Value investing OR Growth investing?

Can you tell the difference between the two?

Value investing is the art of looking for "out of favour" companies with discounts in price-earning (PE) multiples. Looking for established companies with proven earning records but relatively "cheap" now.

Growth investing is the "science" of looking for fast earnings growth, probably relatively young companies with possibly cutting edge, new age products seeking to change market paradigm. Such companies are usually trading at high PEs. Why? Got not much earnings to show now.

So who am I? Can I say I am both a value investor and growth investor.

In a recent presentation by Mr Jimmy Pang, a senior portfolio manager at Alliance Bernstein recently, he said,

• Forecasts for exciting companies tend to be too exciting ie. optimistic.


• On the other hand, investors are too pessimistic with value companies.

His themes were that

• "reversion to the mean is good for value stocks but bad for growth stocks" under the current investment climate.


• "there is very little value to wring out of value companies but there is a lot of value to be found in growth companies"

What is the reward of correctly identifying the "right" growth company to invest in?

Well, if you had invested $10,000 in Cosco five years ago, you would be a millionaire today!!!! (worth $1.1m today)

Mr Oei has made another $14mio.

What is the deal?

On Nov 13, 2007, Mr Oei is selling the 55,000 sq ft freehold site to Mr Freddie Tan (the former publisher of Magazines Incorporated) for about $52 million - realising a gain of almost $14 million or 37 per cent since Feb 2007.

I highlighted the property purchases in my earlier posting in the share swapping exercises.

http://investingwithedgar.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-is-happening-with-mr-oei-novena.html

The two properties, at 98 and 100 Pasir Panjang Road, were acquired from Novena Holdings for some $29.8 million. His total cost, is said to be around $38 million.

Another deal in the bag for Mr Oei. The next question still awaiting an answer would be - Where will Mr Oei house the 10,000 Buddhas? One thing for sure, it will be a very nice place.