
Finally, I just bought my first unit trust this evening. I’ve spent 2 hours listening to an agent explaining about what I have already knew. It’s quite boring until she explained about which stock is suitable for me. She is very helpful (she even sent me home with her Merc
). I finally made my decision. I divided my portfolio to Ittikal Fund and Regional Sector.
What? You bought Mutual Funds? They are easy to get down but damn long to back up?
You are right, that is what I am expecting. Dollar cost averaging works best in Low-then-up market and in long-term investment. And for Ittikal, it has a gradual increase and outperform KLSI growth. It will likely to hike 50-80% in 5 years (according to past performance but past performance is nothing more than just an indicator
).
Why I choose Ittikal and RegSec?
I invested 66% fo my fund in Ittikal and 34% in RegSec.From past performance, Ittikal achieved 70+% in 5 years with gradual increase in price. The just launched Regsec (i missed the 1% free promotion that ended 24 June), which is for aggressive investors, has more volatile price and is perfect for long term and risk-for-higher-performance investment. I am not using the money in this 3 years so it better be in mutual rather than 3% Fix Deposit, and I’m setting up autodebit from my account to contribute 6-7% every months. Neat! The lesser money with me, the lesser I spend it.
#1 by Mohd. Awang Razdi Bin Mutalib on July 17, 2006 - 9:47 pm
cool,
I am planning to invest in unit trust too. Maybe i will used Maybank.
So tell me about this Unit trust, How do you calculate unit trust profit?
Suppose that i invest RM1000. what my profit will be at the end of the month?
Thanks.
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yus reply on August 29th, 2008:
Assalamualaikum Razdi,
I’glad to hear that you interested to invest in unit trust but there there’re rules that you’ve to follow if you want ton invest in this fund.
1. It’s a medium and long term investment advise to hold at least 3 years and above.Average return from Public Mutual fund on average is from 40 % an above depend on time of current market you invest. Like now when the market is down this is the best time to invest. investment in unit trust is like plant a durian tree, it take a few years to grow but we can harvesrt the fruit until the tree die.
So if you want to know the profit in a year you better put in ASB or buy direct shares..mutual fund can’t guarante the exact profit but it can give more than you expected if you are willing to wait.
For your info ittikal fund performance since launch 97 is about 250 % growth.
If you need to know more just email to me at userd1414@yahoo.com
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mama reply on October 15th, 2008:
Hi
I invested in Public Islamic Asia Dividend Fund at 0.25 sen through a close friend ( I was sort of trapped into buying)..I have a little idea about this fund, but now I am wondering if I had done the right thing. today’s price is 0.16..can you advise me
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Yus reply on October 15th, 2008:
Hi,
pls contact me direct at my email @019-4975363 for free advise
tq
missringgit reply on November 1st, 2008:
actually u hv done the right thing, is just the economy is in global crisis..so dont worry…mmg cycle economy mcm tuh….what should u do now is…try rebalance ur portfolio by doing dollar cost averaging to average down ur unit price, this will help u cut down the losses n u can gain better reurn in long term…even can get xtra units bcoz u buy at lower price like buying in megasale…one more things try to consult/discuss with ur consultant..this is important to review ur portfolio every 6 months….anything u can reach me at sweet_owen13@yahoo.com
Yus reply on November 27th, 2008:
Utk pengetahuan…
Saya sertakan beberapa maklumat terkini.Yang boleh digunakan bagi mengambil peluang.
Apa yag saya perhatikan,kebanyakkan dana mengalami penurunan terutamanya dana tempatan mahupun dana luar negara seperti China.
Dan penurunan terhadap nilai ( entry point )inilah yg boleh diambil sebagai peluang kerana setiap dana pernah mengalami kenaikan harga tertinggi pd masa lalu.
Antaranya seperti berikut :
Data yang diperolehi dari 29/12/06 sehingga sekarang .(within 2 years )
1) PUBLIC ITTIKAL : LAUNCH DATE : 10/04/1997
OFFER PRICE : RM 1.00
HIGHER PRICE : RM 1.1981 ( as at 01/11/07 )
LOWER PRICE : RM 0.6348 ( as at 28/10/08 )
2) PUBLIC ISLAMIC EQUITY FUND ( PIEF )
OFFER PRICE : RM 0.25
HIGHER PRICE : RM 0.4227 ( as at 31/5/2007 )
LOWER PRICE : RM 0.2407
3) PUBLIC ASIA ITTIKAL FUND (PAIF )
OFFER PRICE : RM 0.25
HIGHER PRICE : RM 0.3406 ( as at 30/10/07 )
LOWER PRICE : RM0.1769( 24/11/08 )
4) PUBLIC CHINA ITTIKAL FUND ( PCIF )
OFFER PRICE : RM 0.25
HIGHER PRICE : RM 0.2507 ( as at 27/12/08 )
LOWER PRICE : RM 0.1334 ( 24/11/08 )
Daripada analisis yg saya perhatikan saya membuat kesimpulan :
a) Setiap dana yang ditawarkan adalah berlandaskan fundamental dan kekukuhan sesuatu syarikat yang boleh berdaya saing dlm.jangka sederhana & panjang kerana itulah objektif pelaburan setiap individu yg membuat pelaburan.
