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		<title>Dismal External Trading For 2009</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pace of contraction in exports from the level a year ago eased at   —19.8%YoY (Jul-09: -22.9%YoY) but the pace of contraction in imports rose to a sharper —18.6%YoY (Jul-09: —16.2%YoY). Signs of a strong recovery are not yet evident. We have previously said that we shall have to wait out Sep-09 before a more [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The pace of contraction in exports from the level a year ago eased at   —19.8%YoY (Jul-09: -22.9%YoY) but the pace of contraction in imports rose to a sharper —18.6%YoY (Jul-09: —16.2%YoY). Signs of a strong recovery are not yet evident. We have previously said that we shall have to wait out Sep-09 before a more significant YoY growth becomes evident. Despite exports having risen strongly on a. MoM basis in recent months (Jul-09: +8.3% MoM), exports fell 2.0%MoM in Aug-09. The least partially be attributable to a pause after a seasonal mid-year rise in electronics and other<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/axiata/"><em><strong>manufactured goods exports</strong></em></a><em><strong> </strong></em>ahead of the Christmas shipments, augmented by the beneficial effects of restocking by those businesses that realized they over-pared their inventories of goods during the most severe Jan-09 to Mar-09 phase of the global downturn. This semblance of a V-shaped recovery in the initial phases will give way to a flatter appearance due to the inability of some export sectors to fully recover all lost markets. Some lost markets for industries <a href="http://uk.shopping.com/xDN-furniture">like furniture</a> will never fully recover. Malaysia&#8217;s export economy has lost 4-5 years of growth in value and the headwinds have increased in many export sectors on which Malaysia s dependent.</p>
<div id="attachment_448" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 324px"><img class="size-large wp-image-448  " title="Malaysia Export and Imports Chart" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Malaysia-Export-and-Imports-Chart1-1023x848.jpg" alt="Malaysia Export and Imports Chart" width="314" height="261" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Malaysia Export and Imports Chart</p></div>
<p>We previously warned that whilst there will be some sporadic spurts of stronger exports, they may not signal a meaningful recovery yet. Our view is that exports may not recover to levels seen in mid-2008 for another 2-3 years.</p>
<p>The YoY fall in Aug-09 exports computed continued to be led by a collapse of manufactured goods exports, weakness in commodity prices and a lower volume of commodity exports.</p>
<p>US workers facing record periods of unemployment, negative personal income growth in 4 of the last 6 quarters, and a sharp fall in wealth, will cut spending on the so many discretionary spending items that have formed the <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/genting/"><em><strong>core of Asian exports</strong></em></a>, cannot anchor a global recovery. Restocking by businesses and</p>
<p>public sector spending can only provide a temporary bounce in output that must be rejoined by a consumer spending revival. A revival with conviction of investment spending by businesses is also out of the picture at this juncture with low capacity utilization globally at this juncture.</p>
<p>Weakening of exports accelerated in major markets. ASEAN exports accounting for 25.7% of total, fell a steeper 24.4%YoY (Jul-09: -20.1%YoY) on lower exports of electronics products, refined petroleum products and transport equipment.</p>
<div id="attachment_449" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 403px"><img class="size-large wp-image-449 " title="Asia Export Growth League Table" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Asia-Export-Growth-League-Table-1024x571.jpg" alt="Asia Export Growth League Table" width="393" height="219" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Asia Export Growth League Table</p></div>
<p><a href="http://investhunt.com/company-report/hsbc-semi-annual-report-2009/"><em><strong>Exports to China</strong></em></a> rose +0.9% YoY (Jul-09: -16.9% MoM), the first increase YoY in 10 months on gains in exports of electronics and crude oil. Exports to China were also 10.3% higher MoM. The positive YoY growth was due to a lower statistical base in Aug-08, the month when severe drops in exports to China began to be recorded in 2008. Exports to the US dropped (-26.7% YoY vs -29.0%YoY in Jul-09), also falling 7.8%MoM on lower electronics exports. The pace of drop in exports to Japan slowed (-25.0% YoY in Aug-09 vs -32.7% YoY in Jul-09) on gains in LNG and crude oil exports. The pace of drop for exports to the EU at -25.9% YoY was however, steeper compared to Jul-09&#8217;s -23.9%YoY due to palm oil as well as chemicals and chemical products exports letting up as the recession in major Euro zone economies particularly Germany.</p>
<p>Exports of Electronics were a shade lower MoM at RM20.57b in Aug-09 after rising for the 6th month in a row to RM20.63b in Jul-09 from RM18.6b in Jun-09 and constituted 43% (Jul-09: 42.2%) of exports although still down -13.1%YoY vs -15.6% YoY in Jul-09. Palm Oil exports making up 6.2% of exports (Jul-09: 8.1%) were down a sharper -35.3%YoY (Jun-09: -33.5% YoY) after a major MoM drop. Oil and Gas exports making up 12.5% of exports (Jun-1 09: 12.0%) fell 50% YoY, still amongst the most affected of export categories.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-450" title="export growth" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/export-growth.jpg" alt="export growth" width="301" height="572" /></p>
<p>Chemicals and Chemical Products which contributed 6.1% of exports (Jul-09: 6.2%) fell -19.0%YoY (Jul-09: -26.3% YoY). Machinery and Appliances which made up 3.1% of exports (Jul-09: 3.6%) fell at a faster clip of -12.3%YoY (Jul-09: 10.2%YoY) and Timber Products adding up to 2.6% of exports(Jul-09:2.6%) fell</p>
<p>15.1%YoY(Jun-09:-16.0% YoY).</p>
<p>Imports at RM38.26b (Ju-09: RM40.98b) dropped by 6.6%MoM and were sharply off by 18.6%YoY (Jul-09: -16.0%YoY). Jan-09&#8217;s -30.4%YoY remains the fastest pace of annual contractions ever on record. Imports of intermediate goods made up 69.4% (Jul-09: 68.7%) of imports, and its fall on a percentage change YoY basis dampens somewhat hopes of a strong recovery, thus continuing the strong trend in preceding months that reflect the recovery in imports of raw material needs for goods to be processed for re-export. On the other hand, capital goods imported amounted to 14.3% (Jun-09: 14.8%) of imports, reflecting weaker capacity-boosting investment plans by domestic corporations that support future growth. Consumption goods made up 7.1% of imports (Jul-09: 7.2%), reflecting lower consumer spending. Consumption accounted for 65.3% of Malaysia&#8217;s real GDP in 2Q-09.</p>
