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“Top Money Tips for Malaysians is a superb book. It’s easy to understand, simple and yet practical. Read it now because it will help you take control of your finances“ ~ Azizi Ali, Malaysia’s #1 Financial Author, Speaker and Trainer

Proton is the price we pay for brainless patriotism

The founding of Proton National Bhd in 1983 was a big expensive mistake to begin with. Billions of ringgit from taxpayers have been lost in the process. The haemorrhage could not be stanched until only recently when Khazanah Nasional Berhad sold off its 43 percent stake in Proton to DRB-Hicom a few months ago. Malaysians [...]

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Proper Wealth Management Structures when Your Assets Go Global

Evanna Phoon chats with Mr. Lee Chiwi, CEO of Rockwills International Singapore on Wealth Management Structures beyond Borders. This is applicable especially to Malaysians who are owning assets in many countries. Q1: Why the current Malaysian Families need complex Wealth Management Structures? A1: Growing Malaysian families’ trends are as below 1. Children overseas to receive education, they [...]

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Preparation is the Name of the Game

You can adopt the saying “Prevention is better than cure” and apply it in all areas of your life. The main benefit you get is being well prepared for any major or minor life events.

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Is Your Spending Habit Driven by Emotions?

You feel sad, you go shopping. You are angry or disappointed, you go shopping. You feel bored, you go shopping. You hate your job or work, you go shopping. Is that you?

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Best Personal Financial Planning and Personal Investment Articles this Week from Personal Finance Blogs

Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #236 – May 11, 2012 Welcome to the May 11, 2012 Edition #236 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for individuals and families. We focus on efficient and sustainable personal financial planning practices that can lead to [...]

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Money Spent on Raising 3 Kids

I spent about RM12000 – RM15000 annually to support my three kids. How much did you spend on raising your own kids?

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Video Reply from Evanna for Webinar “How To Build a Franchisee Business with Rockwills”

This is the Video Reply that Evanna Phoon did to address the Questions asked on our Webinar “How To Build a Franchisee Business with Rockwills” on Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM Malaysia Time. The Video Reply is for Brief explanation, please refer to detailed explanation on the text below Video. Question #1: is Rockwills Franchise License [...]

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My Generation Z Kids

No matter to which generation you belong to (Baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Y or Gen Z), there are some (in fact, many) money rules of thumb that remain useful and practicable.

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AirAsia – MAS divorce aftermath: Can the bleeding stop?

This is a guest post from philanthropist tycoon Koon Yew Yin. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, speaking at a media conference after his lecture on ‘The Challenges Faced by Muslims Now’ organised by the Terengganu state government on May 3 was reported to have said: “Air Asia fares are so cheap, sometimes free, but it has [...]

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This Concerns your EPF Retirement Money – Must Read

There are two things you ought to know about your retirement money right now. EPF is investing our retirement money for potentially higher return by: 1)    Investing larger sum in global markets (read: foreign exchange risk) 2)    Investing in subprime housing loan (read: default risk) You and I are part of the statistics of 5.7 million EPF contributors. There is [...]

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Why I love DropBox

What’s Dropbox? I am actually using Dropbox on a daily basis. My latest project is always on the Dropbox folder so that it is backed up on the “cloud”, and I can access it on any computers including my iPhone and iPad. My co-authors Mandy Hiew and K.C.Chong referred Dropbox to me and now I [...]

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Malaysia: Road Map for Achieving Vision 2020 by Koon Yew Yin

DOWNLOAD the book preface (right-click and save link) The philanthropist tycoon and super investor Koon Yew Yin just published a book – Malaysia: Road Map for Achieving Vision 2020 Many would think that this book is against the ruling Government. It is not and neither it is supporting any political party. Koon Yew Yin is [...]

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Reader’s Story: Sailor turned business owner

This is a recent stories I received from William E, who had kindly shared with us his experience. Read his email below: Hi KC, Thanks for giving me this opportunity to share. I started out my career life as a sailor onboard the ship. Sailing as a cadet under scholarship and earning USD (back in [...]

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Take these 8 Immediate Actions This Year to Pay Less Income Tax Next Year

Paying taxes is hardly a pleasant experience but here it is again – the tax filing season. If you are like me, I lamented on what I should have done last year which would entitle me for more personal income tax relief.  But what’s done is done, as a Malay proverb goes – “nasi sudah [...]

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5 Money Makeovers Applicable Year-round

When is a good time to overhaul your bad money management practices? The answer is ‘anytime.’ You do not have to wait for a brand new year to do a complete money makeover.

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With and Without a Will – What is the Difference ?

Many time there are many seminars and you read in newspaper regarding Will Writing. It can be a very long explanation with technical legal jargons that might till the end confuses you. Here’s a summarized way to explain to you about the difference if we were to pass On with a Will & Without a Will. Just remember [...]

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Capital Preservation and Growth is Overrated – Here’s Why (Real Case Study)

Capital preservation AND growth – the Utopian achievement for all investors. The idea of concurrent capital preservation and growth is that you get capital growth over time without losing a single dime. Your portfolio is practically immune to all kinds of short term volatility. It means, there is zilch realized or unrealized capital loss, coupled with guaranteed [...]

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To Save or to Spend Your Money?

Finding the correct balance between saving and spending money can be tricky. If you do not save enough, you suffer during your retirement years. Totally hogging your money means you lose out from enjoying the fruits of your labor.

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Email from a reader: Save enough to get started with maximum ASB loan

There will be some interesting stories shared by readers from time to time. This one catch my attention and I think it wold benefit you as well. Here is the email from Eidil. As a a teenager who is on his way to grow up become a man, I live a simple life here in [...]

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Your Money or Your Life

Do you put accumulating money a the No.1 priority in your life? Or is it one of many important life goals?

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What is Money Sickness Syndrome?

What is Money Sickness Syndrome (MSS)? What are the signs of MSS and how to prevent it?

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The Get-Rich-QUICK Nonsense

At one point or another, you may have encountered an online banner displaying a smiling person offering you the secret to earning 4 digits per hour. Surely, it is an enticing offer; but isn’t it a little too good to be true? We’ve seen online schemes growing by the numbers. It is very likely that [...]

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