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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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Save more with lower electricity tariff starting March

February 8, 2009

At least there’s a little good news to all in today’s papers. We’ll be able to save some money on electricity bills starting in March. The quantum of the savings is yet to be announced, but it is expected to be between 5% to 10%.
Most of us tend to use quite a bit of electricity [...]

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A personal finance book for women – The Smart Cookies’ Guide to Making More Dough

February 1, 2009

This is quite a new book on the shelves that’s targeted towards women who want to begin taking control of their personal finances. The book “The Smart Cookies’ Guide to Making More Dough” caught my attention when I flipped through the latest copy of Personal Money magazine.

However, after a quick read on Amazon, I decided [...]

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Statistics on Malaysians’ habit to spend versus save

January 1, 2009

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, [...]

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Would you contribute less to EPF?

November 6, 2008

With the latest proposal by the Government that employees can now opt to contribute 8% of their salary towards their EPF account versus the current compulsory rate of 11%, would you care to contribute the lesser amount? If you are keen to contribute less and therefore have more income in hand, I hope it is [...]

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