<p>The Trade Surplus expanded again to RM9.58b (Jul-09: RM7.8b), a 22.2% jump MoM despite the MoM drop in exports. The widening of the trade gap left Aug-09&#8217;s surplus at exactly the mean YTD monthly surplus of RM9.58b. whilst it is still sharply off a peak at RM15.5b achieved in Jun-08 it is a healthy level. Whilst the trade balance dropped in Jul-09, it was read as a sign of some strength rather than weakness.</p>
<p>The Aug-09 data thankfully continues to hint at a V-shaped rebound after the exports slump hit a trough (see charts below). The current scenario does not yet rule out an L-shaped recovery for Malaysia although the possibility of a W-shaped recovery or a double-dip recession in the West appears small. The anchor for Malaysia&#8217;s export recovery appears to be China, but the sustainability of this source of exports recovery is thought unreliable whilst it is rising under conditions of a massive stimulus. The global economic turmoil may continue to drive further deterioration in the domestic environment.</p>
<p>Domestic sources of demand remain the key and steady implementation of the Stimulus Spending package is key. Our chief worry is the possibility the economy will fail to respond in a sustained manner and dismal<a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/invest-new-property/"><em><strong> private sector growth</strong></em></a> is observed way past the phase of aggressive public sector stimulus spending at a time when US consumers appear to be veering towards permanent frugality and Asian consumers are not ready to fill the void.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian property sector started slowing down sometime in 2007 and remained weak in 2008 due to the slowdown in the global economy and the cautious state of investors after the crash of the United States housing market.

The meltdown resulted in the collapse of several large banking and financial institutions in the United States and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Asian property sector started slowing down sometime in 2007 and remained weak in 2008 due to the slowdown in the <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/buy-or-hold/"><em><strong>global economy</strong></em></a><em><strong> </strong></em>and the cautious state of investors after the crash of the United States housing market.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-244" title="property chart" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/property-chart-300x174.jpg" alt="property chart" width="300" height="174" /></p>
<p>The meltdown resulted in the collapse of several large banking and financial institutions in the United States and Europe due to weakness originating from the mortgage and mortgage backed securities markets.</p>
<p>However in Asia, many were not too worried about the property market due to the regulated control of the banking system by their country National Bank and the well-established and matured property developers.</p>
<p>As a result of planned developments and sale of property, the Asian property market has remained healthy, despite the country&#8217;s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contraction of 6.2 % in the first quarter of 2009.</p>
<p>As an indication of the strength of the property sector, the National Property Information Centre (NAPIC) recorded higher transaction volume of some 4.0% compared with a decline of 17.8 percent in 4th quarter of 2008.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-245" title="property chart 2" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/property-chart-2-300x177.jpg" alt="property chart 2" width="300" height="177" /></p>
<p>In its study, NAPIC also recorded 79,149 transactions valued at USD 4.701 billion in 1H 2009 with the Residential property sub-sector being the most dominant. Total transaction volumes were 63.8% while total transaction value was 55.1%.</p>
<p>The development of <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/invest-new-property/"><strong><em>residential property</em></strong></a> remained promising with upward trends in the completion and starts category but dwindling numbers in new building plan approvals.</p>
<p>Currently, by 1H 2009, the residential property sector recorded an existing supply of 4,230,328 units with and incoming supply of 544,926 units. Planned residential supply is recorded at 669,554 units.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-246" title="property chart 3" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/property-chart-3-300x157.jpg" alt="property chart 3" width="300" height="157" /></p>
<p>In the demand scenario for the residential sales performances there were lesser units that were launched into the market in the past quarters. However, sales performances during the nine months were between 70% and 85% since the first quarter of 2007.</p>
<p>There were also signs that the Asian property market was affected by <a href="http://investhunt.com/finance-planning/finance-planning-for-your-old-man/"><em><strong>global economic and financial crisis</strong></em></a> but the market has remained healthy overall.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Asia economy is still mired in a recession, exports indicators and employment figures have shown some signs of stabilization as of the first quarter of 2009, with economists forecasting a turnaround by year&#8217;s end. Property indices also indicate further stabilization in prices and in demand, especially in the commercial properties sector in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the Asia economy is still mired in a recession, exports indicators and employment figures have shown some signs of stabilization as of the first quarter of 2009, with <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/is-the-time-back-to-market-what-is-the-return/"><em><strong>economists </strong></em></a>forecasting a turnaround by year&#8217;s end. Property indices also indicate further stabilization in prices and in demand, especially in the commercial properties sector in the key regions of Singapore, Malaysia, Shang Hai, Beijing, and Jakarta from the slowdown in overall sales towards the end of 2008 as investors erred on the side of caution.</p>
