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Personal finances

What are some of your smart ways to conserve cash?

September 29, 2009

When the economy came down last year and many people lost their jobs, those with jobs stayed thankful and hopeful that they will not be laid off their jobs. And I believe many people during that time conserve cash like crazy so that they will have some savings should the worst hit them. So what [...]

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How many levels of your money are made to work for you?

September 9, 2009

Most of us are familiar with the theory of making our money work doubly hard for us while we actively seek more income. So the cycle continues with us making money, then using that income to invest so that it makes us more money.
Does it stop there for you? What about the income that’s generated from [...]

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Which kind of financial service agent would you be?

July 6, 2009

If you were planning to be a financial service agent, which would you consider being?

A unit trust agent
An insurance agent
A full-fledged financial planner managing investments to estate planning, etc
Etc?

And which financial institution would be a company of your choice?

Public Mutual
CIMB Principal
Prudential
AIA
Allianz
Great Eastern
ING
Etc?

I’m just curious as to how people decide which type of financial agent they want [...]

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A show of hands, how many people have financial planners?

June 23, 2009

I have always wondered how many of us actually engage the service of a financial planner to help us achieve our financial goals. Do you have one?
I’ve never had one although there was an insurance agent who did offer to extend his services as a financial planner instead of just being an insurance agent. But [...]

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4 ways to invest for a steady stream of passive income

April 24, 2009

Everyone is asking what is a good investment to go into in today’s world of uncertainties. With the launch of the recent investment vehicles like the Sukuk Simpanan Rakyat and Amanah Saham Malaysia (ASM) which promise 5% annual returns, many Malaysians have rushed in to buy the units. They are indeed good investments in times [...]

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