KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (Bernama) — The 7th Asean Finance Ministers’ Investor Seminar (AFMIS), which starts here tomorrow, will be the perfect platform to promote and engage investors, both in terms of portfolio flows as well as foreign direct investments (FDIs) into Asean. In an email to Bernama, Second Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah, said there was sufficient wealth created within the 10-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) for the respective financial intermediaries to invest in each other’s economies. Ahmad Husni said AFMIS, essentially a forum for the Asean members to showcase their investment opportunities, would allow the ministers to highlight to both investors and financial intermediaries on the range of scope of opportunities available for them to invest within Asean. The event is expected to attract about 300 leading regional and international capital market players, investors and intermediaries to one of the fastest-growing regions in the world today to engage in dialogue with the Asean finance ministers. read more

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Russian Stocks Climb to Two-Week High on Crude, U. The demand will be driven by the increasing modernization of developing nations, Chief Executive Officer Tom Albanese said at an investor seminar in Sydney today that was being webcast. Who’s Afraid of Apple, Google, Facebook? read more

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Many investment seminars and training courses are well known to financial regulators as being a good source of income to the promoters of the material but not much use to those that attend them. As well as several well-known organisations that offer courses and seminars free or for a small fee, such as the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Australian Shareholders’ Association (ASA), there are a number of promoters of often more-complex investment strategies that can end up costing thousands of dollars. The head of education at ASX , Tony Hunter, says as well as respected sharemarket analysts and market observers, the presenters – who are not paid – may include brokers with specific stock recommendations or authors. Pitched at everyone from novice investors (investing-for-beginners seminars) to advanced shareholders (financial statements demystified) the seminars cost $50 and $95 depending on whether they are a half or a full day. Ritchie recommends joining at least one association, such as the Australian Shareholders’ Association, Australian Investors’ Association or Australian Association of Technical Analysts, and reading relevant books. read more

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Death-wish investing is not about pursuing weird, unworkable strategies – like picking funds with horrific long-term histories or buying an investment designed to track the stock market in Djibouti – but rather it’s about pursuing fairly common ideas without considering the pitfalls. If any of the following death-wish investment strategies describe what you are doing in the market, maybe the problem with your portfolio has less to do with the funds you’ve picked than with the strategy you used to pick them. Every fund you own should have a job in your portfolio; owning three or four funds that buy the same assets – even if they are good ones – increases the chance that you will simply have average performance. Most investors can build a complete, successful portfolio with less than a dozen funds, particularly if the funds they pick spread their money around the investment universe. read more

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Rio Tinto Ltd has upgraded the size of its mineral resources in Western Australia’s Pilbara by an additional two billion tonnes (Bt) or 14 per cent. Rio Tinto chief executive of iron ore and Australia Sam Walsh said the expanded resource base would help underpin the company’s development of its Pilbara operations to an annual capacity of 333 million tonnes (Mt) in 2015 and decades to follow. Rio Tinto is undertaking infrastructure expansion in the Pilbara to increase its iron ore production capacity to 283 Mt per annum (Mtpa) by 2013, with final feasibility studies underway to increase capacity to 333 Mtpa. Earlier on Friday, Rio Tinto said in a statement coinciding with its annual investor seminar in London that its Pilbara operations had unrivalled potential to grow significantly beyond 333 Mtpa, if required by the market. Chief executive Tom Albanese said a doubling of iron ore, aluminium and copper demand over the next 15 to 20 years, driven by industrialisation and urbanisation in developing countries, would require a significant supply response. read more

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Standard & Poor?s says there will be more securitisation notes issued in 2011 but warns the market will remain fragile. Senior director of structures finance research Andrew South, speaking at a seminar at the CML conference last week, said residential mortgage-backed securities would start to recover in the short term. South said reduced lending volumes in the mortgage market offset a lack of investor appetite for RMBS. Lloyds and Santander both issued a number of smaller deals earlier in the year. read more

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The hunt for bigger, faster re sults often leads investors to act with a death wish, an investment style that typically increases risk without providing any long-term ability to heighten returns. The problem for most investors is that they don’t recognize the right fund when it first heats up; instead, they buy the top performer just as it’s about to cool down, the classic way to buy high and sell low. Every fund you own should have a job in your portfolio; owning three or four funds that buy the same assets increases the chance that you simply will have average performance. A common mistake involves picking a fund to meet long-term goals, then bailing out when short-term results don’t affirm the fund as a good selection. Studies show that investors who bounce from fund to fund tend to have miserable long-term results to show for it. read more

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) — Malaysia will host the 7th Asean Finance Ministers’ Investor Seminar on Nov 30, 2010, which aims to promote Asean as an attractive investment destination and the branding of Asean as an asset class. Themed “Discovering Tomorrow’s Asean”, the seminar will focus on the opportunities Asean financial markets have to offer the global investing community, given the shift in global economic growth prospects to the region in the post-global financial crisis era. Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will present the keynote address while Asean secretary-general Dr Surin Pitsuwan has confirmed his attendance at the seminar, according to a statement by the Securities Commission which is jointly hosting the seminar with the Finance Ministry. Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah will play host to his counterparts from Asean member countries including Secretary of State of Cambodia Kong Vibol; Finance Minister of Indonesia Agus Martowardojo; Finance Minister of Laos Somdy Duangdy; Secretary of Finance of the Philippines Cesar V Purisima; Finance Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and Finance Minister of Thailand Korn Chatikavanij. The seminar aims to bring together some 300 leading regional and international capital market players, investors and intermediaries to one of the fastest-growing regions in the world today to engage in dialogue with the Asean Finance Ministers. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form except with the prior written permission of BERNAMA. read more

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This week, Dan Haywood sent shock waves through the Real Estate Investing Seminar world by launching what many industry insiders are calling the most cost effective training program online today for those looking to get started investing in Real Estate. Second, he noted, there seems to be very few low cost programs that would allow nearly anyone with a desire to learn the wonderful world of Real Estate investing. During the interview, Haywood goes on to explain, in detail, why everyone should at least be aware of how easy it is to get started buying and selling real estate . The Real Estate market is cyclical, and we’re near the bottom, this is the time to start building a portfolio of income producing properties that will be worth far more in the future and perhaps sooner than you think. Haywood has been through 3 Booms and Busts as he explains in his Videos and feels very confident in showing others how he captured a lifetime of income in the last bust when he purchased over 150 properties. The story within the story is because of the Internet, Dan was able to offer a membership to his Training Site for less than the cost of a cup of Starbucks Coffee per day. read more

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