The question I asked yesterday regarding the rate that I will be getting for this month’s 3-month placement on CIMB FRIA-i (Islamic Fixed Deposit) has been answered. The rate now is 1.95% p.a. only. Well, I guess I should be happy that it is not lower than last month’s 1.85% p.a. I guess I should […]
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Tips On Covered Calls
My friend read my blog about my closure of my US stock trading account and was aghast. He said that this is a good time to pick up some bargain blue chips. Don’t I know that? The thing is, I am still not ready to take the risk and could hardly afford to lose anything […]
Reschedule, Restructure & Rehabilitate Loans
Maybank has initiated a Reschedule, Restructure & Rehabilitate (3R Campaign) programme which is aimed at relieving the burden of auto and home loans. This is in view of the current economic trend where many are finding it difficult to cope with the two major loans in our lives. I think that even without this prompt […]
What Will This Month’s CIMB FRIA-i Interest Rate Be?
My 3-month CIMB FRIA-i fixed deposit placement matures today and it is set to renew automatically. Right now, I am wondering what the interest rate will be. Last month, I only received 1.85% p.a. to my chagrin Buy cheap Viagra online but what could I do? The market is bad and we are not encouraged […]
We Can’t Win FOREX, Can We?
I don’t know about you, but I seem to always be in the wrong position. Just when I thought that Ringgit is rising and it is time to let go some US Dollars, in the blink of an eye, it falls and just when I thought that it is falling and it is not a […]
HSBC Security Key
Don’t you just hate security keys? Although I have quite a handful of bank accounts, only HSBC requires me to use security key for internet banking. You know what? I haven’t been able to log into my account because I keep getting an error message on my browser claiming that my log in credentials are […]
CIMB To Close 60 Branches
I woke up to the news (on Reuters) that CIMB, Malaysia’s second largest banking group after Maybank, will be closing sixty of its branches throughout the country. It seems that they have already identified the branches to be closed since August of last year and that this exercise will save them RM50 – RM60 million, […]