So how do Investors decide on what company to buy shares in? Stocks discussed in this post are for educational purpose only and not recommendations to buy or sell. In the minor ways, some stocks trade down on temporary, one-off issues. But by putting down the ideas in writing and working out the numbers in Excel, it forces them to be re-examined in greater details. Blogging is hard work for me; I spend about 2-3 hours on average writing and reviewing the posts, mostly in the middle of Saturday nights. Secondly, blogging forces investment ideas to be investigated. It was not until that I investigated further into passive investing that I found a way to make friend with Risk, that I could welcome him whenever he comes visiting. That was how I started on Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) on unit trusts in 2007. The viability of DCA as an investment strategy also lead me to adopt passive investing for my cash portfolio.

I hope this blog has made a small difference to the investing community. I am not sure how long this blog can last. It means that I have accumulated a year’s worth of blog posts. In practise this means we will use cheaper Vanguard funds for our equity ETF’s, only turning to ishares for bonds. CitisecOnline was established in 1999 with the vision of allowing a low-cost and easily accessible means to invest in the Philippine Stock Market. The following are the easy steps in opening a CitisecOnline account. You can fund your CitisecOnline account through online or over-the-counter deposit via merchant payment with BDO, BPI or Metrobank. For Cebu based clients, you can go to 5/F First Abacus Financial Center, Samar loop corner Panay Road,Cebu Business Park, Cebu City and for Davao clients, you can visit Abacus office at GB Cam Building, Monteverde Street, Davao City. The main benefit of a management franchise system is that you employ employees as the business grows.

Above written facts prove that it is better to invest in a multi-unit system than to spend money on a single family unit. Offering tax benefits, especially when the property is rented out, it helps the property owners to save some money. Investing your money should be something you do on your own terms with your own set of rules and guidelines. With the recovering condition of global economy, the real estate markets are offering many better opportunities for investors all you need to do is to make a strategy before investing in any property in order to have maximum return. Markets are unpredictable. Costs are forever. 2. Easily eliminate potential markets from contention that are less attractive than others right now. Abacus Securities Corporation have been in the stock brokerages business and one of the leading brokerages firms in the Philippines for twenty years now. Once your online account is confirmed, you can now deposit your fund into your online trading account.

You can fund your online trading account through online banking or over-the-counter merchant payment with Metrobank, RCBC and BDO. Once your application was verified and your RCBC ezTrade was opened, you will be asked to deposit your initial fund. Once your account have been verified and approved, you will receive an email notification on how to fund or deposit to your account. Minimum deposit is Php10,000.00. Maintaining balance is Php10,000.00. However, pursuing alternative investments is essential to maximizing returns while maintaining proper asset allocation in plan portfolios of endowments, foundations, family offices, and public and corporate funds. In the section on costs you saw how high costs and commissions can really cut returns. You can find the podcast by searching “Canadian Couch Potato Podcast” in the iTunes store (it is completely free). Canadian Couch Potato blog, has recently started a podcast series discussing topics around do-it-yourself investing. Thus, I will be investing in these 3 Big Ideas for this competition.