23/08/2018
Our money, if kept only in the bank, loses its value yearly by 4-6% rate due to inflation. That means the value of 1 million pesos this year may become 940,000 pesos next year at an inflation rate of 6%. That's a loss of 60,000 pesos!
According to Chinkee Tan, the speaker in an investment forum recently, to protect our money from inflation and depreciation, it is wiser to invest in properties because it can appreciate the value of our money by 10% per year. Granting that we lease our property with a rate of 10% or more.
Likewise, Chris Malazarte of Filipino Homes encourages Filipinos to diversify their investments by including real properties in their investment portfolio to beat the inflation.