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What is FX or Forex Trading?
I am sure you already heard about currency trading which is more popularly called Foreign Exchange Trading or FOREX or FX for short. Basically Forex Trading is the trading of two currencies. In the Philippines and for OFWs I guess…
Who is Garry de Castro?
Garry de Castro is the person behind Financial Planning PH. As you can read in his blog’s about page, Garry was an ordinary IT guy but upon hearing several financial seminars decided to be an advocate of financial literacy thus…
Suze Orman Says: Insurance is insurance; Investment is investment
This is one of the statement Suze Orman made that made me really think: Insurance is insurance; investment is investment. This is the fifth installment about the interview of Suze Orman made by Karen Davila of ANC. If you haven’t…
Your House Is Not An Investment
Dream House. Yes it is the ultimate dream of every Pinoy to one day own a house or one day fully pay the house they live in and call it their own. Technically speaking your house is your asset but…
Philippines’s Second Investment Grade Upgrade
Yes Philippines is hot this summer with the second investment upgrade from Standard & Poor’s. Click here to read full article from Businessweek.com With this new news, the Philippines will now have better chances of being at par with its…
PBB: Philippine Business Bank IPO
No it is not Pinoy Big Brother. Last year the Zest-O group’s bank applied for an initial public offering of their bank Philippine Business Bank. As per the circular offer price will be at 31.50 per share. The ipo allocation…
The First National Convention of the CMIP
The Capital Markets Institute of the Philippines(CMIP) will have its very first national convention on October 30, 2012 details of the seminar below: source: http://cmip.org.ph IMPORTANT FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS HISTORIC CMIP CONVENTION It will be hosted by no…
Understanding UITF(Unit Investment Trust Fund)
I have this topic way back but it only re-surface lately with the atmosphere in the stock market. So while the Philippine Stock Exchange Index(PSEi) was down nearly 12% and now recovering, let us learn of other investment vehicle available…
Why do you have to invest?
source: http://www.9negroup.com They say this is the best time to invest in the stock market. Why is it the best time? It is because you are able to buy shares of a good company at bargain.But you are confused.The news is…
Revisiting my first post: Is it a good time to invest now?
source: http://www.stockginger.com It is worth reading an old post. Back then the situation is pretty much similar that is we are in the middle of a financial crisis. (Click here to read my very first post. Please leave your comments on…
Why rich people grow richer and poor people become more poorer?
Okay such topic is a long discussion but my aim here is to connect that topic to investing in the Philippines. One key thing that makes such happen is the word we all know especially when you are an employee.…
How much do you have now?
One question you may ask me “I don’t have any money, how can I invest?” The people today has this mentality problem. People’s purchasing power is reduced to their salary and that they have been practicing what most call “Scarcity…