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<p>This is an opportune time for business owners to seriously consider investing in commercial properties, most notably shop houses, office lots and factories, as a means of expanding their operations, utilizing surplus funds or simply to diversify their investment portfolios. Investment in private real estate such as houses for rent may also help positively diversify investment portfolios.</p>
<p>Commercial properties are a good buy at this juncture because business owners can capitalize on the significant drop in mortgage rates which was preceded by some national bank&#8217;s cutting of the overnight policy rate to an all-time low of 2% per- annum in February 2009. Borrowers will be able to enjoy the prevailing low rates and save substantially on interest payments by leveraging on the low mortgage rates and lock in at this level for the tenure of their loan.</p>
<p>For risk conscious<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/invest-new-property/"><em><strong>investors</strong></em></a>, current alternative investment instruments may prove to be beyond their risk profile in this bearish environment. To mitigate risk, investors should balance their portfolio with a selection of differing investments. As such, some banker and investor believe that commercial properties offer a more stable rental yield. As the latest property induces have shown, demand for <em><strong>commercial spaces</strong></em> has remained relatively constant and unabated compared to other investment vehicles. Properties continue to be excellent assets to hedge against inflation when prices start to rise on the heels of an economic rebound.</p>
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<p>While it is ideal for investors to buy at the right time, the right place, and at the right price, most of the time it is all about striking a balance. An estimated 3<em><strong> million </strong></em>square feet of office space as well as another 3 million square feet of retail space will be added to the Kuala Lumpur landscape this year as a result of launches from the past couple of years. Investors will have ample opportunity to select from diverse locations and types of spaces, and also reap the benefit of numerous freebies offered by developers ranging from free legal costs to discounts in prices. They will also be privy to an array of financing schemes.</p>
<p>Business Mortgage One Account (BMOA) is specifically designed for SMEs and business owners who in the course of their operations will have periods of surplus funds. The BMOA provides a very smart solution for business owners to enjoy savings by using cash in their current account to shorten their loan principal amount, with the added benefit of redrawing with no penalties charges from their surplus payments.</p>
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<p>In situations where the SME wishes to ensure his funds are fully optimized for the operating cycle of his business, our SMI One Account is the perfect business mortgage solution because he gets the best of both worlds — funds in his operating account can generate interest credits for the benefit of his business mortgage outstanding.</p>
<p>While we are mindful that<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/commercial-property-as-investment-vehicle/"><em><strong>property purchases</strong></em></a> are long-term investments and being fixed assets, are not as liquid as investments in equity; the return on property investment may not be lower than equity investments.</p>
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		<title>IOI Corp Market Review</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IOI Corp has been moving in tandem with the overall bullish market sentiment from a low of RM2.08 to its recent high of RM4.86. However the current uptrend of IOI Corp is showing signs of exhaustion with the MACD displaying a bearish divergence coupled with the Stochastic oscillator turning down from its overbought level.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IOI Corp has been moving in tandem with the overall bullish <a href="http://investhunt.com/watchdog/beware-the-wolf/"><em><strong>market sentiment</strong></em></a> from a low of RM2.08 to its recent high of RM4.86. However the current uptrend of IOI Corp is showing signs of exhaustion with the MACD displaying a bearish divergence coupled with the Stochastic oscillator turning down from its overbought level.</p>
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<p>Thus a correction may be expected at any point of time for IOI Corp. If there is a break below the recent low of RM4.42, there are chances to see a slide towards its next technical support of RM4.00. Resistance is at its recent high of RM4.86 and a break above it may see IOI Corp resuming its uptrend towards its<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/buy-or-hold/"><em><strong>next target</strong></em></a> at RM5.15.</p>
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		<title>Soichiro Honda (1906 – 1991)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born    : November 17, 1906 in Hamamatsu, Japan
Died    : August 5, 1991 (aged 84) in Japan
Occupation      :  Founder, Honda Motor Company Limited

Throughout his life, Soichiro Honda never forgot the day when he ran hopelessly after the first motor car he ever saw. Long before the car actually reached Yamahigashi, a small village in Japan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Born    : November 17, 1906 in Hamamatsu, Japan</p>
<p>Died    : August 5, 1991 (aged 84) in Japan</p>
<p>Occupation      :  Founder, Honda Motor Company Limited</p>
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<p>Throughout his life, <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/soichiro-honda-1906-1991/"><em><strong>Soichiro Honda</strong></em></a> never forgot the day when he ran hopelessly after the first motor car he ever saw. Long before the car actually reached Yamahigashi, a small village in Japan&#8217;s Shizuoka province (now called Tenryu-shi), its own extraordinary noise announced its imminent arrival.The small boy who heard the rumble was at first astonished, then excited, and finally enthralled, by it.</p>
