Last updated August 8th, 2025. We recently posted an article ranking the most expensive cities in Asia to buy real estate. Thus, a list of Asia's cheapest countries to buy property, along with the reasons for their low prices, makes a natural follow-up piece. Here's a...
Last updated June 18th, 2023. Singapore is often used as a prime example of how business-friendly policies can jumpstart a country's economic growth. Most of our readers are already familiar with Singapore's quick transformation from a malarial swamp into one...
Last updated September 6th, 2019. Practically every single currency in the world has depreciated against the US Dollar since 2016. Some rare exceptions, such as the Swiss Franc, have outperformed the greenback. Not many can boast a stronger performance than the...
Last updated December 3rd, 2025. Malaysia enjoys a strategic location alongside the Strait of Malacca, the world's busiest shipping lane. This adds potential to Malaysia's property market based simply on where it's located on the map. "Location, location, location" is...
Update for July, 2024: This article was originally written back in 2015, forecasting a decline in the Malaysian ringgit. Our predictions were accurate and the ringgit saw significant depreciation ever since then. However, we now rate the currency a "buy" and think...
Last updated April 10th, 2022. Asia is home to a greater number of currencies than any continent on the planet. Over fifty of them, to be a bit more precise. Because of this, Forex traders - along with investors merely wanting to diversify their portfolio into...
Last updated November 16th, 2018. Falling commodity prices remain a huge problem for the Malaysia economy, Southeast Asia’s third biggest. Some of the country’s major exports such as palm oil, tin, and crude oil are hovering near four-year lows. The Bloomberg...