HOPE (Link) is a programme from EcoWorld to help purchasers to buy a house, either as a first house or an upgrade. There are two schemes in this programme, namely STAY2OWN (S2O) and HELP2OWN (H2O). STAY2OWN This scheme is a partnership with Maybank HouzKEY. Most aspects of this scheme are the same as HouzKEY. However, …
Amanah Saham Malaysia 2 Wawasan (ASM 2 Wawasan) is one of the fixed-priced funds offered by Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB). Its latest dividend was paid on 1 September 2019. The amount is RM 0.05/unit which translates to a yield of 5%. Like ASM, the dividend of ASM 2 Wawasan also experienced a significant drop …
John C. Bogle wrote this book back in 2017. He was the founder of Vanguard Mutual Fund Group, one of the world’s largest investment companies. He held the honour of creating the world’s first index fund, First Index Investment Trust which later becomes Vanguard 500 Index Fund. As you can guess it, he was a …
I received an invitation to review this book from a publishing company, TCK Publishing. However, I did not receive any monetary compensation in return for this book review. I only got a free e-book copy. The author of this book is Vishal Reddy. One Hour Investor is aimed at readers who have no experience with …
The author of this book, Pat Dorsey, was Morningstar’s Director of Equity Research for 11 years and developed its economic moat ratings during his tenure. He now owns an investment advisory firm. Layout of The Little Book that Builds Wealth This book has 14 chapters, with an introduction at the beginning and a conclusion at …
Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB) just released myASNB mobile app in April 2019. This app is available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. I have tried it out and I am going to discuss its features. Login After initiating the myASNB app, we will be in the login page. There are a …
The author of this book is Micheal W. Covel, an author, blogger and entrepreneur. He has two websites: TurtleTrader.com and TrendFollowing.com. I was attracted by the title as the term TurtleTrader intrigued me. What is a TurtleTrader? How did they turn from novices to millionaires overnight? Layout of The Complete TurtleTrader This book has a …
Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) is one of the fixed-priced funds offered by Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad (ASNB). Its latest dividend is paid on 1 April 2019. The amount is RM 0.055/unit. This translates to a rate of 5.5%. Trend The dividends of the previous four years were 6.6 cents (2015), 6.3 cents (2016), 6 cents …
This is a book written by Andrew W. Lo, a Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management. This book is about a new theory in financial economics proposed by the author, namely the Adaptive Market Hypothesis. He thinks that this theory explains the financial market better than the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Layout of …
(There is an update to this article. Please click here to read it.) HouzKEY (Link) is a rent-to-own scheme offered by Maybank. What is a rent-to-own scheme? In this kind of scheme, the tenant rents a home for a certain period, with the option to buy it in the future. HouzKEY Review HouzKEY allows its …
