Archive for the 'Retirement' Category

Presidents of 2 Largest Insurance Companies in the Philippines Retire

July 31, 2009 marks an unsual event in the history of Philippine Life Insurance industry as presidents of the two largest insurance companies in the Philippines retire on the same day.
Here’s an article from Manila Standard Today by Maya Baltazar Hererra, in her column “Integrations” entitled “What’s Your Next Mountain?”
After reading the article, a part [...]

Why do we need to Plan for Retirement? Inflation - The Silent Money Killer

At my age of 29, a lot of people find it odd when I talk about Retirement and how I prepare for my own retirement. They would always say ‘Bata bata mo pa, retirement na agad ang iniisip mo”.  I can’t blame them.  Maybe they just have to see the other side of the coin [...]

Don’t Put Your Retirement Fund in the Bank

For this post, I’d like to borrow Bo Sanchez’ Chapter 30 story of the ‘8 Secrets of the Truly Rich’ that differentiates the spender from a saver and from an investor. According to that chapter, there were three (3) salesmen, James, Jim and John. The three of them got a big sales and therefore each [...]