<p>Later he would describe that moment as one of those life-changing experiences. He began to tremble as the car came closer to him. Then, he turned and chased after that car as much as he could. &#8220;I could not understand how it could move under its own power. And when it had driven past me, without even thinking why I found myself chasing it down the road, as hard as I could run.&#8221;</p>
<p>He had no chance of catching it, and the experience became a symbol for his life: always he was chasing something that was just beyond his reach. He had always remembered a proverb that literally goes/raise the sail with your stronger hand,&#8217; meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do.&#8221; By the time the road was empty and the car long departed, the young boy continued to stand there breathing in its gasoline stench. When he came upon a drop of its precious lifeblood spilled on the dusty track, he dropped his knees and sniffed the oily stain like a man in a desert smelling water. This was a scene that later changed the course of world&#8217;s motor industry.</p>
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<p>Honda&#8217;s spirit of adventure and determination to explore the development of new technology had its roots in his childhood. The <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/walter-elias-disney-walt-disney-1901-1966/"><em><strong>family was not wealthy</strong></em></a>, but his father Gihei Honda instilled into his children the ethic of hard work, and a love of mechanical things. Soichiro soon learned how to whet the blades of farm machinery, and how to make his own toys. A nearby rice mill was powered by his small engine, and the noise fascinated him. He would demand daily that his grandfather took him to watch it in action. At school he got the nickname &#8216;black nose weasel, which is less derogatory in Japanese than it sounds in English, because his face was always dirty from helping his father in the workshop. Once he even forged his family&#8217;s seal using a bicycle pedal rubber on school report that were not up to the mark!</p>
<p>In 1917 a pilot called Art Smith flew into the Wachiyama military air field hr demonstrate his biplane&#8217;s aerobatic capabilities. Honda took the family&#8217;s poly cash box, borrowed one of his father&#8217;s bicycles and rode the 20 kilometer to a place he had never before visited. When he got there he soon realized the price of admission, let alone a flight, was far beyond his means, but after climbing a tree he watched the plane in motion, and that was enough. When Gihei learned what his son had done to get to the airfield, he was not angry with his son for taking the money and the bike. Rather he was more impressed will, initiative, determination and resilience.</p>
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<p>Honda enjoyed racing, and set a speed record in 1936. At age 17, he won II, Chairman&#8217;s trophy riding alongside his boss under whom he worked as a mechanic. He suffered in a bad crash, breaking several bones including both wrists, and was persuaded by his wife to give up racing. Honda thereafter <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/henry-ford-1863-1947"><em><strong>concentrated on his business</strong></em></a>, and in 1937 he moved into piston-ring manufacture, setting up Tokai Seiki Heavy Industry (TSHI). In 1948 Honda had sold TSHI to Toyota for 450,000 yen (worth about $1 million)</p>
<p>In 1948 Honda began producing motorcycles as president of the Hondo Corporation. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. initially built small capacity motorcycles to gel Japanese workers moving. While Honda focused his considerable energies on the engineering side, using all the experience he had painstakingly accumulated and left the running of the company in the hands of Takeo Fujisawa, his most trusted friend and urged him to look to the long-term.</p>
<p>They complemented one another perfectly. When the first fruits of their partnership hit the streets it was a 98 cc two-stroke motorcycle appropriately named “Dream”. Honda turned the company into a billion-dollar multinational that produced the best-selling motorcycle and resulted in Honda motorcycles out-selling other brands in the respective home markets. In 1959 Honda Motorcycles opened its first dealership in the United States.</p>
<p>Soichiro Honda was the prototypical F1 engineer. He was always probing new limits of technology, always seeking better and greater feedback from the men who rode or drove the machines that bore his name. He reasoned that ambition was no sin, and that success was the reward for <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/is-the-time-back-to-market-what-is-the-return/"><em><strong>hard work and investment</strong></em></a>. Honda was the first major manufacturer to understand that motor sport was the perfect miscible in which to develop not just superior machines, but superior engineers, aid today every global player in the Fl game rotates its engineers through its motor sport programs.</p>
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<p>He followed the Japanese saying that said, &#8220;if you hire those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among &#8216;hose you don&#8217;t particularly like.&#8221; He is also the author of the famous quote, &#8220;success represents one per cent of your work which results from the 99 percent that is called failure. Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.&#8221;</p>
<p>He died in 1991 from liver failure. At the age of twenty, Mr. Honda was called up for military service but he was, medically examined and found to be color blind. Thanks to this diagnosis because he managed to avoid spending any time in the military. He was not just admired for his ability to repair machines, but gave free rein to his <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/tony-fernandes-now-everyone-can-fly/"><em><strong>talent as an inventor</strong></em></a>, later earning the title &#8220;the Edison of Hamamatsu&#8221; and starting to do all kinds of work that went far beyond the narrow bounds of a repair workshop. Today, Honda Motor Company is one of the largest and most successful automobile manufacturers in the world. This evolution came about because of one man, Soichiro Honda. As he rightly put it &#8220;Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; Philosophy without action is worthless”: Needless to say, he had both in the right measure and in perfect balance.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born    : 30th April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation      : Group Chief Executive Officer / Director of AirAsia Berhad
Net worth        : US$230 million.

