My Financial Thoughts

Penny had this question asked the other day “Is it a good time to invest in properties?” And I have replied this question with a resounding “YES!”
But then again, where property investment is concerned, investing now or later is still good. The old saying of “Location, location, location” still holds true no matter how it [...]

Yesterday saw the launch of the additional 2 billion Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 for those aged 6 months and above. Of these, 51% were allotted to bumiputras.
In the news today, it was reported that all 49% allotted to non-bumiputras were snapped up within 4 hours. Some people even came to queue as early as 4am to [...]

Today I had this “Pan Mee” at Mid Valley for dinner. I paid RM6.85 for it, including taxes, which is fine, except that the price has gone up AND the quantity has shrunken!!
I had previously wrote about this observation where the prices have not gone up significantly but the quantity sure has come down a lot! [...]

If you think that you already have sufficient insurance, check to see if you have gotten yourself a medical insurance.
This is one insurance you cannot afford to ignore seeing how the current medical and health costs are skyrocketing these days. This insurance will help us get the necessary treatments without a dent in our wallets, [...]

Yesterday I had an interesting chat with my son’s principal.
I was telling her how we had bought our house over the weekend and she told me that she has never bought a house when her kids were small. She simply rented and now, after the kids are all well educated and grown up, she bought [...]