How To Handle Income Differences Among Your Siblings

Are you the breadwinner of the family? Have you been blessed with windfall and is expected by your siblings to give them or their children balato or significant money gifts?

In Filipino and Asian culture where families are closely-knit, there is always an assumption that good fortune enjoyed by one sibling should be automatically shared with the others. For example, if one family member becomes a successful entrepreneur, he may be expected to find jobs for his brothers and sisters and probably their children as well. The brother or sister with more money may pay for the educational fees and related needs for the nieces and the nephews.

What siblings owe one another has no ready answer. Family history, cultural traditions, and personal beliefs shape the way how siblings share with, support, and help one another.

Here are few suggestions for siblings dealing with money differences that can maintain understanding and fellowship in the family. Continue reading How To Handle Income Differences Among Your Siblings

Money Trouble Shooters: Your Clueless and Irreverent Money Questions Answered

How do I get out of debt? Why did Albert Einstein say compound interest is the greatest invention? Does anyone still care about crypto and bitcoin? Wonder no more. We listed common questions from family and friends, Facebook groups, and jeepney convos. And we asked the country’s best and brightest financial gurus to answer them for you!

Whether you’re a newbie or seasoned investor, you’ll find fresh insights from timeless – if clueless – questions about money matters. Just as important, our financial gurus give you the answers with engaging wit and humor.

Today is the best day to claim abundance and find the right answers to your money questions. Today is the best day to take that first step to becoming rich in all areas of life. The more you have, the more you can give money, and the more you can give yourself to others.

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Money Trouble Shooters Book Launch!

Edited by me, Burn Gutierrez, CPFI and fellow financial literacy advocate Rienzie Biolena, RFP, our publisher Pagejump Media has organized a book launch for our long overdue FAQ guide book about personal finance, investing, and business on June 8 at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2.

Catch our other contributing authors like Fitz Villafuerte, Seph Romana, Carissa Patag, Nikki Yu, Dr. Alvin Ang, Ronald Cagape, Laurent Dionisio, Paulo Tibig, Allan Ngo, Edmund Lao, Atty. Terence Camua, Don Crisostomo, Tanya Ilmedo-Espinueva, and Alvin Tabañag as they share their expertise about money management and get to have your book copy signed by them as well!

Also happening during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2 (OFE2) is the book launch of our friend Anne Quintos‘ student edition of AbroadME. The book aims to help Filipinos get a chance to study in other countries.

Wrapping up the Expo is the 2019 Angat Pilipinas Awards. This year’s edition of the Awards Night will recognize its partners, students, teachers, and volunteers who have worked with the organization and have brought great impact in bringing financial literacy to the grassroots level.

See the program schedule below.

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Join us at the book launch of Money Trouble Shooters and AbroadMe during the Overseas Filipino Expo 2.

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The Ultimate Dream of These Kids is…To Have Something To Eat

While many of you may be having problems losing weight, many Filipino children and parents have nothing on their table. Most of them have no homes and table at all.

When your kids’ ultimate dreams may be to become a pilot, a doctor, a policeman, or a teacher, many kids dream of just having something to eat. Continue reading The Ultimate Dream of These Kids is…To Have Something To Eat