Anyone else got a display problem with their website?

Can view Fund by Asset Allocation, but not by Fund Name? Shows nothing under by Fund Name?

So you can view by Fund Name?

Mine shows nothing but the header for that page.

Either both your funds and mine have disappeared, or there is a website problem...

Yeah, that one's ok.

Not quite the same thing as downtime though. Downtime, as in website not available, is common.

Presenting incorrect information while still available is less common. Hopefully, something like this is rare.

I'm reducing my weighting on China-related funds, as I'm tending to the idea that China economic performance does not translate well to shareholder profits.

A recent example, switched from OSK China Big Cap (based on China Index), to OSK Asian Growth (less China).

This post has been edited by howszat: Apr 6 2013, 12:11 AM

Yes, I'm shifting to less China. As to why, there are various articles that discuss this when you Google. Of course, how you interpret them is up to you.

Is this about PFEPRF?

In general terms, never just look at the launch and what they said, or the prospectus alone. Look at the latest few quarterly reports (or whatever they have), or even the fund factsheet, for more information about what the fund manager(s) are actually doing rather than the vague, generalised information in the prospectus.

In addition, the same fund manager(s) may have good years previously but not this year, or there may have been a change of managers, or the fund objectives may not be suitable to the current economic cycle, or a few other things I'm not aware of.

On the odd occasion, they seem to have a delay in processing.

Last time, they sent a reminder saying I've not made payment after placing an order. I've replied saying yes, I have already made payment to which bank and when. They replied quickly saying they are now processing the order.

This time, I made the payment on Monday. Till now, still status Pending, and not even a reminder.

Yes, I can park my cash at CMF, but that doesn't mean I use cash or cheque to pay them - I will still be using IBG. So, that's irrelevant.

There could be a delay sometimes, but that should normally be within the 2 or 3 business days. Any more than that, and more often than you would like, I suggest your company change banks.

But, more relevant in an FSM thread, they previously sent a reminder when they did not receive payment. That should normally be automatic, which may or may not be how they operate. My post was more to see whether others have experienced something similar, ie 5 days still pending and no reminders?

Let me clarify - I wasn't talking about receipt emails. I was referring to reminder emails that should be automatic, IF they did not receive payment.

Yes, I would agree that CIMB/HLB payments would be more "efficient" for want of a better word. And that is why in my payments to Maybank, I deliberately made them rounded to a 50, eg X050, rather than X000 so a human being can have better chance of matching it. Which may or may not have helped...

Got the reminder, after one week. This one is automatic, ie with regards from "Fundsupermart.com" rather than a person. Previously, I did get a personal reminder.

I didn't have any problems with account opening, or processing payments previously, until this time. So my post was more to find out what other people's experience have been like.

KLSE has trends, which are possible to utilize to one's advantage.

Uncle Lim has only 1 trend - you lose.

There is a difference.

Shariah-funds has a restricted list of holdings, yes. But is it necessarily a not-as-good choice for a fund?

Consider who can buy those stocks, and who cannot. If a stock has a wider range of permitted buyers (especially large ones), it could be possible that its share price may be better supported. So the choice is not that clear-cut.

Quoting @transit

> 1. Do nothing. A conscious and thoughtful decision to do nothing is still a form of action.

Too broad. Depends on what you did previously, and how you deal with things in general. If you previously made a mistake, you must act to correct it - doing nothing is the worst course of action in such circumstances.

> 2. Your money is like soap. To quote Gene Fama Jr., a famed economist, “Your money is like soap. The more you handle it, the less you’ll have.”

That's a really uneducated comment. With some people, it is known as leverage to make it grow, with others it is a bottomless pit. It depends.

> 3. Never sell equities in a down market. If your funds are allocated correctly, you should never have a need to sell equities during a down market cycle. This holds true even if you are taking income. Just as you wouldn’t run out and put a for sale sign on your home when the housing market turns south, don’t be rash to sell equities when the stock market goes through a bear cycle. Wait it out.

"If your funds are allocated correctly" - that's the key point. How many people actually know what is the correct allocation, and stick to that belief "come hell or high water"? In a down market, companies can and do go belly-up. If you wait, you will lose even more.

> 4. Science works. It’s been academically proven that a disciplined approach to investing delivers higher market returns. Yeah, it’s boring; but it works.

No, investment is not Science. It's Art. In Science, if you follow the same methods exactly, you get the same results. In investments, you don't. Therein lies the difference.

This post has been edited by howszat: May 16 2013, 09:09 PM

One of the factors is the drop in Australian currency, and shares.

From a fundamentals point of view: mining boom over, Reserve Bank cutting rates, other non-mining industries lagging, un-employment expected to rise, and will likely continue for some time, I'm going under-weight in AU-related funds.

Japanese currency and shares both go through big swings, up and down. Many funds exclude Japan because it is not "emerging" and hence not high growth. But when it goes up, it goes up real quick, and when it drops, it drops real quick too. Not sure what you are supposed to call that.

Versus +1.41% for the week, and +9.42% for the month. Depends on what happens next, of course.