Though budget airline phenomenon has been around for two decades in the US and more than 10 years in Europe, it well goes to the credit of Tony Fernandes; who thought it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Born    : 30th April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</p>
<p>Occupation      : Group Chief Executive Officer / Director of AirAsia Berhad</p>
<p>Net worth        : US$230 million.</p>
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<p>Though budget airline phenomenon has been around for two decades in the US and more than 10 years in Europe, it well goes to the credit of Tony Fernandes; who thought it worthwhile to try the concept in the South East Asian region.</p>
<p>He had an<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/walter-elias-disney-walt-disney-1901-1966/"><em><strong>ambitious drive</strong></em></a> to realize his childhood dream of owning an airline, and set up Air Asia, Asia&#8217;s first budget airline. That very dream sometimes became a nightmare for the region&#8217;s more<em><strong> established full-service</strong></em> carriers, who have watched the no-frills airline&#8217;s rising popularity and ticket sales with a considerable degree of alarm.</p>
<p>When Air Asia took the first flight in 2001, many critics in the <em><strong>business community</strong></em> pooh-poohed the idea and said that it would not survive even two months. Some kinder souls said that the operations would be grounded within a period of six months. There were, after all, many barriers in the highly-regulated and competitive <em><strong>airline industry</strong></em>, and a budget airline was a totally new creature in the market. Few believed Fernandes, CEO and director of TuneAir Sdn Bhd, which owns AirAsia, would be able to get the low-cost carrier to take off properly, let alone pilot it to great heights.</p>
<p>When he was young, his parents wanted him to become a doctor, however they allowed him to pursue the field of studies of his choice, the moment he told them about his interest. After graduating from London School of Economics in 1987, he worked as an accountant for<em><strong> Richard Branson&#8217;s Virgin </strong></em>Records from 1987 to 1989. At 28, he became the youngest person in recording industry&#8217;s history to head Warner Music Malaysia and thereafter, moved up to serve as ASEAN Vice-President of Warner Music.</p>
<p>When he told his wife he was going to start an airline, his wife laughed and said, &#8220;why can&#8217;t you think of something simple?&#8221;Tony replied, &#8220;Life is short. If I fail, I fail. At least, I won&#8217;t be saying when I am 60 years old that I should have tried this!&#8221; Even before Sept. 11, the world&#8217;s airlines were in trouble, and his move was not universally hailed as a <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/roy-allen-mr-aw/"><em><strong>wise career choice</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em> Most people thought he was crazy.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-35" title="The_AirAsia_Story" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/The_AirAsia_Story-237x300.jpg" alt="The_AirAsia_Story" width="237" height="300" />But <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/tony-fernandes-now-everyone-can-fly/"><em><strong>Tony Fernandes</strong></em></a> looked at the brighter side. In fact, the timing was perfect: Since Sept.11, aircraft leasing costs were down by 40 per cent. He could get newer Boeing models than the sick airline had before at the same price. There were many airline layoffs that meant the staff was readily available.</p>
<p>In fact, he had virtually zero experience running an airline. It was the typical story of the underdog starting from nothing. Fernandes, now 40, had to mortgage his house, pour all his savings into the company and rope in several friends as<em><strong> investors</strong></em>. Drawing inspiration from the successes of <a title="Ryanair" href="http://www.bravofly.com/content/en/cheap-flight-tickets/ryanair-flights.html">Ryanair</a> in Europe and Southwest Airlines in the US, he was convinced there was <em><strong>a ready market </strong></em>for budget flying in Malaysia and Asia just waiting to be tapped.</p>
<p>When TuneAir bought AirAsia in 2001 for the token price of RM1, it took over the ailing airline&#8217;s two aircraft and debts of RM40<em><strong> million. </strong></em>After seven months in operation, the budget carrier managed to repay all its debts and make a profit of RM19.4 million. In June 2002, its profit had ballooned to RM30 million. By the end of that year, its fleet had expanded to 10 Boeing 737 aircraft and flown some three<em><strong> million </strong></em>passengers. In November, it formed a joint-venture airline with Thailand&#8217;s Shin Corp to operate flights to Thailand. The maiden flight from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket took off on Dec 8.</p>
<p>The Air Asia <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/katherine-graham-1917-2001/"><em><strong>business model</strong></em></a><em><strong> </strong></em>slashed fares on heavily traveled routes, turned around planes much faster than before and stopped serving complimentary food and drinks. Eliminating meals meant that the normal complement of cabin crew could be cut from six to three. And in order to keep the planes in the air more, the flights were expected to spend only 25 minutes on the ground at one time. If passengers are late, they will simply forfeit their tickets. Air Asia was not going to wait. Within a period of four years, the airline had a thriving business, had grown from a modest two planes to 28 in its current fleet, and operates over 100 domestic and international flights daily.</p>
<p>Air Asia&#8217;s growing popularity among travelers has compelled full-service carrier<sup>,</sup>, to scramble for a slice of the budget-flying share themselves. Singapore Airlines (SIA) is setting up Tiger Airways, and Thai Airways International is in talks with potential partners for a similar venture. Australia&#8217;s Qantas Airways has announced Jetstar, an attempt to take on British<strong><em> entrepreneur</em></strong> <em><strong>Richard Branson&#8217;s Virgin Blue, </strong></em>which commands about a third of the domestic flight market in Australia. Meanwhile, Singapore-based ValueAir, set up by a former SIA executive, has started flying in 2004. All of a sudden, it seemed that a man&#8217;s childhood dream has shaken and changed the airline industry across the region.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-36" title="MALAYSIA BUDGET AIRLINES" src="http://investhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/airasia1-300x233.jpg" alt="MALAYSIA BUDGET AIRLINES" width="300" height="233" /></p>
<p>People may hate him for he speaks his mind. But what he has done is to wake up everyone from their complacency. His low-cost carriers have also become a boon to tourism for destination countries. To consumers, Tony has reversed decades of brainwashing that air travel necessarily has to be costly. No wonder, Malaysian travelers welcomed its cheap tickets with open arms from day one. Two years after its inception, the new airline was laughing its way to the bank and spreading its wings<em><strong> across the region.</strong></em></p>
<p>Air Asia was named Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline of the Year 2004 by Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Air Asia. The airline also clinched the prestigious Euro <em><strong>money </strong></em>award for Asia <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/genting/"><em><strong>Best Managed Company</strong></em></a> in the Airlines &amp; Aviation Sector and Air Transport World&#8217;s Market Leadership Award at the recent 2005 Airline Achievement Awards.</p>