b) Setiap ‘Entry Point’yang ditawarkan juga adalah berpatutan dan mengikut persetujuan pihak pengurusan dan kebeneran SuruhanJaya Sekuriti.Sekiranya berlaku penurunan nilai sesuatu dana bukanlah disebabkan fundamental sesuatu syarikat itu tidak kukuh tetapi adalah kesan kelangsungan.Setiap pengurus mana2 syarikat tidak dpt. menghalang kesan tersebut namun mempunyai ‘option’utk mengalihkan/mengurangkan peratusan asset disesuatu negara.
c) Nilai2 dana seperti diatas sebegai contohnya,telah mengalami dan melalui paras harga tertinggi yg pernah dicapai.Namun akibat kesan kelangsungan dan berlaku pengucupan nilai sehingga 50%.
Dan tidak mustahil nilai-nilai tersebut akan pasti kembali paras tertinggi kerana pernah melalui paras tertinggi.Setelah ekonomi global pulih menjelang 2010.
Saya disini mengesyorkan/cadangan ;
i)Segera membeli pada nilai yang rendah dan mendapat unit yg lebih.
ii) Buat strategi awal dengan membuat porfolio/asset class dengan membina ‘combination’ – LOCAL + OVERSEA
iii)China is most growing economy after US.iv)Sekiranya hanya mempunyai pelaburan melalui EPF, inilah peluang terbaik untu memulakan pelaburan melalui tunai.v)Bagi pelabur EPF teruskan melabur setiap tiga bulan dan anda berpeluang untuk menjadi ahli Mutual Gold sekiranya jumlah pelaburan anda mencecah RM 100k.vi)Bagi pelaburan melalui tunai jadikan sebagai habit untuk menyimpan secara berkala (bulanan)
More unit Double Yr money = PROFIT
Wasalam,
Your Financial Consultant
Yussardi 019-4975363 Penang Mai
#2 by Irwan on July 18, 2006 - 9:07 pm
hi there, ive made up a post about how to know calculate unit trust profit. Hope this will help:
http://www.irwan.biz/understanding-mutual-fund/
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#3 by Emily on August 1, 2006 - 12:11 pm
Hi Irwan
I enjoyed reading your blog. It’s good to see a fellow Malaysian promoting the importance of savings. I have invested in Ittikal too and have also done quite some research on mutual funds investing. If anyone wants to check it out the address is: http://mywealthplanner.wordpress.com. Keep up the good work!
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#4 by Nazri on August 24, 2006 - 12:50 pm
Hi Irwan!
Your blog is really cool, man… I enjoyed reading every single comment on financial planning topics. BTW, what does ‘financial freedom’ mean? And is there any difference between unit trust and mutual fund? Similar mechanism?
Unit trust industry is still new to me. It caught my attention after a local newspaper reported that EPF investors suffered a loss of RM600 million. Wow! That’s a lot of money… Just imagine for those investors who going to retire in 2 or 3 years time. Do you think that they could recover their initial investments? Anyway, these are some of the questions came to my mind and it makes me become more and more interested in unit trust…
I’ve been working for approximately 3 years and I realised that I haven’t made any savings or investments since then. I’ve to start investing / saving now…
How to invest in unit trust? Which unit trust companies are highly recommended? Before this I’d been approached by a few unit trust consultants mainly from SBB Mutual and Public Mutual but I always ignore them. Now I think I need to meet them but I don’t how and where to meet them. Any ideas? Who is your consultant, Irwan?
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#5 by Irwan on August 24, 2006 - 1:43 pm
hi nazri, im glad that my posts are useful to you
. To me, financial freedom is to have enough passive income (mainly from investment) to support my life without the need of other paycheck.
unit trust is the other name for mutual fund.it’s synonym.
actually, EPFholder can only withdraw a small percent of total money in their first account. It’s not involve all the one’s money in EPF. That’s mean, the result is not as devastating as it’s heard. Emily knows more about this i think
http://mywealthplanner.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/epf-v-mutual-funds-what-you-need-to-know/
To invest in unit trust, you can go to the unit trust center. I went to Public Mutual last time, after considering the bads and goods of unit trust.
