This is a book written by Michael Becket, a financial journalist of The Daily Telegraph based in United Kingdom (UK). This book is meant to be a beginner’s guide to investment according to its subtitle. Judging from its contents, the target audience of this book should be UK citizens but I find that some concepts …
These three are fixed price funds from Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB). ASB is Amanah Saham Bumiputera, ASM is Amanah Saham Malaysia and ASW is Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020. Recently, the company has rebranded ASW to Amanah Saham Malaysia 2 – Wawasan. In this article, I am still going to call it ASW. Now, I …
Fundaztic (Link) is a peer-to-peer financing platform in Malaysia. This platform links borrowers (mainly local small and medium enterprises) and lenders together. Since this platform introduces so many notes per week, how should we choose? Grade of notes in Fundaztic Every loan is known as a note on this platform. The notes are rated according to 10 …
Funding Societies (Link) is one of two peer-to-peer financing platforms that I am actively using. The loans can be divided into business term financing and invoice financing. Every loan is known as an investment note on this platform. Investment notes properties The differences between the two types of financing have been explained in a previous post. To …
This is an investment book by Burton G. Malkiel. He is the Chemical Bank Chairman’s Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Now, you might think that how could a professor of economics give good advice regarding investment. If he is able to do well in the market, he would not be a professor, right? But …
Financial Times (FT) Equity Screener is my preferred stock screener. Nonetheless, recently I have found another equally good stock screener. It is Rakuten Trade Stock Screener. Criterion to use To be able to use this screener, we must have an account with Rakuten Trade (Link). If you do not have an account yet, I strongly …
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) posted a sharp decline since 10 October 2018 and is still heading downward. DJIA is one of the major indexes in United States and its decline spells trouble. Bursa Malaysia is also affected and KLCI dropped significantly in this week. So, does this signal the beginning of a bear …
(Updated: 3 January 2020) I first opened a trading account with Rakuten Trade (Link) in August 2018. After using it for a while, I feel it is a good platform to share with others. Main Benefit The main selling point for this brokerage is its low brokerage fee. If the transaction involves less than …
I guess no one will say NO to dividend from stocks. Nonetheless, there are four dates related to dividend. These are announcement date, ex-date, entitlement date and payment date. So which dates are important? First, let’s define them. Four dividend dates Announcement date This date is also referred to as declaration date. The definition …
If you have dabbled in the stock market for a while, I bet you must have heard about real estate investment trust (REIT) already. So what exactly is a REIT? From Investopedia, “A real estate investment trust, or REIT, is a company that owns, operates or finances income-producing real estate. For a company to qualify as a …
