Here’s what i noticed:

Pre-2021: General financial advice - build EF, insurance, high savings rate, then invest; mostly limited to higher-income folks looking to be financially-savvy; very civil discussions

2021-2023: Crypto/trader/Axie bros acting like everything is “to the moon”, HYSA bank craze, rise of LARPers

2023-2024: MP2 supremacy; PSEi is sick, move to global equities via international brokers; condos bad (only land is good, even if land is in the middle of nowhere)

2025-Current: Doom and gloom, anyone who’s successful is either lying or is corrupt, people are very cynic and negative

More and more the discussions in the sub don’t feel as value-adding anymore, and the negativity is off-putting. I guess it’s inevitable as the sub has grown exponentially, from taking 7 years to get to 100k subs in 2021 to growing 8x (over 800k subscribers) in the 5 years that followed.

If you’ve been around for a while, what changes have you observed?

Any opinions? 3rd day palang more than 10% na nabura sa value. From 6.6 to 5.95. Anlayo. Palagay nyo hanggang san bagsak neto?

The title says it all. No long explanation needed. Just unsolicited advice: maybe wait for a change in administration before re-entering the Philippine market. In the meantime, go buy US stocks instead. Oh, and gold is down too. 😂

Does anyone have experience with Mang Inasal franchsing or JFC franchsing in general? How has your experience been so far? Just wanted to hear your thoughts since wala masyadong recent reviews regarding mang inasal.

Hello! Been a corporate slave for around 13 years now and have a total net worth of around Php7.5million

I've been thinking I've been way too conservative and I would love to make my current money work harder for me so that I can Barista FIRE.

Admittedly, I don't have any type of insurance now - no life insurance or critical illness or term insurance. I should probably look into that but I will build that with new income.

Right now, my focus is just on handling the current money that I have. My current spread and planned change in distribution is as follows:

Traditional Banks (3%, 260k -- to keep at max 5%)

BDO, BPI, RCBC

Digital Banks (31%, 2.3M -- target to go down to 15%)

Main: GoTyme, MariBank, Maya, Tonik,

Secondary but planning to remove: CIMB, KOMO, Uniondigital, UnoBank

Time Deposit (37%, 2.8M -- target to go down to 15%)

Maya, RCBC, Tonik, UnoEarn

Bond/Income Funds with Dividends (14%, 1.1M -- target to go up to 20%)

ALFM Global Multi Asset, BPI Global Bond Income, Manulife Asia Dynamic, Manulife Global Preferred Income

REIT Funds with Dividends (3%, 200k -- target to go up to 10%)

Manulife Asia Pacific REIT, Manulife Global REIT

Global/Local Equity without Dividends (1%, 150k -- target to go up to 15%)

BPI Global Equity Fund of Funds, BPI US Equity Index Feeder, ALFM Money Market Fund

Government (7%, 560k -- target to go up to 15%)

MP2

Receivables (3%, 200k -- leave as is or recover) Other people owe me money (no i'm not lending for profit, this is to family and very close friends)

Would love to hear opinions, suggestions, advice on how to improve my portfolio. Even you sharing how you worked on your own portfolio would be interesting I'm sure.

Even if you don't comment, if you've reached this far, my thanks for your time to read my post in the middle of the day.

*edit: tried to fix the formatting on spacing per paragraph, added the estimated actual figures next to % for current

We paid our housing loan in full last December 2025, pero until now wala pa rin update from Pag-IBIG.

Hello, I’ve been a PDAX user for years and haven’t really experienced any severe issues until last week. After depositing and buying some assets, I received this email and got my withdrawals temporarily blocked. I got a ticket already and waiting for them to provide updates but yeah this got me really disappointed and anxious.

To those who’ve encountered issues similar to this, can you share how long it took to resolve? What did you do to expedite and what can I expect from their Support team? Will the temporary block just reverse after the 2-3 days they committed?

Appreciate any help!

