
Originally Posted by
makie29
For college, there are a lot of options. We could opt for mutual funds (through PAMI) or the Bright Future Plus or Invest (of Philam Life). But for high school, I think we'd be limited to mutual funds lang since there is no plan that covers high school. The same for kindergarten, mutual funds lang but since medyo limited man ang time to prepare for kindergarten, maybe it is best to have a plan B as well (at least for kindergarten and grade school lang).
So basically, ingon ani ang breakdown:
Kindergarten and grade school - Mutual funds and you must have a plan B or another plan just in case di motubo ang mutual fund sa iyang desired amount or if dili sufficient iyang tubo once your child will go to school na. Plan B might be looking for another source of income.
High school - Mutual funds
College and Post-grad - Mutual funds or Education Plan (VUL)
What I highly suggest is this: open 3 separate mutual fund accounts for each and focus more on the immediate one (kindergarten and grade school) para mas dako iyang potential nga tubo. All 3 accounts could either be in the same company or you can spread it on different mutual fund companies. Ang importante lang is mabuwag nimo ang tanan para magamit gyud for intended use.
Regarding sa kung pila imong dapat ibutang sa each fund, it will depend kung asa nimo gusto ipaeskwela imong anak and kung pila pud ang rate sa tuition fee increase. Normally, we assume the extreme side which is 10% tuition fee increase per year para di mashort ang clients by the time nga need na nila ang money.
Aside from mutual funds, you can also pick UITFs. Naa na sa banks ang UITFs. As far as these two work, magkapareho lang ni sila.
If you wiant, we could set an appointment para matagaan tikaw ug sample computation.
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The best time to start saving for education is actually kung wala pa kay anak. Expenses will increase once naa nay anak and saving will be a little more challenging. At least if nakasugod na, medyo di na kaayo tungason. I dunno if majority of the people realize this but education during the early years (kinder and grade school) is more expensive than high school and college but sad to say, majority are preparing for college and overlook the early years.