When people hear the term “insurance policy”, a few things come to mind; silver-tongued insurance agents and “if you die” scenarios just to name a few. And yes, while these are some facts of life about these financial instruments, it’s hardly the only things you should know about them. This time around, we will explore…
I always like it when you guys interact with me whether through my contact form, social media or simply commenting. One particular Reader sent me a link to an article by BizBrunei about this thing called BIBD Aspirasi and asked me what I thought about it. So our local bank, BIBD had an interesting little launching of…
All this while, I’ve been talking about equities and stocks as investments. It would be unfair to people who are more conservative towards risk to keep focusing on those vehicles only. You can find out what’s your risk appetite in a recent post I did. So other than saving up in the bank, what other…
Investing is often advised and even marketed as the best way to grow your wealth. “Make your money work for you!” so to say. Before we go around actually investing our money, we usually do a bit of research. Questions like “What should I invest in?” crop up very often. Different types of investments will have…
You know, recently I’ve just been talking about savings, spending, savings, spending. It’s really been a while since I talked about investments. So this time, let’s do that! In particular, what can we invest in Brunei? As you may know, investing is putting your money somewhere (I often refer to this as a “vehicle”) with…
Playing the Stock Market If you invested in the stock market in the past 10 years, your capital would have appreciated by over 200% if you bought Nestle shares. Comparing this with Forex, taking EURUSD as an example, if you were able to short it for the past 10 years, your capital will only gain…
Recent news reported that our local bank Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) is planning an Initial Public Offering. Along with the fact that they gave high dividends last year, I think it’s a good time to talk about stocks. One of the ways we can generate wealth is through buying stocks. This can be through…
Many of us dream of not needing to work and still be able to get money to spend some how. Whilst this may seem immature and wishful at best, the good news is: It’s actually possible. The bad news is you won’t get it right now or even in the next few years. You would…
