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lee28
post Aug 5 2021, 07:01 PM

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hi, I am new to StashAway and this is my first time using robo-advisors. i have some questions about StashAway and many thanks for the assistance provided,

1) At the withdrawal settings, i notice there are two selections for Maybank, (a)Maybank and (b) Maybank Islamic, is there any difference if i select either one as both are the same mother company? and does it affect the process of my withdrawals?

2) Do i get charged for the Currency conversion fee 0.1% spot rate when i transfer from local bank to StashAway Simple? and vice versa?

3) When i transfer from StasAway Simple to my StashAway General Investment Portfolio, do i get charged again for the Currency conversion fee 0.1% spot rate ?


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lee28
post Aug 5 2021, 07:19 PM

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QUOTE(tadashi987 @ Aug 5 2021, 07:09 PM)
1) if your account is with Maybank then select Maybank
if your account is those account with Maybank Islamic then select Maybank Islamic

2) Stashaway Simple is MYR Money Market Fund portfolio, so no currency exchange involved, there no conversion fee
conversion fee only happen when you deposit money into your Stashaway foreign currency portfolio, since your MYR is converted into USD
and also happen when u sell/withdraw, because Stashaway convert your USD back to MYR to deposit into your bank

3) refer (2)
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lee28
post Aug 20 2021, 08:48 AM

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QUOTE(Hoshiyuu @ Aug 19 2021, 01:29 PM)
There's two approach to this really.

2. Be flexible post end-of-income
Be optimistic that the market will spend more time being great and less time being trash within my lifetime, and adjust my living standards according to market performance - 90% Equities, 10% Bond (SRI 8%)
Always withdraw only 3.5% per year of current holdings - if its an amazing year, the 3.5% will be bigger, and I can spend more on luxury stuff that year - if the big bad event happen, and I lost 50% of my value over night, then no choice, just have to live on nasi lemak and bread or whatever I can afford with the 3.5% of the 50% left.
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i am interested to know more about your approach, can you elaborate more on why the withdrawal of 3.5% from your current holdings and not 5% or 10% or any other numbers?

Furthermore would it be better if, for example,
1) the SA have reach our pre-determined % profit and i cash out fully (aka lock the profit).
2) then after that, we start all over again with the DCA or lump sum.

Thank you.
lee28
post Aug 20 2021, 03:14 PM

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QUOTE(Medufsaid @ Aug 20 2021, 09:25 AM)
a well balanced ETF will always go up in the long run (e.g., 8 good years, 2 bad years) so if you turned a profit, you should let profits run. cashing out fully is a form of "timing the market", so just cash out some and leave behind whatever amount you are comfortable with
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thank you for your advice.


QUOTE(Hoshiyuu @ Aug 20 2021, 01:16 PM)
I'm terrible at explaining things, so I may mangle some concept and terms... as this is getting closer to financial planning territory - do not take my answer as financial advice, seriously, I don't know shit, if I am well off I won't be sitting in lowyat forums.

You'll have to look into the further details yourself, but the gist of it is, after a certain point of investing, your yearly profits from investment alone can sustain your spending needs without any further income. FIRE's idea is to bring that earlier than retirement age.
3-7% are common withdrawal rate that people choose - i.e. If you have a 2million portfolio, you can spend up to RM5k a month and still have your portfolio grow with 0 additional investment and traditional income.

The higher the withdrawal rates are, the more likely your portfolio cannot sustain you until the end of your life due to economic turmoils or other reasons.

So, for your first question, 3.5% is the number I've decided for now as my target safe withdrawal rate. Does that make sense?

Coincidentally - this is also why fees are VERY important. You may imagine the impact of paying SA 0.8% a year when you are sitting at ~3.5% withdrawal rate. This is why partially why SA consist of only 40% or less of my total portfolio as VWRA's fees are only 0.22% a year and have a good chance of going lower.
As for your follow up questions:
I very much agree with that. If you lock it in, your money stops working for you - now they are sitting around getting eroded by inflation and subjected to currency risk - instead of "whether they will run out" - it became a "when it will run out" issue.

It's more likely that you will simply stop depositing when your income stream stops and just let your money grow by itself.
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thank you for the example and explanation.

and regarding the highlighted sentence,
1) do you apply this only for ETF products (SA & VWRA) or
2) do you apply this method (3%-7% withdrawal) to your shares stocks also? or
3) do you aimed for the shares stocks growth and dividend?

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lee28
post Aug 23 2021, 09:36 AM

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QUOTE(Hoshiyuu @ Aug 20 2021, 06:38 PM)
I don't own individual stocks,  but the mentality only applies to SA & VWRA which makes up 90%+ of my portfolio. I don't particularly differentiate growth and dividend stock either...
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thank you for the input.

 

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