And it surprises me that AmDynamic Bond consistently managed to do better than its supposedly lower risk profiled sister fund, AmBond, scoring better at "Preservation" on Lipper rating

Noted and thanks, guys. I was under the impression that dividends from funds is exactly the same as dividends from stocks/Reits. My bad.

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Added on February 13, 2012, 12:03 amNope, HwangDBS Select Income Fund not EPF-approved. If I'm not mistaken, EPF-approved funds may not have more than 30% of their NAV in foreign investments.

I've found a few funds that interest me. Will post about them and request feedback at a later date

This post has been edited by Angel On Fire: Feb 13 2012, 12:03 AM

Any fund that is investing in the currency?

I'm new to mutual funds. TQ.

No wonder OSK-UOB KidSave Trust capped their foreign investments at 30%

In that case, KidSave Trust is worth looking at, too

Good morning all sifus ... im looking for a 1 year or 6 month fund investment . any recommandation?

my investment money preferably liquid incase of emergency.

thank you

Preservation is not equal to lower risk... for risk factor you have to measure the volatility. Ambond is 1.9 while AmDynamic is higher at 2.2.

if u look at AmBond's performance chart, there's 2 significant "dips", probably those impaired its "Preservation" rating

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Added on February 13, 2012, 10:06 amAmIncome Plus, investing in short-dated high quality bonds. It consistently beaten 12-months FD returns over past 5 years.

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Feb 13 2012, 10:06 AM

im new to investment, any sifu can tell me where and how to start ?

This post has been edited by Audiophilic: Feb 13 2012, 12:09 PM

New Islamic bond fund from AmInvestment:

http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/business-ne...preciation.html

Markets have risen so much in recent weeks...are u guys still buying equity funds?

Bought (past tense) and looking to be a bit more overweight than normally planned Asset Allocation

Just to share:
1. Bank of England pumps another £50bn into UK economy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/fe...titative-easing

2. Bank of Japan surprises with new easing; yen falls
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bank-of-j...alls-2012-02-13

3. ?? other EU nations go on the QE bandwagon?
Dunno when heheh

Ok

Which market?

Planning to add Emerging Markets to my portfolio, but only a small %, slowly accumulate by Regular Savings Plan over next few months

Eh? no specific market other than KLSE . I dont target a specific foreign country, just like U with yr mutual funds approach.

To be more specific PIX done last Dec + another smaller portion last week.
PFEPRF done early Jan 2012 + waiting for another smaller portion IF things go on up later this month.

Pls note though, that these lump sums are in addition to my quarterly value + dollar averaging.
My double-barrel shotgun = no fear/greed + value/opportunity . I've no sniping armor piercing rifle yet, thus, gotta take a shotgun approach

KLSE? I've been suspending my DCA for my malaysian balanced funds pending General Elections

furthermore, KLSE seems to be range-bound within a narrow range lately...seems like investors are hesitant with malaysian stocks

This post has been edited by Pink Spider: Feb 14 2012, 04:03 PM

I myself, holding mainly on bonds. waiting for opportunities to shoot in

if the markets keeps on climbing higher and higher with no noticeable pullbacks for u to shoot in, forever "007, Bond, James Bond"?

Well i think KucingFight has some triggers, like if Fixed Income held % is WAAAY out of whack, he'll spend some of it on Equities or Gold/etc gua.

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Added on February 14, 2012, 6:10 pmI'm no seafood though i'd recommend U try this eyeballing this:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/690951/+1850

Then google items like
Asset Allocation, Asset Classes, Asset Sub-Classes, Dollar Cost Averaging, Value Cost Averaging, TwinVest, Value and Growth Stocks.
Phew.. that should take care of the basics

Lots of things out there for learning - sigh.. wished Google and Internet was so easily available when i was younger & dumber..

This post has been edited by wongmunkeong: Feb 14 2012, 06:10 PM

KLSE P/E and Divvy Yield is at mult-year average...which means limited upside

but Asia Ex-Japan is way below the midpoint

True - based on Value buying. However, what if the market decides to go "like that" threading bit by bit up for the next 3 year?
Heheh - that means we'd have lost 3 years CAGR by not participating right?

Mind U, i'm not saying "dont follow value investing", k?
I'm just saying that using value investing is just one method, there are other methods as well.
IF U are like me, a worker ant earning salary and saving a chunk to invest, sooner or later, U'd be totally lopsided with Fixed Income (cash, bonds, FD, EPF) holdings as a % of total net worth and total investments held IF we kept waiting and holding on to ammo coz no obvious value/lelong appeared

Just throwing some ideas around ar, no right or wrong

Well said Wong Seafood

Reason - The Market is not rational MOST of the time