Why Are You Scared Of Investing?
Ghosts, zombies, monsters—these are what you should be afraid of, not investing.
Ghosts, zombies, monsters—these are what you should be afraid of, not investing.
“New year, new me,” times five years. This might just be the resolution to end all resolutions.
As the home becomes more and more a retreat from stressful environment, furniture designers are creating sofas that foster family bonding.
Travel is my primary indulgence. I love it more than shopping, which is probably because traveling gives me more chances to shop.
Dubbed as the Warren Buffett of the Philippines, Wealth Securities and Philequity Fund founder Wilson Sy wasn’t always the stock investment virtuoso he is known to be today.
I’ve always been interested in the stock market, and how to invest and grow my money. Movies like “Wall Street,” “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Boiler Room” have brought trading and stock brokerage into the limelight. However, they only scratch the surface.
I thought I had seen it all. Oh, was I wrong! It all began when, over Vergel’s warnings and misgivings, I succumbed, yet again, to the lure of acquiring something on an easy installment plan.
As Louis Vuitton recently marked its 20th year of doing business in the country, Jean-Baptiste Debains, the former president of Louis Vuitton Asia-Pacific, was moved to say: “Today, it sounds completely natural to be in the Philippines. It wasn’t so 20 years ago.”
As they say, it ain’t over till it’s over. So what to do until then? Well, for us seniors, instead of thinking about aging, we ought to be making plans, as everybody else ought to do.
In June, the markets did the jerk. They danced up and down and roiled throughout the month. From its peak on May 15 to end June, stocks are about 13% lower, after falling more than 20% at its lows. The long bonds, on the other hand, are down around 12% in value after losing around 20% at its lows. And the peso hit a low of P44.17 against the dollar.
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