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I was reading Yahoo News and 1 article caught my attention-  'How to Handle awkward money situations'. The article gave some tips and pointers on how you can escape awkward money conversations and situations. I actually got some of the things I actually experienced in the past as well as learning ... Read More

It's been more than 3 years since I started this blog Financial Planning Phils.  And over the years, readers come and go with their questions on how does this thing works, what is the minimum amount, what are the mode of payments etc. And since one reader asked in particular ... Read More

These are not entirely mine, just borrowing from one of my personal finance mentor J. Randell Tiongson. It was an article I read from ActLikeaMan.org by Dennis Sy. It was actually more of an interview with J. Randell Tiongson on where does he get his financial wisdom. And would you believe ... Read More

This early morning, as I'm halfly seating on the bed, stroking my keyboard checking facebook's most recent news, an update instantly flashed. It was Bo Sanchez's "Preacher in Blue Jeans" video series. If you've been following this blog, I'm sure you already know that I'm a big Bo Sanchez fan. But ... Read More

This video of Chinkee Tan was shared by J. Randell Tiongson thru his twitter account. After watching it, I thought why not share it to AAFP Phils readers. I'm not really a Chinkee Tan fan and this is actually the first time I watched Chinkee Tan speaking about money and success ... Read More

Last week, I attended this 'Fundamentals of Investing' course where one of the topic is about inflation.  As I've wrote in my previous article "Why do we need to plan for retirement? Inflation: Silent Money Killer", I've discussed the tremendous effect of inflation in our lives. Here's more disturbing fact that ... Read More

Last night, I was chatting with a friend. Between our usual conversations on investments, mutual funds, insurance coverage etc, she called my attention saying that she got this email saying exactly what I was preaching. As a financial adviser, I would always encourage her to buy more investments during times ... Read More

Yesternight, we received an email from someone who is also intrigued about mutual funds like we did when we first got to know about it. His/her name is Tani Rogers which later we found out is an OFW working in the Middle East. Good to know that we are getting ... Read More

Mr. Jomel Buico wrote: Are you still a broker? Thus applying for mebership in mutual funding need to under go to a broker? Why? Which company has a good aspect regarding investment (dividend) gain? Can you elaborate all the term in mutual funding? Mr. Jomel, we'll answer your question per item so that everything will ... Read More

Today, we'll just tackle about the letter sent by Mr. Robert Sanchez with his query about Mutual Fund Access. Thanks for bringing this up coz it will surely help other readers about this hindrance in investing. I must say that I was in the same shoe as Mr. Robert Sanchez about ... Read More