This is my analysis of investing using loan. As some of you might know, investing on loan is quite popular among Malaysians. Even some banks make a fully describing brochures to attract people. One of the main confusions is the monthly pay. I noticed some banks use lower monthly payment but here, I’m going to use standard BLR + 0.4% as the interest rate which is 6.9%. Some calculations are done with the help of online calculator. There are a lot of methods to invest using loan. I will just analyse the ones that I think the best.
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The data that I used in this calculation is as follow:
Interest Rate:6.9%
Dividend Rate:7%
Lending Terms: 10 years
Loan Method 1:Dividend will be used to buy more ASB shares
Monthly Payment = $587 (using online calculator)
Conventional Method 1: Invest $587 monthly for 10 years in ASB
Verdict:
Loan Method :Total Investment at the end = $98357 ( 39.63%)
Conventional Method:Total Investment at the end = $103888 ( 47.48%)
Total Cost: $587 x 120 = $70440
Loan Method 2 : Dividend will be used to pay monthly loan payment.
Monthly loan payment minus Monthtly Dividen = 587 – 291.66 =$295.33
VS. Conventional Method 2 : Invest $587 monthly for 12 months, and $295.33 for 108 months
Verdict:
Loan Method :Total Investment at the end = 50,000 ( 28.40%)
Conventional Method:Total Investment at the end = 58884 (51.22%)
Total Cost: ($587 x 12) + (295.33 x 108) =38939.64
Click For to see How I get the Numbers: Calculation Or click the Thumbnail Below
Please comment if you see any discrepancy. Thanks
Addendum:
BLR (Base Lending Rate) – A minimum interest rate set by Bank Negara. It will change over time and not fixed.
Dividend – Distribution of earnings to shareholder. ASB’s dividend is around 7-8% each year.
#1 by Azam on August 26, 2010 - 7:02 pm
Hi Irwan
What happened to all the comments for your original blog post on taking a loan to invest in ASB? I kept the comments page as a bookmark in my browser because I wanted to update myself with all the people who did take a loan (or take loans) for the purpose of investing in ASB. I wanted to know how successful or unsuccessful they were in getting extra returns, because I’m cautious about the changes in BLRs so I have not done it myself, but I do want to fill up my ASB account. At the moment I have savings in British Pounds but the exchange rate against the RM is terrible (the Sterling might even fall further this year) so I’m just keeping that money in the UK for one or two more years before I take them back to Malaysia.
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