guess that is the only fund in M'sia that is only focused in Japan at this moment?

i feel like these two are too similar... not exactly diversifying.

Get a small/mid cap fund too

Affin Hwang Select Asia (ex Japan) Quantum
RHB-OSK Emerging Opportunity

And...Aberdeen Islamic World Equity is Shariah-compliant, cannot invest in global banks, tobacco companies, gaming companies, breweries etc, u might wanna consider CIMB Global Titans too

Arghhh.... GEYF seems to have 'salted fish came back to life'.... they are doing better than my AIWEF now

AIWEF is Islamic fund. It shouldn't be too volatile.

60% of GEYF is invested in US, HK and Japan. For the past few weeks, these markets have been doing pretty good.

Hi Pinkspider,

Thank you for your reply! I will have a look on these funds you have recommended.

The investment specialist in FSM have also advised me to invest in some bonds, but ringgit have been depreciated these few days. Is it worth investing or is it better to park into CMF instead? He has suggested me to invest in AMB Dana Arif Class A and AmConservative/ RHB-OSK Asian Total Refund. What is your opinion on this?

Cheers,
Wilson

I think u have already missed the boat, Ringgit is already at a low.

I invested in RHB-OSK Emerging Markets Bond, but stopped topping up for some time already.

My only "bond" allocation is now in CMF. CMF yield 3.5% now...very good already. 99% safe too.

Contemplating to switch the underperforming AM AsiaPac Income to Ponzi 1.0 or Ponzi 2.0

Chief, what's your take?

Ponzi 2.0 FTW!

You don't need account with large US-based fund company to buy ETF. Just online discount broker like Interactive Broker, TDAmeritrade, OptionsXpress etc., will do.

Thank you for your kind advice pinkspider! Waht is ponzi 2.0 btw?

Ponzi 1.0 is Affin Hwang Asia Quantum
Ponzi 2.0 is CIMB Asia Pac Dynamic Income

I concur

The ponzi 1.0 chart for last 3 months not so great la

Thanks for your opinion yklooi! Yea I have emergency fund, insurance and basic requirement covered, so all good for investment with excess money haha. I always hold ' hope for the best, plan for the worst' as my motto, my emotional would not fluctuate like Malaysia market haha.

good, nice to hear that....
seems like most of your intended funds selected for your portfolio are funds from the "FSM Recommended Portfolios" . Great minds think alike?

Ahahaha need to play safe first. Still don't have much capital to venture new products. Will explore new stuffs after saving enough for it!

Shanghai Stock Exchange drops > 5%

Hang Seng Stock Exchange drops > 2%

New funds coming to FSM??
8 Dec 2014...Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad, today announced the launch of two (2) investment solutions; namely the Affin Hwang Select Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Balanced Fund (“SAPBF”) and Affin Hwang Select Asia Pacific (ex Japan) Dividend Fund (“SAPDF”). SAPBF is a balanced fund that aims to provide growth and income opportunities through a diversified portfolio containing a balanced mixture of equities and fixed income instruments. Whereas, SAPDF is an equity fund that endeavours to provide investors with regular income and capital growth over the medium to long-term period.
SAPDF will be investing primarily in dividend yielding equities and “future dividend leaders”. “Future dividend leaders” refers to equities that could, in the medium term (within 3 years or less), potentially start paying high dividends or substantially increasing existing dividend payout. SAPDF intends to adopt a two-part approach, where a portion of the Fund's investments will be focused towards high dividend yielding equities (refer to dividend yields that are above market average) whereas the other portion will be invested in the "future dividend leaders”. The Fund will be focusing its investments within the Asia Pacific (ex Japan) region. The target return of the Fund over a 3 years rolling period is an annualised return of 10% to 12% per annum.

nice name for small caps??
http://www.affinhwangam.com/hwang-media/pr...on#.VIasAtKUfQQ

So the new theme now for fund will be target return or absolute return thingy?

seems like...from that article....
SAPBF ..... The target return of the Fund over a 3 years rolling period is an annualised return of 8% to 10% per annum.
SAPDF ..... The target return of the Fund over a 3 years rolling period is an annualised return of 10% to 12% per annum.

This post has been edited by yklooi: Dec 9 2014, 04:17 PM