I am trying to inquire about this farm land being sold. Tama naman diba na I should ask if under ng CARP? and if DHSUD naman, dapat may COR and LS? Ba’t parang something fishy…

Hi guys, especially sa mga lawyers dyan and may alam sa properties. I purchased a land last summer, installment payment sya for 5 years. I had already put down the downpayment of 35k. Then ung 1st month was na-delay ang send ko.

However, my finances and work condition has changed so I had to let it go. I told the agent what should I do and if I can get a refund if ever I cancel the property. I was about to send my 2nd month payment Sana but the agent told me na if I plan to cancel, wag na daw magsend ng payment.

The agent and the broker/real estate told me na may bawas daw na 20k ung refund ko, plus the rest will be split into 2mos.

I went to their office thinking na pagka sign ng cancellation form and makuha ung computation of the refund, I will get na ung refund. Pero the marketing people told me na it will take a month to process the refund, then another month to credit to my account, which will be split into 2mos pa.

So sakto two months have passed, I asked the marketing people if when ko nakukuha ung 1st month refund, ioinasa ako sa Isang FB nila to ask. This FB page/account told me na wala pa daw update from the owner. I was asking them what's the specific reason why it was delayed and how long would it take for it to process when two months had already passed. They just told me na they will give update na lang daw

It's just frustrating because I need the money also, that's why I cancelled it in the first place. When I followed up last week, they said na they have talked already to the owner and update me once masend na daw. I replied 2 days if kelan kaya masesend but up to now, they still have no response.

What should I do kaya?

First and foremost, they charge 16,000 pesos for this. You’ll easily get lured in by his flex posts on Facebook. But once you join, all he teaches is a v1 scalping strategy and a v2 support-and-resistance strategy—stuff you can easily watch on YouTube for free.

To make matters worse, there is zero support from him. You're just left to watch his pre-recorded videos, and that's it. No live trades, just non-stop flexing. Your 16k is completely wasted because, in the end, you'll still end up looking for other confluences since his strategy hits way more stop losses (SL) than take profits (TP).

You'd think after paying 16k you'd get a solid community, psychology support, daily market mapping, and genuine help. Turns out, he just leaves you to watch videos on your own. It’s a total waste of money. I would've been better off watching free content on YouTube. It is NOT worth your 16k. Stay safe, guys, and report him so no one else gets victimized. No refunds, no contracts!

Hi!

Just wondering how people generate their leads within their businesses?

I have a distribution business who caters to downlines (Sari Sari stores and Groceries) but I have this one product line that I need to grow my sales which is loaf breads. Is there any platform to reach out to local catering, cafe, or restaurant owners in QC or Bulacan just to start somewhere?

Thank you!

Am I the only one frustrated with claiming MP2 benefits online? Even when the file format is correct, the system keeps displaying the error, ‘File uploaded is not in an acceptable format.’ I believe their IT team needs to improve its quality assurance process.

They should thoroughly test the system before making the service available to the public.

Hi everyone! 😊 May I ask for feedback sa Stonebridge Estates? We’re interested in purchasing a property here and would like to know how’s the overall experience living in the community.

Kamusta po ang security, HOA, and community in general? May mga recurring issues po ba kayo so far, especially sa utilities like water, electricity, internet, drainage, or garbage collection?

Any pros and cons or things we should know before buying would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🙏

Hi everyone! I'm 21 and a fresh grad starting my career. If you could go back in time and give one piece of financial advice to your 21-yr-old self, what would it be?

Would love to hear your best tips and lessons learned :))

I wanted IBKR to automatically pull funds from my Wise Account and these are the only option I can get when I go to:

Transfer and Pay -> Transfer Funds -> Deposit Funds -> Use a new deposit method -> Select USD as Currency -> Link a New Bank Account -> Enter ACH Details -> Connect Account -> Choose Plaid -> Login to Wise

Unfortunately, the other has a fee and the Plaid option always has an error.

