01Jan Statistics on Malaysians’ habit to spend versus save
I was reading January 2009’s issue of Personal Money magazine and came across some statistics on the preference to spend today versus saving for tomorrow. This statistics came about from Aviva’s 2008 Consumer Attitudes to Savings study. Here are some of the results shown for a few countries, Malaysia included.
Before you look at the results, [...]
23Dec Is this new deposit account from AmBank worth a look?
AmBank’s new deposit account called AmStar Extreme seems to have quite a bit to offer in terms of earning high interest rate on the account balance, 5 free withdrawals at all MEPS ATMs and 5 free interbank GIRO transactions a month. Any additional withdrawals and interbank transfers will be charged its normal rate after the [...]
22Dec What is your personal financial strategy for 2009 and beyond?
As the year comes to a close very soon, have you thought of what the financial crisis will bring about next year? Everyone keeps saying it’s not going to look bright next year and that we have not seen the worst that is yet to come. I’m sure you’ve also heard that we will start [...]
16Dec Is it wise to quit your job in the midst of a global financial crisis?
This thought has been lingering on my mind for about 2 weeks now. I have never considered this matter so seriously in my entire working life, but now I am. And I am wondering if it is smart at all to even think about it, seeing how the economy will not be going up anytime [...]