<p>If today, people complain that a $300 return ticket to Hong Kong is expensive, clearly, the bar for what constitutes value-for-money has been raised. And, all the credit for that goes to Tony. Since he started the <strong><em>Airline</em></strong>, he has received a lot of letters from people saying that he has inspired them, that they are going to <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/oprah-gail-winfrey/"><em><strong>try something different</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em>&#8220;That is the biggest kick I get out of this whole thing,&#8221; says the high-flier.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[It should be remembered that greed always sells. Rationality or rational behavior does not sell. A harsh reality today is that getting wealthy in real terms is not as easy as it used to be.  It could take as long as five years for asset managers around the world to recoup the US$ 10 trillion [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It should be remembered that greed always sells. Rationality or rational behavior does not <em><strong>sell</strong></em>. A harsh reality today is that getting wealthy in real <em><strong>terms</strong></em> is not as easy as it used to be.  It could take as long as five years for asset <em>managers</em> around the world to recoup the US$ 10 trillion they lost in 2008 at the height of the<em><strong> financial crisis</strong></em>, according to a timely report by Boston-based research firm Cerulli. It took the industry three years to generate more than USS 10 trillion between 2005 and 2008, and only six months to lose it all, the report said.</p>
<p>To some poor<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/akio-morita-1921-1999/"><em><strong>investors</strong></em></a><em><strong>,</strong></em> the markets actually started to crack in early 2008 and then &#8220;changed&#8221; rapidly in the second half of 2008. But then you thought had a good, solid mutual or unit trust fund managed by a big institution with other great products printed on their glossy brochure. The equity fund you bought at the peak in the previous Bull Run was a solid investment you thought it could do no wrong.</p>
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<p>Well, you thought you did everything right and you subscribed the popular buy-and-hold mentality. You didn’t believe that the buy and hold mentality benefits the fund institutions that manage the assets and the sales agents more than you. So the expert who is paid to take care of <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/investment-on-asia-property/"><em><strong>your investment</strong></em></a> failed to spot the downside despite all the red flags because he or she was stuck comfortably in the world of decoupling and you watched the fund slide into darkness, even buying more units on the way down to average down your losses.</p>
<p>When the dust finally settled for a while and even with the dead cat bounce you have seen so far, you are still stuck with about 30% losses and part of it belongs to<em><strong> your retirement funds</strong></em>. Suddenly, even your private banker who had lost all the credibility isn&#8217;t as confident or brash as he normally is. Your<em><strong> financial planner</strong></em> has also been avoiding you.</p>
<p>You have learned that you need several disciplines in place to improve your <em><strong>long term investing performance</strong></em>. Managing downside risk is one<em><strong> important trick to learn.</strong></em> You have realized that you need to be truly diversified by investing in different asset classes such as equities, commodities and currencies on the planet using <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/richard-branson-mr-virgin/"><em><strong>different investment styles</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p>
<p>More importantly, you have realized that getting the<em><strong> big picture</strong></em> right is critical. How do you diversify when all asset classes are moving, in tandem? This was a key many faced at the height of the financial crisis in 2008, when all asset classes were collapsing together, but is a concern that remains today whether we like it or not.</p>
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<p>Any of our clients who have benefited from our<strong> <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/commercial-property-as-investment-vehicle/"><em>valuable advisory services </em></a></strong>over the years will tell you that we have long held concerns over the increased tendency for the values of different asset classes to move up or down) in the same direction at the same time regardless of all the beautiful<em><strong> fundamental stories</strong></em> hyped by the shill in the brokerage industry.</p>
<p>We never subscribe totally to long-only or traditional investment positions for our client investment strategy. We know from past experience that alternative<em><strong> investment strategies</strong></em> with low correlation equities and bonds can add tremendous value to any investment portfolio ranging from conservative to aggressive (different investors have different risk tolerances, investment horizons, etc).</p>
<p>Many geniuses in town have continued with play down the role of<em><strong> alternative investments </strong></em>as a true diversifies for any global portfolio at any time to the extent of labeling them as purely speculative.</p>
<p>Client interests should always come first d we have no choice but to grow up. Local investors on the street have been brainwashed for decades that the stock market and <a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/buy-or-hold/"><em><strong>traditional investment vehicles</strong></em></a><em><strong> </strong></em>are the only realistic ways to build wealth. To invest all your wealth in the stock market either directly or indirectly, that is foolishness, in my view.</p>
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<p>I know that there is still a lot of skepticism about the alternative stuff mainly due to lack of exposure. To some institutions that are a little behind the curve,<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/ioi-corp-market-review/"><em><strong>alternative investments</strong></em></a> should not be viewed as pure imams and a threat to their traditional business models.</p>
<p>The recent global stock rebound was just another dead cat bounce. Never <em><strong>believe in everything </strong></em>that is written here. You should have your own sense of the markets and your own opinions oldie kinds of <em><strong>opportunities you&#8217;re looking for</strong></em>. To the mind of this financial writer, global stock markets will chart new lows over the coming months. This is based on our own work. I&#8217;m far for being perfect and I may not be right about everything, but I&#8217;m willing to hold and defend my independent view.</p>
<p>To some traders, <em><strong>markets</strong></em> have continued to move mysteriously. At the time of writing this missive, the stock markets have continued to deteriorate technically. However,<em><strong> China</strong></em> seems to be an exception in this &#8211; for now. I could offer all sorts of other predictions, but what&#8217;s the point.</p>
<p>Investors should always look through a different lens, and ask if there&#8217;s anything positive we can take away from another round of turmoil? As for long-only equity strategy, it&#8217;s not all gloom. Selectivity is going to be important. Are<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/walter-elias-disney-walt-disney-1901-1966/"><em><strong>profits guaranteed</strong></em></a>? Of course not!</p>
<p>In the <em><strong>financial game</strong></em>, there are always the markets are heading next as our usual game plan is to be able to make money regardless of <em><strong>economic and market conditions </strong></em>at various risk levels. I think that the next few weeks and months will not only be very<em><strong> interesting</strong></em>, but also very important. Patience is a virtue as markets could remain trapped in a trading range for weeks before the next big move.</p>
<p>So what? Although action by governments around the world has ensured that the<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/investment-on-asia-property/"><em><strong>global economy will stay in business</strong></em></a>, the reality is markets and environments will continue to surprise you on the downside and the upside.</p>
<p>Warren Buffet is famously quoted as saying, &#8220;Only when the tide runs out do you see who&#8217;s been swimming naked.&#8221; It is always better to anticipate risks than to ignore them. Informed caution is our area of expertise and our<em><strong> strong absolute performance</strong></em> in 2008 is a testimony of our hard work.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the announcement of China Finance Minister (till July 31, 2009), had the duty to society to guarantee the transfer to be listed stock the state-owned shareholder name list as well as the transfer fold of yarn public announcement has finished.

