Importance of finding the right mutual fund agent

I’ve always told people that it is very important to engage a good stock broker and a mutual fund agent. Why? Because I personally have made such mistake before. My stock broker is okay so far since I am not someone who takes tips from others when it comes to stock investing. I used to [...]

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What is Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT?

I used to read up a lot on real estate investing or so-called REI. But I gave up in the end because I just don’t have the cash to buy another real estate property. The good locations in Klang Valley are not cheap at all and taking extra loans are not going to help too. [...]

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To keep money in savings account or to invest in mutual fund

The other day, a friend of mine talked to me about investment. He told me it is wiser to invest his money in mutual fund than to put it in savings account because it gets higher return in the former. I told him there are pros and cons to each, just like there are pros [...]

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Know what you’re investing in

“Hey, have you heard of that company XXX? I heard the company share is quite good. My friends said they earning a lot of money.” This kind of conversation happens a lot and some of my friends actually told me such things before too. My question to them is this – “I don’t know about [...]

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Mutual Fund – time to stop the auto-debit

Ever since March 8th election, our Malaysia’s stock market has been spiraling downwards. Similarly, our funds are going down as well especially equity funds since equity funds are based on the stock market. Bond funds are not as bad (yet). About 2 months ago, I wanted to move my high-risk equity fund to bond fund [...]

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