As I approach the last quarter of the year, I can’t help but wonder why 2013 wasn’t so good to me. Sometimes, life deals us a trick card, and hoboy, what a big joker I picked! My dad got hospitalized, was in the Intensive Care Unit for ten days, my two kids,Nicole and Adrian, got hospitalized for dengue fever ,… View Post
{Money Mondays} Lifestyes of the Young, Fabulous and Broke
A clip from ANC On The Money. If you are not watching it yet, do it now! Invest in your Financial Literacy (and it is free, too) Are you YOUNG, FABULOUS, AND BROKE? When I was younger, I loved watching prime time soap operas like Dynasty and Falcon Crest. (Quick! Guess my age!) I was not even in my teens yet,… View Post
{Money Mondays}Are You Broke? Lifestyles of the Young, Fabulous and Broke Part II
Are You Broke? You are broke if you worry where to get money to pay for this month’s rental for the condo or apartment. You are broke if: You get a cash advance from your credit card to pay your utilities Your retirement pay is not enough to pay off your housing and car loans You can’t make a transaction… View Post
{Financial Management} The “Kurot Principle”
ANC On The Money As I watch the BLOODBATH that is happening to my stocks portfolio, I can’t help but remember my first introduction to financial planning way back in August 2007 – in the thick of the Asian Financial Crisis and with every single stock in the market sinking so low – when I blindly (but with faith) invested… View Post
Do You Really Need that Latest iPhone?
Is Financial Literacy Your Goal? I am sharing with you this picture which really hit home… FB page of pesosandsensetv Ipon-Filipino word meaning “To Save” Years ago, I was financially illiterate. Financial Literacy was never my goal. (Are you financially literate?) Sure, I am an expert on how to read financial statements I know cash flows and can read through… View Post