Shasha’s eyes grew large in amazement when she saw the soft curly braids, the beautiful silk sparkly dress, the lovely red bricked castle of her dream toy. Princess Barbie in her very own castle. She looked at her mom, feeling determined, she says in a very loud voice, making everyone in the store turn and…
About: Pinky De Leon-Intal, MD, RFC
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Doctor’s Biggest Mistakes in Choosing a Financial Advisor
While becoming a doctor needs 86,000 hours or more of studying and training, there is an absolute total of zero hours of training in: business, taxation, financial literacy or financial issues related to the “business” of being a doctor. Doctors receive no training on how to choose or evaluate financial advisors which includes: Insurance agents,…
AlDub and Philippine Tax Reform
Last two Saturdays, September 19 and September 26, 2015, Eat Bulaga made a new history in Twitter from getting 12M tweets on #ALDubMostAwaitedDate and 25M on #ALDubEBforLOVE. I was reading all the comments that I could manage to read on, but one comment struck me the most. This one was obviously from not an “Aldub…
Credit Card: The Bad, the Ugly and the Good
Six and a half years ago I received my first credit card. I just started working then as a Barrio Doctor on a remote island in Palawan. With over 14,000 people, four islands, and being the only doctor there, I’m forced to live a simple life. Having a credit card did not appeal to me…
10 Tips to Avoid Online Banking Scam
Fidgeting in her laptop, Janet is excited to see how much she was able to save to date. Two weeks from now, it’s Jenny’s 7th birthday, her daughter. She’s been saving 2,000 pesos per payday for eight months now, to be able to save, she stopped eating out with her officemates and resisted stopping by…
The Real Benefits of Estate Planning Part 5 of Estate Planning 101
I thought my tears have all dried up. But as I feel the warm large wet drops against my cheeks, again, I wonder, when will this all end? Looking at Jake and Julius across the courtroom, I felt a sudden lump in my throat. Oh, how I love them so much. If only they knew…
Too old for Life Insurance and Investments? Who told you so?
When 25 today Reach 60: 1% will be wealthy 4% will be financially independent 5% will need to work 27% will be dead 63% will be broke I am a 53-year old single father with a 17-year old son who is now in 1st year college. I had NO savings, NO investments, NO assets, and…
Giving your Wealth too soon? How will that hurt you too? Part 4 of Estate Planning 101
This is the part 4 of the series on Estate Planning 101: Part 1: What is Estate Tax and How it can hurt you even After Death? Part 2: Estate Tax Settlement Options: What to do to Protect your Wealth? Part 3: What to do to Protect and Conserve your Wealth?: Part 3 of Estate…
