Congratulations, You Wasted Money (And Making Excuses Again)

As promised, here’s the third outing of my “Congratulations” series to awaken our brethren and to bring them out of their senses. We do this to let them realize how they are losing money by spending beyond their means and how they are wasting opportunities to grow their little cash that they didn’t know what to do with in the first place.

The “Congratulations 1 and 2 were focused mainly on gadgets and expenses that should have been invested directly in stocks. If they only followed our recommendation to invest during the time they spent their hard-earned money (or borrowed maybe), they could have earned so much today they didn’t have to borrow money just to buy them.

Today, we will shift our gears in another investment vehicle called mutual funds. People who always had excuses that they don’t have time to time the market or to even check their portfolio at least once a month, investing indirectly in stocks via equity/stock funds of these mutual funds could be their last option to maximize their money’s growth. Vehicles with returns that will make them realize how they’re losing opportunities to become richer by procrastinating and spending on things that in reality they could not afford to buy. Continue reading Congratulations, You Wasted Money (And Making Excuses Again)

Are You Concerned About Your Parents’ Retirement?

Many among our new investors are concentrated mostly only on their personal present and future welfare. In the same way that most are very busy monitoring their portfolios or keeping themselves glued to the business news, save for the lifestyle or showbiz, many have also seem forgotten that they still have parents to take care of. Especially those whose parents were not able to plan their finances when they were younger.

Just as we are on the momentum of having our finances move on the right track, there will come a time that we will need to give special attention to our parents’ financial needs in the latter part of their lives.

A week to go before Mother’s Day and a month before Father’s Day, shouldn’t we start planning for their retirement years as our gift for them? Continue reading Are You Concerned About Your Parents’ Retirement?

A Cyclist’s Investing Tale: From P2,500 to P400,000

My father-in-law was a veteran cyclist. He was an active racer in various competitions such as the Marlboro Tour in the 80’s. An and although he did not win any of those races, he’s always won the love of his family. 🙂

There was just one problem when my wife and I decided to invest our income in the stock market. He was not that supportive with the idea and our decision to invest. The reason was because he has heard a lot of stories of people losing money in the stock market. Continue reading A Cyclist’s Investing Tale: From P2,500 to P400,000