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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Diversification
A proven strategy for successful investing is diversification - to vary your investment. Diversification is an effective way of minimising risks and protecting you from volatility in a particular...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Time Value of Money
Time is the greatest asset for anyone who wants to invest. The earlier you invest, the greater is your return on the value of your money. This is due to the concept of compound interest where you...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Impact of Inflation and Taxes
Proper planning and ensuring a minimum average rate of return on investment in the longer term is also crucial as the money you have today may not be able to buy you the same amount of things in...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Maximising Returns
As an investor, you will always try to get the highest return on your investments. The time needed for your money to double can be calculated using the Rule of 72. Divide 72 by the rate of...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Ringgit Cost Averaging
Ringgit cost averaging is a technique widely practiced in the unit trust industry. It involves investing a fixed amount of money for specified interval such as monthly, quarterly or yearly...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Risk-Return Relationship
There are many types of investments in the market and each has a different level of risk and expected return. Certain types of investments (e.g. savings bond) tend to besafer than others,...

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Planning your investment: Step 3 - Know the concepts of investing: Understanding Risk
Risk is an indicator of expectation about the potential gain or loss associated with investing over time. If you expect to make a large gain in a short period of time, the risks would be high....

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Planning your investment: Step 4 - Know which investments are appropriate for you
Before you select any investment product, it is important that you understand how it works. Each asset is unique and has a different risk-return profile which you can invest in to realise...

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