specialist proclaimed that he would be treated as well “Yes, yes" signed the mute. "Let's have the first treatment right now!"
"Very well," replies the specialist. “Kindly go into the next room, drop your pants and lean over the examining table. I'll be right in."
The mute does as instructed and the doctor sneaks in with a broomstick, mallet, and jar of Vaseline. Greasing the broom handle, he "sends it home" with a few deft swipes of the mallet.
The mute jumps from the table, screaming, "AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa!!!"
"VERY good," smiles the doctor. “Tomorrow, we will start with 'B'"


More teacher joke...
54)
Substitute teacher: Are you chewing gum?
Billy: No, I'm Billy Anderson.

55)
Teacher: Didn't you promise to behave?
Student: Yes, Sir.
Teacher: And didn't I promise to punish you if you didn't?
Student: Yes, Sir, but since I broke my promise, I don't expect you to keep yours.

56)
Teacher: I hope I didn't see you looking at Don's paper.
John: I hope you didn't either

57)
John: I don't think I deserve a zero on this test.
Teacher: I agree, but it's the lowest mark I can give you.

58)
Mother: Why did you get such a low mark on that test?
John: Because of absence.
Mother: You mean you were absent on the day of the test?
John: No, but the kid who sits next to me was.

59)
Ah Ming: Dad, can you write in the dark?
Father: I think so. What do you want me to write?
Ah Ming: Your signature on this report card.

60)
Teacher: Well, at least there's one thing I can say about your son.
Father: What's that?
Teacher: With grades like these, he couldn't be cheating.

61)
Teacher: In this box, I have a 10-foot snake.
Ah beng: You can't fool me Teacher... snakes don't have feet.

62)
Hygiene teacher: How can you prevent diseases caused by biting insects?
Ah lian: Don't bite any.

63)
Teacher: Ah swee, go to the map and find Singapore.
Ah swee: Here it is!
Teacher: Correct. Now class, who discovered Singapore?
CLASS: Ah swee!

64)
Teacher: Why are you late, ah kow
Ah kow: Because of the sign.
Teacher: What sign?
Ah kow: The one that says, "School Ahead, Go Slow."

65)
Teacher: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
John: You told me to do it without using tables!

66)
Teacher: Xiao Ming, what is the chemical formula for water?
Xiao Ming: H I J K L M N O!!
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Xiao Ming: Yesterday you said it's H to O!

67)
Teacher: Xiao Ming, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
Xiao Ming: Me!

68)
Teacher: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted doing it. Now, ah beng, do you know why his father didn't punish him?"
Ah beng: Because George still had the axe in his hand

69)
Teacher: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
Simon: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

70)
There once was a very good old barber in New York.
One day a florist goes to him for a haircut. After the cut, he goes to pay the barber and the barber replies:
"I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service."
The Florist is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, there is a thank you card and a dozen roses waiting at his door. A policeman goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber after the cut.
But the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service." The cop is happy and leaves the shop. The next morning the barber goes to open his shop, there is a thank you card and a dozen donuts waiting at his door.
A Singaporean software engineer goes for a haircut and he also goes to pay the barber after the cut. But the barber replies: "I am sorry. I cannot accept money from you. I am doing community service."
The Singaporean software engineer is happy and leaves.
The next morning when the barber goes to open his shop, guess what he finds there?
Can you guess?
Come on, think like a Singaporean....
Have you got the answer?
A dozen Singaporeans waiting for a free haircut!

71)
A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?"
The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner and even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk."
The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his way.
Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier.
The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk."
The man says, "All right, all right. I'm *dying* to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?"
The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk."
The man sets about his task. Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, "I have travelled the earth and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth."
The monks reply, "Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound."
The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is right behind that door."
The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. May I have the key?" The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door. The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is *another*door, this one is made of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, amethyst...
Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."
The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound.
But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.

Hahaha, probably one of my more favourite jokes

72)
A young soldier and his commanding officer board a train headed through the mountains of Switzerland. They can find no place to sit except for two seats right across the aisle from young woman and her grandmother. After a while, it is obvious that the young woman and the young soldier are interested in each because they are giving each other "looks."
Soon the train passes into a tunnel and it is pitch black.
There is a sound of the smack of a kiss followed by the sound of the smack of a slap.When the train emerges from the tunnel, the four sit there without saying a word.
The grandmother is thinking to herself: "It was very brash for that young soldier to kiss my granddaughter, but I'm glad she slapped him."
The commanding officer is sitting there thinking: "I didn't know the young soldier was brave enough to kiss the girl, but I sure wish she hadn't missed him and slapped me instead!"
The young woman was sitting and thinking: I'm glad the soldier kissed me, but I wish my grandmother hadn't slapped him!"
The young soldier sat there with a satisfied smile on his face. He thought to himself: "Life is good. When does a fellow have the chance to kiss a beautiful girl and slap his commanding officer all at the same time?"

