The year 2008 ended with most mutual funds experiencing severe declines in value, wiping out gains they earned in 2007. Even supposedly low-risk investments such as bond or money market funds suffered from the economic crunch that hit global markets …. It’s sad that all of my investments are either in direct stocks or equity funds of mutual funds

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Note: This is the first of several parts of Pinoy Money Talk’s primer on how to earn from trading and investing in the stock market , particularly the Philippine stock market . Article source: Philippine Stock Exchange. …

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Because inflation can erode the purchasing power of your money , place your cash in investment instruments that may give you a yield higher than the average inflation rate. Examples are bonds, bond funds , and other structured products. … and have a substantial investment in stocks. Bear in mind, though, that you don’t have many years left ahead to ride out market fluctuations and there is that risk that you won’t be able to recover from losses in the stock market . …

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