Its Already 2025

It's thirteen years already! Way overdue for an update on what is happening with my life. A lot actually, but today I only want to address an update regarding my last post here.

So, in my last post, I talked about a book that I want to write. Well, newsflash, I still haven't write any book. But, I did write a masters thesis, an indexed journal acticle, and act as contributing writer in my organisation's bulletin. Oh, also, a newspaper article that is written in collaboration with a university academic.

And, thats basically it.

Until next time. I will try to update my blog more often, InsyaAllah.

One Year Is a Long Time

Its been some time since I last posted something on my blog. A year to be exact. Its been an eventful year, a year to remember, a year of change.

Change of workplace, a new addition to my family, and of course a year older then last time I post something, though I'm not sure if I've grown up wiser intelectually and emotionally.

Thought about writing a book. I've given it a thought for some time now, but nothing happen yet. And no excuses for that. Roughly I got a clear topic to write about, but maybe for now I have to gather more materials to write about. That would give more flesh to the skeleton that I have in mind.

Till next time...

A Crowded Marketplace

Lately, gold has seen a surge in interest especially from small investors and casual gold bugs as well. Apart from the usual 'International Hallmark' brand which is selling quite well here in Malaysia, us Malaysians also got our own brand of gold. The most popular of all is of course Public Gold which sells gold and silver bars and coins. (er, btw, I'm not a dealer aaa) But what is more interesting to note is that even state governments now are joining the bandwagon, producing or at least considering the idea of having their own brand of gold products. Take the state government of Kelantan for example, who has already launched their Dinar and Dirham last year as an alternative choice for the people to trade. After some controversy, even other state like Perak is now following Kelantan's footsteps.  And don't forget, Tun Dr Mahathir himself advised Malaysians to own gold to protect ourselves from the uncertainty of the world economy. Who knows, maybe one sweet day, Malaysia will recognize gold as a legal tender and produce our own national gold and silver coins (dinar and dirhams) that we can use to buy and sell things (Kijang Emas is not yet recognize to function as one). Put the wealth back to the people, so to speak.

But for now, the best part is, the more gold there is in the market, the more choice for people like me can choose from and the better price we can get.  As for you, if you have not started to buy gold yet, I suggest you do so right now. No matter what reason you own gold, as a hedge against inflation, as an investment or simply because you don't want America to rule this world anymore, having gold as part of your asset is likely a wise choice.

Happy hunting!

Gold Bug

Right now, I can officially claim that I'm a gold bug. Consider me converted. I'm convinced. But I'm still learning the trade though. Starting from today, I also posted Malaysia's very own spot price index here on my blog. Hopefully it is useful not only for me but for you too. I used to see the ups and downs through sites such as kitco.com but now, it will make it easier for to see and compare for best prices on offer on the market.

Gold's Bull: Reality or Myth?

Someone I know told me yesterday how one of her colleague laugh at her when she told her that gold price has risen around 30 percent a year. Now from my understanding this is a misinformation and strangely many people is still not aware of profit potential from gold, or silver, or palladium for that matter. Ladies and gentlemen, for the last 10 years, gold has not risen 30 percent every year. In fact, gold has risen around 400 percent in the last ten years or 40 percent per year! Wow. Is this real? If you look at the chart below, you can see the price of gold ten years ago at around USD280 and the latest price today hovering at almost USD1,400. 

Not only that, lately, it's been super rise for gold, up 55 percent since April 2009, and in recent weeks, it rose as high as 17 percent a week! I'm not sure if ASB, property, stocks, mutual trust or bond can give you that much.

So, you see, to those people who laugh when we suggest to them to invest in gold, especially in times of economic uncertainty, well, let them be. Time will tell, and I'm quite sure, after the stock, property, bond and monetary market bubble burst, gold and silver will be the only asset that is still standing.