However, ASB is the best starting point to invest in unit trust. It’s for moderate to low risk investor. You can buy ASB unit in major banks. it offers around around 7% dividend last year. And I think this year it will be around 6.8-7.2% (based on current trend)
If you want to know more about certain fund, you have to read its prospectus. for Public mutual, you can go to
http://www.publicmutual.com.my
there, you can read prospectus and see the performance chart for the fund. It is very useful.
My agent is from public mutual. The agent/consultant will tell you about the basic stuff, but don’t expect them to be as resourful as financial advisor.
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zam reply on July 17th, 2010:
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#6 by newbies on September 14, 2006 - 8:44 pm
hey, i just dropped by this blog accidentially, i also invest 30k with a public mutual consultant last week for that paif. this is the web i found from my existing agent. bye.
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#7 by hyms on October 25, 2006 - 8:15 pm
Assalamualaikum,
Hi, I really admire at your enthuasiast for the financial freedom. There are many ways to get successed. Now as far as I see here, you already have two of them. Firstly as an investor at Unit Trust, secondly as an internet marketer. My advise is get the insurance also! Go to:
I wise a very Good Luck for you.
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#8 by fazilah on November 15, 2006 - 10:52 am
hi Nazri and anyone there,
Financial freedom means that you have the control on your money.
U have the power to do wahtever u like to your money and somemore growth the money. If u do want to invest u can contact me .I wud be hepi to show u the benefit.
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#9 by Mohd Ali Mohamad on November 29, 2006 - 9:54 am
Hi & assalamualaikum;
I’m successfully running a state-owned company in the east coast and is always searching for “financial freedeom”. I have tried some MLMs…receive more bonuses compared to the amount I invest…yet I found doing UNIT TRUST is a lot easier than one can ever imagine!!
If you are interested to know more on unit trust especially PUBLIC MUTUAL feel free to contact me at the above email and I will definitely respond to you ASAP. I’m in the process of having my own website and you can browse the website at least 1 week from now ‘coz still in the process of putting all the relevant data and info.
Once you have basic understanding on unit trust you can either:
1) Invest
2) Become Unit Trust Consultant with so many benefits
3) Become an introducer to potential investor and receive commissions
It’s your choice…
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morad reply on June 12th, 2008:
Hi Ali is your webpage ready yet?
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Mohd Ali reply on June 17th, 2008:
Dear all;
Pls visit http://truewealthgroup.blogspot.com
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lin reply on April 21st, 2010:
Hi Ali,
I’m interested to be an Unit Trust agent. Can u help me guide to become a good agent.
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#10 by Yantisa on December 5, 2006 - 9:42 am
Ali and Irwan,
Do you have a contact person of Public Ittikal Fund agent around west cost area preferably around Malacca (because I’m working there), I think I have to start now after postponing it for 1 year.
my email : elziyanti@yahoo.com
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#11 by Mohd Ali Mohamad on December 5, 2006 - 12:10 pm
Elziyanti;
I’m going big time with my Public Mutual right now and have found a way how to make it big in this business!!
I will email you soon on how to do it. If you really want to invest, u can invest and if you want to make side income I have the secret..no joke..Wait till you receive my email
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Mitchelle reply on April 17th, 2008:
Can you please tell me more about what you’ve mentioned? basically i have no basic in investment or unit trust. Can you tell me more on how to monitor which is the right fund and right time to buy?
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jinglee reply on July 6th, 2008:
Hi, i’m excited to know ur secret to make side income. I’m in Kuching, n my father is an investor for more than 10 yrs. I will start my own investment in this month, but the agent servicing my father is not as professional as yours. He said we will sell off our funds when we make 15% profit, n then buy in again when market is low. my Q is, between the time we sell n buy in again, what shall we do wit the $$? put it in FD? if it is less than a year, i’l not earn any sen…so this is my Q, n i’l ask him soon.
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#12 by Hafiz on December 19, 2006 - 10:55 am
Hai Mohd Ali,
Currently im investing in asb based on Irwan advised and strategy. But then after i read ur comment about UT, it seems like i can growth more money with doing both asb adn UT. It is pleasure for me if you also can send on how to invest in UT.tQ
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#13 by Mohd Ali Mohamad on December 21, 2006 - 12:01 pm
Hi Hafiz;
Tq for your enquiry regarding the UT. As I mentioned earlier..I can see how you can gain either as an investor or an agent or both. As investor you get ROI (Return of investment) only and is based on the fund performance. For your info..most Public Mutual funds have a return of between 10 ~ 15% per annum which is obviously higher than FD, EPF, TH or even ASB. any time. I’m a certified Unit Trust Consultant for P Mutual and within less than 2 wks I have gained 4 figures direct commission as an agent only. I will explain to you how to do it but most important you have to go for exam and become UTC like me!
