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Capital Gain vs Cash Flow
When it comes to making a decision on investing, would you choose one based on the criteria of capital gain or cash flow? It's a tough one, isn't it? Frankly, the answer varies from person to person. However, i would say that for most ordinary people...
Options Trading For Beginners
Due to the current financial and economic crisis in U.S., I have started evaluating some stocks in the U.S. Before 2008, trading in U.S. stocks would certainly require deep pockets, particularly for myself due to my country's unfavourable exchange ra...
Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom for 2009
Here's a special message from the one of the wealthiest man on earth and is worth your time reading and taking notes....It's simple yet powerful and meaningful."We begin this New Year with dampened enthusiasm and dented optimism. Our happiness is dil...
Beware Of The High Yield Trap
Many analysts and advisers have been recommending high dividend yield stocks as one of the most effective and defensive instrument against the current beaten down and volatile markets. The principal to follow here is that as long as you are buying or...
It's Time To Think About The Future
A piece of advice for investors who have little time to monitor market's daily movement, don't know much about technical analysis, but appreciate long term value and can look beyond the present crisis....Buy low, sell high...Sure, it sounded simple b...
It's Time To Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful?
The Master of value investing has to be no other than Warren Buffett himself. A couple of days ago, he made a personal call to suggest that now is the time to invest in the banished equity market. For the faithful fans of Warren Buffett, his statemen...
Switching to Cash May Feel Safe, but Risks Remain
Amidst the current global market weakness and the downward spiral performance of most asset classes, many people have advocated keeping cash as the best form of capital preservation. Recently I came across an interesting article that discusses the wi...
When Nothing Else Matters, Gold Does!
Gold has long been perceived by many to be a long term investment safe heaven. Some even think that the timing in buying gold is not important, as the metal always tend to appreciate in value over time, especially when all else fails.Yesterday was a ...
How To Invest Like A Shark
For possibly few lucky ones, it might have been a fruitful journey and were early to read the danger signs but for most, it's more likely to be a rocky road with encounters of many land mines! Given the current financial turmoil the world is facing, ...
Happy With A Savvy Investment Return!
This year has been a very challenging year in terms of the global investment climate...it has been series of negative events followed by another, don 't you agree? Same old concerns keep popping up, from sub-prime to credit crunch, escalating crude o...
Will KL Real Estate Continues To Flourish?
As always, there are sceptics, and there are optimists. If one were to talk to any of the major real estate developers or property experts about the prospects of properties surrounding KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center) where no other than the famous Pe...
Network Marketing: Is It Your Cup of Tea?
Conceptually, Network Marketing or Multi-level Marketing (MLM) offers a very sound way of making money through LEVERAGING...it is like having a bunch of McDonald's franchisees working for you...absolutely one of the best around! That's why there are ...
How High Can Crude Oil Price Go?
Over the past one year or so, we have seen the price of crude oil shooting off the roof, from a mere $25 to the record high $123 per tonne! Have you ever thought the possibility of crude oil prices to Hit $200? What sort of impact will this have on g...
A Reflection on Tin Commodity: Sunset To Sunshine Industry?
In line with other metal based commodity, tin prices have skyrocketed from a mere USD5k per metric tonne about 15 years ago to more than USD24k this year! That's almost a whopping 400% increase!!First and foremost some background on tin....this is a ...
Malaysia Real Estate Take Five...
Below is some of the latest statistics compiled by Kuwait Finance House Research. For those who wish to invest in Malaysia's real estate properties but taken aback by the recent political uncertainties, this information could possibly help.Malaysiaâ€...
Automate Trading Strategy and Trade Stocks For Free, Anyone?
Anyone interested to automate his or her trading strategy and trade stocks for FREE? It may sound to good to be true but this is REAL!Whilst online trading is nothing new in Malaysia, the momentum for online trading has picked up tremendously over th...
Is It Time To Buy Into Battered Vietnam Stocks?
For many, Vietnam has long been touted as the next China in the making... With a USD$70 billion economy, 85 million diligent working-class population and 8.5% GDP growth, it's not unrealistic to make such predictions. Many foreign companies have floc...
Market timing – fool’s gold?
THERE are those who believe you cannot possibly time the market in terms of entry and exit. Fair enough.The random walk theory lies in the fact that you cannot beat the market over the long term. But we also have the proliferation of hedge funds wher...
Should I Diversify My Investment?
Depending on which particular school of thought you belong to, the answer hinges on individual's perception on risks. Most people including savvy investors and financial planners claim you need to diversify to reduce your investment risk. If you donâ...
How To Manage Investment Volatility
When the market is on a bull run, as it was in the earlier part of the year, or during the first half of 2007, investors tend to neglect risks. However recent events (triggered by US subprime and financial meltdown) demonstrated that investing in sto...
Election Rally On The Cards?
Since reaching a record high of 1,524 on 14th January 2008, Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has since corrected by about 10% to the current level of 1,370. After the Lunar Chinese New Year celebration which just ended a few days ago, Malaysia ...
Is Investing In ETF Better Than Unit Trust?
Exchange-Traded Fund or in short, ETF, is very much a mirror of unit trust fund. The key difference is that ETF can be traded just like stocks or shares in the stock exchange trading platform. The cost of ETF trading is therefore subject to the same ...
4 Steps To Everlasting Riches: Business vs Personal
Ever desire or wonder how to attain everlasting riches? I came across this simple article posted by Prince Ben, a wealth creation expert, motivational speaker and best-selling author who help people to achieve their goals in life. Ben quoted the foll...
Value investing vs Growth Investing: Which Is Better?
Value investing vs Growth Investing? Let's first explore the history of these two investment principles.Value investing refers to an idea of investment that originated from Benjamin Graham & David Dodd in 1934. It simply refers to a method of buy...
