Much Ado About Bonds
today’s the first day back after a long holiday. four days of doing nothing and coming up with barely anything that’s blogsworthy. it’s ridiculous the way i spend my time. well, most of the hols were at putrajaya. i think i ranted on about it in my last blog.
well, we came back to ampang on wednesday. it was nice. i love my home, although, yeah, it’s a tad tiny, the paddlepop man comes around 4 times a day, and one idiotic neighbour uses his car alarm as his alarm clock every morning. besides that, it’s the place the three of us call home and it’s the nest we share.
as for today - FRIDAY - is the first day back at work - felt like a first day at school - yeeuucchh! - too much of that! anyway, all "refreshed" from being a dormant brain for too long, i got off to a shaky start. good ting there wasn’t any news this morning to rush out to our clients. i am though, working on a the monthly newsletter. hmmm… by the looks of our releases for january, it seems like the economy may be actually shaping up.
the central bank has conjured up quite a few initiatives for financial market deepening , and RAM and other bodies like MIER, DB’s research team have all put in a few good words for the economy.
anyone still shopping around in the market for investments, there’s much hype about bonds and debt papers. as many would know, debt, as bonds, bear interest or riba. so let’s look around as the Malaysian market has innovated products to accommodate those interested in Islamic financial instruments.
The Islamic bond, Sukuk, and the debt paper called Ijarah are those you may want to pry into.
besides that, everything is well. nizam’s birthday today. didn’t know what to get him and i’m too lazy to walk to klcc or go to timesquare, but i did get him something. in case he’s reading this blog NOW, i’ll not mention it.
salaam all, make the right investments - it’ll make you happy.