If you really want to know more feel free to call me at
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hafizi reply on April 15th, 2008:
I want to be unit trust agent. can i be under you?
Can you guide me or meet me on how to register?
hafizi 0172361609
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Investor reply on June 17th, 2008:
Hi, if you’re interested to invest or become an agent, it is advisable that you do your homework first. Then when you meeting with the unit trust consultant, a lot of questions you can ask. You can find information from several good location like http://www.publicmutual.com.my, http://www.unittrustguide.com and http://www.fmutm.com.my. Good luck.
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halimaton reply on August 26th, 2008:
Dear Hafiz,
I would like to know and invest with you in the unit trust. Can u contact me on my h/p no. 012-6394291 or office no. 2050 1888. TQ
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halimaton reply on August 26th, 2008:
Dear mohd Ali mohamad,
i would like to know more about unit trust. Pls contact me on my h/p 012-6394281 off no. 2050 1888. TQ
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#14 by Irwan on December 23, 2006 - 12:42 am
Thanks En Mohd Ali for being in this site.
it might be helpful to all of us if En. Mohd Ali could write a post about strategy to invest in unit trust. I believe that those who had already understood the importance of investing still haven’t had enough clue on how to maximize their investment. I had an experience with an agent that could not advise me about any other strategy except long-term investment (which work best in gaining market, like now).
As far as I can see, Unit trust is heavily influenced by Composite index but most of the time, it beats composite index by maximize the gains and minimize its loss. But still, the influence is there.
With that being said, i hope i could know more about any other strategy from En Mohd Ali. Im glad to post your view in my blog.
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#15 by Stockbroker on December 27, 2006 - 5:09 pm
Assalamualaikum,
Interesting topic. Agree with Mr. Irwan that unit trust price is heavily influenced by KL Composite index. It depends on what fund one buys. If you buy Growth or Dynamic fund, then >60% will be invested in Equity that are listed on Bursa Msia or regional mkts. You must KNOW what you’re investing and WHEN to invest. I am involved in the stockbroking industry and also a unit trust agent.
My observation so far, most investors don’t even know what funds they bought. They just leave it to their agents. Please….Its YOUR money. Do monitor your investments. There are many unit trust agents out there who do a HARD SELL.
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#16 by hyms on December 27, 2006 - 8:48 pm
In my website you can surf the information of ‘the way to financial freedom’ find it and make your life easy. Good luck!
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#17 by Irwan on December 27, 2006 - 10:13 pm
thanks for your suggestion… but umm.. i dont want to limit my definition of financial freedom to ;buying takaful’. but it’s nonetheless a good alternative to insurance.
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#18 by Raymond Chan Agency on January 20, 2007 - 5:06 pm
Very intresting site. Good place to discuss about Unit Trust. Very well informed. Public Mutual fund is the best.
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#19 by Friend on January 24, 2007 - 2:43 pm
I’m a Public unit trust holder too!. just to share with everyone how is my strategic of investing in unit trust. Basically, before i do investing in any form of investment. i had build-up an emergency fund first. (initially, i set aside for 3 mths expenditure. then the less of my money go for invesment. As my investment grow. now i had set aside for 1 year which 3 mths in FD, 9 mths in public bond fund.). After i had build your emergency fund. then i had choose invest in mutual fund by 10% in bond 20% in balance fund, 30% in index fund and 40% in growth fund. So my profolio comprise of fund that focus on KLSE, Far East & Global. For the time being, large % of my fund are focus on KLSE & Far east, because i felt the growth will still continue for quite awhile.
My strategic of investing is base on the BUll & BEAR market. When i feel the market had turn to bull market. then 1 will adjust my % for each categories of funds. (most of my growth fund income/unit will transfer to my balance fund and cash up some to my bond fund. this is to control the impart if the bear suddenly come up and play. so if it really happen, then most of my fund will safe and i would wait until the market is at low, then i transfer back my fund to growth fund.) I have done a personal chart on how much % of distribution in each categories of fund in regard to bull market and bear market. Other than the average unit costing known by everybody here. i myself have invent a method which by transfering your fund between different categories. actually u can expect high return compare to, just invest the money and let it run by itself.
If anyone interested to get a more clearer picture what am i talking about. just drop me a mail at
Of course, the above just my own investment strategic, and i always looking forward for a better one. hope we all here can share all we know about investing with an open heart.
