Should I Buy a Personal Residence or an Investment Property?
Question: ‘Hi, I’m Adam. I’m 33 years old this year and currently working as a Branding & Marketing Consultant for a local company. I’m earning a decent monthly salary of...
5 Personal Finance Ratios You Need to Know to Achieve Financial Independence
Question: ‘Hi, my name is Sam. I’m 30 years old and now working as a Project Manager in a mid-sized engineering firm earning a decent salary of RM 7,000 a month. I’m able to...
The Missing Piece in Your Financial Plan
Most financial advisors are in fact retirement planners. A retirement planner shows you the roadmap to achieve your retirement goal, by saving an adequate nest egg that can...
Which One Should I Buy First? A Car or A House?
Question: ‘Hi, I’m Sarah, a 20+ year old who had just secured a job as an associate in a PR firm earning a fixed salary of RM 3,000 a month. I understand that I should first...
How a Plumber Beat his Banker in 2018 Investment Return
Hi, I am CF Lieu. I am not the plumber in this story, but I am the person who is going to narrate this story to you. The plumber is a client (and now, a friend) of mine who...
The More Money You Make, the _ _ _ _ er You Become.
How would you fill in the blanks above? Is it R I C H? or, is it P O O R? Hmm … Wait a Minute! Aren’t all people become RICHER as they make more MONEY? How is it...
Spot Growth Stocks in 10 minutes with the Power of ‘Return on Equity’
To-date, there are 900+ stocks listed on Bursa Malaysia. Question: ‘What is the most efficient method value investors use to shortlist growth stocks with great fundamental...
5 More Wisdom Quotes I Learnt about Investing from Warren Buffett
Recently, I read a book, ‘Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl and why you should, too’ written by Louann Lofton and published by The Motley Fool, a well-known U.S.-based stock...
5 Commonly Used Financial Oxymorons among Malaysians
Definition of an Oxymoron: It is words or phrases of figure of speech that is self-contradicting. Let me give you some really good examples: ‘Wise Fool’, ‘Jumbo Shrimp’, ‘Only...