The new book on trading published by Rank Books,  titled Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders: Lessons from Singapore’s Trading Gurus is a National Bestseller!

The book went from the Top 3 Position in the Sunday Times Bestseller List on 22 Jan 2012 to No.1 Rank on 29th Jan 2012 to become the NATIONAL BESTSELLER. The book ranked among the top titles by other international bestselling authors like Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, Lee Kuan Yew, Jim Collins and Richard Templar.

Other titles that are published by Rank Books which have hit the bestseller list includes The Ultimate Guide To Real Estate in Singapore by Mohd Ismail, Handboook for Stock Investors by Goh Kheng Chuan, Property Valuation by Eric Alagan, Towkay Ho Seh Boh by Ah Chuan, Secrets of Property Millionaires by Rayney Wong, Handbook on Forex Trading by Nicholas Tan, Show Me The Money Series by Teh Hooi Ling and many more over the years.

Eric Alagan, author of the bestseller, Property Valuation will be sharing with you on how to value your own property. Dr Bina Kurup, author of  Really Doc?!: Health Myths, Facts and Tips will be giving you tips on how to take care of your health. Don’t miss the chance to meet our popular authors.

Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders: Lessons from Singapore’s Trading Gurus reveals the true realities of trading by taking you up close and personal to five highly successful traders in Singapore — Binni Ong, Collin Seow, Nicholas Tan, Keane Lee and Jason Yee. These five trading gurus will share with you practical insights and knowledge accumulated during their trading career to let you better understand what trading really entails.

It reveals the secrets of their success and trading wisdom that took these professional traders years to discover. Most of these traders have busted their accounts before, weathered the hard knocks of trading, yet they never gave up. Instead, they took the lessons learned and bounced back to discover a profitable trading system suited to their trading style and personality.

1. Understand how a trader thinks, plans and executes a trade
2. Discover the success factors that makes a winning trader
3. Why strategy alone does not give you the profits you desire?
4. How to discover your own trading style for success
5. How to control your greed and fear in trading
6. How to manage your Risk and Reward Ratio
7. Cultivate the right mindset of trading and the right trading psychology
8. Each trader reveals one of their favorite and proven trading strategies with full-color charts and trade setup instructions, so readers can learn how to become a better trader. In addition, they also share their money management methods so you can minimize the risks of trading.

All These And More In This Full-Color 208-page Book of Solid Trading Tips. Browse the book here. Available at all major bookstores in Singapore now! Grab A Copy Today!

Secrets of Highly Profitable Traders Is Now A National Bestseller On 22 Jan 2012.

Do you know? “Is heatiness the cause of my frequent sore throats, ulcers or ‘bak-chiam’ (styes)?”

“Can being caught in the rain really cause headaches, joint pains or the cold?”

“Can too much sugar cause diabetes? Isn’t high blood pressure normal when you get old?”

“Does soya sauce really darken your scars?

Are chicken and seafood ‘tok’ (‘poison’) and bad for wound healing?”

This is a very practical health guide because there is a medical myth,  condition, illness or symptom inside the book that each and everyone would have suffered  at some point in time. This book also stands out from all medical guides because she has included common hokkien (a local dialect in Singapore) medical terms like ‘leng’ (cold in hokkien), ‘tok’ (poison), ‘hong sik’ (rheumatism) ‘juak ‘ (heaty ) etc . to explain medical conditions that many Singaporeans can understand.

The book is written in a clear and concised manner. The common health conditions are divided into acute, chronic and general problems. Acute conditions are generally those that are shortterm ailments, though some may be recurrent or be prolonged. For ease of discussion, they are grouped into three sections viz. Common Infections, Common Aches and Pains and First Aid Myths and Misconceptions. Chronic conditions are the long standing medical problems that require long-term follow up and care.

Also included are some of the commonest conditions, all of which have a significant impact on health and wellbeing. These include Hypertension, Diabetes and Asthma. Epilepsy is included, as not only is it common enough, but it is also amongst one of the frequently misunderstood conditions. Under the General section, this health guide covers some common misconceptions about Drugs in general and specific drug groups like antibiotics, steroids and supplements.

WIth 20 years as a family physician and she sought to correct the misconceptions and also provided tips for patient self care. She has decided to compile the commonly encountered misconceptions together with the correct information and also have provided tips for patient self care. This health guide is truly a labour of love.

Congratulations to Dr Bina for the launch of her book and we thank her for appointing Rank Books as her publishing consultant and book distributor for her new book. We are confident that this book will become a bestseller because this is a highly practical health guide that every Singaporean family must have. It has been our pleasure to work with an outstanding doctor like Dr Bina Kurup.

The book is now available at all major bookstores in Singapore. Get it now at Popular Book Co, Times Bookshop, MPH Bookstores, Harris and Kinokuniya Bookstores. The book is priced at $23.00 (before GST).

A middle-aged executive, Edwin, loses his job and sets up a coffee shop chain with venture capital funds. His childhood nemesis launches a hostile take-over. Edwin travels to Thailand and India and taps funds from murky sources. Meanwhile, his right hand man is ensnared by rape charges. Edwin’s friend, a private eye, introduces him to the underworld boss and the influence exerted by this shady figure.

