Is fund price really that important? i think if you ask ten, nine of them will say YES! buy cheap sell high!

But don't get confuse with buy cheap fund instead of expensive fund. What i would like to express is expensive fund doesn't means you have to pay more or the fund price is hard to increase already since it is freaking high!. NO NO NO. The price is just another representation of the fund status.

I give you a very simple case study. Fund A with current price 0.25 and Fund B with current price 0.80. Which one will you invest? Most will pick A i guess. But, 6 months later, B increases 10% with the price now at 0.88 but A only increases 5% with the price now at 0.2625. Assume an investor invested RM10K in A, he only earn Rm500. But with B, he earns RM1K.

So, percentage is far more important than price. Choose the fund with good percentage increment.

Have a nice day! :-)

Dividend! - NOT a real earning actually..Owh!? What does it means?

This is a truth that most of the unit trust consultant won't tell you, even no one will tell me but i discovered it myself. In my previous post, i 'partially-mistakenly' describe we can earn money from unit trust in two ways. But actually, that's only one way which is capital appreciation.

WHY?! This is because the so-called dividend is actually our own money! ( Actually, Public Mutual call it distribution instead of dividend because it distributes some portion of our money back to us)

HOW?! Now i am gonna tell you an ultimate truth. Each time a dividend distribution/Ex-dividend is declared, the price of that fund will drop in the almost same percentage of the dividend.

For example, on 1/4/10 Public Mutual declare dividend distribution for two funds, namely Public Aggressive growth fund and Public Regular Saving Fund with 8 cent per unit and 4.5 cent per unit respectively. BUT at the same time, both of the funds dropped 9.80% and 6.65% respectively.

  

So actually they are balancing up. No one will lose money. This is a common phenomenon, it happens in all funds  and stocks.

I WAS CHEATED then! No, you lost nothing here, as long as your fund is good, the percentage that 'lost' will recovered back in a very short time. Plus, you already got your 'dividend'. Furthermore, just a suggestion trick, enter more money into the market when the price drop! 

    i lost confidence towards Public China Select Fund, i just switched it to Public Regular Saving Fund. But the one i sell it dropped, the one i bought it up made me seemingly lost a bit. 

All the best to us!!

