STI Down 70 points

[TracyTan866]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130826001502-64875646-stop-using-these-30-phrases-at-work

I reckon every office or workplace has one of those people that are just full of jargon-ridden management drivel. Does this kind of 'management speak' remind you of someone at your work place: "Before going forward we have to touch base and reach out to our key stakeholders so that we can drill down into the key issues that are not yet on our radar and catch the low-hanging fruits..."

Are you surrounded by people who annoyingly can't get enough of the management gobbledygook and who utter one jargon buzzword after another? Are your meetings buzzing with so much management lingo that you find it hard to get to the real meaning of what is being said? The problem I have with these phrases is that they sound so pretentious and often are counter-productive because they irritate people so much and deflect from the real meaning.

Below are my top 30 most irritating and overused phrases we hear at work. I am sure you have others that you can add to this list. Let's make it the most comprehensive list of unnecessary management drivel ever - Please add your ones using the comment field!

For me, these are my top 30 most irritating jargon phrases used at work:

1. Going forward
2. Drill-down
3. End of play
4. Touch base
5. It's on my radar
6. No brainer
7. Best of breed
8. Low hanging fruit
9. Reach out
10. Dive deeper
11. Think outside the box
12. Positive momentum
13. On my plate
14. At the end of the day
15. Run the numbers
16. Touch points
17. Keep your eye on the ball
18. Back to the drawing board
19. Get the ball rolling
20. Bang for your buck
21. Close the deal
22. When the rubber hits the road
23. Shift paradigm
24. Move the needle
25. Game-changing
26. Move the goal post
27. Value added
28. Win-win
29. Across the piece
30. All hands on deck

How about "moving on" or "carry on"?

 

[parrardee]

'Point taken' is another irritating one especially when you know its insincere.

 

[TracyTan866]

'Point taken' is another irritating one especially when you know its insincere.

"Point taken" is clearly understood

 

[bushtucker]

my personal favourite jargon is...

"when shit hits the fan".

 

[TracyTan866]

my personal favourite jargon is...

"when shit hits the fan".

yes, that is a good one

 

[GramStroker]

3005, got chance to break 3000 support lvl?

 

[lantau]

3005, got chance to break 3000 support lvl?

So, moving forward what do you people here think? Time to nibble?

 

[MaximiLian]

So, moving forward what do you people here think? Time to nibble?

be fearful when others are fearful and be greedy when others are greedy.

 

[TracyTan866]

Took your advice and bought 3000 shares of dbs at 18.62 so now keep fingers crossed.

DBS is $18.00 today. Time to buy?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Cash is king..... I think still can wait

 

[meeraze]

DBS is $18.00 today. Time to buy?

Bought 400 shares of ocbc @ 9.01. Dare not go in very much at this point cos I think can drop some more.

 

[JHolmesJr]

yes, that is a good one

with all due respect….(only to be used when you are telling someone to fuck off))

 

[dancingshoes]

i have a feeling that a lot of you here are punting blindly, no one follows technical or fundamental, there is high chance it will drop further. look at the sti chart, everybody is selling and the signal indicates that, and you guys still go in, catching a falling knife.

 

[uvwxyz]

i have a feeling that a lot of you here are punting blindly, no one follows technical or fundamental, there is high chance it will drop further. look at the sti chart, everybody is selling and the signal indicates that, and you guys still go in, catching a falling knife.

No one can claim to know where the bottom will be so a little fishing here and there is a good thing to do if you can hold on to good stocks.

 

[TracyTan866]

Bought 400 shares of ocbc @ 9.01. Dare not go in very much at this point cos I think can drop some more.

OCBC closed at 9.10. DBS closed at 18.29. Good timing.

 

[dancingshoes]

No one can claim to know where the bottom will be so a little fishing here and there is a good thing to do if you can hold on to good stocks.

with tehcnical reading, you can better gauge, no way exactly to know at which point you can go in.

 

[CABcommander]

i have a feeling that a lot of you here are punting blindly, no one follows technical or fundamental, there is high chance it will drop further. look at the sti chart, everybody is selling and the signal indicates that, and you guys still go in, catching a falling knife.

Hey taxi driver krafty don't talk big as if you are some stock market guru OK.

 

[Wunderfool]

The local and regional markets are entering into a bear phase as many sovereign and institutional fund managers are getting worried about the devaluation of the currencies in China and the region. Hedge fund and money speculators are also eyeing the region to short the currencies and also exit the regional markets to safer haven. Coupled with the instability of the political situation in Malaysia and Thailand, it is expected that the institutional funds will move monies out of the regional financial markets. It will only get worse.

I foresee that if there is any uptick in the global markets, it will be the US market as it is relatively cushioned from uncertainties and economic risks. The FED is also planning to raise interest rate sometimes in the fourth quarter of the year and hence, attracting regional funds to be diverted to the US markets.

 

[uvwxyz]

with tehcnical reading, you can better gauge, no way exactly to know at which point you can go in.

Technical reading is fine and dandy when things are relatively smooth, but right now the market got spasms man, so the tech charts you can throw out of the window for the moment. Its all sentiment now mostly. The person who keeps his cool is the one who is likely to make some money.

 

[Wunderfool]

The local and regional markets are entering into a bear phase as many sovereign and institutional fund managers are getting worried about the devaluation of the currencies in China and the region. Hedge fund and money speculators are also eyeing the region to short the currencies and also exit the regional markets to safer haven. Coupled with the instability of the political situation in Malaysia and Thailand, it is expected that the institutional funds will move monies out of the regional financial markets. It will only get worse.

I foresee that if there is any uptick in the global markets, it will be the US market as it is relatively cushioned from uncertainties and economic risks. The FED is also planning to raise interest rate sometimes in the fourth quarter of the year and hence, attracting regional funds to be diverted to the US markets.

Dow dropped by more than 500 points. Nasdaq dropped by more than 3%. Fear of a China-led slowdown is rattling investors in US markets.

If the US market enters into a correction phase, the Asian markets when they open next week will see a bloodbath.

Buy when there is blood on the streets.