Category: Investing

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?

Do You Seek Financial Security, Freedom, or Independence?

You must have been hearing the words financial security, financial freedom, and financial independence since the day you first became aware about the importance of managing and growing money. But you wonder if they just mean the same.

People involved in the field of financial planning or business may have different views and definitions of these three interesting phrases but as someone who sought and have been seeking to achieve those three, let me give you my personal definition and illustration of each. Continue reading Do You Seek Financial Security, Freedom, or Independence?

It’s My Blog’s Anniversary Today!

I’ve been blogging for over a decade already starting out with my online/email newsletter called “BURN! Express” back in 1999-2002. It was actually an unofficial fun/entertainment newsletter which I headed for the then current and former employees of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Philippines (C.L. Manabat/Navarro, Amper & Co currently).

By 2003, I started using Friendster and LiveJournal alternately in writing my thoughts and opinion about politics, religion, trekking, sports, personal advocacies, music, UFO’s, and relationships. I was also contributing articles to newspapers, reflection guides, and youth-oriented magazines and the experience was simply overwhelming. Continue reading It’s My Blog’s Anniversary Today!