Helplessness has been so easy recently. It’s been hard to feel in control over our own lives, especially when there’s always someone or something to blame—the pandemic, government, bosses, and other external causes out of our control. Even goal-setting has become strange because of the uncertainty of when this pandemic will even end. Still, it helps to remember that despite all this, there is still one thing we can control: ourselves.

The seller has the obligation to sell at the highest price possible. The buyer has the obligation to buy at the lowest price possible. However, the buyer determines the price of the final transaction because no one can force the buyer to buy. The seller determines whether or not the transaction will take place because no one can force the seller to sell.

The 2022 elections are coming up, and rumors about potential presidential candidates are going around, especially these days considering the recent political climate. 

Inflation, like other situations—including the stock market and a sinking ship at sea—requires understanding of what is going on. At the beginning, you want to be doing what everybody else is doing. As stock prices are going up, watch the crowd and buy when they do but keep an eye out for trouble just like on a cruise ship. Drink, dance, and party the night away, making an occasional trip to check for icebergs.

NUMBERS never lie. But when couched in malicious code, numbers could lie and compromise systems.

Hence, from a sphere involving solely the private sector, cybersecurity has become a major agenda in talks among representatives of advanced economies, like US President Joseph Biden Jr. and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in this week’s summit between the previously opposite poles of a slumbering Cold War.

The significant year for Marikina was in 1887 when shoemaking started to flourish. Back in the good old days, the Sapatero Shoe Company made shoes, sold the shoes, and paid the government taxes on the profit. A hundred years later, the company started selling shoes to stores in Hong Kong. The company paid taxes to the Philippine government on the profits.

Start your week with Business Mondays with BM, a segment of the BM Broader Look podcast that puts a spotlight on the Philippine stock market.