14/08/2025
Warning, LONG READ AHEAD
โ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐?
Today, habang nasa bangko ako for some errands, may biglang realization ako:
๐ We were taught to save, but not to grow our money.
๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ โ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต = ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฎ.โ But in truth, nagiging scam lang yan kung nag-invest ka nang walang research at walang alam sa pinasok mo.
โNascam ako.โ โ in Reality? Hindi mo lang binigyan ng panahon mag-aral, sis. Ang hanap mo kasi, easy money.
๐ Banks are great for emergency fundsโฆ but NOT FOR ALL your money.
Hereโs why:
1๏ธโฃ Inflation โ Kung ang inflation ngayon ay 3% at bank interest mo ay 0.25%, hindi lumalaki pera moโnalulugi pa.
๐๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ: ๐๐ข๐บ 200๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ 5 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐บ๐ข๐ฏ? ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข 1๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช, ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ? ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ.
2๏ธโฃ When you get sick, savings stay as savings. Marami sa atin walang idea sa power ng HMO at health insurance. Akala natin basta may ipon, okay na.๐ค
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ 1๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ต 50๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ 1๐ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค? ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ชโ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช๐บ๐ข.
3๏ธโฃ Charges & Taxes
Oo, may interest ka sa bank. Pero may kaltas na tax. Kaya kahit good start ang savings, it shouldnโt end there.
๐ If only financial literacy was taught in school early onโฆ
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Mas kaunti ang mahihirap.
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May health fund ang bawat pamilya.
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May college fund ang bawat bata.
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May retirement fund ang bawat empleyado.
Pero problema natin? Kapag usapang pera, iniiwasan natin.
Letโs change that. Letโs talk about money. Letโs spread financial literacy.
โ Yours truly,
Mommy Macy โจ