Sunday 6 March 2011

Financial Education

Assalamualaikum wbt,



1. There are 4 basic investment categories, that can provide you both; capital gain but more towards cash flow. They are (as stated on the pages above):
a) Business
b) Property Investment
c) Paper assets - mutual funds, stocks, bonds, savings (i.e. ASB), insurance
d) Commodities - gold, silver, oil, platinum etc  

          

2. Example of businesses:
- Any business that can provide passive income, not from earned income (income you get from your hard work) i.e. internet marketing, book publisher, get royalties from book that you wrote, become shareholder for your companies

3. Property Investment:
- Buy house to rent to other people, not for your own use.
- Try get low down payment as much as you can because for Bumiputra, we can get 0% down payment. Just focus on monthly installment which we can paid back from the rental you get monthly.
- Spread your loan to as many years i.e. 25-35 years, that the bank can give and re-finance it when the market price down because your monthly installment will also decrease. Then, the rental payment minus monthly installment will be your passive income.
- This investment depends so much on the location & how you handle the tenant.
                    
4. Example of Paper Assets:
- Open up any unit trust like Public Mutual which annually, you will get around 3% dividend only
- Play stocks to get 'capital gain' during any interval time. High risk, volatile in market & it's like gambling but if successful, you may get until 30-40% profit or vice versa.
- ASB Islamic - less risky and no need to take care of. Every year will get 7-8% dividend and after 5 years will get bonus. Average investment for anyone who don't want to take any risks.
   

5. Example of Commodities:
- Buy physical gold & silver from Kuwait, Public Gold or Public Dinar, keep it for capital gain which every year, at least the price will increase to more than 10% for sure. With 'sistem pajakan Ar-Rahnu', we can double the profit until 30% or more.
- Having physical gold is like having capital gain as well as cash flow.
- For me, looking at the world's economy nowadays, gold is the best and less riskier one besides ASB. Main purpose to have gold is to retain our wealth by avoiding it to decrease in value as for long-term investment.
                                                                                 

That's all for now. There are more details on those categories but hopefully from time to time, readers can sort it out gradually and think of how to generate income from those four, whether for capital gain or cash flow.

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