Hello Grasshoppa, Did you know that investing in stocks is considered as part of owning a business as technically it means that you are part-owner of the company? The number of stocks you have purchased will determine the percentage of ownership you have in that company. The more stocks you have, the higher your percentage […]
How I Became A Self Taught Investor
Hello Grasshoppa, Do you prefer to have professionals manage your investment, or do you prefer to manage your own investment? I used to think that investment is tough to understand & it is a common misconception among many people. Sometimes when I asked my friends to invest, their answer is always that they don’t know […]
The Best & Worst Investment Advice That I Have Ever Received
Hello Grasshoppa, Since I was young, I have gotten a lot of investment advice from many people. Some of them have changed my view on investments in a good way while some of them have brought a negative light towards my investment journey. Advice and opinion is always free but varies as some of them […]
#BBMGetInspired With Roshan Kanesan – Radio Broadcaster and Personal Finance Nerd
Hello Grasshoppa, It was my pleasure to be featured in the first episode of Ringgit & Sense for 2021 where we discussed money goal setting for 2021. I’ve been listening to Ringgit & Sense for the longest time and it was a pleasure being able to finally speak with Roshan. After the interview, I’ve actually […]
2021 Personal Finance & Investment View From My BJJ Friends
Hello Grasshoppa, My Saturday is always BJJ training & spending time with my BJJ family. It is a bit unusual for me this time around as my coach has just left back to his home country to take over his father business & I am taking up the role as a BJJ coach alongside with […]
My 2020 Personal Finance Overview & 2021 Personal Finance Resolutions
Hello Grasshoppa, 2020 went by quickly for all of us with the pandemic situation that has changed most of our lives. On the bright side, I was able to move my gym to a better location & the demand for my 9-5 job has increased with the growth of e-commerce. My 2020 personal finance was […]
How I Build My First RM100,000 Investment Portfolio In Less Than 3 Years
Hello Grasshoppa, How hard is it to build an RM100,000 investment portfolio? After I cleared my debts & began my investment journey, the only thing that was in my mind was to grow my wealth towards retirement. I barely had any deep knowledge towards investment hence starting to invest in the beginning was daunting. In […]
Why I Invest In Stocks
Hello Grasshoppa, There are times where I am having a dilemma on whether or not my investment journey is really worth it. Can I really achieve my goal of having financial freedom? Or will all my financial sacrifices account for nothing? Each month, I will be allocating a chunk of my money to invest into […]
Stock Market Trading Is At An All-Time High. Should We Be Optimistic In Certain Industries or Look Into The Valuation?
Hello Grasshoppa, Have your trading websites been crashing recently? I remembered buying stocks from Rakuten twice within this month and I have noticed many notification errors in the web, slow loading time, failure to connect to server & other similar issues. It is crazy especially when I am trying to buy some stocks but it […]
What Can You Invest With RM100 or Lesser
Hello Grasshoppa, One of the earliest posts when I started to write my blog is What Can You Invest With RM1000. That was in February 2018. It is crazy to know that BBM Blog have been active for the past 2 years & BBM is rated as one of the best personal finance websites in […]