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KL Living Cost is 83% As High As NY

KL Living Cost is 83% As High As NY

Adrian Foong February 17, 2012 16

Kuala Lumpur is now the 74th most expensive city to live in, rising 12 spots from 86th last June, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU also revealed to the Malaysian Insider

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Banking Terms You Want to Know

Banking Terms You Want to Know

Adrian Foong February 16, 2012 2

Banking is tough enough without its insanely confusing jargon. If you’re looking to buy a house, we’ve compiled a list of good to know terms to make your life that little bit easier: Assets

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3 Rules to Survive the Money Game

3 Rules to Survive the Money Game

Adrian Foong February 10, 2012 1

What goes around comes around they say, and in our fondest dreams we hope that money spent that goes around will eventually come back around to us. Reality says, “dream on,” and tells us

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Malaysians Spending Less

Malaysians Spending Less

Adrian Foong February 10, 2012 0

  While men tend to be decision makers in major purchases in the household like electronics and cars, women are usually at the core of grocery, healthcare, beauty, clothing and childcare purchases. Another survey

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It’s All About the Money

It’s All About the Money

Adrian Foong February 9, 2012 0

Do financial matters overwhelm you? What is money to you? It’s associated with greed, power and the root of all evil. You cannot bring money away with you at the end of your life.

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Investment Terms You Want to Know

Investment Terms You Want to Know

Adrian Foong January 17, 2012 2

Here’s something most of you might not have heard of, a collection of investment-related buzzwords that pay homage to what VenusBuzz is all about. The next time someone asks you if you know anything

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New Faces of Ringgit Malaysia

New Faces of Ringgit Malaysia

Nina Hidayat December 22, 2011 3

PM Najib Tun Razak launches a new series of Malaysian currency Themed ‘Distinctively Malaysia’, the new series of currency is vibrant and rich in colours. The banknotes feature Malaysian arts and crafts and natural

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Say No to Debts!

Say No to Debts!

Nina Hidayat December 2, 2011 0

The first-world problem people still struggle from I am quite proud to say that I’ve managed to pay off the rather large credit card debt that I accumulated in my early 20s, and now,

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A (Monetarily) Joyful Christmas

A (Monetarily) Joyful Christmas

Nina Hidayat December 2, 2011 0

Make a list: Group all of your gift recipients into tiers. Tier one can be members of your family, tier two those who get a smaller gift, and tier three those who don’t have to

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Follow the Ants

Follow the Ants

Nina Hidayat December 1, 2011 0

Like diet, saving should start ‘today’ instead of ‘tomorrow’ It was so liberating when we finally gained our financial independence wasn’t it? The first month we received our paychecks, we were ecstatic and spent

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