Do you not rent out your property? If you do, managing renters can be just as troublesome. Confrontations over slow payment or unpaid rent, property damage, snowballing utilities bills, negotiations over rental rate increases, maybe worrying about tenants sub-renting rooms to others you don't know etc.

I feel tempted to lend a word or two into this argument:

Traditionally, stocks mean ownership of a company. Only wealthy ppl and/or ppl with excess wealth would purchase stocks, to own a certain % of a company and to participate in its profits and decision-making. Hence, if stock prices went up, it's bcos ppl are willing to pay more to own it. If u can't afford it, then don't buy, u won't die/suffer without owning stocks.

Whereas for properties ESPECIALLY residential properties, the original intention/purpose of residential properties is to provide a shelter to ppl. But greedy ppl went to speculate and push up property prices, causing ppl who need a house to pay more. Don't u property investors believe in karma?

ASEAN countries are taking most of the damage... One after another like dominoes..

i think "climate change" has a more serious impact than this, what do you think? but what has the world really did that has real impact about this till now to tackle this? just think about it

at the same time u have crop problems, min wage policy, rising cost of production, rising cost of logistics...all sorta problems

I m in a dilemma right now. For the past few months, I've been doing weekly DCA. But since the markets worldwide are in down slides more and more, is it a better idea to stop DCA and wait for all the blood shed to finish? And once markets start to recover, fire a bazooka to average down in one shot, or start weekly DCA again then?

Yup. If you compare the past years, Sept has always on the down side

AmDynamite kena kao kao

At first I wanna buy something last nite, but seeing this, I chose to wait

Osk uob asia pacific fund dun seem to be doing that well compared to other asia pac funds ah...wonder its due to the japan exposure not...tot wanna ride on the japan olympic but din seem to work

What A US Shutdown Means To You
The US government has failed to agree on a federal budget so it has effectively stopped providing all but essential services. The technical term for this is a shutdown, which sound more terminal than it really is.

That’s because since 1976, the US government has shut down on 18 separate occasions. Six of those shutdowns occurred in the 70s; eight happened in the 80s and three in the 90s. There hasn’t been a shutdown since 1995, which was when President Clinton occupied the Whitehouse.............
............In times like this it is easy to fall into the trap of panicking along with the naysayers. But remember this: While some parts of America may be closed for business, it is business as usual elsewhere in the world.

http://www.fool.sg/2013/10/01/what-a-us-sh...s76yhocs0070001

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  Mid October...Depth Ceiling negotiation crisis??   may lead to credit rating downgrade??  
well that is another thing to worry about....But for now, let's enjoy what we have...just keep the ammo dry...

MSI? Apa tu

unconfirmed report

#MyBudget2014 RM500 one off for 20 to 30 yr olds who save RM1000 a year in the Private Retirement Scheme. This to go on for five years.
4:56 PM - 25 Oct 2013

Najib also announced the one-off incentive of RM500 to EPF contributors who participated in the Private Retirement Scheme.

The incentive would be for those with a minimum cumulative investment of RM1,000 within a year.
“The incentive, which is available for individuals aged between 20 and 30 years, is expected to attract 420,000 youth contributors nationwide. It will be implemented from Jan 1 for a period of five years involving an allocation of RM210mil,” he said.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013...ntribution.aspx

so I interpret as every year for 5 years....how do you interpret it?

yar lor....missed 50% profit for RM 5000 investment 

think have to wait for the postings of those forummers that attended today's FSM seminar....maybe have clearer news