2010 Financial Goals
1. Rebuild Emergency Fund by Saving Automatically - The emergency fund that my honey and I tried to build in 2009 went away thanks to our future home. Fortunately, we were also saving automatically by setting aside a certain percentage of our gross monthly salary. By the end of 2009, our emergency fund would amount to [...]
How Healthy Are Your Finances?
I have been reading Single Ma’s posts a lot recently and came across a financial assessment tool from CNN Money. So I took the test, answered the questions, and got a grade of “B”.
I must admit that I am no financial expert but I think this assessment tool set the bar too high that maybe [...]
Questions About Bonds
I read over today at Inquirer.net about Globe Telecom’s plan to raise Php5 Billion ($105 M) worth of bonds. I am very interested in investing in this bond because it pays 7.5% interest per year. So, to scratch my curiosity itch, I sent an e-mail to Ms. Salve of Money Smarts to ask a few [...]
