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Category Archives: Investment
Lost treasure
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
Posted in Investment, Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance
Tagged accounts, bank, dormant, ETF, investments, Rockwills & Estate planning, shares, unclaimed moneys
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Investment fallacies
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
Capital protected
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
Posted in Insurance, Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust
Tagged capital guaranteed, capital protected, Insurance, investment protected, investment-linked, Mutual Fund, Singapore, Unit Trust
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Malaysians now more averse to higher risk investment products
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
Posted in Insurance, Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust, economy
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Pre-marriage money planning
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
Posted in General, Investment, Mutual Fund, Rockwills & Estate planning, Unit Trust
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Financial services industry facing financial turmoil challenges
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
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
Posted in Investment, economy
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How Lehman Brothers failed
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
Posted in Investment, economy
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AIG is rescued
There is a momentary sigh of relief among worried investors that the United States government has agreed to bail out American International Group Inc, the world’s largest insurer, to the tune of USD85 billion. It has emerged that U.S. Federal … Continue reading
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Financial world in turmoil
The American financial market is in deep shit following Lehman Brothers’ filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning. Signs were already imminent a week ago that Lehman Brothers would need a rescue plan but the carpet was finally pulled … Continue reading
Posted in Investment, economy
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