Archive for the 'Financial management & investments' Category

Just joined a Philippine stock exchange stock trading game

I was browsing the Philippine stock exchange website today and found out that there will be another stock trading tournament that will be conducted starting on June 1, 2009 and ending on February 26, 2010.

When you should sell your mutual fund investment

I received a  question  in one of my comments from a certain Albert Awat from Tarlac City, Philippines in my post entitled “Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange”

What is the best Portfolio diversification strategy

This is the fourth blog post that I have written in response to several questions asked by an accountancy student from the University of the Philippines Visayas (Cebu Campus) regarding the Philippine stock market. As I have said before, I have responded via a blog post because the answers I am giving are quite lengthy [...]

Determining the best rate of return for investments

I have answered several questions from a student from the University of the Philippines-Cebu regarding investing in the Philippine stock market. So far my answers are contained in the post entitled “Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange” and “The best asset allocation strategy to follow.”

The best asset allocation strategy to follow

My previous posts entitled “Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange” were followed up by another set of questions sent by the same person. The questions propounded also requires a lengthy answer and hence I am responding with three different blog posts on her recent questions.

Questions and answers on the Philippine stock exchange

I received a question in my post entitled “Applying value investing in the Philippine stock market” and I wrote such a long response to the comment that I decided to turn it into a blog post. The question is as follows:

How to survive difficult times–Part 2

Some of you were anxious to get the second installment of my post entitled “How to survive difficult times – Part 1.” It is understandable that many of you wanted to read it considering that we are in such difficult times. So here is the second and last installment of this two-part post on how [...]

How to win the Philippine Lotto

The Philippine government runs the Philippine lotto through the PCSO (Philippine Charity sweepstakes office) The February 22, 2009 6/49 Philippine lotto draw is said to be the biggest in history with an estimated pot of more than P 320,000,000.00. (Almost $7 Million U.S dollars)

Follow Warren Buffett’s signal on when to buy stocks–Part 2

I’ve been bugged by several readers on the next installment of the post “Follow Warren Buffett’s signal on when to buy – Part 1” So finally here it is!

How to survive difficult times-Part 1

While waiting for our fight to Manila on our trip to the Summer capital ast November 2008, CNN reported that the three major U.S auto makers namely Ford, GM and Chrysler has asked the U.S congress for $ 25 Billion dollars to bail them out. According to CNN, if the U.S auto industry fails, this [...]

Nostradamus 2009 socio-economic-political prediction

A brilliant stock market analyst and economist found a Nostradamus 2009 prediction hidden in the top of Nostradamus pajamas. He claims he had a hard time translating the Nostradamus 2009 prediction from medieval French.

Follow Warren Buffett’s signal on when to buy stocks – Part 1

Warren Buffett is undoubtedly the world’s best investor. Aside from his excellent ability to analyze a company’s fundamentals, he is also very good in knowing when to buy stocks and when to sell it.