Congratulations, You Wasted A Year of Profits (Again!)

Due to consistent, insistent, and pressing public demand, I’m writing a sequel to my Congratulations piece I wrote a couple of months ago.

I am thinking of making this as a series of “Congratulations, You Waster!” rants of how some of my friends and relatives are warding off great earning opportunities and are angry at money they only wanted to spend on things that will make them feel they are better than the others. Even if they keep on complaining that their salaries are not enough.

For those who STILL don’t believe in the Power of Compounded Interest, let’s check how much you wasted when you purchased the following things from April 2012 to March 2013 July 2015.

(Note: If you got cash to buy whatever you want and will never lose money whatever you do and however which way you spend, then don’t get affected with this article.)

What You Spent On and What You Did Not Buy

1) The Monster Beats by Dr. Dre you bought in April 2012 worth at least P15,000 would have become P19,966 (33%) if you bought BPI shares in April 2012 and sold it today (July 23, 2015).

“Kobe Bryant 2014” by Keith Allison – Flickr: Kobe Bryant. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

2) The Nike Zoom Kobe VII you purchased in April 2012 worth P5,880 would have grown to P7,526.40 (28%) if you bought First Philippine Holdings (FPH) stocks in the same month and sold it today.

3) To a relative who’s been betting for the 6/45 Lotto draw (never won) and spends P100 per week, that’s P4,800 for the whole year. If you invested that money instead and bought Metrobank (MBT) shares in April 2012 and sold it today, you would have a total of P6,433.

4) P350 worth of donuts spent every weekend from April 2012 up to end of March 2013 at a Southeast Asian donut brand would sum up to P16,800 for the whole year! If that amount was invested instead on Ayala Land (ALI) stocks in April 2012 and sold it today, it would have become at least P30,506 (82% gain). Enough to pay for a child’s tuition fees for next school year.

5) Addiction to premium box/VIP seats on live basketball games twice a month at P1,600 translates to P19,200 for the whole year. Can’t it be cut down to at least once a month and just watch it live on TV? If that P19,200 was used to buy Megaworld (MEG) shares it would have grown to at least P43,514. A whopping 126.64% would-have-been profit! Enough to feed a small orphanage for at least a month.

Just think about it. Tell me if it’s better to spend unwisely than to make your money grow for your own good and the good of others.

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P.S. 1.The OFW UsapangPiso Forum in partnership with Colayco Foundation for Education will be conducting its twin webinar offer on April 5 and 19, 2013. The Managing Director of Colayco Foundation, Ms. Guita Gopalan will discuss about the “Basics of Growing Money” on our FREE webinar on April 5, 2013, 6PM (Philippine time). Mr. Armand Bengco will talk about proper money management – spending, saving, planning & investing entitled “Pisobilities: Wealth Within Your Reach” on April 19, 2013 also at 6PM (Philippine time). Register here now! 

P.S. 2. For those who will not make it to the Money By The Book event of OFW UsapangPiso group, you may book to attend the Personal Finance for Every Juan seminar sponsored by The Global Filipino Investors Singapore. You may visit their Facebook event page for more details.

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Photo credits:

Monster Beats by Dr. Dre, Wikimedia Commons
Kobe Bryant, Wikimedia Commons
PCSO Lotto, Michael Francis McCarthy
JCo Dozen Donuts, J.Co Wikimedia Commons
MOA Arena VIP, Wikimedia Commons