Burton G. Malkiel and Charles D. Ellis wrote The Elements of Investing together. Both of them are eminent figures in the investing world and have extensive experience in the field. This book aims to help the readers to make better investment decisions so that their retirement life is secure. Layout of The Elements of Investing …
CapitalBay (Link) is a new peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform in Malaysia. I have managed to enrol into its Early Access Programme. I am going to give an overview of this new platform here. Background of CapitalBay This company was launched in 2016 and is the first Multi-Bank Supply Chain Finance (SCF) platform in Malaysia licensed …
(This article is prepared by Rakuten Trade. I just made some layout adjustment.) 1. What are the differences between Rakuten Trade and other brokers? Rakuten Trade is Malaysia’s first and only full-fledged online equity broker. This means that their clients can sign up, trade, settle their transactions, read reports and get trading ideas plus earn …
Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) has paid its dividend on 1 April 2020. The dividend declared is 4.25 cents, equal to a rate of 4.25%. It is a large decrease from last year. Trend For the previous dividends, you can refer to this article. The dividend has decreased by 22.73% compared to last year. This dividend …
There are a host of investment podcasts out there. However, I do not have the patience to listen for more than 45 minutes. Thus, I only listen to podcasts with episodes that are generally not more than 30 minutes long. Due to this constraint and my preference for Malaysian podcasts, there are only three podcasts …
Starting on 15 March 2020, we can make pre-retirement withdrawal from private retirement scheme (PRS) for certain purposes without the 8% tax penalty. The allowed purposes are housing and healthcare. We could withdraw from Sub Account B which holds 30% of our savings. Healthcare For healthcare purpose, we can withdraw for ourselves or immediate family …
In this article, I will list down some common questions on Rakuten Trade (RT). These are the questions that were asked and answered before in the blog. To make things easy, I am compiling them here. 1. Safety: Is RT safe? What will happen to my shares if it winds down? First, our cash is …
I believe every Malaysian should have heard about Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). It is established to help Malaysian workforce to save for their retirement. In short, it is a retirement fund created by the government for the citizens. How could a retirement fund become an investment? Dividend history Recently, EPF declares its dividend for 2019 …
The author of this book is Robert G. Hagstrom. He is a fan of Warren Buffett and has been studying the great investor for some time. This book is written with the aim to provide lessons that help to improve the readers’ investment results. The target audience is US readers, thus there are some issues …
The bear has come in the worldwide stock markets. Our Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) has dipped below 1,400 and might even break the 1,300 level. Luckily, the index increased to 1,344.75 before market closed. Nonetheless, it is still a large decline in one day. Truth to be told, I did not expect the index …
