Detect Financial Warnings & Using Economic Indicators on Stock Selection & Transaction Timing

	To understand the many causes of earnings surprises, including fraud, overstated revenues, undervalued liabilities and many more
	To identify the early warning signals associated with particular earnings surprises
	To demonstrate how they can be detected (with case studies)
	To understand the relationship between the economic indicators and the stock market movements
	To understand the important of each influential US, International and Singapore economic indicators to stock market direction
	Case study on how can we use the economic indicators to make smarter investment decisions

The key areas that will be covered in this course are:

Identifying Earnings Surprises	What is earnings surprises? Steps taken to discover the actual earnings surprises used in developing the financial early warnings The analysis of sustainable earnings
Identifying Financial Early Warning	Discovered earnings surprises according to the factors that appeared to cause them Profitability-related early warnings Liquidity-related early warnings Management-related early warnings Case study: to show the early financial warning in some Singapore companies
Explain Overstated Revenue and Understated Expenses	Premature revenue recognition Fictitious revenue recognition Aggressive cost capitalization Case study on how to examine overstated revenue and understated expenses.
Explain Misreported Assets and Liabilities	Concepts of overvaluation of assets and undervaluation of liabilities.
Overview: The relationship between economic indicators and stock market timing	Types of economic indicators in US, International and Malaysia Business cycle Moving average Seasonal adjustments How these economic indicators tract the economy and stock market movement
Understand the Most Influential US Economic Indicators	Different indicators and how they affect stock market movements Weekly claims for unemployment insurance Personal Income and Spending Consumer Confidence Index Survey of Consumer Sentiment (University of Michigan) Fed rates Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Durable Goods Orders Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Index of Leading Economic Indicators Consumer Price Index Producer Price Index; etc.

Date:	25th & 26th February 2012 (Sat & Sun)
Time:	9.00 am to 5.00 pm (Registration starts at 8.30 am)
Venue:	ERC Institute City Campus 470, North Bridge Road, North Bridge Commercial Complex Singapore 188735 Room : #02-09
Fee:	S$350.00 (Subject to GST) *Sign up before 13th February to enjoy early bird discount at S$300.00 only!

Mr Ooi is the Managing Partner of MRR Consulting, dealing mainly with Business Appraisal, Investment and Financial Training. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder, Certified Merger and Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) and is also a licensed Investment Advisor by the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

As a licensed investment advisor, Mr. Ooi provides investment advisory services to clients, covering investments in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and US markets. Mr. Ooi is also actively involved in providing investment training, CFA Examination preparation courses and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses for fund managers, research analysts, remisiers, brokers and general public. He is currently lecturing CFA Programs in Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam. Besides, he is also one of the main trainers in providing technical training sessions and examination material preparation for the training arm of Securities Commission of Malaysia, the Security Industry Development Corporation’s (SIDC), covering various programs, such as Graduate Development program, Directors’ training program and APEC Work Placement Program. In addition, he is also a regular trainer for Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX).

Mr. Ooi is regularly featured in the local media. He is an investment columnist for Sin Chew Yit Poh. He has also been invited as a guest speaker for NTV7, a local TV channel as well as BFM, a business radio channel, in Malaysia.

Note:

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