(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 …
If you have an account with “Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad” (ASNB), have you registered for its online portal? The portal is known as myASNB and I have roughly described its registration in a previous article about ASNB fixed price funds. If you still have not registered for this service, below is a guide for you. …
One Up On Wall Street is a book written by Peter Lynch. He was the manager of Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990. This fund averaged a 29.2% annual return during his tenure. If this result does not look impressive to you, it is more than double the return of S&P 500 …
(Latest update: 10 November 2018) Fundaztic (Link) is a peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform recognized by Securities Commission Malaysia. I have registered an account with this platform since 2017. Now, I would like to share my experience of using this platform. Interface Compared to Funding Societies Malaysia, the interface of Fundaztic looks plain. Nonetheless, it did undergo …
Funding Societies (Link) is one of the six peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platforms recognized by Securities Commission Malaysia. I have opened an account with this platform since 2017. Now, I would like to share my experience of using Funding Societies. Interface The interface underwent a major revamp and a few minor facelifts after I registered. Honestly, I …
This book is considered as a classic in the investment field. Early in 2018, I bought this book while browsing the Amazon Kindle store. After finished reading the book, I would like to share some lessons that I have learnt in this book. First, a bit about this book. This is a book written by …
Do you find keeping track of your mutual funds troublesome? How do we know which individual stocks and/or bonds we are holding with our funds? Are we concentrating too much in too little? One of the tools that can help us to answer the above questions is Morningstar Portfolio Manager. What is Morningstar? First, a …
How do we determine if a stock is worth to be included in our portfolio? This is a question that you yourself must find your own answer. Nonetheless, I will share my opinion here for your reference. After passing the preliminary screening (e.g. good profitability, consistent profit margin, regular dividend, etc.), I will use the …
