Category: Education

Why Are Some Stocks Called Blue Chips?

Why not white chips? Why not green chips? Or red chips? If you are a new stock market investor you may be wondering why there are companies or stocks that are called blue chips.

Okay, I’m not into gambling but it seems like the history of the term “blue chips” actually came from game of poker. In this type of card game, the blue chips are considered to have the highest value. Having blue chips in your game means you are playing with the safest bets.

In the stock market, blue chip stocks are those that are very much likely to make an investor earn money over time.  They are the elites and the most popular companies listed publicly. But what really are blue chip stocks and how do we recognize one? Continue reading Why Are Some Stocks Called Blue Chips?

Earning Through Blogging – A Crash Course on How to Build a Profitable Blog

The OFW UsapangPiso Forum and Angat Pilipinas Coalition for Financial Literacy bring you another online learning event entitled “Earning Through Blogging:
A Crash Course on How to Build a Profitable Blog”.

Fitz Villafuerte, a personal finance advocate and now world-renowned blogger with his Ready To Be Rich site, will be sharing his blogging knowledge, experience, and expertise to our beloved followers on October 19, 2013, Saturday at 3PM (Philippine/Singapore time) – 10AM (KSA/Bahrain/Qatar/Kuwait), 11AM (UAE), etc. 

Duration of the webinar is estimated to run from 2 hours to maximum of 3 hours.

Here are the details of the paid webinar: Continue reading Earning Through Blogging – A Crash Course on How to Build a Profitable Blog

Can OFW’s Invest in Funds Overseas Aside from the Philippines?

For the past year, we’ve been receiving inquiries from OFW’s and even from those based in the Philippines on how to invest in pooled funds such as mutual funds, unit investment trust funds (UITF’s), exchange-traded funds (ETF’s), and others. And we are so glad for having been able to help most of them open their first accounts and start investing either for their retirement of for their children’s education.

Recently, there were also some Filipinos based overseas who are wondering whether they can invest in other emerging and developed countries other than the Philippines.

Jess Emerson Uy, a financial consultant based in Singapore, will let us know and explain the options on how to invest in equities from different regions and in bonds issued by different countries and corporations globally. Continue reading Can OFW’s Invest in Funds Overseas Aside from the Philippines?