Hello Grasshoppa, Recently, I have asked myself, what should I know about money as I was growing up? I did not learn anything about money management until I started my reading habits after I was desperate to find ways to escape from my financial debts. Growing up, my mum only mentioned to me that, I […]
Hello Grasshoppa, Many years ago when I was writing about e-wallets, I endorsed multiple e-wallets of my choice such as Boost & GrabPay. When Boost started to launch & when they had their “shake” cashback, I was one of the biggest fans until they changed their rewards system which also led to the loss of […]
Hello Grasshoppa, Fractional Investing is not something new, especially in the USA where it has been practiced for a long period of time. If you are an investor & you plan to buy Berkshire Hathaway Class A stocks, it costs you USD491,000 (as of my writing) to buy 1 unit. With Fractional Investing, you can […]
Hello Grasshoppa, Want to find an indirect way to pay your spouse their monthly allowance while ensuring that they have extra savings? Introducing EPF i-Sayang which is an initiative introduced by the government to allow the contributor (husband) to transfer 2% of their employee share contribution received from the employer to the receiver (wife) EPF […]
Hello Grasshoppa, I have been using Rakuten Trade since its launch in May 2017 & it is definitely the best trading platform for local stocks. They are the first completely online equities broker & have disrupted the market by offering the most competitive brokerage fee. Over the years, they have added more services to their […]
Hello Grasshoppa, It has been more than 5 years since I started to invest in P2P financing. When I started to publish my first post on P2P financing, it was quite new in Malaysia. During that time not many Malaysians understood much about P2P & it required lots of marketing & publicity to educate the crowd […]
Hello Grasshoppa, There will be a point in our lives when we will have thoughts of how can we plan for our family or loved ones just in case something happens to us. Occasionally, my mind wonders what will happen to my assets in my absence. When I was 19, I remembered this struggle my […]
Hello Grasshoppa, Recently I stumbled upon data on American Household’s Average Monthly Expenses which shows that our TWO biggest expenses are house & transportation. Despite the data being based on Americans, this also applies to Malaysia since most of our biggest expenses revolve around house & transportation. To some of us, it is obvious but […]
Hello Grasshoppa, There are lots of EPF features that have been introduced over the years & this is by far one of the best features by EPF for individuals that do not know what to invest in but want to earn higher interest than a fixed deposit. In Malaysia, we have been introduced to many types […]
Hello Grasshoppa, If you have an account with HelloGold, you should have received an email from them on the closure of their Malaysia & Thailand office which made headlines on many social media pages. There is also some feedback that the app was having some issues & there was lots of panic selling happening within […]