Reporter from the authoritative department found the other day; already had the many enterprise [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to the announcement of <a href="http://investhunt.com/company-report/hsbc-semi-annual-report-2009/"><em><strong>China Finance Minister</strong></em></a> (till July 31, 2009), had the duty to society to guarantee the transfer to be listed stock the state-owned<em><strong> shareholder</strong></em> name list as well as the transfer fold of yarn public announcement has finished.</p>
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<p>Reporter from the authoritative department found the other day; already had the many <em><strong>enterprise </strong></em>state-owned <em><strong>shareholders</strong></em> to raise the objection to the public announcement content, the place state-owned shareholder&#8217;s objection are many.</p>
<p>The following stage, society will guarantee door to door to will propose that the objection company will carry on the checking. On June 19, four ministries and commissions have announced 131 To be listed 826 state-owned <em><strong>shareholder</strong></em>&#8217;s name lists which needs to fulfill the transfer duty, also pointed out that the state-owned shareholder to transfers the announcement like to have the objection, should, in the announcement issued that in the latter 30 working days feedback and opinion.</p>
<p>According to the authoritative department&#8217;s insiders said that in after public announcement one week, a central enterprise has not raised the objection. Because Yang <em><strong>business property right</strong></em> is quite defined, moreover the community responsibility is paid attention to the human. Up to yesterday, also only then the minority several central <em><strong>enterprises </strong></em>proposed the different opinions to the transfer fold of yarn, but does not have one to transfer the duty to propose the different opinions.</p>
<p>On June 25, the strength gathers the stock (quotation stock) to issue the announcement saying that to serves under somebody&#8217;s banner the subsidiary company to hold develops the nation electron (quotation stock) the<em><strong> stock</strong></em> to regard as state-owned shares processing to have the objection. This is the first to be listed guarantees the fund to the state-owned <em><strong>shares transfer</strong></em> society to raise the objection.</p>
<p>He said that the next stage, society will guarantee will act according to all levels of national capital committee the material, door to door to proposed that the objection <em><strong>company</strong></em> will carry on the checking, will confirm the name list and the transfer fold of yarn. According to the preliminary statistics, needs to transfer the state-owned stock which holds approximately 8,394,000,000, according to June 19 the closing price computation, the <em><strong>market value </strong></em>approximately is 83,550,000,000 Yuan.</p>
<p>Along with more State-owned <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/mary-kay-ash-1918-2001/"><em><strong>business going on the market</strong></em></a>, will also have the stock to change over to the nation society unceasingly to guarantee the <em><strong>fund,</strong></em> society will guarantee the fund the scale also unceasingly to expand. But &#8220;<em><strong>Implementation Means</strong></em>&#8221; the 14th stipulation, after society guarantees the foundation extension holds the state-owned shares, enjoys the extension to hold the stock usufruct and the right of disposal, does not intervene to be listed<em><strong> daily management and operation</strong></em>.</p>
<p>The play brocade article believed that along with<em><strong> China Stock market </strong></em>entire circulation&#8217;s realization, to be listed <em><strong>stockholder&#8217;s rights&#8217; </strong></em>dispersion degree becomes higher. Society guarantees the fund, even if only has 10% stocks, also possibly becomes to be listed biggest<em><strong> shareholder.</strong></em> But takes the biggest shareholder, if does not intervene to be listed daily management and operation, also how the guarantee society does guarantee the fund.</p>
<p>Especially regarding state-owned shares proportion originally not big to be listed, if society guarantees the fund not to participate in the<em><strong> management</strong></em>, possibly is unable to guarantee that society guarantees the fund the benefit not to invade by the non-state-owned shareholder. Recent years although the major <em><strong>stockholder</strong></em> pulled out the spatial to be listed phenomenon to have the reduction, but has not ceased.</p>
<p>If has this kind of situation, not only violates <em><strong>&#8220;Implementation Means</strong></em>&#8221; the original intention &#8211; enrichment society guarantees the fund, will create the state asset the outflow. Regarding this, Chinese Social Science Institute Economics institute Microeconomics Laboratory assistant director the play brocade article believed that in the transfer society guarantees in the question, the place State-owned<em><strong> business&#8217;s manner</strong></em> and the Local authority has the close relation.</p>
<p>At present, our country has two set of social security system: A set is the nation society guarantees the fund council, it is a preparation system, the<em><strong> fund</strong></em> raises by the Central authorities unified agreement; Another set is regional scattered society guarantees the bureau, the fund raises voluntarily by the Local authority.</p>
