sweet, those "dead" shares r those not v.big comp de, bought during e boom time few yrs back, when dealings r still done thru broker. then last yr, got buy SGX, NOL, Singtel, ST Engr, i bought them b4 e stock mkt booms & sell them when e mkt just started booming, ea time got earn few hundreds buck sell liao. my mum bought Singtel, ST Engr, SPC, Singpost, SMRT (i tink), all these shares govt got invest de, their earnings aso not bad, tha y buy them not so bad.
elaine, speaking abt dividend, tha time i sold away 2 lots of SGX to buy robinsons at $6.90 or $7, v.high price but i cldn't resist $1k dividend, then aft they gave out e dividend, e price dropped til $4+, told hb siao liao, dunno hv to keep how long, luckily recently someone offered to buy back robinsons shares @ $7.20, so happy man, got profits & dun hv to pay brokerage fees.
qiuling, buy blue chips when mkt plunges & yes, must be prepared to keep & wait. when it starts to boom, it's time to sell cos u dunno when e bubble will burst. if booms too long liao, i wun dare to buy cos e pricing quite high liao, scared anytime, will plunge again. realised tha mar time was a gd time to buy but no time to monitor e mkt, now it's observation time.
pooh, no prob abt e friso coupons, remember to use them by end may.
leobaby, when u sending ash to learning vision at MOE? maybe jake wld be ash class/play mate nxt time but i'm tinking to send him there when he's 3yo.