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The Money Book: A CAP Guide to Managing Your Money

How many of us are born money-wise? Those who manage their money better than others are not necessarily smarter or more talented. They are simply more informed. Read The Money Book and I would say that you will be definitely more informed than 80% of the population in Malaysia. Published by Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), it is a guide to managing your money and more. What is in the book? Smart budgeting, saving, and spending hire purchase and easy-payment schemes credit cards the debt trap and bankruptcy the real cost of buying a house or car medical ...

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 ...

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 ...

6 Money Tips Added into my New E-book

Ever since my first Top Money Tips for Malaysians e-book being released on 3rd Nov last year, it has been downloaded 700 times. I really appreciate your support all these times. Thank you! If you find this e-book had actually given you some really useful money tips, feel free to email this page to your friends, colleagues and relatives so that they can learn those tricks too. Now, I am in the middle of negotiating a publishing contract to publish the real hard copy version of this book. I hope that it ...

Top 10 Personal Finance Books in History

There are probably thousands of books had been written on personal finance topics. If you are attempting to read all of them, life will be too short to spend on that. Instead, to gain decent knowledge about personal finance, all you need is to read 3-5 books of the best. You should read those books which are good and can teach you something good and practical. In order to save your time choosing which book to start with, please find this list of the top 10 personal finance books in history ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: Rules That Change the Rules

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. “Timothy has packed more lives into his 29 years than Steve Jobs has in his 51.” –Tom Foremski Journalist and Publisher of SiliconValleyWatcher.com Chapters: Rules that Change the Rules Page: 29-37 Timothy is a gold medalist in the Chinese Kickboxing National Championships. In fact, he is not the best kickboxer because with only 4 weeks of training, he can't go too far. But the fact is he won the game by beating the game, not playing the game. By finding the loopholes, he ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: Cautions and Comparisons

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. "It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge." –Jack Canfield Co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, 100+ million copies sold Chapters: Cautions and Comparisons Page: 23-28 Timothy spells out the difference between the New Rich (NR) and the Deferrers (D). He points out that the deferrers are those you save it all for the end only to find that life has passed them by. Even ...

Top List of Personal Finance Books for Malaysians [written by Malaysian Authors]

There are many personal finance books published every year. But only handfuls are written by Malaysians. These are the books in my book shelf, which are written by Malaysian authors, especially for Malaysians. The topics covered here range from financial planning, estate planning, tax planning to stock and real estate investment. If you are looking for books to buy, please bookmark this page and come back from time to time for books review update. Maximise What You've Got, No Matter How Much You Have Now The author Yap Ming Hui is one of ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: Chronology of a Pathology

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. "Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" –Phil Town #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rule #1 Chapters: Chronology of a Pathology Page: 13-17 Timothy briefly tells his exciting story in this chapter in a chronology style 1977 - born 6 weeks premature and given a 10% chance of living 1983 - nearly fail kindergarten because he refuse to learn the alphabet. 1991 - ...

The 4-Hour Workweek: My Story & Why You Need this Book

This post is part of the series on The 4-hour Workweek book review. "The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of infinite options awaits those who would read this book and be inspired by it!" –Michael E. Gerber Founder & Chairman of E-Myth Worldwide and the World's #1 Small Business Guru Chapters: My Story and Why You Need This Book Page: 5-12 The author jokingly says that he will answer, "I'm ...

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