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Best Air Miles Credit Card in Malaysia [Updated 2025]

Unlock the secrets of air miles’ cash value and choose the right credit card for your travel needs. Calculate ROI for your air miles redemptions, explore top Malaysian credit cards, and learn how to maximize returns with promotional offers. Don’t miss out on potential savings for your next trip!

Charles Schwab One Debit Card
Credit Cards

Charles Schwab Debit Card: Free ATM Withdrawals Worldwide

Introduction It’s been a while since my last post about travel credit cards. Today, I want to share about an incredibly useful debit card from Charles Schwab that’s available for international customers with a Schwab One Brokerage account. Most of us already have our favorite travel credit cards, but we know not every place accepts

solar panels in malaysia case study
Investment

Case Study: Is Solar Panels Worth It in Malaysia?

Exploring the viability of solar panels in Malaysia involves more than just crunching numbers. From understanding Net Energy Metering (NEM) to scrutinizing installation costs and potential savings, our case study delves into the nitty-gritty. Is it a worthy investment? Dive into our journey to find out.

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My Travel Credit Cards - July 2025
Credit Cards

My Travel Credit Cards – July 2025

It’s become a habit for me to organize my wallet to decide which card to use when travelling abroad for maximized rewards and savings, so I thought why not make a post every time I do that, so this post is about me sharing what card I am using on travel based on the card

Retail Mutual Funds Are Stupid For The Average Investors
Investment

Retail Mutual Funds Like Public Mutual Are Stupid

Introduction Last weekend a friend of mine share with me that he made some “good investment” from his “advisor” recommended mutual funds, he has been buying the Public Regional Sector Fund (PRSEC) from Public Mutual every month automatically for more than 10 years, and had made a cumulative profit of 44.46% with this investment. However,

how to choose car insurance in malaysia and road tax
Insurance

How to Buy Car Insurance or Takaful and Renew Road Tax in Malaysia

Introduction My car insurance are expiring this week, as this is the second year of having my first car, I have no prior experience with car insurance products, this post is just me sharing the process of me choosing an insurance. The first year of my car insurance are included when I buy the car,

When Does Investing in New Air Conditioner Make Sense
Investment

When Does Investing in New Air Conditioner Make Sense?

Introduction: Record High on Electrical Bill It’s getting hotter and hotter in Malaysia, the hot weather and humidity make us use air conditioner way more often, and as the consequence, our electricity bill has sky rocketed, and in last month our monthly electrical bill just hit a record high. Keep in mind our house also

moomoo malaysia honest review
Investment

Moomoo Malaysia: An Honest Review and Bonus Claim Guide

Introduction Moomoo Malaysia is a recently popular stock brokerage in Malaysia, it provide an access to local stock market as well as US stock market. Personally I rarely pay attention to smaller stock brokerage platform, this is because most of the time they can never compete with larger platforms on fees, order execution quality and

property investment in malaysia guide
Investment

Property Investment in Malaysia: The cost and expected return

Property Investment Are Rarely Profitable in Malaysia There is a stage in our life where everyone around us seems to be talking about property investment, plan to make their first property purchase, or persuading their friends to buy a property because they are a property agent. I am not sure if this is a thing

Cheapest Way to Fund IBKR Account
Investment

The Cheapest Way to Fund IBKR Account for Malaysians

Cost Matters in Investing Most people underperform the market average return because they overlooked their cost of investment, and it can hurt your portfolio return especially in the long term, the cost you saved can be invested and compounded. That is why every time when I talk about investing, I often talk about the total

Best Irish Domiciled ETFs
Investment

Best Irish Domiciled ETFs for Malaysian Investors

What Is Irish Domiciled ETFs Ireland-domiciled ETFs are exchange-traded funds legally established in Ireland but commonly listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), giving non-US citizens convenient access to US and global markets. They are structured under Ireland’s favorable regulatory framework and tax treaties, making them distinct from US-based ETFs, and in this post we

Alliance Bank Visa Virtual Card
Credit Cards

Alliance Bank Visa Virtual Credit Card Review: The Best Card In My Opinion

Alliance Bank Visa Virtual Credit Card Introduction In the world finance there is a saying “there is no such thing as free lunch”, which is typically use in the context that you can’t simply get higher profit without taking more risk, but the Alliance Bank Visa Virtual credit card may probably be the closest thing

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