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Lost Your Job? Take Advantage of SOCSO’s Employment Insurance System (EIS) for Assistance
Did you recently get laid off? PERKESO/SOCSO's EIS benefits can help relieve some of your burden while you search for your next opportunity. Losing your job is hard, especially in Malaysia where we don't receive [...]
2025 January Market Outlook & Review
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A Deep-Dive into Rising Health Insurance Premiums (Part 2) – Healthcare Companies
News reports say health insurance premiums are increasing by 40% to 70% in 2025 for Malaysians. What’s going on and why? This is Part 2 in our series [...]
2025 January Market Outlook
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A Deep-Dive into Rising Health Insurance Premiums (Part 1) – Insurance Providers
News reports say health insurance premiums are increasing by 40% to 70% in 2025 for Malaysians. What's going on and why? This is Part 1 in our series [...]
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Moomoo MY New User Promotion – Get Started Today
New to investing in the US stock market? Kick start your US stock market investment journey with fractional shares trading! Great news is that it comes with lifetime $0* commission charges! Moomoo is a financial information [...]
4 Jenis Cukai Baru Yang Mungkin Diperkenalkan di Malaysia
Ada peluang untuk cukai baru diperkenalkan di Malaysia apabila ekonomi pulih nanti. Ketahui apa jenis cukai yang mungkin akan diperkenalkan di negara Malaysia. (Original article in English) Dengan [...]
Invest in Money Market With Versa App
Versa, in collaboration with Affin Hwang Asset Management, recently launched their latest digital money management platform. They are the first fintech to focus solely on money market funds [...]
Apa Anda Perlu Tahu Tentang Program Bantuan PEMERKASA
Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin telah mengumumkan pakej bantuan PEMERKASA berjumlah RM20 billion pada 17 Mac 2021 pada pukul 5.30 pm. (Original article in English) Pada [...]
What You Need To Know About PEMERKASA Asisstance Packages
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the PEMERKASA assistance package totalling RM20billion on March 17, 2021 at 5:30pm. On March 17, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the [...]
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SST: Simplified Malaysian Sales Tax Guide
The new Sales and Services Tax (SST) starts this September 1st. For Sales tax, what items are fully exempted and what are going to cost you more? Is it only luxury items that are being [...]
Life and Medical Insurance Tax Relief
Your easy guide to tax relief calculation for life and medical insurance. How much tax relief exemption are you entitled to? There are six (6) broad categories for life and medical insurance. Depending on the [...]
How to Claim Unclaimed Moneys
Malaysians have a whopping RM10.8b is in unclaimed moneys at the end of 2019 and is currently sitting in trust in the AG (Accountant-General's) Department. Do you have unclaimed moneys? Claim it back! [...]
I am Financially Free
This is a post that I had been thinking of writing for a while now. I will try to write as clearly as possible but at a sufficient level of disclosure so as not to [...]
How does P2P Property Crowdfunding Work?
How does peer-to-peer property crowdfunding like FundMyHome work? Is it beneficial for a buyer? Are there risks? Property Crowdfunding Malaysia's Budget 2019 announced the launch of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) property crowdfunding. Home buyers need [...]
Personal Finances
7 Common Reasons People Fall for Scams
What causes the public to fall prey to scammers? Learn more of few common ones causing this serious disadvantage. More often than not, we have read articles after articles in the media about people young [...]
Preparing Financially for Your Children’s Education – Part 3: Secondary
Preparing for your teenager's schooling? This series explores the fees incurred for your children’s schooling. Welcome to Part 3 – about secondary education costs in Malaysia. Phew! If you are still here, kudos to you. [...]
PERKESO/SOCSO Benefits for Self-Employed Workers & Housewives
Malaysia's social security protects not only full-time employees but also self-employed workers and even housewives. Learn more about the coverage and benefits from the contribution Nowadays, we are seeing a trend of more Malaysians leaving [...]
Risk Management & Estate Planning
Pet Insurance: Paw-tecting My Puppy and My Money
Why Roshan Kanesan bought pet insurance for his puppy. On August 27th 2022 at the Paw Wow Woof Gathering at Ardence Labs, I finally pulled the trigger and bought Berkshire medical insurance. Berkshire is my [...]
A Guide to Choosing the Right Financial Advisor
A financial advisor is someone that is well versed in all aspects of financial advice, and can help you improve your financial health or solve your financial woes. The role of a financial advisor in [...]
5 Financial Planning Consideration for Sexual Diversity Groups
Financial planning for the LGBT community certainly is essential with some unique considerations. Let's look at these 5 financial planning considerations. The term sexual diversity refers to all the diversities of sex characteristics, sexual orientations, [...]
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2024 December Market Outlook & Review
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2024 December Market Outlook
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Market Overview November 2024
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