investing tips

A Woman’s Guide to Investing

Whether you are a female professional, entrepreneur, “stay at home” mother or a wife, we all have financial goals. For some of us, it may be to owning our own home, providing for our children’s future or retiring in comfort. Whatever our financial goals, we must have a plan for achieving those goals. In most households, the women tend to be given the role of handling the financial planning, budgeting and spending for their families. As such, we have listed […]

How to stick to those wise money habits

Some of us always had that intention to save more but never quite got around to planning how it’s all going to get done. Some of us actually start our ‘cutting back on expenses’ drive very admirably, but then eventually fall off the wagon and other things take priority. Often we tend to embark on an action without proper planning or set goals which help to guide and motivate our habits. The reality is, there are going to be obstacles […]

Save Today, Invest for Tomorrow (Part 2)

Investing tips to take you through all the stages of your life.   BEFORE INVESTING Determine what your investment goals are Research the different types of investment products and educate yourself about the securities industry – www.investucateTT.com Verify the legitimacy of the investment. Deal only with registered financial institutions and intermediaries; visit www.ttsec.org.tt                         INVEST IN STOCKS Benefits of investing in stocks: Stock ownership takes advantage of a growing […]

Gift Yourself with Savings this Christmas

There are many ways in which you can hold on to some extra cash this season. It starts with: REVIEWING your budget, inclusive of any extra income that you may receive, or accounting for any expenses PLANNING what you need this holiday, and then satisfying your wants ADJUSTING your spend, so that you can make your cash earn you more    TIP #1    TIP #2         TIP #3