Working Mom

Every financial adviser  has her struggle and that includes being the "Invisible man" and "Seen mode friend". Almost all financial adviser I think could relate to this, specially those who do their communication on facebook or maybe in other social media. Most of the time, we would message someone and yet as if typing "no" or "not interested" would take an hour of their time. We know that these people are busy, and yet we feel that if we talk to someone and we don't get direct answers, as if there's no closure at all. But yeah that's life, and that's reality and reality bites! And oh, should I also mention that includes text messages as well (wink*). This is not new, sometimes you may loose majority of your so called online friends because of this. Funny but true, might frustrate us a bit, but we have to move on from client to client.  Client might not realize their needs for insurance or investment at their current s

Most Filipinos have days when they just exclaim, “Hindi ko alam kung san na napunta ang pera ko.” (I don’t know where my money went.) Most of Filipinos are used to saving and budgeting for the big purchases so that they can afford it. Some do not track their budgets and wonder where these “mystery spending” are coming from, as stated by 21% of the survey respondents of “Enhancing Financial Capability and Inclusion in the Philippines - A Demand-side Assessment” by the World Bank in partnership with the Central Bank of the Philippines. They wonder where their money went because of unnecessary expenses which are untracked. Here’s a look at five of those seemingly small expenses that can ruin your budget. Additional Charges Dues to Late Payments Interest rates of credit cards may seem low at 1.99% - 2.99% but if you compute it, here are some computations of amounts of interest: Credit card charges sample computation Interest rates on credit cards Php3,588.00 and Php7,176