Life Term Strategies

1. Huge Gains in Long Term
- Receive significant capital gains
- by investing in corporations
- (with wide economic moat & average peers’ net margin)
- In very very long term

2. Strong Periodic Cash Flow
- Maintain self-sufficient monthly cash flow
- Through dividend, gains on derivative & short term trading
- For re-investment to item # 1 mentioned above

3. Mind for Risk Management
- Ensure strong cash position
- Maintain low risk by continue monitor, analyze & feel:
economic trend & environment,
market condition & investors emotion
corporate performance & outlook
asset allocation & direction

4. Be a holy Christian investor:
- Invest in wisdom & varies ways, but consistent & not over nor under of what the Holy Bible expects a Jesus follower should be
- Keep regular & long term spiritual growth
Continue experience God @ finance market
Aim for life transform opportunities
- Even though it may not teach Billy & Bilibala what stocks to invest nor how to make more, more & more $

1.30.2009

Conoco Phillips 2008 results

It is the 3rd largest integrated oil & gas company in USA

  • Bad - 4Q08 revenue down 17.3% due to lower oil price, EPS down from $2.75 to ($21.37);
  • Good - Excluded E&P goodwill & impairment write down, 4q08 EPS is in fact $0.49 or down 82% instead of a deep loss;
  • Good - 2008 revenue up 27.7% due to higher oil price, EPS down from $7.32 to ($11.16), but excluded the one time adjustments, 08 EPS is in fact $10.7 or up 46%, meet my expectation.

Oil price down a lot since July 15/08 from US$146/bbl peak to +/-US$35/bbl, analysts are waiting for OPEC to announce # of output cut in order to evaluate what is the reasonable price should be in 09 & 10.

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