Like my Name……… Friend!
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Pak KO reply on May 16th, 2008:
HI …I lke what I`ve read…kindly mail me pls on your other best strategy to grow and in control of our own investment.
TQ Love always
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jhuan reply on June 9th, 2008:
would love to take a look at your method. Pls email me a copy. Thanks in advance.
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jinglee reply on July 6th, 2008:
oh ya, it’s really interesting!! I can help my father to monitor his. As he has quite a huge amt in PM funds. As I read on the comments, I think I rili need a professional agent, not someone just ask u to buy n sell, n he get all the commission!!
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Kiran reply on July 16th, 2008:
Will appreciate if you could kindly e-mail to me your method. Thanks
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#20 by Mohd Basir Ahmad on February 4, 2007 - 8:06 pm
Good to know some awareness in investing.
What is your view on some agents (basically from other companies) that advise their clients to redeem their UT investment under EPF scheme when it makes profit. I do beleive that this is unethical since when its moved back to EPF, the client’s EPF Account 1 will be fatter, resulting in more and higher amount of withdrawal and higher commission cut for the agent.
Client/investors will lose out coz the same money is charged twice, or many times, and next investment withdrawal for that amount start at -ve 6% again.
Hope Public Mutual consultants dont subscribe to that practice, for the good name of the company and the benefit of the industry.
Nice site. keep it up.
Rgds
Mohd Basir Ahmad
Unit Trust Consultant / Agency Supervisor
Public Mutual Berhad
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#21 by Irwan on February 5, 2007 - 5:07 am
I’ll suppress (haha i like that word) all contact information except url of the poster. this to prevent this site to be advertising spot for some mutual agent. unrelevent email/website also will be delete. if you really interested to put your link/website as advertisement in my blog, contact me at numpxap@yahoo.com
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#22 by vv on March 8, 2007 - 8:18 pm
way to go irwan..great choice tt u managed to invest in PB ittikal before it closed. wish i had some excess cash at that time to do so as well.
i still think its better to move the money out to invest in unit trust esp public mutual..rather than leaving it in EPF.
basic mathematics:
u have rm10,000.
annual returns for investment in EPF at 5% returns = 10000*5% = 500
annual returns for investment in unit trust :[eg. public ittikal total returns for 2006 at 26.01%, fee (6.5%)]
= (10,000*26.01%) – (10000*6.5%) = RM1951.
This is simple calculation, not taking into account the bonus units/dividends/free insurance.
just take the commision you have to pay to the agents as courtesy service fee for their transport, phone calls,etc. anyway, unit trust consultants only get 2.85% of the sales. those higher in the rank gets the balance of your service fee.
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#23 by BaM on April 7, 2007 - 6:56 am
Hi all, thought of joining the crowd. I’ve been investing with other mutual funds few years back but decided to swtich all to Public. Currently I’ve invested into Ittikal, Asia Ittikal, Islamic Oppurtunity and latest new issue. I would say all my funds are performing well (especially ittikal) considering they are less than 8 months. I feel that what is the most important in dealing with unit trust is the agent him/herself. The agent, apart from convincing the client on the 1st investment, must also advice and inform the client of the prevailing scenario of stock market, bond fund, money market etc that may be an interest to the client. There are not many who do that. So I decided to become one. I’wll be an agent soon and hope to impart my experience on the ups & downs of playing stocks, running own business, working as top management and being an investor. I’ve done it all. At this point, I must say, investing in unit trust is very,very smart thing to do !
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#24 by Muzz on May 4, 2007 - 5:04 pm
Hi Guys!!
What an interesting issue to talk!! I just came back from my SUPER SALES LEADER training with public Mutual and about to register as an agent. the reason? Because I know that this public mutual SUPERB and can help a lot of ppl out there to gain more with their money instead of put it in savings account. PUBLIC MUTUAL is totally what I need!!!
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#25 by Irwan on May 4, 2007 - 11:20 pm
Congratz Muzz, I hope you’ll be a responsible, consumer-centric and not just a rhetoric agent. Good luck in your future bro!
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#26 by Ming on May 12, 2007 - 2:25 pm
Hi Irwan,
First of all i wanna to thank you for ur blog, it is very helpful for those who never but interesting in investment (such as me). Unit trust industry is still new to me and i hope u can answer my question before i involve myself on it. Your patient is much appreaciate because i was alot of question want to ask..haha
1. Izzit unit trust is more safety than share? easy to analysis/manage?
2. How should i step out my first step to buy unit trust? any branch of any bank in malaysia?
3. Does it have min limitation capital to buy unit trust? let say i have 5k, can i buy it? can i every months increase mine capital into the unit i bought? because i was plan to have a long-term investment on it since that are my extra saving money.
