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OFF THE WALL: Two stocks versus a dozen or so
By Daniel de la Rosa My wife has a small IRA. She started out with about $4,000 about the middle of last year. We listened to the smart guys at CNBC and bought small stakes in a number of companies. ‘Diversify’ was the mantra then. She had stocks from Pfizer, Coca Cola, Microsoft, BlackRock, Apple, […]
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Second-gen FilAms and the constant struggle to prove their parents’ move to America was ‘not in vain’
By Christian Catiis Being raised by immigrant parents in the suburbs of a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, I struggled with preserving my Filipino identity. My Filipino mother had her sight set on emigrating to the U.S to accomplish her American Dream. Unknown to her at the time, she would later set a foundation of success not […]
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Thank you, Spock, for inspiring my life-long devotion to sci-fi, fantasy
By Rene Pastor For a 10-year-old kid growing up in Manila, it was a show that appealed to the nerd in me. “Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise…” It took me away to the stars that I could see twinkling in the night sky. Series creator Gene Wesley Roddenberry […]
