What Fund should I recommend my clients?
Considerations:
• 1) Time Horizon
• 2) “Price Fluctuating” Tolerance
• 3) Lump Sum, or Monthly Investments
Time Horizon
• How long the client plans to stay invested before withdrawing the funds.– Purpose of investing
• Generally, the shorter the time horizon, the lower the “price fluctuation” that should be recommended.
Less than 3 years
• 6 Months to 3 Years : PBOND - Public Bond Fund
• 1.5 Years to 4 Years:PEBF - Public Enhanced Bond Fund
More than 3 years
• Conservative to Moderate “Risk”
Balanced Funds: PBF – Public Balanced Fund , orPFEBF – Public Far East Balanced Fund
More than 3 years
• Moderate “Risk” – Mainly within Malaysia because of lesser foreign currency risk.
Dividend Funds, or Blue Chip FundsPDSF – Public Dividend Select FundPFEDF – Public Far East Dividend FundPIX – Public Index FundPRSF – Public Regular Savings Fund
More than 3 years
• High “Risk” – “Aggressive” in QFR
Foreign Funds, or Growth Funds, Small Cap FundsPEF – Public Equity FundPFES – Public Far-East SelectPSMALLCAP – Public SmallCap Fund
More than 3 years
• Specific FundsChina Market – PCSF, PCIF, PCTF
Property Market – PFEPRF
Consumer Market – PFECTF
EPF Investments
• The only Bond Fund – PSBF– Unless for Asset Allocation, don’t recommend
PSBF 100%, because the return would not be as good as EPF’s Return.
• The only Balanced Fund – PIBF– Better than PSBF over medium to long term,
recommend if client is conservative, or scared of current market.
EPF Investments
• Moderate “Risk”
PIX – Public Index FundPRSF – Public Regular Savings FundPIDF – Public Islamic Dividend Fund
EPF Investments
• High “Risk”
PIEF – Public Islamic Equity Fund PISTF – Public Islamic Select Treasure FPIOGF – Public Islamic Optimal Growth F
Lump Sum
• If Amount is “Big”, I strongly suggest Asset Allocation- A portion in Low “Price Fluctuation” Fund- A portion in Medium “Price Fluctuation” Fund (Optional)- A portion in High “Price Fluctuation” Fund(Optional)
Monthly Investments
• Share the concept of Dollar Cost Averaging– Best applied over 3 years or more to take
advantage of the market’s fluctuation.• Use Funds that fluctuates a lot for
maximum advantage
– PEF, PFES, PITTIKAL, PFEDF, PDSF
Islamic Funds ?
• To cater for Bumiputra market.– Generally, I prefer funds that have less
restrictions.
– Example : Restaurant.
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What should we do when the returns are negative ?
1. Don’t Panic.2. Compare the fund's return to the
benchmark.3. Hold On as eventually, the returns would
be better going forward.4. Do a Topup, buying it on Discount /
Sale.