ChatGPT: One of the hottest topic these few days.

Is AI ready to take over human job?

I tried it out last night. It was really interesting and amazed me to certain level. I even tried it with Financial Planning topic, and, at least, I believe that ChatGPT is able to pass the exam for Registered Financial Planner (RFP) or Chartered Financial Planner (CFP).

What are the potential job to be taken over by AI?

There are certain jobs and tasks that may be automated or partially automated by AI and language models like ChatGPT in the future. Some examples include:

  1. Data entry and data processing: AI models can process large amounts of data faster and more accurately than humans, making them ideal for tasks like data entry and data processing.
  2. Customer service: AI-powered chatbots can handle simple customer service inquiries, freeing up human customer service representatives to handle more complex issues.
  3. Content generation: AI models like ChatGPT can be trained to generate articles, reports, and other written content, potentially reducing the need for human writers in certain contexts.
  4. Translation: AI models can be trained for language translation tasks, potentially reducing the demand for human translators in certain industries.
  5. Financial analysis: AI models can be trained to analyze financial data and provide insights and recommendations, potentially reducing the need for human financial analysts in certain contexts.

It’s important to note, however, that while AI models have the potential to automate certain tasks, they are not expected to replace human workers entirely. Instead, they are likely to augment human abilities and allow us to focus on more creative and high-level tasks.

How can AI such as ChatGPT assist financial planner?

AI models such as ChatGPT can assist financial planners in several ways:

  1. Data analysis: ChatGPT can process large amounts of financial data and provide insights and recommendations based on that data. For example, it can analyze market trends and provide financial planners with information on the best investment opportunities.
  2. Report generation: ChatGPT can be trained to generate financial reports and summaries, potentially reducing the time and effort required for financial planners to create these reports themselves.
  3. Portfolio optimization: ChatGPT can assist financial planners in portfolio optimization by analyzing a client’s financial situation and recommending the best investment strategies based on that analysis.
  4. Customer service: ChatGPT can be used to answer simple customer inquiries and provide information on financial products and services, freeing up financial planners to focus on more complex issues.
  5. Risk management: ChatGPT can assist financial planners in risk management by analyzing market data and identifying potential risks to a client’s portfolio.

It’s important to note that AI models like ChatGPT are only as good as the information they have been trained on, and they cannot replace human judgement and experience. Financial planners should use AI models as a tool to assist in their work, rather than relying on them solely.

Conclusion

Answer to both questions above were generated by ChatGPT. Could it be ChatGPT is trying to convince us that it will not take away our job while we continue to develop them?

Base Rate (BR) to Standardised Base Rate (SBR)

Throughout my journey in financial service industry since 2012, I have gone through the change of Lending Rate reference from BLR to BR (year 2015) and now SBR. What’s new with this SBR? I will summarises into 3 key points.

BR to SBR starting 1 Aug 2022. Source: BNM Website
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Raya and the Last Dragon ~ Kumandra is a Fantasy World?

Since weekend is coming, today I’m not going to write about Financial Planning. Just done watching Raya and the Last Dragon on Disney+ Hotstar..

Disney described this as an adventure of Raya and the Last Dragon to the Fantasy World of Kumandra. If you’d watched it, you would understand Kumandra. I’ve to admit that I enjoy Disney’s animation partly due to the message brought.

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COVID-19 Hospitalisation Coverage in Malaysia

With increasing Covid-19 cases in Malaysia and news of cases requiring hospitalisation, many started to wonder if their hospitalisation / medical insurance covers their medical bill in private hospital.

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I have compiled a list of coverage among insurers in Malaysia for ease of reference. Besides the coverage provided for Covid-19 hospitalisation, we also included post vaccination coverage.

I also take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all the front liners and hope everyone of us work together to overcome this pandemic together! Stay Safe & Stay Healthy!

You can download the pdf below.

Feel free to contact me for financial planning matters.. Email me : ask@ethanteh.com or find out more about my services.

Time Value of Money

What will be your choice?

What will be your decision?

Definition of Time Value of Money.

To start our discussion, we shall first visit the concept of Time Value of Money.

Time Value of Money is a concept rather important for us to understand inflation and investment. It is one of the useful tool to make investment decision and also to correctly calculate the real return of an investment.

One of the important parameter in TVM calculation will be the potential earning capacity. Interest rate for fixed deposit account is one of the typical example of potential earning capacity and it is deemed risk free.

Scenario with 3% interest rate.

For option 1, there will be no calculation involved. For option 2, for each RM 100,000 to be received in the future will be equivalent to a value today (PV). When we sum up all of these, we will get an equivalent value today.

From the above calculation, we can know that the present value for option 2 will be equivalent to RM 557,970. This is higher than option 1, therefore we can conclude that based on 3% p.a. interest rate, Option 2 is the better option.

Scenario with 8% interest rate.

The decision will be different when the interest rate is 8%. From above table, the total present value will be RM 499,271 for option 2. This is lower that RM 500,000. Therefore, Option 1 is now the better option.

Reference for PV & FV Formula.
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