The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Awards 2012

The Edge-Lipper Malaysia Fund Awards for the year of 2012 was held recently to recognize top performing unit trust funds in the country. Only funds that have been doing well for the past three and five years are recognized, and the winners are determined based on the Lipper Leaders ratings for Consistent Return, a risk-adjusted investment performance return measure developed by Lipper.

CIMB-Principal emerged as the best overall fund group for this year's event while Public Mutual won the most awards for the ninth consecutive years with a total of 8 individual awards. AmInvestment fund group emerged again as the best bond fund group.

For full analysis of the results, please see this document.

First payment from Nuffnang

I've joined Nuffnang ads network since I started and have not been making much money for a long time until recently. I've made my first withdrawal for during end of last year and here's the proof of payment. While it may not be much, it's much welcomed to supplement my side income pool of money.

Hong Leong Assurance MedGLOBAL IV Schedule of Benefits & Premium Table

Hong Leong Assurance (HLA) MedGLOBAL IV is a guaranteed renewable comprehensive medical plan that covers your hospital and surgical needs up to age 85 years old. HLA MedGLOBAL IV medical card can be purchased as a standalone medical card, as a rider to traditional life insurance policy or as a rider to investment-linked policy.

The advantages of HLA MedGLOBAL IV medical card is listed as below:

1. Guaranteed renewable up to 85 years old.
2. No co-insurance.
3. High annual and lifetime limit.
4. Cancer treatment, kidney dialysis and organ transplant cost, subject to annual and lifetime limit.
5. A good list of panel hospitals.

My Stock Selection Criteria

Referring to the previous article on my investment philosophy, I focus my stock investment on high growth dividend stocks that yield at least 5% p.a. as well as REIT stocks. To further narrow down the list of investment grade stocks, I will highlight the criteria that i use to filter through the stocks in this article.

One resource that i use extensively in my quest to find my investment grade stocks is Stock Performance Guide from Dynaquest. This book provides segmental information, corporate structure, business activities, latest developments and future prospects of listed companies in Bursa Malaysia. It also contains investment and financial statistics data about each listed company. The data that i most commonly use from this book is Dynaquest rating and 5-year dividend yield range. You may get this book from here or any other major book stores in town.