Archive for February, 2011

Six Questions To Ask Yourself Before Pursuing A Business Idea

It can happen unexpectedly – while taking a shower, while running on the treadmill, while driving around the city, and even while sleeping. Everyday, as we do our daily routine, it can hit us and *BAM!* A big business idea! When this happens, what do you do? Me, I’d usually talk about it with my [...]

Turning Lemonade Into Helicopters

Almost a year ago, I wrote a post telling How To Be Lucky in Life and Achieve Success. Today, I’m sharing with you a video that compliments those points very well. Below is a short clip of Stanford Technology Venture Program Executive Director, Tina Seelig who says that entrepreneurs should learn how to make their [...]

How To Pick The Right Stocks For Cost Averaging: Passive Stock Market Investing Part 3

Welcome to the third and final part of this series. Hopefully by now, you already know how to do cost averaging and likewise understand how cost averaging works from a mathematical point of view. As promised, in this last part – we shall examine actual Philippine stocks and see how your investment would have performed [...]

How Does Cost Averaging Work: Passive Stock Market Investing Part 2

In the previous post, I showed you How To Do Cost Averaging – which is simply investing equal monetary amounts regularly on a particular stock over a period of time. For Part 2, I shall try to explain how cost averaging actually works. First, you should know that cost averaging is not limited to the [...]

How To Do Cost Averaging: Passive Stock Market Investing Part 1

There are two basic ways to invest in the stock market. The first one is active trading which involves “timing the market” and doing fundamental and technical analysis. The second one is passive investing or cost averaging which involves doing steady investments through time. If you want to invest in the stock market but you [...]

Money Issues That Couples Should Talk About

Looking for the love of your life can be hard. But once you find it, you’ll discover that even harder, is keeping the flame always burning. Back in 2006, a study was conducted by Money Magazine and they discovered that couples fight twice more about money than sex inside the relationship – with 13% of [...]

Josh Fraser: Snakes and Staircases

What are you afraid of? Snakes? Heights? Public speaking? In this video which I am sharing with you today, Josh Fraser from Boulder, Colorado talks about why you should fear staircases more than snakes. By using facts, humor and a lot of common sense, Josh points out the disparity between the things that scare us [...]

Group Buying Sites: How To Be Safe and Avoid Scams

Group buying sites have existed in other countries for quite some time now but it’s only recently that the business model started to grow and get attention in the Philippines, particularly in Metro Manila. In fact, my list of Philippine Group Buying Sites has grown from twelve to twenty-four websites in just a few weeks. [...]

Life Lessons From White Water Rafting in Cagayan De Oro

I went to Cagayan De Oro last year and just like many of those who go there – summoned the courage to actually go white water rafting. For those who don’t know where CDO is, it’s the provincial capital of Misamis Oriental, located in Northern Mindanao. The City of Golden Friendship – Cagayan de Oro [...]