My Financial Thoughts

The other day I was chatting with a friend half way round the globe and we were discussing the stock markets in our countries. Yes, I know you don’t usually talk about this with someone so far away, but we are very like minded and it was chatting through the Net, so it was ok.
We [...]

If you are an ardent unit trust investment, one of the main things you would be interested in would be your unit cost, or cost per unit. This is the mother of all numbers because it will actually tell you what is your profit or loss on a particular day.
For those who are not quite [...]

The share market has been doing really well in the last few months. And I am sure people have been making money and have been laughing all the way to the bank.
I have always been a fan of the equity market. No matter what your risk profile is, I am sure you will still find [...]

This week’s The Edge carries an article on what icapital.biz, which is a close-end fund, is currently having in its portfolio of shares. The shares are listed as below:

Integrax
Parkson Holdings
Astro
Padini Holdings
PIE
Boustead
Poh Kong Holdings
Suria Capital
Tong Herr Resources
Petronas Dagangan
F&N Holdings
Telekom
Kuala Lumpur Kepong
Swee Joo
Mieco Chipboard
Lion Diversified
Hai-O Enterprise

In terms of market value (as of June 10, 2009), the shares [...]

Today’s The Star featured a very interesting article specifically to make us re-think our belief that EPF will take care of us when we are in our golden years.
Most of us have read about how the retirees take the money out and then waste it away within 3 years. Then the scare of having to [...]