73)
Young 13 years-old Jenny woke up one morning wondering about her age. Her grandparents have been staying at her house for a week, and so she went to her grandmother.
"Grandma?" said Jenny. "Yes dear?" replied her grandmother.
"How old am I?" asked Jenny. "Well, honey..." replied the grandmother, and after a few moments of thinking she answered - "You're 13."
"Wow grandma! How did you find that out?" wondered Jenny.
"Well, Jenny, last year you celebrated your 12th birthday, so I made the math and reckoned you're now 13."
"Thank you grandma! You're so smart!" Said Jenny, and headed off to her grandfather.
"Grandpa, grandpa, how old am I?" asked Jenny.
"Well, Jenny...." Said the grandfather, and after a few moments of thinking said- "Take off your blouse...” So Jenny took off her blouse.
"Now take off your pants." said the grandfather. Jenny took off her pants with a bewildered look.
"Now your bra" said the grandfather. Jenny took off her bra, staying topless.
"And your panties" said the grandfather. Jenny took off her panties, now completely naked.

The grandfather examined her for a few minutes and then said- "Well, Jenny, you're 13!"
"Wow grandpa!” Said Jenny, amazed, "How could you tell?"
"I heard grandma." said the grandfather.



74)
After completing a jigsaw puzzle he'd been working on for quite some time, Ah Beng proudly shows off the finished puzzle to a friend.
"It took me only 5 MONTHS to do it," Ah Beng said.
"FIVE MONTHS? Why did you take so long." the friend asked.
Ah Beng replied, "No, it is not long at all, look at the box, it says it is for 4 to 7 years".


75)
A Japanese passenger stay at Marina bay sand Hotel and wanted to go to the airport. The hotel helps him to book a cab. A comfort sonata (made in Korea) arrived, the cab driver help him to load up his luggage. He hop into the cab and the driver drives on. While driving along ECP, the Japanese wind down the window when he see a Toyota crown cab speed pass and he shouted “Toyota Crown, very good and fast, made in Japan. The cab driver was stunned and keep quiet wondering what's going on with his passenger. Another Toyota wish cab speed pass and he shouted, "Toyota Wish, very good, make in Japan, then a Honda freed speed past, he shout again," Honda, good make in Japan." The taxi driver ignore his crazy passenger and he drive on slowly and steady.
When reached the airport, the Japanese passenger asked the taxi driver, why the fare so expensive? The driver look at him and reply “Meter very fast, good, make in Japan".
76)
Ah Beng: Doctor, in my dreams, I play football every night.
DR: Take this tablet, you will be ok.
Ah Beng: Can I take tomorrow, tonight is the final game.


77)
Ah Beng: If I die, will u remarry?
Wife: No! I’ll stay with my sister. But if I die will u remarry?
Ah Beng: No, I’ll also stay with your sister.


78)
Ah Beng: People consider me as a ‘GOD’
Mother: How do you know??
Ah Beng: When I went to the Park today, everybody said, Oh GOD! U have come again.


79)
Ah Beng complained to the police: ‘Sir, all items are missing except the TV in my house.’
Police: ‘How come the thief did not take TV?’
Ah Beng: "I was watching TV news…"


80)
Ah Beng comes back 2 his car & find a note saying ‘Parking Fine’
He Writes a note and sticks it to a pole "Thanks for complement."


81)
Ah Beng told his servant: ‘Go and water the plants!’
Servant: ‘It’s already raining.’
Ah Beng: ‘So what? Take an umbrella and go.’

82)

My sister came home from work last night and she was hot and bothered. She saw me in the hallway and said: "Take off my blouse". So I did as she said and took off her blouse. Then she said, "Take off my skirt." I continued and took off her skirt. "Take off my heels." Once again, I did as she said and I took off her heels. "Now undo my pantyhose, bra, and panties." And quickly, I took them off. Then she looked at me in the eye and said... "I don't want to catch you wearing my clothes ever again."


