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The Illusionary US Market Recovery

July 5, 2020 siesing3 Comments

A lot has been written about the disconnect between Main Street (the economy and businesses) and Wall Street (the stock market) in the US. With record unemployment in the US, reduction in consumer spending and closures of businesses, it was surprising to see the S&P 500 and Dow Jones indices record a 'V' shaped recovery… Continue reading The Illusionary US Market Recovery →

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An Important Moment In Investing

March 22, 2020 siesingLeave a comment

This post is a follow up from my post 2 weeks ago about trying to time the market in the days of the coronavirus pandemic. At that time, the S&P 500 was down 10% from its peak while the KLCI had dropped to where it was 9 years ago in 2011. In just 14 days,… Continue reading An Important Moment In Investing →

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2019 and what lies ahead

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 siesingLeave a comment

As I write this article we are less than 2 weeks away from the doorsteps of 2020. It has also been a year since I started financedurian.xyz. How time flies when you are not paying attention. The purpose of financedurian.xyz is to distill all my experience and knowledge in personal finance and investing into a… Continue reading 2019 and what lies ahead →

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A Cheap Way for Malaysians to Buy US Stocks

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 siesing2 Comments

Layer 6 of the Asset Allocation model: Diversified Index Funds The 6th layer of your Asset Allocation model is to invest in diversified index funds (read: these are NOT unit trusts) in the form of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). ETFs are all the rage today in the developed markets and there are almost 2,000 of… Continue reading A Cheap Way for Malaysians to Buy US Stocks →

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EPF’s Negative Reserves

August 25, 2019 siesingLeave a comment

Back in February 2019 I wrote an article explaining how the EPF, the Malaysian retirement fund is able to pay out a dividend of 6% despite the poor performance of many asset classes in 2018. The answer is that EPF draws from its reserves that was built over many years, selling assets such as bonds… Continue reading EPF’s Negative Reserves →

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