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Over the weekend I attended an investment forum hosted by Fortress Fund Managers. I had received an email “invitation” for the event a few weeks ago and I accepted. Sad to say, I almost forgot about it, but I was reminded by an ad in the newspaper. I wanted to attend this event because the… Read More »The 2011 Fortress Fund Managers Investment Forum
In addition to be being celebrated as Halloween, the 31st October 2011 is also World Savings Day. I never even knew that such a day existed! About World Savings Day This wonderful day, originally known as World Thrift Day was first started in 1924, in Italy at the first International Thrift Congress. World Savings Day is usually… Read More »Today is World Savings Day!
You’re still in your twenties and thirties and retirement is at least thirty years away. You have enough time before you start planning for retirement. I mean, you haven’t been working for ten years yet. It’s definitely too early to starting thinking about retiring. Right? Wrong! It is never too early to start planning for… Read More »Why You Should Start Planning For Retirement Now
I read in a local newspaper that the Central Bank of Barbados will be offering a savings bond issue. This is the sixty-eighth issue of government bonds, and they went on sale on Monday, 3rd October 2011. I’ve never bought savings bonds before, but I think that it’s a good long term savings tool. A… Read More »Government of Barbados Savings Bond Issue 2011
A good financial plan should include an emergency fund. An emergency fund, which can go by many other names including “just-in-case money”, “emergency money” and “if something bad should happen money”, is money that can be used to cover unexpected emergencies when they arise. When I got my first full-time job, I opened a new… Read More »How to Start an Emergency Fund
I remember when I was younger, I would get excited and head over heels with joy when I received a hundred dollars for my birthday or Christmas. A hundred dollars meant that I was rich! I could buy anything in the world. lol. Fast forward about twenty years and now it seems as though I… Read More »A Hundred Dollars Isn’t What It Used to Be
I recently joined a Facebook group called Caribbean Bloggers Massive and I posted a brief introduction about Odd Cents. I received a comment from another member of the group which said something about an “adult piggy bank” which inspired me to write this post. When I was younger my grandmother gave me a piggy bank.… Read More »You’re Never Too Old For a Piggy Bank
I save two dollar bills. Yes, I save every two dollar bill that passes my way. Whenever I make a purchase and I receive a two dollar bill as change, I tuck it away in a little corner of my purse. When I get home, I put it with my stash of two dollar bills.… Read More »I Save Two Dollar Bills
Although I work in the financial services sector, I could not describe to anyone what a mutual fund was. I had no definition in my mind other than it being yet another type of investment. So, I decided that it was time I did some research on mutual funds. A mutual fund is a “company”… Read More »What Are Mutual Funds?
The children are going back to school after a long summer vacation. Some of you might be smiling, but others are worried about lunch money, bus fares, never ending traffic and the aches and pains that are characteristic of a new school term. I know that feeling. I will go back to leaving home extremely… Read More »Five Back To School Tips for Parents