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Should You Borrow Money To Invest in Stocks?

Borrowing money to be used for paper investment is simply a gamble.

Investing in the stock market or mutual fund has risk associated to it – past performance does not and cannot be a guarantee of future returns. What more if you borrow and use it to invest/trade? What if you lose your job next month?

There are new investors who feel great these days because their portfolios are showing fantastic numbers in less than a year of investing. Ironically, some of these people have actually borrowed money to invest in stocks and mutual funds.

How did I know that they borrowed? Because they’re the ones who asked me that question. Continue reading Should You Borrow Money To Invest in Stocks?

Are You Part of the Lucky 1%?

The Philippine Stock Exchange has reached an historic and all-time high 6,000 mark today, January 7, 2013.

To an ordinary citizen and for those who refuse to learn how to invest in the Philippine stock market, this news mean nothing. But if you are part of the very small Filipino population who invest in the Philippine stock market, consider yourself lucky for reaping the rewards of being a high-risk taker. Continue reading Are You Part of the Lucky 1%?

How To Set Up Your EIP Account with COL Financial

About two weeks ago, I posted a topic how to invest in Philippine stocks via the broker COL Financial.

While that post was mainly intended for overseas Filipino workers or OFW’s who do not have the luxury to go back to the Philippines to open their first stock market portfolio, anyone interested to start investing via COL Financial may refer to the procedures and requirements I wrote there.

I know it’s a bit overdue and I have not posted yet the procedures on how to set up your EIP stocks via the COL Financial platform should you opt to open an account with them. Continue reading How To Set Up Your EIP Account with COL Financial