Author: Charles Tan
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BNM Fourth Auction of Malaysian Banknotes – 6th March 2016
Thinking of something else to invest? How about investing in MONEY? Well, investing in special banknotes may be something we may also think of doing. There’s an upcoming one just days later. The details as below. Oh yeah, do look through all your old notes and if you found anything special, bring it along to…
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Understand why we buy, not why others say must buy
I personally dislike articles with titles such as ‘top 10 hotspots to look for.’ Come on, if I am the writer for that article and I am an investor and I really know these hotspots, why would I share with the world? It’s tough to argue that the writer wants the world to benefit. Or…
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Mah Sing – Latest net profit above 12 percent
First of all, I have to declare that I still have 1,300 units of Mah Sing shares. I think its latest dividend declared is enough for me to treat my wife and two kids to a Sakae Sushi dinner. Haha. I think its latest results are pretty good especially with the extremely volatile 2015. Ringgit…
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Getting married? Better with a home, please.
Before I got married, my parents and my wife’s parents “forced” me to buy a home even if it was a small apartment of 700 sq ft. Of course, way before that it was always, ‘when are you getting married?’ I think my parents and my in-laws are visionary. Their view is that everyone must…
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OSK with total GDV of over RM18 billion (via 1,400 hectares of land)
How many readers of kopiandproperty.my believe that the developers, especially the listed ones would start to report losses beginning 2016? I think the answer is not many, if any. What about the potential for more developers and developments? Especially those newer developers who are converting their available pieces of idle land or those who are…
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Demographics Malaysia and property demand
Analysis by research houses are usually based on a whole set of data which may not be available to the public. That’s why their accuracy is higher than majority of us. One latest analysis by UOBKayHian Research was reported in the local media. The article was a long one and I think mostly positive though…
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RTS makes more sense, HSR can wait
I wrote about this quite some time back, arguing that Johor and Singapore must have more links. Read here: Yes, if LINKS are provided I think Iskandar is okay Today, I read in the news that the proposed Rapid Transit System (RTS) may come true. According to the Johor Public Works, Rural and Regional Development committee…
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“Not bad?” Look around, ok? 6.4% from EPF is good.
A friend remarked today that the 6.4 percent declared by Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is “not bad.” I saw an article saying that this return is “so-so.” Objectively, it was achieved in a year which so many thought Malaysian economy was spinning into a crisis. It was also a year when Ringgit ended up as…