Understanding Book Value

Book value tells an investor how much a company is worth if it ceased operating today, sold all its assets and paid off all its debts. Book Value = Tangible Assets – Liabilities Example: Steve is the Pies ‘R’ Us CEO. His company owns baking factory, pie pans, orchards and everything else need to make [...]

How to Pick Your Best Stock Investing Strategy

There are many ways to approach investing, we will look at three of the most common: Value Investing Strategy Growth Investing Strategy Income / Dividend Investing Strategy Value Investing Strategy Value investors look at investing in stock is buying a piece of company. They measure a company underlying value by analyzing the company fundamental as [...]

Get Insurance Coverage Before Jumping Into Any Investment

Should we buy insurance first before start investing? Definitely yes! Why do we need insurance protection and how important it is? Read this real life example: A minor knee surgery at private hospital Malaysia can easily cost thousand of ringgit. A cousin of mine was charged at about RM6,000 for the surgery after a motorcycle [...]

Bull & Bear Stock Market Definition

What are Stock Market Bulls vs. Bears Being bullish or bearish in finance means you are either optimistic or pessimistic about the current market climate. Bull Market Bulls are people who think the market or particular stock is going to rise. If investors are bullish about the stock they will rally behind the stock by [...]

Understanding a Company’s Corporate Business Structure

All publicly traded companies have the same basic corporate structure. Let’s look at Ed’s Carpets, Ed’s name is on the building, but his company is owned by shareholders. Ed holds stocks in the company, so he is one of the shareholders. If all the shareholders try to manage the company nothing gets done. Instead, they [...]

Tragedy of 911 – World Trade Center, 11 September 2001

For all those lost on September 11, 2001 We will never forget!

Understanding Profit Margin

Profit margin is a ratio that measures how much income is kept in a company as compared to the total revenue. Simply put, it is a measure of profitability. To find out how much of every dollar on revenue is kept in the form of profit, a firm calculates its net profit by subtracting all [...]

Understanding Stock Splits

When corporations decide to sell stocks to the public, they also decide to sell a certain number of shares. The shares that are released and sold are called “outstanding shares”. They rise and fall in value based on the investing public demand for them. Sometimes, the price of the company outstanding shares grows so much. [...]

Malaysia Gold Price: 999 & 916 Latest Gold Rate For Jewellery Shops (6 Sept 2011)

Recommended Retail Gold Price Today (6 September 2011): 999 Gold: RM216.00 per gram 916 Gold: RM205.00 per gram 835 Gold: RM189.00 per gram 750 Gold: RM169.00 per gram 375 Gold: RM92.00 per gram Recommended Retail Gold Price (5 September 2011): 999 Gold: RM208.00 per gram 916 Gold: RM197.00 per gram 835 Gold: RM181.00 per gram [...]

Malaysia Gold Price: 999 & 916 Latest Gold Rate For Jewellery Shops (5 Sept 2011)

Recommended Retail Gold Price Today (5 September 2011): 999 Gold: RM208.00 per gram 916 Gold: RM197.00 per gram 835 Gold: RM181.00 per gram 750 Gold: RM163.00 per gram 375 Gold: RM88.00 per gram Recommended Retail Gold Price (26 August 2011): 999 Gold: RM201.00 per gram 916 Gold: RM190.00 per gram 835 Gold: RM175.00 per gram [...]