Unit Trust Funds in Malaysia The slogan "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail" is not entirely true. It is "Failing to Plan PROPERLY is planning to fail". In such a case, unit trust is only a tiny part of a bigger puzzle of wealth building. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17881203 2006-02-18T08:35:23Z Blogger
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 true Chen Tong 2006-02-18T00:21:00-08:00 2006-02-18T08:32:09Z 2006-02-18T08:29:27Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17881203.post-114025136784939189 Criteria of selecting bond funds
If you really need to buy bonds… Are you above or at the age of 55? Last year, Bank Negara issued Merdeka Savings Bonds. The bond was sold directly to unemployed retirees through agent banks. Check the web site out and submit your questions online. I believe there will be similar issuance in the future to help the retiring community. If you are not entitled to buy such Bank Negara bonds yet, you
 false Chen Tong 2006-02-17T22:57:00-08:00 2006-02-18T08:31:48Z 2006-02-18T07:06:48Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17881203.post-114024640829726887 Malaysian Bond Market
Malaysian bond market is still at its early developing stage. Liquidity of bond market is still an issue. There are not enough good bonds around for trading and there are not enough players around buying not-so-well-rated bonds at fair prices. There are several serious issues to buy into funds that invest heavily in bonds. Good bonds in Malaysia, particularly those from government and Bank Negara
 false Chen Tong 2005-10-23T09:08:00-07:00 2006-02-18T08:35:23Z 2005-10-23T16:14:02Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17881203.post-113008404277675465 Buying bond funds? Read this.
Many people thought that bond fund is a good vehicle for retirement planning. Though with low returns (usually slightly higher than the return from fixed deposits) many sided that it is safe. Conservative and prudent investors invest in such bond funds accepting low return for the comfort of knowing their capital is protected. However, this is only partially true. The truth part is bonds give
 false Chen Tong 2005-10-15T00:16:00-07:00 2006-01-20T14:59:21Z 2005-10-15T07:17:12Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17881203.post-112936063210609597 Any unit trusts tycoon?
There are stock investing tycoons like Warren Buffett, Philip A. Fisher, Benjamin Graham, etc. There are real estate tycoons like Donald Trump, Li Ka-shing, etc. There are many business tycoons like Bill Gates, Richard Branson, etc.

These are the people who got rich investing in the assets(i) they knew well.

Have you heard of any unit trusts tycoon? Probably the tycoon that sell unit trusts instead of buying unit trusts. :-)

Two types of person should buy unit trust.
1. If you have no time or no interest to invest and to research yourself.
2. If you are high income earner like doctors, famous artists, etc. that you can earn more by spending your time on your tasks instead of investing.
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