In this 2025 asset allocation article, I will share my year-end allocation in both Malaysia and foreign markets. Target asset allocation Malaysia My target allocation is 10% P2P lending and 90% stock. I am only considering equities and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Foreign My current target allocation is 20% in bonds, 74% in equity and 6% …
When you hear the word “investing,” what do you picture? For many Malaysians, it’s the idea of needing a large amount of money—like RM10,000 or more—just to get started. Maybe you think you need to be like a tycoon with a huge portfolio before you can even open an account. This belief is the number …
If I were to ask you about your financial safety nets, what would you say? For most of us, the answer is almost automatic: “I have an emergency fund” and “I save in ASB or other ASNB fixed price funds”. And you know what? That’s fantastic. Having an emergency fund and investing in ASNB fixed price funds …
In this 2024 asset allocation article, I will share my year-end allocation in both Malaysia and foreign markets. Target asset allocation Malaysia My target allocation is 10% P2P lending and 90% stock. I am only considering equities, mutual funds and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Foreign My current target allocation is 20% in bonds, 74% in equity …
In this 2023 asset allocation article, I will share my year-end allocation in both Malaysia and foreign markets. Target asset allocation Malaysia My target allocation is 10% P2P lending and 90% stock. I am only considering equities, mutual funds and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. Foreign My current target allocation is 20% in bonds, 74% in equity …
I have discussed about three robo-advisors in 2019. Out of the three, I am using MYTHEO and StashAway. Since then, there are a few robo-advisors being launched in the market. Today, I am going to give a brief overview of these newcomers. The New Robo-Advisors There are three new robo-advisors since 2019. They are Akru, …
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 …
If you have been reading investment books, you must have come across index fund in at least one of these books. What exactly is an index fund? Quoting Investopedia, “An index fund is a type of mutual fund with a portfolio constructed to match or track the components of a market index, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500). An index …
How do we select a mutual fund to invest in? By drawing lot? Pinning the list of funds on a board and throw darts to choose? Depending on which school of thought you subscribe to, the aforementioned methods might be the correct things to do. Nonetheless, I personally do not select my fund this way. …
Have you heard of the term feeder fund? If yes, do you really know what it is? Basically, it is a kind of mutual fund. According to Investopedia, “A feeder fund is one of a number of funds that all put investment capital into an overarching umbrella fund that is called the master fund, for which one …
