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“3. What is one trillion dollars? We write it down as one billion with three additional zeros after it. Thus 1,000,000,000,000. It is not such a big figure. You add three zeros or three nothings and the figure increases by 1,000 times.”
^ Tun Dr.Mahathir Mohamad is not a trillion dollar fan
“But if we write down one billion as 1,000,000,000 one thousand times, we will have a better idea of what one trillion means. We would be horrified at the size of one trillion if we write the figure 1, one trillion times, which really is what one trillion means.”
If it takes 0.1 second to write 1 on a piece paper, it would take three thousand one hundred sixty eight years to finish writing 1, one trillion times. Yes, three thousand one hundred sixty eight years. If I start writing it now, I would finish by year 5179. [Read more →]
Bank Negara has just recently released gold, silver and nordic gold commemorative coins in conjunction of the 50th Anniversary of World Wide Fund for Nature. All three comes in limited mintage and would be a great collector item.
1. Gold Commemorative Coin (proof)
This coin is as good as a gold bullion coin as it is made out of 999.9 fine gold. It weighs 7.96 grams which is approximately 0.256 troy ounce. It has a face value of RM100 and is yours for RM1,800. Mintage quantity is limited to 250 pieces.
^ Gold Commemorative Coin with RM100 face value [Read more →]
Tomei recently launched GoldSilver2u.com to sell investment grade gold and silver bullion online. This is something exciting to silver investors in Malaysia!
^ Screen capture from GoldSilver2u.com’s mainpage on 26th Nov 2011
Currently, they offer gold and silver bullion from PAMP Sussie and their own house brand Twin Tower. It is stated in their website that they will be offering Canadian Maples and Perth Mint Kangaroos too. [Read more →]
I was doing my research and read up on precious metals. While doing that, I found this youtube clip by our local wealth coach, Azizi Ali.
Of all, I particularly like the following quote from him:
“It [gold] was the all time high, ALL THE TIME!”
The video is back dated to Sept 2011 and it is a teaser for his previous seminar on gold and silver. If you are interested in more of his coming seminars, you can visit this link for details: http://www.millionairesplanet.com/GoldSilver.htm [Read more →]
