Windfall is defined by Merriam-Webster as “an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage.”
A windfall is when you receive a surprise bonus or an unexpected raise in salary from your boss. Or when you get a tax refund. Or when you won a cash prize in your company’s Christmas party raffle draw.
My more meaningful term for windfall? Blessings. Continue reading What Would You Do If You Won The Lotto?
It’s back to basics once again for our readers. Why go back to basics? Because only less than 2% of the Filipino population are investing.
It is presumed that almost half of that 1% are plainly putting their money in financial instruments such as stocks, funds, and bonds without even knowing the basic principles and concepts of investing. This shows how much the financial education sector have to work on to teach more Filipinos across the country and abroad.
For today’s post, I will be sharing video clips from various resources like Pesos and Sense, Investopedia, and InvestingAnswers. Continue reading Stocks, Bonds, Pooled Funds – What Are Their Differences?
In preparation for Randell Tiongson‘s i-Con 2013: The No Nonsense Investments Conference” happening on June 22 at the SMX Convention Center, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, the OFW UsapangPiso Group is pleased to present the i-CON2013 Web Preview/Webcast on May 10, 2013, Friday at 9pm (Philippine Time).
The FREE webcast will feature the sagacious Mr. Stock Smarts, Marvin Germo, and the enigmatic personal finance guru Randell Tiongson, two of the four biggest names in finance in the country (financial planning expert Mr. Efren Cruz and celebrity money man Chinkee Tan as the other two).
This fun Q&A session is sincerely dedicated to the men and women of the OFW force and their families back home who Randell and Marvin believe are in urgent situations to improve their finances and how they should handle them. Continue reading iCON2013 Web Preview/Webcast with Randell and Marvin