When I first heard the word 'investment', I was literally thinking of big capital venture. But actually, it doesn't need to be BIG.
There are many types of investment, and I can say all of it need MONEY. So, ordinary people like you and me would initially think twice before starting an investment.
Here, I will share my personal experience about two type of investment, firstly UNIT TRUST and secondly STOCK TRADING. I would say stock trading is more challenging.
Unit Trust Fund
An investment in unit trust fund would provide a more steady income stream (eg. dividend). But, not all unit trust fund provide such dividend to investor. Interested investor should get proper advise from authorized Unit Trust Consultant (UTC) before embarking into any unit trust fund. I normally do my own research before starting to invest in any fund.
Basically, most common unit trust fund would stated the following requirement:
- Minimum deposit of RM1,000
- Application Form
- A copy of I.C

Check out this link below to start up your research...
http://www.signalinvest.com/personal/funds/price/
Stock Trading
Like I said before, investment in stock is more challenging. It need lots of planning, monitoring and precise & timely decision. It sound risky... so don't play gambling with it.
Before you can start doing stock trading, you need to open a CDS account in any commercial bank (eg. Maybank, RHB, CIMB etc) or stockbroking house (eg. OSK Investment). The following are requirement to open a CDS account:
- Application Form
- A copy of I.C
- Fee of RM10 (one time only)
It might take a week or so before you receive a notification from Bursa Malaysia on your CDS account no. Once the CDS account is activated, you can start rolling your money and trade stock with the assistant of a remisier or you do it online yourself. In my case, I preferred trading online with my laptop. It is actually much cheaper to trade online compare to trading by phone with your remisier.
For further info, check out the link below:
http://www.osk188.com/page.jsp?name=GetStarted
http://www.rhbinvest.com/page/site/public/english/vids.html#vid_5
http://www.klse.com.my/website/bm/bursa_basics/investing_basics/
http://www.rhbinvest.com/page/site/public/english/vids.html#vid_5
http://www.klse.com.my/website/bm/bursa_basics/investing_basics/
NEED HELP...?
For those who are new to this venture, you may need personal coaching. If anybody interested to start investment with Public Mutual or online stock trading, do call me (Jeffry) at 016-2154532.
Jeffry Douglas
Authorized UTC
for Public Mutual Berhad