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Jim Rogers is not for diversification

July 23, 2009

I’ve only recently gotten to learn and know more about Jim Rogers, the famous trend spotter who was also the cofounder of Quantum Fund with George Soros back in the 1970s.
If you do not know of nor heard about Jim Rogers, you can visit his website, The Millenium Adventure and see some of his published books and other [...]

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More Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) units for investors next week

July 16, 2009

Good news for those who missed out on buying units of Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) the last round. You now have a chance to invest in these units again.
Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) is opening up the remaining 1.6 billion ASM units for interested investors, without setting any quotas for bumiputras and non-bumiputras.
However, during the offer [...]

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Time to watch out for Axis REIT

May 15, 2009

In today’s business news, Axis REIT revealed that Nestle will be vacating its Nestle House building and moving on to another premise in Mutiara Damansara as the current Nestle House building will not be able to cope with its future plans. You can read the full press release here on The Star.
Whilst this is a [...]

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How does the new Public Bank’s PB USA Recovery Fund work?

May 12, 2009

I saw an ad in today’s paper about the newest fund in the market by Public Bank – the PB USA Recovery Fund. From what I understand reading the brochure, this is a structured fund and it’s 100% capital protected in Ringgit. This fund aims to capture the economic recovery of the US equity market in the [...]

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All that commotion on the ASM and ASW Wawasan 2020 quotas

April 29, 2009

I wrote in my earlier post about how the unsold units of the Amanah Saham Nasional are such a waste if they are still kept unopened to interested investors come the end of the initial offer period.
With the recent developments of the Indians complaining that certain banks are telling them that the Indian quota units [...]

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