Wow!
Nalingaw ko ug basa sa inyong mga tubag sa TS... Asa naman tong si TS? Yoohoo!!! TS... Where are you??
Lorenzo, MeMing and Cirext, you all have your points... But I do have a question sa TS. Pila man diay iyang planong i-butang?? Basin sige mo sturya diha ug double your money in 5 years nga gi-offer ug stable banks but dili pa diay ka-abot sa minimum ang money ni TS... Luoy lang inyong fingers ug tinype diri... tsk, tsk, tsk... And wala ta kahibaw, ang personality ni TS kay dili mu-fit ug active business or stocks... Di ba, sayang lang pud...
Mu-comment lang ko gamay about the government bonds nga lock-in for 5 or 7 years. Just came from an Investment Forum held at our company yesterday and na-mention nang bonds. Okay, what I learned from that forum was that:
1: Okay guaranteed ang interest rates sa bonds, let's say 7%. Your principal is P50k. Locked-in for 5 years. Yearly interest is P3,500.
2: Now, the P3,500 will not be compounded to your P50k principal but placed in another savings account. So, didto musulod tanang tubo.
3: Once, musod na na sa savings account nimo, diha na sya taxable. Then after 5 years, you get your principal back and your tubo less the withholding tax sa tubo nimo...
Mao na akong na-kuha yesterday. Sa mga nag-invest sa bonds, mao ba jud na ang na-experience ninyo or tax-free kay more than 5 years na cya?? And mind you, professor sa UAAP and finance consultant ang nag-hatag ato sa talk...
To TS. Unsa man pud time horizon nimo for your "investment"? Unsa man pud purpose nimo for putting your money sa time deposit?? Pila man pud target nimo nga value in the end?? These are important questions that needs to be answered so that people can suggest to you better options based on your answers.