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Archive for April 2008

Everything you are looking for about Bursa Malaysia

You want to trade in Bursa Malaysia. Your knowledge is limited. So you want to learn more. You can start with buying books on investment. There are not many choices of books written by Malaysians author in Malaysia context. But there are endless choices if you include those books written by foreign investment gurus. Don't feel like spending money on books? Hey, it is tax deductible up to RM1,000 every year. Ok! Books don't excite you. You want something free. Or you want something that's easily accessible, constantly updated and pops ...

Personal finance money tips - April 26, 2008

Blog Carnival personal finance money tips archives | submit post Welcome to the April 26, 2008 edition of personal finance money tips. Matg presents More Stumbleupon Ads Results posted at IM & Affiliate Marketing Product Testing, saying, "You should test out Stumbleupon ads for non “make money/internet marketing” niche’s, but without paying for any more visitors to the “IM” based sites." Mat Garrett presents Stupidly Simple Content Generation | posted at iamUncovered.com, saying, "A video tutor made by Latif about an auto content generation system explaining as to how this could be stupidly simple." Prashant ...

Is Now the right time to invest in gold?

There is a great discussion about gold investment at Personal Finance Money Tips forum, here.

Insurance Planning Guide for Malaysians [Review]

I bought this book from Popular bookstore and finish reading it within a few days, word by word. Quick Facts: Author: Lim Teong Lay, Lee Chai Ling, Pee Che Yong Price: RM28.90 Publisher: Leeds Publication Total Pages: 195 Revised edition (October 2007) About the Authors Lim Teong Lay - has solid experience in life insurance field work since 1993 Lee Chai Ling - Business degree in Finance from Australia , CFP, RFP and more than six years experience in the insurance industry. Pee Che Yong - principal author for the book Guide to Insurance Buying in Malaysia. He holds an ...

Teaching Sells $1 Membership Offer Ends Today

For the past many months, I've been following the online course by Copyblogger - Teaching Sells. I paid US$97 quarterly for full access. The course teaches you how to build an interactive learning environment. So far, I love everything I learn from there. Undeniably, the next big thing or trend of internet business is membership sites with multimedia teaching tools. Too bad that they are going to withdraw the $1 trial offer at Noon Eastern, Thursday, April 17. If you are fast enough, you still can pay US$1 for 7-day full access ...

Tax Filing has never been easier

It is time to file your income tax. Find out more about a free tool to help you with your tax calculation at the forum. The application is called TaxSaya. Read our discussion here, started by Jerry Lee.

How great is your life? Live 100 percent!

I just visited the campaign website of Great Eastern in conjunction of 100th anniversary celebration - live100percent. If you have been there, one thing you will probably complain about is the slow loading time because the entire content was built with flash. GE is giving away one special tour every week for 52 consecutive weeks to his policyholders, who registered, randomly. Although I waited quite a while for the site to load, it is really worth the wait. You can play simple flash games, and read blogs of contest winner. One of the ...

How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow

I bought this book at Borders, Queensbay Mall Penang for RM52.95. I wonder why there are so many books' cover design or title use either "Starbucks" or coffee? Take a look yourself: [gallery] This is a review of the book that grab my attention for the past few weeks - Finding the Next Starbucks by Michael Moe. About the author Michael Moe,CFA, is the cofounder, chairmanm and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners L.L.C, and was formerly director of global growth stock research at Merrill Lynch. He has been named to Institutional Investor's All American research team ...

The Ultimate Coffee Experience

We ordered a cup of hot cappucino - RM5.40 My wife wanted a bowl of Thai Laksa - RM6.60 I would like to try the Shalala Rice - RM6.60 Order was made. The lady cashier collected RM19.30 from me. Then we wait to be served. That was a beautiful evening around 5pm at Shalala Coffee, in Tapah Rest Area, midway to Kuala Lumpur. Finally the food was ready. There is no other customer except my family. Self-service please! Oh.. Nobody cares even if you are carrying a baby. The food is there on the tray, come ...

Case Study: Consolidating Personal Loan, Mortgage and Credit Card Debt

I received a query on debt management. Hi, Mr Lau, First of all, many thanks to you for giving me the free e-book. Its’ worth reading, cause I’m aware of unit trust investment now. As introductory, I’m female, age 33, working in a factory. I’m in debt, honestly. I’m in debt of personal loan, housing loan, credit card loan. However I’m also having passive income, if that’s correct to describe my monthly income from 3 acre land of kelapa sawit. But honestly I’m not a decision maker in financing. Would you please advise me on below problem; Debt ...

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