<p>The expert believed that present&#8217;s question is, the state-owned shares transfer society guaranteed, lets the place state asset delimit the central committee. Faced with the existing <em><strong>retirement and the unemployed people</strong></em> living cost allowance and so on realistic question, the Local authority needs certainly “to be calculating”. Four ministries and commissions once were clear in June 19, after the public announcement time had ended, already to be listed state-owned<em><strong> shareholder</strong></em> who freezes the stock, has not raised the objection to the <em><strong>supervision organization</strong></em>, will settle accounts the Limited liability company by the Chinese negotiable securities registration to implement the transfer.</p>
<p>This means that the state-owned shares transfer society guarantees the <em><strong>fund</strong></em>, soon starts to transfer the procedure. Also means that the nation society will guarantee will become A market biggest institutional<em><strong> investor. </strong></em>According to the preliminary statistics, needs to transfer the state-owned stock which holds approximately 8,394,000,000, according to June 19 the closing price computation, the<em><strong> market value </strong></em>approximately is 83,550,000,000 Yuan. Along with more State-owned business going on the market, will also have the stock to change over to the nation society unceasingly to guarantee <em><strong>the fund,</strong></em> society will guarantee the fund the scale also unceasingly to expand.</p>
<p>But &#8220;Implementation Means&#8221; the 14th stipulation, after society guarantees the foundation extension holds the state-owned <em><strong>shares, </strong></em>enjoys the extension to hold the stock usufruct and the right of disposal, does not intervene to be listed <a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/larry-joseph-ellison-god-of-oracle/"><em><strong>daily management and operation</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is one-benefit homeowners can get during the economic crisis, it is the opportunity to refinance one&#8217;s home loan. Take a classic example of a person who has bought his home 3 years ago. He would have possibly got his loan approved at a base-lending rate (BLR) of 6.75%. Currently the BLR rates are [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If there is one-benefit <strong><em>homeowners </em></strong>can get during the economic crisis, it is the opportunity to refinance one&#8217;s home loan. Take a classic example of a person who has bought his home 3 years ago. He would have possibly got his<em><strong> loan approved</strong></em> at a base-lending rate (BLR) of 6.75%. Currently the BLR rates are at 5.55%. For a house costing USD250, 000 or above, that would amount to a large savings if a house owner decides to refinance his home loan.</p>
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<p>Should one refinance their home loans, the answer is simple — if there are net savings to lower monthly repayments and save money in the long run as well as flexibility in <a href="http://investhunt.com/finance-planning/learn-from-michael-jackson-death-and-finance-planning/"><em><strong>cash flow management</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p>
<p>Many are still hesitant to do so as they believe their loan is still within the 5-year or above lock-in period, they cannot go about refinancing their loans. However, the reality of the situation is the opposite; homeowners can still refinance their homes even during the lock-in period.<span id="more-249"></span></p>
<p>What homeowners need to know is that in view of the low <em><strong>interest rate</strong></em> and competitive home loan products on offer especially with zero moving cost, exploring refinancing is worthwhile even if within lock-in period. In reality, one could also generate savings by refinancing one&#8217;s home loan.</p>
<p><strong>Should I Refinance My Housing Loan Now?</strong></p>
<p>The next question is why should homeowners go through the motions of refinancing, which is something they rather not worry about after buying their dream home?</p>
<p>For one thing, they get interest rate reduction. By reducing the interest rates, one benefits from a lower monthly repayment to ease one&#8217;s<em><strong> financial</strong></em> burden. Alternatively, the lower monthly commitment enables one to maximize the money set aside for any investment opportunity. In addition to this, if your<a href="http://investhunt.com/investment/commercial-property-as-investment-vehicle/"><em><strong> home market value</strong></em></a> has increased substantially, you may refinance and cash out to fulfill your current needs or consolidate your higher interest debts to save on interest.</p>
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<p><strong>The Best Option Available?</strong></p>
<p>In order to maximize one&#8217;s benefit from <em><strong>refinancing a home loan</strong></em>, it is best to fully understand one&#8217;s short-term and long-term financial plans and to choose an option that gives maximum value and returns with minimum risks.</p>
<p>Homeowners are advised to always compare home loans on the features offered to have a better idea of what you will be getting. For instance, many banks have zero refinancing costs packages and<em><strong> flexible products,</strong></em> which allow you to deposit your savings to offset on interest with flexibility of withdrawal.</p>
<p>However, homeowners should always review and choose some loan that matches his or her financial plan or<em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://investhunt.com/learn-from-the-best/sabeer-bhatia-mr-hotmail/"><em><strong>economic management</strong></em></a> of income against expenditures. One has to always bear in mind that a flexible product is beneficial only if one can utilize the facility of deposit to offset on the interest. Otherwise, it would serve as a conventional loan where it defeats the purpose and a person could be paying higher interest rate plus fees and charges.</p>
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