Speculator vs Investor
Are you a speculator or an investor? If you’re into the stock market, it is most likely that you are a speculator. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) you are not the only one because the majority of the people in our stock market can be considered as speculator – from the fund managers, to the billionaire investors, [...]
Don’t blame your stock brokers
I was in Johor over the weekend and my relatives talked about their experiences with the stock brokers. Few of them have this same stock broker who always told them not to buy this and that. To them, this stock broker is a coward who does not dare to take risks. 1 of them wanted [...]
Is Dollar Cost Averaging useful for stocks?
Referring to my friend’s post on “Dollar Cost Averaging is Stupid?“, one question that came across my mind – is dollar cost averaging or DCA also applicable for stock investing? We all know that most mutual funds/unit trusts are based on DCA concept since they encourage you to pump in money every month. So if [...]
Is Malaysia’s stock market recovering?
Over the past few weeks, our Malaysia’s stock market has seen a drastic rebound from the 800 – 900 range to nearly 950 (as of Friday, 11th April 2009). Is this the sign of more good things to come? Is our stock market staging a fierce come back after so many months of below-par performance? [...]
Is it still worth it to put your money into Fixed Deposits?
In my recent post about Fixed Deposit (FD) rates in Malaysia, I couldn’t help but noticed that the rates are pretty similar from one bank to the other. All of them have very very low rates ranging from 2% to 2.5%. So for example, you put in RM 5000, which is the minimum required for [...]