As an expat living in Singapore, I come away with having gained a no holds barred understanding of (the) people that make this incredible place tick – Jeremy Nash, Business Consultant

Code Shield by Eric Alagan

Business books by Eric Alagan

A sovereign fund, Tengli, loses its bid to buy IndoTel, an Indonesian telecoms player. Russian Mafiya-backed interests acquire IndoTel, pointing to a Mole within the Singapore establishment. Tara Banks, an undercover agent, traces the leak to Moscow. The trail turns cold when several people are murdered. Meanwhile, human traffickers kidnap Annette Liam, a Singaporean poly student. Her father, Michael, sets off to Moscow in search of Annette. Completely overwhelmed by the unfamiliar language, bitter winter and lacking special skills, Michael stumbles through the Moscow underworld. Tara plays a dangerous game with her lover, Colonel Vladimir Plustarch of the SVR, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. She grapples with the blurred lines between the Russian Police and Mafiya, and a scholar, Colin Lowe, who arrives from Singapore to ‘assist’ her. Lowe unwittingly befriends Boris Simonov, the Russian Police chief who is also the patron of the Mafiya. Tara’s and Michael’s paths cross. Tara learns that the human traffickers and the Mole are connected. She races against time to rescue Michael and Annette while avoiding the Russian Police and Mafiya. Meanwhile, three assassins from the SVR are after her – could one of them be the svelte Plustarch?

Eric Alagan is a rare talent when comes to book writing because he excels in both non-fiction and fiction genres. His non-fiction book, ‘Property Valuation” was on the Straits Times Bestseller List for 8 weeks. His latest novel, Code Shield has received very positive feedback. An Australian literary agent and manuscript assessor, Brian Cook described the book as “…an intriguing mix of drug-running…human trafficking, the flesh trade, political maneuvering and high-stakes power games, flavored with interesting characters and locations, and spiced with dangerous liaisons, secret deals and double crosses, and the sometimes deadly internecine jostling of international security agencies. Architecturally, Code Shield is superb…”.

Indeed, this is a superb book that has all the ingredients needed to make a blockbuster movie.  Any aspiring Singapore movie director out there who is searching for that perfect script to make a James Bond kind of movie, must grab this gem. This is one book waiting to be transformed from book to movie. Here is a chance for a local movie director in Singapore to make it in Hollywood!

The book launched held at the Singapore Writers Festival 2011 was well attended by friends, writers and business associates. The Guest of Honour was Mr. K. Kesavapany, Director, Institute of South East Asian Studies and Ambassador to Jordan. Mr. Ramachandran, Director, from the National Book Development Council of Singapore was also a guest speaker at the launch.

Congratulations to Eric Alagan for his outstanding achievements!

Eric Alagan’s books are available for sale at all major bookstores in Singapore, at his website www.lcabooks.com and at www.rankseminar.com.

(By KC Goh, Publisher from Rank Books and Rank Publishing)

Do You Know?

All this, and much more, will be covered in this handy health book, packed with useful facts that will help debunk common fallacies and misconceptions about your health! In addition, each chapter ends with practical self-care tips and advice on when and why you may need to see a doctor in each of the situations.

About The Author:

Dr Bina Kurup is a well-respected Family Physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience. She has authored several chapters in medical handbooks for doctors, and contributed health related articles for newsletters, magazines and newspapers in Singapore. She is active in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in Singapore. She firmly believes that education is the key to many good things in life, including your GOOD HEALTH!

Here Are 8 Good Reasons Why You Need This Book!

• Most medical books put you to sleep, but Dr Bina is a genius! You just cannot put this book down once you have started reading it. She debunks common health myths and delivers medical truths in an amusing way!
• The right medical information can save you and your loved ones.
• Don’t live in constant fear and worry because of ignorance. This book helps you to discover which medical conditions are serious and which are minor enough for you to self-manage at first.
• This book stands out because Dr Bina has included medical terms in the Hokkien dialect that many Singaporeans can understand.
• This book is the most practical medical guide because it is based on real questions and health issues from real patients of Dr Bina, over more than 20 years of medical practice.
• Dr Bina tells you the facts about your health that your regular doctor may have no time to teach you.
• The self-care tips in this book can let you control your health and the quality of your life. So, start learning from Dr Bina now!
• This book may reduce your medical bills, because if you practice the health-care tips found in this book, it can help you to stay healthier and that means less visits to the doctor!

A Must Have Medical Guide Written By A Singapore Doctor!

Finally, a book for Singapore investors to teach them how to pick stocks for dividend yield is out! This book offers you the right answers to the questions in every dividend investor’s mind:

A simple guide for new and seasoned investors. Now available at all major bookstores.

More about the book at: http://www.rankbooks.com/cat_invest.asp

Don’t Buy A Stock For Dividends Blindly!  Read this book first!

Price: S$15.00 (inclusive of 7% GST)

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这部分内容将帮助您选择在网上开设交易帐户，它可以是一个标准帐户或是一个迷你帐户。在另一章节里，您将学习使用各种外汇订单指令。此外，网站所提供的免费信息资源也将帮助您更快入门。

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