He's employing a technique called Value Cost Averaging.

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 7 2013, 10:27 PM

VCA is more dynamic and superior compared to DCA but still there's an arguement on which one is better.

Bloomberg and Yahoo! Finance are my feeder for indices figures and broader financial news title.

OT: Pink Spider, are you a CFP? Or you're just an accountant (perhaps senior post or even charted)?

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 7 2013, 10:32 PM

My PSMALLCAP repurchase completed with yesterday NAV is updated:

ROI: 18.35%, XIRR: 12.95%

The return still cannot cover PCSF loss.

Anybody loves Indonesia market?

Indonesia: Growth To Accelerate In 2013


KEY POINTS:

1. Albeit slowing down from the 6.5% growth rate in 2011 and missing the government’s growth target of 6.3 - 6.5%, Indonesia’s economy remained solid in 2012, growing at a robust rate of 6.2%.
2. Indonesia’s economic growth in 2013 will be supported by the resilient private consumption and strong investment.
3. Debottlenecking of investment barriers should see government spending gradually picking up in this year and this should have spillover effects to investment.
4. With the external environment expected to get better in 2H 2013, exports is likely to grow stronger in this year to narrow the 13.7% shrinkage of net exports seen in 2012.
5. Based on Bank Indonesia’s projection, economic growth for this year is expected to be stronger than the 6.2% seen in 2012, ranging in between 6.3% and 6.8% .

URL: http://www.fundsupermart.com.my/main/resea...?articleNo=3231

This post has been edited by David83: Mar 8 2013, 11:42 PM

What does CCB stand for?

Don't worry about the indecent version. I like in Penang now and I understood that.

Shahriah compliant fund. What a surprise, I thought you don't like Shahriah fund because it generally posts lower return.

Don't simply jump into the bandwagon because it's on the up course.

Well, the horse still got some fuel to move forward according to FSM article.

If you bought an ASEAN fund, that will be covered but Thailand is not a star country and there's no Thailand single country fund.

I noticed there're Singapore and Indonesian single country fund.

AmDynamic Bond is the best local performing bond and it's closed.

For those who are interested with Indonesian market:

Indonesia: Still Cheap To Buy?

KEY POINTS:

1. Despite the lingering worries on the weakening rupiah at this moment, foreign investors’ buying interest seems to be recovering as net inflow of foreign funds have surged since the beginning of this year.
2. Based on Bloomberg consensus estimates, earnings growth for Indonesian equity market is expected to grow stronger than last year, driven by better earnings in infrastructure, utilities, transportation, consumer goods sectors.
3. Earnings for basic industrial, chemical, mining and agriculture sectors should also see strong improvement in this year.
4. Examining the valuations of the JCI and its sub-sectors suggests that most of the sectors are now fairly priced or overvalued, except for the construction, property, real estate sector and agriculture sector.
5. Currently, the JCI trades at price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios of 15.7X and 13.7X based on 2013 and 2014 estimated earnings respectively, which are close to its fair P/E ratio of 15.0X.
6. We urge medium- to long-term investors of the Indonesian equity market to exercise caution as we believe that the downside risk for the Indonesian equity market has risen.
7. Profit taking activities are likely to take place when uncertainties over the developed markets subside and global recovery becomes more solid.
8. We believe that the possibility of higher-than-expected inflation and a weakening of the rupiah could still be threats
9. We maintain a rating of 2.5 stars “Neutral” for the Indonesian equity market.

URL: http://www.fundsupermart.com.my/main/resea...?articleNo=3236

Not sure how long FSM repurchase proceed completes.

I think PM is pretty fast. About 3 working days.

Executed a Repurchase instruction on Thursday before 4pm. Cheque has been banked in to my MBB saving account today.

All Shahriah are flavour?

In term of geographical coverage, it has everything exclude not much coverage in Asia Pacific or Asia Pacific ex Japan but you have ASEAN.

The Aberdeen funds are still new and hard to give any comment on their performance.

Hwang fans, distribution declared:

Hwang Select Bond Fund | RM 0.005 per unit | 26-Mar-2013
Hwang AUD Income (MYR) | RM 0.005 per unit | 26-Mar-2013
Hwang AIIMAN Income Plus | RM 0.005 per unit | 26-Mar-201

He has a high weightage in bonds.

I'll recommend Asia Pacific ex Japan first and also ASEAN region.

Idea Of The Week: Put Your Savings To Work [15 Mar 2013]

1. REGULAR SAVINGS PLAN AND PRIVATE RETIREMENT SCHEME
2. FIXED INCOME FUNDS
3. EQUITY FUNDS FOR GROWTH

URL: http://www.fundsupermart.com.my/main/resea...?articleNo=3253

You have a point but personally, I think that global fund is too diverse.

Morevoer, Asia Pacific ex Japan is highly weighted as compared to other regions.

Europe needs more time to rebounce.

US hits all time high and I guess correction is on its way.

GE won't affect much offshore funds like Hwang AQF or EI AP.