Date	Fund	Fund Abbreviation	NAV	Chg	Chg %
15/4/2010	PUBLIC AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND	PAGF	0.6632	0.0006	0.09%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ASIA ITTIKAL FUND	PAIF	0.2720	0.0007	0.26%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND	PAUEF	0.2719	-0.0011	-0.40%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC BALANCED FUND	PBF	0.7954	-0.0007	-0.09%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC BOND FUND	PBOND	0.9637	0.0004	0.04%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC CAPITAL PROTECTED SELECT PORTFOLIO FUND	PCPSPF	1.0803	0.0005	0.05%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC CHINA ITTIKAL FUND	PCIF	0.2017	0.0005	0.25%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC CHINA SELECT FUND	PCSF	0.1862	-0.0001	-0.05%
15/4/2010	Public China Titans Fund	PCTF	0.2558	-0.0006	-0.23%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC DIVIDEND SELECT FUND	PDSF	0.2888	0.0004	0.14%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ENHANCED BOND FUND	PEBF	1.0218	0.0001	0.01%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC EQUITY FUND	PEF	0.3141	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST ALPHA-30 FUND	PFA30F	0.2500	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST BALANCED FUND	PFEBF	0.2277	-0.0003	-0.13%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST CONSUMER THEMES FUND	PFECTF	0.3258	-0.0001	-0.03%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST DIVIDEND FUND	PFEDF	0.2470	-0.0005	-0.20%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST PROPERTY & RESORTS FUND	PFEPRF	0.2182	-0.0010	-0.46%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST SELECT	PFES	0.2961	-0.0006	-0.20%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FAR-EAST TELCO & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND	PFETIF	0.3394	-0.0016	-0.47%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC FOCUS SELECT FUND	PFSF	0.2363	-0.0001	-0.04%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC GLOBAL BALANCED FUND	PGBF	0.2189	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC GLOBAL SELECT FUND	PGSF	0.2143	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC GROWTH FUND	PGF	0.5266	0.0003	0.06%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC INDEX FUND	PIX	0.6866	0.0012	0.18%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC INDUSTRY FUND	PIF	0.5606	-0.0008	-0.14%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL BOND FUND	PINBOND	1.0089	0.0005	0.05%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC ASIA BALANCED FUND	PIABF	0.2305	0.0001	0.04%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC ASIA DIVIDEND FUND	PIADF	0.2273	0.0005	0.22%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC ASIA LEADERS EQUITY FUND	PIALEF	0.2574	0.0004	0.16%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC BALANCED FUND	PIBF	0.2774	0.0003	0.11%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC BOND FUND	PIBOND	1.0573	0.0004	0.04%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC DIVIDEND FUND	PIDF	0.3214	0.0013	0.41%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC ENHANCED BOND FUND	PIEBF	1.0481	0.0007	0.07%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC EQUITY FUND	PIEF	0.3269	0.0013	0.40%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC INCOME FUND	PI INCOME	1.0636	0.0003	0.03%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC MONEY MARKET FUND	PIMMF	1.0239	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND	PIOF	0.3408	-0.0006	-0.18%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC OPTIMAL GROWTH FUND	PIOGF	0.2642	0.0007	0.27%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC SECTOR SELECT FUND	PISSF	0.2660	0.0009	0.34%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC SELECT BOND FUND	PISBF	1.0655	0.0003	0.03%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC SELECT ENTERPRISES FUND	PISEF	0.3188	0.0010	0.31%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ISLAMIC SELECT TREASURES FUND	PISTF	0.2878	0.0006	0.21%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC ITTIKAL FUND	PITTIKAL	0.9169	0.0053	0.58%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC MONEY MARKET FUND	PMMF	0.9903	0.0001	0.01%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES EQUITY FUND	PNREF	0.2713	-0.0008	-0.29%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC REGIONAL SECTOR FUND	PRSEC	0.2656	-0.0007	-0.26%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC REGULAR SAVINGS FUND	PRSF	0.5782	0.0011	0.19%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC SAVINGS FUND	PSF	0.6634	-0.0002	-0.03%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC SECTOR SELECT FUND	PSSF	0.2756	0.0002	0.07%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC SELECT ALPHA-30 FUND	PSA30F	0.3277	0.0004	0.12%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC SELECT BOND FUND	PSBF	1.0483	0.0002	0.02%
15/4/2010	PUBLIC SMALLCAP FUND	PSMALLCAP	0.8819	-0.0021	-0.24%
12/4/2010	PUBLIC SOUTH-EAST ASIA SELECT FUND	PSEASF	0.2448	0.0007	0.29%
12/4/2010	PB ASEAN DIVIDEND FUND	PBADF	0.2557	0.0011	0.43%
15/4/2010	PB ASIA EQUITY FUND	PBAEF	0.2883	-0.0005	-0.17%
15/4/2010	PB ASIA REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND	PBAREIF	0.2342	-0.0008	-0.34%
15/4/2010	PB AUSTRALIA DYNAMIC BALANCED FUND	PBADBF	0.3140	-0.0008	-0.25%
15/4/2010	PB BALANCED FUND	PBBF	0.8730	-0.0006	-0.07%
15/4/2010	PB CAPITAL PROTECTED DRAGON FUND	PBCPDF	1.0431	-0.0002	-0.02%
15/4/2010	PB CAPITAL PROTECTED RESOURCES FUND	PBCPRF	1.0632	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PB CASH MANAGEMENT FUND	PBCMF	1.0177	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PB CASH PLUS FUND	PBCPF	1.0011	0.0001	0.01%
15/4/2010	PB CHINA ASEAN EQUITY FUND	PBCAEF	0.3656	-0.0006	-0.16%
15/4/2010	PB CHINA AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND	PBCAUEF	0.2518	-0.0002	-0.08%
15/4/2010	PB CHINA PACIFIC EQUITY FUND	PBCPEF	0.1736	-0.0005	-0.29%
15/4/2010	PB EURO PACIFIC EQUITY FUND	PBEPEF	0.1901	-0.0001	-0.05%
15/4/2010	PB FIXED INCOME FUND	PBFI	1.0588	0.0010	0.09%
15/4/2010	PB GROWTH FUND	PBGF	0.8629	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC ASIA EQUITY FUND	PBIAEF	0.2374	0.0006	0.25%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC ASIA STRATEGIC SECTOR FUND	PBIASSF	0.1912	0.0002	0.10%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC BOND FUND	PBIBF	1.0951	0.0003	0.03%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC CASH MANAGEMENT FUND	PBICMF	1.0114	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC CASH PLUS FUND	PBICPF	1.0022	0.0000	0.00%
15/4/2010	PB ISLAMIC EQUITY FUND	PBIEF	0.2554	0.0001	0.04%
9/4/2010	PBB MTN FUND 1 *	PBBMTN1	1.0133	0.0008	0.08%