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20 stocks for 2009 recommended by The Edge – Part 2

January 7, 2009

Here’s the promised part 2 of my earlier post on the top 20 stocks for 2009 as compiled by The Edge. If you have missed reading the first part, click here to read the other 10 stocks recommended for 2009.
11. Nestle – Analysts like this stock simply because it offers investors a steady earnings growth. [...]

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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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Stocks that EPF invests in

November 3, 2008

Do you know what are the stocks that EPF invests in? I don’t and I’m glad to see an article in this week’s The Edge that shows some of the major stock holdings of the EPF on our local stock exchange. Here’s how our money in the EPF is invested:

I’m sure this list is not [...]

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We’re the ones paying to sustain the market

October 22, 2008

I’m quite disappointed to learn that half the money (RM5 billion) that will be spent on sustaining the share market is actually our money. The government is taking a loan from EPF to hand over to Valuecap and the latter will invest in undervalued blue chip stocks.
It’s not that this move to sustain the market [...]

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At last, the market falls

October 16, 2008

Don’t you think amidst the global financial crisis over the weeks, our market has been very well maintained in terms of the slow slide on the exchange? It looks as if there was a magic hand sustaining the market and allowing it to drop only bit by bit. However, I didn’t think it could be [...]

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