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DarenS
post Sep 7 2010, 05:39 PM

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QUOTE(David83 @ Aug 28 2010, 10:18 PM)
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Dear all (especially David83, Jordy, and Guanteik)

I've been investing in PM for quite a while and have been using the switching strategy to time the market the best I could since I monitor exchange rate and stocks for my daily work. I have 2 questions for all here:

1) How strict is PM about the 21 days switching rule? The fineprint says PM reserves the right to reject any switching transactions if its done within 21 days of purchase/switching. Sometimes we can't wait for 21 days when the market requires us to switch (either cut loss or lock in profit). I have switched before 21 days a couple of times and they were all accepted so I'm not sure how strict this rule is. I've called PM before and the guy told me they're not very strict as long as the switching within 21 days is not done TOO often. But he couldn't explain to me how OFTEN is OFTEN? It's so subjective. I'd prefer not to accidentally repurchase when they reject my transaction so can anyone explain to me? Thanks!

2) In the PM gold status brochure, it says we can qualify if we have 100k MGQP. And it says MGQP is added if we switch into equity funds and MGQP is deducted when we switch out of equity funds. But my MGQP has been the same since I started investing in PM even though I have been swicthing. How does that work? and what happens when I do reach 100k? Can I call them to ask for the status? And if it drops below 100k for some time, how long is the grace period before my gold status is disqualified? 3 months? 1 year? It's not very clearly stated. Coz sometimes when the market is at the peak, when i switch out of equity funds and into bond funds, what happens to my MGQP and gold status?

Thanks for your time and hopefully someone can give me a clear explanation for the above.

DarenS
DarenS
post Sep 8 2010, 12:24 AM

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QUOTE(guanteik @ Sep 7 2010, 06:17 PM)
@DarenS
I can only answer you on question#2. I personally have not been in the scenario of the question#1. Sorry for that! As long as you have 100K MQGP, you are still a Gold member. Your membership will be revoked immediately if your MQGP falls below 100K. Say you invested RM100K on a fund, and switched it to another after 3 months, your MQGP will remain the same. No minus or addition even the fund performs/losses. Your MQGP will be affected if you withdraw the units from the account. The rule is simple, any purchase of unit trust with service charges of 5.5%, you will be entitled for MQGP. Purchasing bond funds are not entitled for it. But if you switch from Bond/MM to Equity, you will get the MQGP and being changed 5.5%. If you have equity funds and switched to bond, your MQGP remains as you have earlier paid the service charge for the equity.

Hope this helps.
@net_seeker,
You can withdraw your units to Maybank/PBB for normal member, any banks for Gold member. That's auto bank in. You may want to request for a cheque too.
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Hi Guanteik,

Don't worry about question number 1 smile.gif Hopefully someone else who has experienced the same scenario can explain to me smile.gif
Thanks for your answer to #2 though! It's well put and I understand it well now. So as long as I have paid the 5.5% sales charge, I have 'earned' the points permanently even if I later switch out of it. Is that right? smile.gif Means I have a few thousand to go before I achieve that! Can't wait for the gold status as I can then switch for 12 times for free!:) Are you yourself a gold status holder? How has it been for you? If you are, did you have to call PM to ask for the status once you've reached 100k?


DarenS
post Sep 8 2010, 10:04 PM

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QUOTE(guanteik @ Sep 8 2010, 08:20 PM)
@DarenS
Once you reached 100K, your status profile will be changed in the system. For the first time, the PM customer service will call to 'congratulate' you on becoming a Public Mutual Gold Member. They will explain to you on the benefits of being a PM Gold Member... bla bla bla, then they will send you a PM Gold Card to indicate you are a Gold Member. Since you just need a few K to go, probably it's best you experienced it yourself.
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Sounds good! smile.gif I can't wait to experience it! haha

Anyone has an answer for question 1??????????? smile.gif

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