4. If i buy and sell it, will it have any charges(agent fees, procedure fees)?
5. For your opinion, which fund is most safety/higher profit to invest?
6. Where can i get the lastest information for all the unit trust everyday? any website or newspaper can refer?
7. Can the investment auto withdraw from my saving acc? must same acc with the bank i bought unit trust?
8. Do you know any agent/consultant around petaling jaya can advise or explaint more detail to me? or should i walk in to public bank to ask for this? will they have related person to entertain me?
That is all newbird question i want to ask. I already save this link as bookmark and will come to check when i free..Thank you for your soonest reply. Thanks!
Finally wish you have a nice day and earn a lot from investment. q(^^)p
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#27 by kkchow23 on May 15, 2007 - 3:43 am
Hi Ming,
Hope this might help …
The conventional way of saving is using fixed deposit(FD) which is giving about 3.8%. If we deduct this with the inflation rate about 3%… we gain almost nothing.
1. Unit trust is actually a way to gain more from your savings. With the help of analyst/fund manager, there’s no need for us to worry much.. because they’ll do all the work for us. Ever invest in shares??? It’s difficult if we don’t have the time to monitor it. We don’t know when is the right time to go in and go out. Basically your saving will be diversify which will minimize your risk, because the fund will be invested into various equity/shares.
2. As a unit trust agent, I’ll definitely say “no” if your going to invest direct from the bank of the chosen unit trust fund cause there’ll be no commission. But if you think of it in another way, you’ll have no customer service direct to you other than the one’s offer by the unit trust company. By going thru agent, you can have personal care for your accounts.
3. There’s a minimum amont you’ll need to invest for initial investment. After that, there’ll be minimum additional investment that you can add in anytime.
4. There’ll be no other additional charges, since other expenses have all been calculated in the buying and selling NAV prices of respective unit trust.
5. Which fund to invest depend on your tolerance to risk. Each person is different depanding on their career and environment.
6. It’s a must for all unit trust fund to post the prices in major newspapers.(eg. TheStar, SinChew). It’s even easier if you check at the unit trust website.
7. Yes, you can direct debit your savings into your unit trust fund. All you need to do is to fill out some forms. In that way, you don’t even have the hassle to do the necessary procedure always..
8. If your interested, you can contact me..
I’m available around klang valley
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#28 by Husni on May 16, 2007 - 11:47 am
Hai, any other people out there looking for investment.
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#29 by Ming on May 18, 2007 - 3:13 am
Hi everybody…is me again..today i was some new question here…maybe cant consider as question la…but just intend to ask some opinion from all senior here….hehe
recently i was focus on those aggressive fund, can some body provide me some information and opinion for them?
1. PIF
2. PAGF
3. PBGF
4. PBADF
can some senior share information of them to me? if compare with each of them.. which one is more better?oh ya~~kkchow23, can u give me ur hp number? i plan to have a talk with u, if u free.
Thank you.
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#30 by kkchow23 on May 22, 2007 - 11:56 pm
Notice that you’ve selected 1 aggressive funds (PAGF) and 3 moderate funds (PIF, PBGF & PBADF)…
Basically aggressive funds tend to achive better performance than moderate funds. However, this doesn’t always apply in all situation as some might outperform each other…
As for new funds, it’s advisable to invest as it gives free 1% units. But please bear in mind that new funds usually tend to perform slowly at the early stage.
You can contact me at
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#31 by Fazalee on May 26, 2007 - 8:41 pm
Assalamualaikum…
Saya tak pandai sgt berbahasa English, malu jugak nanti takut tersalah bahasa. tapimasih teringin nak komen sesuatu di sini. Sebelum ni memang tak tahu langsung apa itu Unit Trust or Public Mutual Sampaila one day saya di approach by one of the Public Mutual unit trust consultant. At first saya cuba invest EPF, tapi lepas tgk keuntungan yg dapat naik geram pulak so saya cuba cash. bermula dengan RM1000. Alhamdullilah.. pulangan dia memang diluar jangkaan tak macam ASB yang disimpan RM1000 bila nak keluarkan pun RM1000. No capital gain. Memang tak menyesal. Sekarang saya dah tambah investment sebanyak RM10,000. Tapi apa yang paling menakjubkan tentang Public Mutual is my agent. he updates me almost every months and her service is one of the reason what I luv about public mutual. And she also pretty.. heheheh but that not the issue. The issue is Public Mutual will always be my choice. Banyak my friends yang masuk Swiss Cash kind of big talk previously. And they even laugh at me. Well look whose laughing now….
