Long term negotiable certificate of deposit or LTNCD is one of the lesser known products in the Philippines that Pinoy can invest. In fact, BPI, Metrobank and BDO recently announced that they’re offering LTNCD with 4%, 5.375% and 3.75% interest per year, respectively. Maybe because of its name, which is rather long and intimidating. But don’t ..read more

Investing a managed fund is one way to earn passive income. As already discussed, there are different companies that offer them: mutual funds, unit investment trust fund (UITF), exchange traded fund, Personal Equity and Retirement Account, and variable universal life (VUL) policy by the insurance companies. And there are different categories that are differentiated by the type of assets that they own: index fund, equities fund, balanced fund, bond funds, and money market ..read more

A managed fund, also called investment fund, is a pool of money from willing individual and institutional investors. It is for this reason that it is sometimes called pooled funds. It uses the money that it collected to buy and sell stocks, bonds, money market securities, and other investment assets on their behalf. Before I even talk further about managed funds, I think it is ..read more

Studies show that millionaires do not depend on only one income. They have at least seven streams of income. How do they do that? Simple. They invest. This article is the beginner’s guide to investments that covers passive income, importance and benefits of investing, things you need to do before you put up capital, and the legitimate ..read more

If you have P10,000 right now that you’re ready to invest, where would you place it? Buy direct stocks or put it in UITF, mutual fund, PERA account, or exchange traded fund like the First Metro Philippine Equity Exchange Traded Fund? In this article, I’m going to discuss the difference between buying stocks directly from the market or joining in one of the managed investment ..read more

In investing in investment funds like mutual funds, you would want the cost of investing as low as possible. This is done by selecting a fund with the least cost. The higher the mutual fund fees, the lesser your potential earnings becomes. And one of the fees that you can actually avoid is the sales load. Sales load is charged by the fund ..read more

Long term negotiable certificate of deposit or LTNCD is one of the lesser known products in the Philippines that Pinoy can invest. In fact, BPI, Metrobank and BDO recently announced that they’re offering LTNCD with 4%, 5.375% and 3.75% interest per year, respectively. Maybe because of its name, which is rather long and intimidating. But don’t ..read more

Do you know that you can actually invest in banks? No, not just time deposits or high-interest savings accounts. Invest, as in buying stocks of big Philippine corporations. You can open a UITF or unit investment trust fund. In this article, I am going talk about what UITF is, why it’s good as a source of passive income, and the ..read more

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