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My negative experience with Solid Hosting Philippines (SolidHosting.PH)

yellaflow — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:18:06 +0000

I post this review of my negative experience with Solid Hosting Philippines (SolidHosting.PH) as a warning to others who might be lured by their low prices. If price is all that matters, then Solid Hosting’s basic plan of only PHP 600 (around $15) per year certainly can’t be beat. BUT, if you’re thinking of signing [...]

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Easily open a Philippine checking account online at BPI Direct Savings Bank

yellaflow — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:05:14 +0000

In this modern age of electronic connectivity, procuring a checking or current account seems like a step backward. In Europe, checks are nearly obsolete, and there was even a plan in the UK to abolish paper checks by 2018. In the Philippines, the ability to issue old-fashioned paper checks remains very useful. According to a recent [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Topping up your mutual fund investments online

yellaflow — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:07:48 +0000

When it comes to online accessibility, the relatively small mutual fund industry in the Philippines is far behind the curve. In the US, investors can buy mutual fund shares with a few clicks on their mobile devices. We’re a long ways from this scenario in comparison, but a few local mutual fund companies have at [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Why I choose mutual funds and UITFs over individual stocks

yellaflow — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 13:39:37 +0000

As we all know, the assets of equity and balanced mutual funds and UITFs are wholly or partly invested in stocks. So why not simply skip these vehicles altogether and invest directly in the stock market? Nowadays, the average Juan can easily purchase shares of stocks in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) through online brokers, [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Keeping track of your investment portfolio online

yellaflow — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:55:16 +0000

It’s easy enough to know the current value of your holdings in mutual funds and unit investment trust funds (UITFs). For mutual funds, simply multiply the number of shares you have with the latest Net Asset Value Per Share (NAVPS). For UITFs, multiply the number of units of participation you have with the latest Net [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Investing in an index fund

yellaflow — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:21:31 +0000

In my previous post, I wrote about how mutual funds in the Philippines have such expensive fees. The Motley Fool admonishes that sales loads are “one of the things that a Fool should never pay when purchasing a mutual fund,” but one doesn’t have much of a choice in the Philippines, where almost all mutual [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Opening a unit investment trust fund (UITF) account

yellaflow — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:37:53 +0000

In my previous post, I wrote about my first foray into mutual fund investing. While I am optimistic about my fund choices, one aspect I don’t like about mutual funds in the Philippines is their high fees. I am investing for the long term and don’t intend to redeem my shares anytime soon. Unless every [...]

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Personal investing in the Philippines: Opening a mutual fund account

yellaflow — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:18:08 +0000

Rather than letting money gather dust in the bank at very low interest rates, I decided to try my hand at investing in mutual funds. The average Filipino may think that investing is only for the big boys, but it’s actually pretty easy to open a mutual fund account. Under Philippine law, any person of [...]

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Diary of a foreign NFL fan: Betting on games

yellaflow — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:31:45 +0000

2012 marks my first year following an NFL season from start to finish, and one thing I learned is this: all roads in the NFL inevitably lead to betting (to the delight of sports bookies everywhere). As I became more of a fan of the NFL, I couldn’t help but read stuff like “they covered [...]

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Off the beaten path: Biel/Bienne

yellaflow — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:24:29 +0000

On the tail end of my visit to Switzerland, Aunt M. and I went to Biel/Bienne, a French-speaking city on the Swiss northwest. Aunt N. bought Aunt M. and I municipal 1-day-travelpasses (tageskarte gemeinde), and I picked Biel/Bienne as our main destination for one day, since it was only less than two hours away by [...]

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