What’s Money Tree?

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If you rely heavily on the interest of your Savings or Time deposits accounts to grow your money for your future, think again. Those deposit accounts earn only 2.75% or less in a year. Corresponding taxes and bank charges will also be charged if you withdraw your cash. Plus, your money is like a sumptuous meal being devoured by the creepy inflation rate of around 3.6%.  Your money simply loses its value and its purchasing power.

With the Philippine economy rising in unprecedented heights, you may think twice before remitting your dollars back home and let them rot in your deposit accounts.

But where will you put your money for it to grow from 8% to 15% annually if you don’t know anything about investments?

If you are a person who don’t have any idea or background about the stock market, mutual funds, or fixed income securities, you may need to find a suitable plan and an investment vehicle for you. Continue reading What’s Money Tree?

My semi-automatic S/I 1000

No, it’s not the latest gun model from UDMC or Armscor (Armscor and UDMC are local gun manufacturers, just to let you know). While we continue to support a gunless society, I still believe that guns are “necessary” to protect the people and secure the nation while moving forward to prosperity. Guns should only be possessed by responsible and authorized persons like policemen and soldiers.

Going back to Semi-Automatic S/I 1000, I’m actually referring to a semi-automatic habit of Saving and Investing. Thus the symbol or acronym S/I. And 1000, well, refers to the minimum amount that I’m actually “loading” in to that S/I program on a monthly basis which is Php1,000. Through money-cost averaging, your money will reap higher returns in the long run. With these programs, your hard-earned money will grow more than just leaving them in your drawers, vaults, or savings accounts.

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