Category: Life Lessons

How Many Stocks Should You Have In Your Portfolio?

Are you a beginner in stock investing? Have you been asking the veterans in the stock market about the “required” number of stocks that you should have in your portfolio? The truth is, their answers to you can never be the absolute reality as the real answer depends on your situation as an investor.

In the US and some Asian countries, many long time investors would advise the new ones to invest in at least 10 stocks so your portfolio can be considered as diversified. Or if possible, make it 20 stocks as long as they come from different industries.

In the Philippines, many “mentors” will tell you to keep 8 stocks at most from different industries so you can easily monitor and manage your portfolio. Others will say that you need to focus on 3 to 5 stocks only. Continue reading How Many Stocks Should You Have In Your Portfolio?

Entrepreneurship 101 Webinar (A Must for OFWs!)

Do you wake up every day tired and depressed and questioning yourself if this is the life that you really want? Do you feel that you were meant to do so much more? Do you feel that you were meant to change the world or at least make a difference? Do you feel that you should have been or should be an entrepreneur?

If you are based abroad or just outside of Metro Manila and has been itching to learn more on how to jumpstart your business dreams, join my friend and advocacy partner and serial entrepreneur, Ginger Arboleda, as she takes you through this 2-hour webinar that will help you discover if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

If you are still doubting if you should go into it or if you are still at a lost on how to find that business that you can start, we highly recommend that you sign up for this webinar by clicking the “Register Now” icon below (Please use BGRTR as referral code when you register):

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Can I Withdraw from My Philippine ATM Card Abroad?

“Can I withdraw cash from ATM’s here in (name your country of work) using my Philippine bank’s ATM card?

This has been asked by some of my OFW readers in the past but I have not found time to answer until now.

So, is it really possible for an OFW to withdraw money abroad using his Philippine ATM card? Here’s the answer. (Sencia na, pa-bitin effect lang.) Continue reading Can I Withdraw from My Philippine ATM Card Abroad?