Category Archives: Investment

Gold IRA

Posted on 21 May 2011 by ssquah

Several weeks ago, I was exchanging instant messages with a relative in the United States. He’s originally from Malaysia but emigrated to the States in the 1990s. He is now only 46 and recently, he wrote to tell me that … Continue reading →

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Are you a blind investor?

Posted on 14 September 2010 by ssquah

How much financial knowledge d you have? According to a financial crimes analyst with Bank Negara Malaysia, not very much. The average Malaysian public owns very little financial knowledge. And because of this, many people lose all their money in dubious investment schemes that promise high returns. Continue reading →

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Lost treasure

Posted on 29 June 2010 by ssquah

I came across this interesting story in The Times newspaper quite some time ago. Do note that the article was written with the United Kingdom in mind. In Malaysia, there is something similar called the Unclaimed Moneys and if your … Continue reading →

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Investment fallacies

Posted on 12 December 2009 by ssquah

A US-BASED professor has slammed the financial industry for perpetuating investment fallacies that do little to educate retail investors about risk and return, writes Genevieve Cua in Singapore’s The Business Times. These fallacies include the oft-repeated maxim that diversification reduces … Continue reading →

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Capital protected

Posted on 9 September 2009 by ssquah

This appeared today in The Malaysian Insider regarding a move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ban the use of financial products with misunderstood names. Hopefully, Bank Negara Malaysia can take the cue and see how the use of … Continue reading →

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Malaysians now more averse to higher risk investment products

Posted on 22 May 2009 by ssquah

Here is an interesting story that appeared in today’s issue of The Business Times in Singapore. It’s saying that owing to the global financial crisis Malaysians appear to be the most averse among Asians to higher risk investment products. They … Continue reading →

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Pre-marriage money planning

Posted on 19 October 2008 by ssquah

I’m sure you have heard of it. Madonna and her beau, Guy Ritchie, have gone their separate ways after eight years of marriage. Divorced. And there’s a huge settlement in her ex-hubby’s favour. He’s reportedly walking away with assets worth … Continue reading →

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Financial services industry facing financial turmoil challenges

Posted on 8 October 2008 by ssquah

According to The New Paper in Singapore, those people in the financial services industry – the insurance agents and the unit trust consultants – are seeing their monthly income drop by as much as 30 percent as their customers are … Continue reading →

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Lehman, Merrill impact on Malaysia likely to be indirect

Posted on 19 September 2008 by ssquah

According to Thai News Service, analysts in Malaysia say that the country is unlikely to be impacted in a big way by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. “I can’t see it having a direct impact on Malaysia. … Continue reading →

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How Lehman Brothers failed

Posted on 18 September 2008 by ssquah

Want to know how exactly these banks had failed? The underlying idea is that they gave out bad loans. But what happened after that? Below is an attempted explanation picked up from a discussion thread in Google. It’s complicated, but … Continue reading →

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