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11 July 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Must Have Tech Gadgets – Investment or Luxury?

Must Have Tech Gadgets – Investment or Luxury?

Being a knowledge worker, technological gadgets and devices are required for me to get work done. Yet researching brands and prices, not to mention finding suppliers (calling each store before visiting, just to make sure they have it on stock or have the best price, writing order letters)… takes time away from billable work! Bigger companies would have a purchasing department to focus on that – I can’t afford that overhead just yet.

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12 September 2008 ~ 7 Comments

Stock Market Education this September

Aside from the usual FREE stock market orientation everyday given by the Philippine Stock Exchange, you can also go th the ff events. The free schedule at PSE is Mondays-Fridays, 9:30-11:30 am at PSE Tektite Training Room, PSE, Ortigas Center. RSVP Ms. Agnes Ignacio at 688-7534.
The Stock Market Simplified
This event organized by the UST College [...]

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05 September 2008 ~ 7 Comments

PERA Finally our Retirement Account for the Filipino

I’ve long been awaited a retirement fund akin to the IRA or 401(k) in the United States. Even Malaysia has the Finally, the Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Law has been approved by GMA and now awaiting IRR.
Championed by Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, he brings up the startling fact that 8 million Filipinos have [...]

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05 August 2008 ~ 12 Comments

Reboot my Budget in 20 minutes (YNAB Review)

Reboot my Budget in 20 minutes (YNAB Review)

I’ve been on YNAB budgeting system for 3 weeks now. Before that, I was on and off with my envelope budgeting, but since having reformatted computers and moving files, I didn’t have my old spreadsheets anymore so I had to start from scratch.
Why did I buy YNAB?

Jesse knows budget matters. Jesse Mecham, who created the [...]

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27 June 2008 ~ 5 Comments

Personal Finance Seminars for July

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve set up a page for the Calendar of Personal Finance Events. Quickly head on over there now to get details about upcoming seminars including the Want Money? 4-week series by Dennis Sy and Chinkee Tan starting June 29.
If you use Google Calendar, on top of your Calendar, you can also input “Personal [...]

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