investing – Rock To Riches

How To Withdraw Your Funds from COL Financial

So you started investing in the middle of 2012 through COL Financial, and you rode on the triumphant bandwagon of the Philippine stock market.

How much did you earn so far? Is it 12%? Or 20%? Or maybe 50%?

You’re seeing peso signs now. Despite your long-term goals and your decision not to sell your top-earning stocks, you can’t resist realizing and getting a hold of your gains.

But for whatsoever reasons you wanted to withdraw your funds or stock proceeds, you can do so by downloading the Withdrawal Fund form first. Continue reading How To Withdraw Your Funds from COL Financial

Pay Yourself First – Can You Do It?

A lot have been written by money experts and personal finance gurus about how to discipline one’s self in saving up for the future. It may already sound cliché but did you know that repetition is the mother of all skills?

That’s why I’m emphasizing once more the importance of making this a habit. I know it’s hard for most people. I would admit that this was very hard for me as well. But once you’ve found a mechanism to pay yourself automatically, I bet you’ll be the one yourself to increase what you’ve already been keeping. Continue reading Pay Yourself First – Can You Do It?

How to Recover from Investment Failures

Some people have gotten tired of investing their money because of past failures and wrong decisions. Discouraged by losses brought about by the global financial crises in the past, many have chosen to be too “conservative” that they just leave all their money in savings and time deposit accounts. Or worst, they just keep them under their pillows.

Taking risks again after losing thousands of bucks from failed businesses and investments may not be very easy. You may say you have learned your lesson well and therefore decided not to invest again. However, this is a wrong approach of learning from life’s failures.

Here are three proper ways to learn and move on from all these bad experiences. Continue reading How to Recover from Investment Failures