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I logged into my mutual fund accounts and saw a large 3% average drop today. This is the biggest change I had experienced in my investment so far, so I went off to read news, which I seldom did. As expected, the news did mention a drop in stock markets around the world, so all […]

My friend left a comment and said that there was a trend in bond investing, therefore I’m blogging specifically about bonds in this post. Bonds are basically fixed income instruments, but it does not mean that there are no risks involved. Basically, you are taking some form of risk even when putting your money in fixed […]

As promised in my last post, I will introduce the common financial instruments that investors use to build their wealth. Before I go on, let’s just have a disclaimer… I make no representation that I’m an expert in investing and my purpose is only in opening up your mindset. Investing is subjected to risks and I do […]

Like many others, I didn’t see the point in investing until a few months ago, so I’m writing this post to encourage investing. I remember that I was only 16 when I was first fascinated by stocks, bonds and derivatives, but I never put a single cent into investing until recently. Looking back, I have […]

I started investing in Mutual Funds two months back and just came up with a simple spreadsheet to track my investments and here’s a screenshot:

I have hidden 3 columns of data: initial value, current value and number of units for my own privacy and so that you do not laugh at the puny amount of money I have. Anyway, […]