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Charles Tan, DTM
Charles Tan is Founder of kopiandproperty.com. He shares from his personal investment experience for the past 20 years.
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Writings would include investment experience in property, stock, unit trust and more as well as readings and conversations with many property gurus in the industry.
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Finance News: Moody’s has downgraded outlook on the US banking system
I felt first hand the ASEAN financial crisis in 1997 / 98. The exchange rate of Ringgit to UK Pound went to as high as 1 Pound to RM8 at one point. Today, the exchange rate is 1 Pound to RM5.44 Please refer to the image from google as below:
Enjoy! MRT Putrajaya Line – FREE RIDE until 31st March 2023
They say one picture tells a thousand words. Take a look a the photo below from the MRT Corp’s Facebook page yeah. Highlighted in yellow is “Free Ride for MRT Putrajaya Line starting 16th March until 31st March 2023 – PM Anwar.” It is a not a lot of money for two weeks but it is still a lot of good savings for meals, kopi-O and even some supper of roti canai! I am not sure if I would have the time but will see how to bring my kids for their second ride since it’s free.
Property Investment 101: Budget 2023 highlights for property
Property Investment 101: Budget 2023 highlights for property Let’s run through the Budget which was unveiled by PM Anwar Ibrahim recently. Source: theedgeprop.my (click here
EPF savings as collaterals for loans, no withdrawals
EPF is a form of retirement savings. In other words, it should just be used after retirement. Okay, I also agree that if should also be called upon in times of emergency. That’s why I am on the side of no blanket EPF withdrawal. Please be reminded that when people withdraw their funds suddenly, EPF would have to liquidate some of their investments quickly, whether or not they have profit or loss.
People’s Housing Projects (PPR) should be for rent and not for sale
People’s Housing Projects (PPR) is built to provide homes to Malaysians who could not afford their own home as yet. Thus, all these PPR homes must be for the benefit of poor Malaysians and not to enrich anyone who managed to get a unit and is then sub-letting the unit out to foreigners and gaining profits from it while many other needy Malaysians are having to wait for a unit for years.
Personal Finance 101: Anyone could lose their job. Everyone needs to be ready, especially financially.
I just read about Meta announcing a fresh wave of job cuts and the numbers being announced would be 10,000 over the next few months. I quickly checked and according to statista (click here for source) Meta has over 86,000 employees as at December 2022. When we use this as calculation, it meant that around 11-12 pct of the current employees would cease to be employees of Meta in a few months time.
