Monthly Archives: August 2011

What To Look For in Mutual Funds

Given the current volatile situation of the markets, it does not look like an ideal time to invest in mutual funds as I have been suggesting in the last few posts.

Nevertheless, I feel that our mutual fund series has been hanging a little too long and needing a winding up or a concluding post of sorts. Something that should serve as a simple guideline on what to look for in mutual funds. This post hopes to fill in the need.

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Put Your Reserves in Time Deposits and Sleep Well

For this post, we take up the issue of reserve funds. These are the funds you set aside for emergencies and the funds you earmark for the kids tuition fees, renewal of licenses, payment of realty taxes and other needs.

The other items
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The Stock Market Represents Everything That Anybody Has Ever Hoped, Feared, Hated or Loved

I originally planned to start something on stock market still a month or so from now, but the events of the last few days have induced me to jumpstart something on the stock market.

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What To Do When the Hounds Smell Blood in the Streets

It is difficult to follow posting plans and schedules when there is so much disturbing news all around. When there is so much talk of turmoil or imminent danger thereof, we feel the need to bend with the wind, so to speak, to stay relevant.

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