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firdaus reply on December 30th, 2008:
saya brminat nak msuk public mutual..ade sesiape yg bleh tolong x?
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#32 by senah on May 29, 2007 - 3:11 pm
salam..
i read an ad in the papers recently offering people to be unit trust consultants (UTC).. apparently one can be a part time UTC.. i’m kinda interested in that.. I’ve noticed some of the previous bloggers are UTC themselves.. can you guys tell me..
1. what is required to be a UTC
2. what it takes to be one – time? contacts? workload? travelling?
3. how do you do it as part time?
thank you
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#33 by varie on May 29, 2007 - 8:02 pm
hi senah..
answers to ur question
1. what is required to be a UTC -> minimum SPM.
2. what it takes to be one – time? contacts? workload? travelling? -> u hv to pass 1 easy exam handled by FMUTM. workload & travelling not heavy at all..depends on u. there’s training for ur to attend..but usually u pay rm5 or rm10 for refreshment cost only. contacts – the more you hv, the better. but this can be built over time.. or through roadshows at malls.
3. how do you do it as part time? -basically it depends how much time u want to put in..i usually only work more when there’s special offer/new launch/sales.
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#34 by kkchow23 on May 30, 2007 - 1:01 am
Fazalee,
Probably you might get the wrong information… ASB is amanah saham = unit trust. It’s the same as other unit trust in the market. Probably in Public Mutual, you might see capital appreciation more since dividend are reinvested unless you stated to withdraw out.
Senah,
1) Minimum requirement : at least Grade 3 SPM and 21 years of age
2) Just need to sit for a simple exam (Computurised Unit Trust Examination – CUTE) conducted by FMUTM which takes 2 hours but most of the time it takes less than that. If you’re planning to work as part-time, there’s not much burden since all you need is to make client understand bout unit trust. Travelling is only needed when your required to meet your client and to handle application.
3) Since the most effective way is just by sharing. Whenever and wherever you are, when you meet someone you can just share your knowledge bout unit trust. You might never know what to expect. Therefore even without alot of contacts, you don’t need to worry. Probably people around you are the most easy to influence.
If your interested to know more, do contact me
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#35 by Rosli on July 1, 2007 - 2:52 pm
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#36 by kkchow23 on July 1, 2007 - 4:57 pm
Sorry if i say so, but shouldn’t Rosli post it somewhere else relevant… not a place for advertisement… financial planner software is available free at Public Mutual branches, but if really need to use the program, it’s advisable to attend a short course to have better understanding.
Currently the KLCI just dipped a bit due to profit-taking, which in my opinion is the best time for us to invest…
Happy investing
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#37 by hayati on July 11, 2007 - 3:06 am
saya sokong fazalee diatas, saya punya agent pun best juga, dia takdela hensem sgt… ehehe… tapi dia bagi saya report 24 hours , update ada la seminggu sekali… saya start dengan dia baru je bulan january, tapi tak la labur dalam ittikal, labur dalam dana al-ihsan, return alhamdulilah la, setakat ini dapat juga dalam 25% tahun ini saja,
bagi saya tak kesah la dia hensem ke tak, at least mmg dia bagi servis yang baik dan selalu update saya, yang bestnya masa saya invest awal2 RM500 , nak test test masa dia approach saya, dia siap bagi chocolate lagi.. cam romantik la plak dia ni.. tapi alhamdulilah la, mmg dia bagus… saya dah invest dlm 60k dah nge dia.. kalau performance ok lagi.. saya nak tambah.. website dia kat
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#38 by Irwan on July 11, 2007 - 8:42 am
haha.. siap romantik2 tu jumpe ngan agent. biase lah tu.. agent nak bg semangat skit utk invest.
agent sy agak jarang contact, tu pun bile ade new fund atau bile sy ade tanye soklan. tp sy agak suke camtu, sebab x terase sgt ade duit dalam investment, so kurang skit fikir/risau pasal duit. lgpun investment utk jangka panjang kan. update tu biasenye dpt kat website publicmutual. tu pun sbulan skali check.
Skrang ni dah start SI utk invest kat Public Islamic Dividend Fund. Pilih PIDF(moderate fund) sebab market tgh up, tp orang kate still ade room utk naik. just nak kurangkan skit risiko.
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#39 by kkchow23 on July 11, 2007 - 11:28 am
Sebenarnya, paling penting mesti ada sasaran.. berapa banyak pulangan yang diidamkan oleh pelabur?
Setelah mencapai sasaran yang dikehendaki, adakah pelangan puas dengan pencapaian itu? Sekiranya ya, kita perlu merealisasikan pulangan itu.
