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 ...

I have been receiving many emails asking information and opinion on various personal finance matter. In order to provide you the best information and convenience, a forum section had been created for further discussion. The forum url is http://forum.kclau.com. You can also find the link at the tab above in the header. The main purposes of having a forum here are: to let more experts help you - Frankly speaking, I am not an expert in every field. There are a lot of qualified accountants out there to answer your tax-related questions. ...

Banzai Way is a brand new online application that helps you to manage your money more efficiently. I was given the chance to use the service since last week. Even though there are many other web apps that provide cash flow and net worth management functions, I think Banzai Way really provides some special service that's not available on the others. After a week of trying out the service, I can say that it is so far so good. In this post, you will find the interview of Banzai Way's founder, ...

The local share market is probably the easiest route to get your money invested instead of sitting idly in the bank. But most people had heard from their friends, family members or relative who got burnt several times. However, don't be scared and don't be naive either. If you are going to invest, put some effort to learn. The Internet is a great platform to provide a great learning experience.   If you are asking me to recommend any website about investment in Malaysia, it has to be Talk and Share. You ...

Budgeting and persistent tracking or your own cash inflow and outflow is the basic foundation towards better wealth management. If you don't want to spend money on Microsoft Money or Quicken to do the job, here is another web-based personal finance app that lets you enter your income and expense, and then gives you analysis about your money management habit. I am talking about Expensr. It is free and allows you to create budgets to track your spending and projected spending. You can upload your bank account statements in a .ofx, ...

MicroPlace is an eBay company that provides microfinancing to third world countries. Microfinance is the provision of small loans (microcredit) to poor people to help them engage in productive activities or grow very small businesses. Despite of earning interest return from the poor, it is in fact a win-win arrangement, where the lender get returns, and the borrower get fund to finance their businesses. How Microplace Works? Step 1: You purchase an investment on MicroPlace that provides the opportunity to earn a financial return. Step 2: Your investment dollars are used to provide ...

Warrants are tied to big and successful China Firms Most of the underlying stocks of the Chinese call warrants listed on Bursa Malaysia are shares of huge corporations in China with market leadership in their respective countries. Royal & Sun Alliance deemed a good fit for AXA Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Malaysia may be the next company theAXA group is acquiring a stake in because it is perceived as a good fitby industry observers. With the ongoing merger and acquisitions (M&As) taking place in theinsurance industry, it may not come as a ...

I know most of us use Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet to record and track our expenses. Did you ever come to a moment that you think your money is lost somewhere? Your accounts are just not balance. Your money seems evaporated? Sometimes this happens when you seem to records all your expenses of the month. But when you compare your actual saving by deducting expenses from your income, the actual surplus left is less than the number shown in your excel spreadsheet. It is almost impossible to balance it anymore because ...

What is Bursa Pursuit? Bursa Pursuit is an investment Challenge Game that mimics Bursa Malaysia. You can pit your skills against other virtual investors to win over RM500,000 worth of prizes! The Challenge only begins on 1 October, 2007. Register now to be alerted before the game starts. Why do I join? It is simply for the fun and also the prizes. Even though you are given virtual money to trade in the contest, but the prizes will be in the form of E-trading limit account. Besides participating as a individual investor, you ...

Next week, I will start a series of post introducing and dissecting Great Eastern Life Assurance insurance products. You will get a very details explanation of the product features and who is suitable for which kind of plans. I will tear the insurance product apart to show you the value in the plan. There are more than 2 new insurance products launched every year from each insurance company, in the form of riders, newly revised better version of old plan and some are even totally redesigned policies. I will start ...