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Join the Money Summit & Wealth Expo 2014! Get Discounts Here!

For the past few years, we have been supporting Learning Curve events in promoting the best yearly financial educational event called the Money Summit & Wealth Expo that regularly features the foremost experts in stocks, forex, funds, and real estate in the Philippines.

These include CEOs, best-selling authors, and industry practitioners from the Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States.

The event has educated thousands of investors at all levels through premium content at the conference and free talks at the expo.

This year, Learning Curve will be launching three co-located conferences: Stock Market Investing Summit, Real Estate Investing Summit, and Forex Trading Summit. Continue reading Join the Money Summit & Wealth Expo 2014! Get Discounts Here!

Practical Finance & Investing for OFW’s in Bahrain

Starting our Gulf region’s financial literacy program for OFW’s in Saudi Arabia has been very exciting, fulfilling, and yes, a bit dangerous. If you are not yet aware, conducting assemblies in non-official venues may cause an organization or group to be apprehended by authorities.

Good thing we’re doing our small learning sessions in family flats and Philippine international schools that are licensed venues for learning by the Philippine Embassy and the Saudi education ministry.

To continue our journey of educating our kababayans in the Middle East on matters related to managing finances, we will be conducting a seminar in the very small island state yet very rich Kingdom of Bahrain. Continue reading Practical Finance & Investing for OFW’s in Bahrain

What is a Free Float Stock?

As we are investing in the stock market, we encounter so many terms that many of us don’t understand at the beginning. One of the main purposes of this blog and our advocacy is to help ordinary Filipino investors understand the basics of money and how to make it grow.

Since we promote investing in stocks for OFW’s, we are introducing certain terminologies used in the stock investing world. One these if the phrase “free float”.

A free float is the number of shares available for trading of a particular stock. These are the stocks that you buy as a retail common stock investor. The stocks you are holding now are not the same stocks that the Sy’s or the Ayala’s or the officers of their companies. Continue reading What is a Free Float Stock?