Apabila harga unit trust turun disebabkan pasaran yang merosot, patut menggalakan pelabur sama ada hendak menambah lagi pelaburan? In adalah prinsip “Dolar Cost Averaging”. Pelangan harus tahu, apabila pasaran merosot, bukan sahaja satu fund sahaja akan turun tapi kesemua turut akan terjejas. Jadi kita harus mempunyai prisip kita dan tidak bermain seperti saham di mana kita banyak dengar “cut loss”. Kita tidak boleh meramalkan bila ia akan naik atau turun.
Komunikasi di antara pelabur dengan agen adalah sangat penting. Sekiranya tidak ada interaksi, pelabur tidak akan tahu ke mana perginya wang yang dilaburkan dan bagaimana prestasi setakat ini.
Tapi saya juga pernah mengalami pengalaman yang kurang baik, di mana agen mengutamakan keuntungan sahaja dan kurang memberi input yang diperlukan dan menyebabkan sesetengah pelaburan saya mencapai prestasi yang kurang memuaskan. Itulah salah satu sebab saya sendiri sangat berminat untuk menjadi agen sendiri. Bagi saya inilah satu peluang untuk saya meluaskan pengetahuan saya.
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#40 by newbies on July 13, 2007 - 7:58 pm
apabila i baca keterangan diatas, i rasa i nampak banyak unit trust punya agent disini lebih daripada pelabur . i unit trust agent juga. thank you.
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#41 by halim on July 16, 2007 - 4:48 pm
calling for unit trust agent at east malaysia.. esp kota kinabalu
i need your further explaination regarding unit trust
tq
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#42 by rushdan on July 16, 2007 - 8:59 pm
ada unit trust agency (public mutual) around subangor shah alam tak.. I ingat nak apply jadi agen part time le…
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#43 by kkchow23 on July 17, 2007 - 6:09 pm
hi rushdan,
Sebenarnya menjadi agen bukan semestinya untuk mendapat pulangan yang lumayan sahaja. Bahkan kita boleh menimba pengalaman dan pengetahuan yang bermanfaat kepada kita.
Kalau berminat, kita boleh arrange time untuk berjumpa berkenaan Unit Trust Consultant (UTC) / agen. Saya berada di Klang Valley dan Ipoh.
Boleh dihunbungi melalui :
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#44 by Arif ismail on July 18, 2007 - 7:42 am
Assalamualaikum Irwan and the visitors,
Nice to read your blog. Just impress with you as you are so young yet matured in personal finance. I am glad if you could become one of our consultant once you get back from study.
I am also surprise that whenever I search for Public Mutual either in Google or Yahoo, I’ll get your site on the first search page. Syabas! How do you do that. By the way I also have a blog for Public Mutual enthusiasts and its agent at http://www.myunittrust.com
I am running a FREE seminar on how to become a unit trust consultant. Further details can be found at http://seminar.myunittrust.com
Arif. KL.
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#45 by Pantera on July 19, 2007 - 12:51 pm
Irwan
Yo bro, r u an agent? Given the overwhelming responses to yr …. what u call it blog?, you might as well become an agent. You seem to have good grasp of financial planning. Just an idea.
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#46 by Irwan on July 19, 2007 - 8:56 pm
Thanks for your guys support. Unfortunately, I have too take out all the contact information except your email/website that you fill in the the form. Any link in your comments will be deleted. Please accept my apology (especially mr kkchow)
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#47 by Irwan on July 19, 2007 - 9:07 pm
Pantera, i don’t know yet what i’m going to do after study. I might work, or join my friend business, or build my own, or be a full time agent. there are a lot of choices and i have to see what is the best at that time.
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#48 by abaw on July 20, 2007 - 10:57 pm
Assalamualaikum,
Last week I passed my CUTE test to become a public mutual agent. Although I did passed the exam (mostly out of guessing the answers), basically I can say that I only know about 5% about unit trust and its schemes. As a new agent, I need to upgrade my knowledge first b4 I start to make sales…So Irwan, I guess I will be visiting your blog more often after this
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#49 by iza on July 25, 2007 - 3:25 pm
Hi Irwan,
I’m ‘blind’ with all the investment bla.bla… so it’s good to share all the info and i’ll think bout get involve in it.
Just want to have a clear picture,If we invest for the beginning 10k, should we top up every month(compulsary) or depends on the advise from the agent?
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#50 by Pantera on July 25, 2007 - 3:55 pm
Hai Iza
To me investing regularly is better than one lump sum investment. But remember, d’ont invest all your savings in unit trust. Should reserve some for emergencies. I’ve been investing regularly (applying the dollar cost averaging method) & the return is more than 10% (not bad. Happy investing
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