Even though both may have similar stock pick holdings but KGF NAV swings more violently than ESI EIF.

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ROI within the time of interest:

KGF: 4.38%
ESIEIF: 0.97%

AmOasis Global Islamic is a feeder fund to Oasis Crescent Global Equity Fund which is heavy in US (55%)

It has...begun

Calling wongmunkeong seafood, sudah start deploying reserve ammo?

My advise is, stay away from Eastspring Small Cap or any other high risk small-mid cap equity funds; reason being, the rollercoaster ride MIGHT scare you away from UT investments.

1st of all, are u already working? Do you have spare cash every month to top up your investments? Or are you just looking to invest the spare cash that you currently have on hand?

If your answer is the latter, I'd advise you to just park in FD. Or, you may start with RHB-OSK Cash Management Fund 2. It's return is on par with FD, and it's flexible - you may withdraw anytime. And best of all, it is a unit trust, albeit a money market fund, so that you can get a taste of what is unit trust.

If you insist on investing, look at the more stable, seasoned funds like:
- Kenanga Growth
- Affin Hwang Select Opportunty
- Eastspring Investments Equity Income
- CIMB-Principal Equity Growth & Income

But to me, if you have limited funds, better to pick a good balanced fund like:
- Affin Hwang Select Balanced
- AmConservative

1. Local fund managers are mostly jaguh kampung.
2. Local stock market is "inefficient", i.e. it's relatively easy to spot value divergence/beat the market, hence local ETFs are not popular

In US/Europe/Japan markets, by the time u think u spotted a "value stock", the market have already spotted it earlier than u and beat u to it, i.e. most if not all stocks are already fairly or even overpriced.

Affin Hwang to offer insurance coverage for unit trust holders

The insurance coverage is limited to its two flagship funds: the Affin Hwang Select Opportunity Fund and Affin Hwang AIIMAN Growth Fund. Malaysian residents between the age of 18 and 64 with a minimum investment of RM10,000 in either fund is eligible for the offer.

URL: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/my/article/a...t-trust-holders

Btw back to Aberdeen Islamic State World Equity...

If u have been reading its monthly fact sheets...

This fund doesn't change its stock holdings much, the fund manager adopts a more buy-and-hold strategy with its holdings, which it has high conviction in.

Give it time, perhaps recently Shariah-compliant stocks are underperforming. 1-yr return for the fund are still decent, u don't judge a fund by its monthly returns.

Look at this chart...

Bukan 100 rule meh? Sejak bila sudah jadi 120?

Dunno wor...perhaps they invested in some high risk bonds and/or did some bond trading?

Market is irrational.

U see US, they have been hinting at ceasing of QE for some time. But market have been purchasing Treasurys, pulling yields lower and lower...bcos they dread market meltdown perhaps?

Money has to flow somewhere. Let's say u made some wonderful profits trading local KLSE stocks, then sold all your positions. To preserve your capital, where to go? BAT yielding only 4%, office REITs u scare office oversupply, IGBREIT only yielding net 5% etc etc etc, how? U buy bonds lor.

Just my 1 sen worth of worthless opinion

Apa machiam the returns?