83)


Two rich men were talking over coffee one day and one of them said to the other one "Hey I tell you my driver is really stupid... you don't believe? Let me show you." and he called his driver Ah Beng over and said "Ah Beng, here is a 10 dollar note, go to the car showroom and buy me a Mercedes." to which Ah Beng replied, "Yes Sir! right away!" and rushed off to the showroom. The rich man turned to his friend and said, "See, I told you he was stupid." The other rich man said, "That's nothing, you want to see stupid, I will show you stupid." and he called his driver, Ali. "Ali, go home now and check to see if I'm at home." to which Ali said, "Yes Sir, right away Sir." and ran home. "See what I told you? He doesn't even have enough brains to know that I cannot be at home if I am here." Later on, the two drivers met on the road. Ah Beng said to Ali, "Eh, you know my boss is so stupid. He gave me 10 dollars and ask me to go to the car showroom and buy him a Mercedes..... Doesn't he know that today is Sunday lah, the showroom is closed?" Ali replied, "You think he is stupid ah? My boss lagi worse, he asked me to go home to check if he is at home... He got handphone what can just call home what!


84)
A Christian, Muslim and Hindu were arguing whose God is best. The Christian then brought them to the top of the HDB flat and said" my God is the best cause he will save me when ever I need him". He climbed the ledge and jumped down from the 10 storey flat. As he was about to meet his doom “he shouted “Jesus save me!”. Poof and he appeared whole and safe back on the top floor. The Muslim, not to be outdone- said" mine will save me too!" And jumped down. He shouted “Allah save me!" And the same thing happened as with the Christian. The Hindu - seeing this and knowing that the pride of his religion is at stake, proceeded to climb the ledge, said “I will invoke the power of my gods to save me!" And jumped.
Why did the Hindu die?
Answer: He didn't have time to recite all the names of his gods before he hit the ground.

85)
Ah Qiang walk for a very long time, suddenly his leg become very suan (tired), why?
Answer: Because he step on a lemon

86)
Girl: Do you love me?
Boy: Yes, dear
Girl: Would you die for me?
Boy: No la, my is undying love only

87)
During an ASEAN meeting, all leaders of the ASEAN countries were present, including Lee Kuan Yew.
During a conversation, Dr. Mahathir of Malaysia says, “I came up with a bright idea to produce Proton cars and with an initial investment of M$1 billion, we now make M$50 million a year. That is what I call Money Mind.”
Mr. Suharto of Indonesia says: “I am going to start a car manufacturing plant to produce our National car for only $500 million RP and it will generate $50 million RP a year. Isn’t that smarter?”
As usual, Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore was not impressed and say, “I told my Minister of Transport to spend SGD$500 to buy an old printing machine and we also made SGD$50 Billion a year.”
Everybody was taken aback and asked “What the hell can you do with just SGD$500?”
Lee replied “I use the machine to print COE.”

88) A young boy asks his Dad, 'What is the difference between confident and confidential? ‘Dad says, 'you are my son, I'm confident about that. Your friend over there, is also my son, that's confidential! '
89)
Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Lee Hsien Loong were sitting poolside, having tea and enjoying some idle banter.
Obama said: "You know, the US Navy SEALs are the best military force in the world. Those guys are fearless, and they will do anything their commander in chief tells them to!" He then instructs the groundskeeper to fill the pool full of alligators and piranhas.
Having done so, he proceeds to order a US Navy SEAL to jump into the pool and swim all the way to the other end. The SEAL promptly does so, and emerges at the other end bitten and bleeding, but manages to snap off a salute to his president before collapsing.
Vladimir Putin then goes "Pssht, is nothing. Russian Spetsnasz commandos are braver, they will gladly die for Mother Russia. I prove to you!"
He then tells the groundsman to throw floating mines, string anti-personnel mortars and concertina wire across the water surface, following which he orders a Spetsnasz commando to jump in the pool and swim to the other end. The Russian commando promptly snaps off a salute and does so, but unfortunately trips a mine and dies in the process. "You see, he die gladly for Mother Russia!" exclaims Putin.
Lee Hsien Loong then chips in with "You think that's impressive? You haven't seen anything yet. Bring one of my NSmen in, please." After an NSman arrived, LHL then tells the groundsman: "Hey, fill the whole pool with acid, concentrated acid, anything that goes in sure die one."
The groundsman does so, and soon the pool is overflowing with corrosive acid.
Lee then turns to the NSman, and says "You, jump in and swim to the other end." The NSman looks back at Lee, pulls a face, and shouts "WTF?!? YOU SIAO ARH?"
Lee then turns to the other two world leaders and says "You see? HE DARES TALK BACK TO ME."

90)
Why did Ah Beng go to a R(A) movie with his 18 friends?
Answer: Because below 18 was not allowed

91)
Question: If you see 2 Chinese men holding hands & you call them "gays", what do you call 10 Chinese man holding hands? Answer: CHINGAY!!