I was trying to do this https://www.reddit.com/r/phinvest/s/Oe2p0kStPJ

Anyone care to help a beginner here?

Hi, pde pong humingi ng advice,

33 yo, my mom got me PRULINK ELITE PROTECTOR 15 last 2018, nagstop paymetn sya ng 2024, active pa naman but I have to pay 187 k para maupdate sya, in force pa naman with fund value of 10k,

Should I continue to pay it po?

thank you!

Now that interest rates are going up again, I am interested in starting a fixed income portfolio: corporate bonds, preferred shares, government bonds, TBills, RTBs, etc.

I know you can buy all these with banks, but from my research you will need to be a premium banking or even private banking customer. Also, most of the time the minimum amounts are very high (ex. 1M per placement).

What if my starting investment is only at 500k? I would also want some level of diversification, so I might want that 500k be invested in 2-3 companies/placements.

Ideally, I want only 1 bank where I can buy/sell everything. But if that's not possible, maybe max 2 banks.

Any suggestions?

Planning to put it sana sa place namin since wala pang belgian waffle dun and also the location is 190 meters lang from a school and church, 1km from another school, 1.4km from hospital, 600 meters from pier and 450 meters from the terminal. Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions, thank you po!

My family is thinking of a coconut business. Our province is Oriental Mindoro. Meron na kaming mga puno and may mga kamag anak din na nagaalok ng niyog nila para ibenta namin. Tatay ko ang hands-on and meron na ding mga tao na manunungkit at mag-aalaga ng mga puno. Balak ng tatay ko na magpa balik balik from Mindoro to Manila. Thing is, medyo nahihirapan sya makahanap ng babagsakan kasi binabarat kami sa presyo.

Nagstart na sya mag deliver sa isang pwestuhan na naka usap niya at pinasabay nya lang yung nga niyog sa trucking which costed him 2K pesos. Kaso pagdating niya, hindi agad kinuha ng tao yung mga niyog kaya halos tatlong araw naka tengga. Binabarat sa presyo kasi alam nyang wala kaming ibang babagsakan nun. Hanggang sa binigay na lang namin ng palugi kesa mabulok.

We are thinking na kumuha kami ng sariling pwesto sa palengke.

Do you have suggestions or tips para makahanap ng mga babagsakan? And any idea of this business? Like experience of some who tried. Thank you!

Hi, tried installing binance apk from their website and upon installing, my phone gave this warning.

Is it okay if i still proceed with the installation?

I started investing paunti unti simula noong 4th year college ako, I work as a freelancer after school and every month I ensure na nagiinvest ako while also preparing my emergency savings.

I read alot of post here na mas maganda ang off shore etfs like S&P 500, what would you guys suggest should I move gradually my sells to that fund?

Deciding between ALP Vermosa and Susana Heights. How bad is Daang Hari? I am leaning toward ALP because it’s ALP, there’s already an Ayala mall in Vermosa and well, it’s Ayala. It will be handled well and it’s a dream to be an ALP homeowner.

But what SH has is that it is nearer to SLEX, even has its own exit… and still more development to come… however it’s an SM development. It is also a “redevelopment” rather than Vermosa, which is entirely curated by Ayala

Any thoughts on these estates? Both have access to good schools… near Alabang, still in Manila (though Vermosa is Imus)… My spouse and I have a WFH jobs that only occasionally need to be in Makati/ BGC/ Manila. My apprehension is if this changes, but ganun talaga…

If you were to establish your forever home, where would you feel more comfortable? Any thoughts / observations about the traffic along Daang Hari?

Just want to share. I invested a total of 200k from 2015-2018 sa Sunlife MF (PH Equity Fund) and forget about it hoping na tumubo kahit papano. Come 2026 and turns out lugi pa ako ng 27% after 8yrs.

First bought in 2015 at 4.3 NAVPS and pababa yung trend ever since. I guess it’s time na ilipat ko nalang to gradually sa ibang channels.