The Fund That Should Not Exist
Medallion Fund: The ultimate counterexample? The Journal of Portfolio Management. The paper does more than marvel at extraordinary numbers — […]
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Your Favourite Halal Stock Might Be Hiding Something — And It’s Perfectly Legal
A company can pass Malaysia’s Shariah screening, carry the Shariah-compliant badge on Bursa Malaysia, and still tell investors almost nothing
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Does Having a Female CFO Make Your Audit Faster?
Research Insight · Malaysia · Audit Ron’s Financial Lab · Based on Bajary, Shafie, Ali, Bin-Nashwan & Rusli (2025), Journal
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Why Smart, Financially Literate Malaysians Still Fall for Investment Scams
Ron’s Financial Lab · Based on Chung, Sinnappan & Periyayya (2026), Journal of Financial Crime Malaysia lost approximately RM54.02 billion
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What Fama & French Teach Us About Stock Market Returns
Why good companies are not always good investmentsFama and French’s famous 1993 paper, “Common Risk Factors in the Returns on
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How Macroeconomic Factors Really Influence the KLCI
What a Recent Malaysian Study RevealsAuthor: Ronnie Loo The KLCI is not driven by company earnings and chart patterns alone.
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Contra Trading in Bursa Malaysia: A Shariah Perspective
Based on the 2017 ISRA Research Paper Contra trading remains common on Bursa Malaysia. In simple terms, it allows an
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