92)
Ah Beng, Mohammad and Muthu were at sea when they were hijacked by a group of pirates. The pirates cornered the 3 men and said "Give us all your valuables!"
The chief pirate then raised a syringe and added, "Or else we'll inject you with the AIDS virus!" Mohammad quickly stripped off all his valuables and handed them to the pirates. Satisfied, they threw him into the sea.
Muthu was equally quick to comply with the pirates' wishes. Similarly, he removed his valuables and surrendered them to the pirates. Like Mohammad, he was thrown into the sea. Finally it came to Ah Beng's turn,He stared at the pirates and sneered. "You all kee see lah! (Go and die!) Inject, inject lah, you'll never get my lolex (Rolex) and my wallet!" The pirates, showing no mercy, injected Ah Beng with the HIV virus, and robbed him of his precious watch and wallet. They then threw him into the sea with the rest. In the water, both Mohammad and Muthu commended Ah Beng for his bravery. However, they were pretty perplexed by why he was unafraid of the virus. Grinning, Ah Beng answered, "AIDS I not scared,I got condom!!!"

93)
There was this young and pretty bimbo who just started work. After her first week, her lao bu asked her, “Why you every day eat MacDonald? Your pay also not high?” Pretty bimbo girl said, “Never mind one. My boss give me treat.” “Everyday?” her mother eye big big look at her. “Where got boss so good one? And why you every day wear so short dress to work?” “Aiya, Ma,” Pretty bimbo Girl said. “My boss very nice one. But he old Liao, Cannot climb ladder. Everyday also ask me climb ladder take something from top shelf. He some more hold ladder for me. So kind, rite?”
“Aiyo!” her mother exclaimed, “You kanna cheated liao. Your boss is chi kopek (perverted old man). Actually, he is peeping at your panties.” “Is it?” pretty bimbo girl said. “Wah Lau. Why he like that one?” The next day, pretty bimbo girl went to work in mini-skirt as usual. When she returned, her mother asked, “Ah Girl, your boss got ask you climb ladder take things again?” “Got.” Pretty bimbo girl said. “Aiyo,” her mother exclaimed “I oredi told you right? Your boss is chi kopek. He is peeping at your panties lah.” “No worries, Ma,” Pretty bimbo girl said. “Today I didn’t wear panties.”

94)
Ah Beng with two red ears went to his doctor. The doctor asked him what had happened to his ears and he answered, "I was ironing a shirt and the phone ring lor - but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. So Kena lor!" "Oh Dear!" the doctor exclaimed in disbelief. "But... What happened to the other ear?" "That stoopid Dumbo called back!"

95)

What’s the difference between ang-mor and Hokkien fairy tales? Ang-mor fairy tales begin with: "Once upon a time..." Hokkien fairy tales begin with: "Lim Peh ka li Kong..."

96)

Man comes home and finds his wife with his friend in bed. He shoots his friend and kills him. Wife says 'If you behave like this, you will lose ALL your friends.'

97)
A small boy wrote to Santa Claus, ‘send me a brother'....
Santa wrote back, 'SEND ME YOUR MOTHER'....

98)

Teacher: 'Do you know the importance of a period?'
Kid: 'Yeah, once my sister said she has missed one, my mom fainted, dad got a heart attack & our driver ran away.'

99)

Dr. Quek made a routine house call to Mr. Lim, one of his elderly patients.
He asks, "And how are you doing today, Mr. Lim?"
Mr. Lim replies, "I feel just fine, doc. But you know, it's the strangest thing. Every night when I get up to pang jio, the bathroom light goes on for me automatically when I open the door!" The doctor is worried that the old man is getting senile, so he phones the man's son, and the son's wife answers. The doctor tells her, "Mrs. Lim, I'm a little concerned about your father-in-law. It seems that when he gets up to urinate at night and opens the bathroom door, the light somehow goes on...
At which point, Mrs. Lim yells, "Ah Seng! Ah Pa pang jio in the fridge again!”

100)

Ah Beng: “Could you tell me the time difference between Singapore and London?” Operator: “Just a minute…”
Ah Beng: “Thank you” *puts down the phone* 
One last one, as a bonus...
101)

There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an Singaporean and a French, who found this small genie bottle. When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appeared.
Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, he said, "Next to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of Water to become, then your wish will come true."
The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted "WINE". The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was so happy swimming and drinking from the pool. Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and Immersed himself into a pool of vodka. The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was aso contented with his beer pool. The last is the Singaporean. He was running towards the pool when suddenly He steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted, "SHIT!!!!!!!........."
Hahaha that's all folks!thanks for reading!