Investing in Gold

Just the other day, I read an interesting article on investing in gold. Gold investment is nothing new. Savvy investment gold bugs who have been hoarding gold bars in their basement are finally having their day.

Gold is probably the most important commodity of all time, even from centuries ago. It has been recommended that gold should make up 5% of your total investment portfolio. Gold, in any form, safeguards your savings protecting it from inflation and the eroding value of paper currency. Being more valuable over time, ultimately, gold helps you create a legacy of wealth.

It's not too late to buy gold bars or to buy into other forms of gold. The United States Gold Bureau is one of the trusted authorities on buying gold. Their experts can help you navigate the ins and outs of the gold market. You will be provided with all the information you need to differentiate between the different values of gold.

Is Warren Buffett Insane?

Catchy title, eh? I came across this interesting article from The Motley Fool. If you recall, I posted about Warren Buffett's call to buy American stocks awhile back. That sure was a bold prediction and with banks failing, credit markets deadlocked, unemployment skyrocketing, you would think Warren Buffett must really be insane.

On the other hand, this is Warren Buffett, and he's made these sorts of predictions before.

Talk about buying shares, I wonder if online trading is a better option than the regular way of calling up your stock-broker. What do you think?

Be Careful With Your Money

Good morning, All.

Here's a heads-up to whoever has a Maybank account with ATM access. Some of you might already know about this. This warning came from someone in Credit Risk Management.


All MAYBANK Account Holders

Whoever has the Maybank account number with ATM card, please be careful when withdrawing money through ATM machine,

1. For the first time when you enter the right pin number, a message 'invalid pin number' pops up.

2. Then, when you enter your pin number for the second time, a message 'invalid pin number, please call this number 'xxx-xxxx' pops up.

3. If you call this number, you will lose all your money.

NOTE: if you encounter the above matter, please DO NOT call the number. One of my friends just lost RM700.00 on last Sunday and Maybank checked his last transaction was on that day itself even though he did not withdraw any money. Please forward this to your friends.


How awful this is happening. There goes the crib bedding. Oops! I was thinking that RM700.00 would have got a friend's baby some lovely crib bedding she has been eyeing.

Get Financial News Here

It's good to read about banking and finance to keep up with the financial world. Unfortunately, the dailies do not cover enough of such news. Where do we turn to then? Lombard Direct would be a good source. They have recently launched their new Financial News section on their website offering financial news relating to various topics such as insurance, credit, property prices, loans and many more. Their articles are categorised and to view them, simply click on the specific category on the sidebar. You can also browse articles by date or just browse the latest financial news articles on the page itself.

Lombard Direct also provides loans so banking news is also available. There's even a section specially for existing customers as well as a provision for customer calls to be returned. I think this is a cool feature.