Book Review: Wealth Watch | The Investing POV

Do you have a friend who has just started investing recently? Or know someone who has just started with his first job? Or is your mom planning to fund a new bank account?

If you or  someone in your life who is keen and interested to know more about finances or is just starting to invest then the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' Wealth Watch is the right book to soothe your financial appetite.

The Wealth Watch is a financial health and wellness book published by the BSP. It talks about savings, budgeting, investing, banking, credit and borrowing and other topics related to key financial health issues.

This is the first personal finance book I have ever bought and I must say I have still learned a lot while reading it. You do not need to be a finance professional to read and enjoy this book as it specifically targets the "everyday Filipino" with its broad yet timely topics. Anyone -- whether a student, teacher, housewife or someone in their mid 50's can all relate to the topics.

Reflection Guide after every chapter

Its contents range from anecdotes, real life experiences and notes about each key topics. Not only that but in every end of a chapter, they provide you with a set of questions that you may ask upon yourself. This is a good way to evaluate what you've learned from the readings. This is also in line with the sort of health vibe of the book as it makes a conscious effort to be your personal financial consultant.

The publishers were also careful as to use layman terms and to provide notes for financial products and other terms that might be unfamiliar to readers. This I think is a great help specially for starters like myself.

Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. I haven't finished reading it but I'm already looking forward to the next topics which are credit/borrowing, banking and consumer protection because I know that they would surely be useful when I start my professional career in a few months! 

Its content and look are indeed worth more than its 200 pesos selling price. Its hard bounded and is printed in glossy paper. It also serves as a good eye candy in your living room/study (such a bonus!) 

Glossy paper and really eye catching images

And if your interested on getting a copy you can get one from the sales counter at the ground floor of the Economic and Financial Learning Center at the BSP head office or if you happen to be in a conference sponsored by the BSP try looking for their booth, they might be selling one there which is where I bought mine. (last October in the DLSU-D JFINEX Students' Summit at ULS, DLSU-D)

For more information, check the BSP's Media Releases Page

That's all for this week guys! I hope your enjoyed reading the Wealth Watch as much as I did.

Cheers!

Disclaimer: This post is not sponsored. This is my own opinion about Wealth Watch. :)