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Applying value investing in the Philippine stock market

Ever since I started reading Warren Buffett books more than 3 months ago, I had been hooked on value investing. I bought all the value investing books I could get my hands on. Perhpas I should consider taking some diet pill to stave of my hunger for value investing books. hehehehe

The financial script of life

Have you ever tried seeing a movie by watching the ending first and working your way backwards to the beginning? Sounds weird hugh? But that is exactly what we will be doing now. For most people, sadly their financial script of life ends with the words “Bankrupt” instead of “. . . .and they lived [...]

I’ve got the latest Warren Buffett book!

I’ve added the latest Warren Buffett book to my collection bringing my Warren Buffett book library to a total of 14 books. They say that there are about 200 books on Warren Buffett, so I have 186 more to add to my Warren Buffett book library whahahahha ! ?

Next major tsunami, the European financial crisis

I don’t want to sound like a prophet of doom, and as an investor, I don’t want to sound pessimistic when it comes to the economy either. However it seems that the worst is far from over as there is another financial tsunami that may hit the world as badly as it did the first, [...]

The best time to invest – your lifetime

Some people say that investing is a game of timing. No matter what type of investor you are, timing is very important. Right timing will tell you when to get into a certain time of investment and when to get out. The question of timing also answers when it is best time to invest in [...]

How Warren Buffett made me poor

Warren Buffett made headlines the other week when he announced to invest $ 5 Billion into Goldman Sachs. Buffet’s company Berkshire Hathaway has also been seen increasing its stock positions in several companies.

How get rid of your credit card debt

One of mankind’s greatest inventions is credit cards. Ironically it has also become one of mankind’s greatest curses. In the Philippines most credit card companies charge 3.5 % interest rate per month. That is about 42 % per annum. Using the Rule of 72, (which I have extensively discussed in the post entitled “How to [...]

Subprime mortgage bloopers!

The news gets worst. The fever that Uncle Sam has contracted about 13 months ago has now turned into pneumonia, and now the world has got tuberculosis. The subprime mortgage crises has now evolved into a full scale financial crises with major financial institutions falling, the Leighman brothers, Meryll Lynch and AIG being its latest [...]

Investing in the Philippine stock market – Beating the bear

I’ve always dreamed of someday deriving my entire income from investing in the Philippine stock market, and until this day I have always pursued that dream. I am not only dreaming about it, I am doing something about it. I am actively investing in the Philippine stock market and continuing to read books and attend [...]

Dateline.msnbc.com’s latest program, YOU MIGHT BE RICH, might prove just that.

No this is not a new game show nor is this a get rich quick scheme. You might be rich, but might not know it. Dateline.msnbc.com might just prove that you are.

Idiot’s guide to the subprime mortgage crises

They say that when Uncle Sam sneezes, the rest of the world gets a cold. Now, Uncle Sam certainly isn’t sneezing, Uncle Sam’s got a flu and the rest of the world got pneumonia.

How the Rule of 72 is used to wisely manage debt

The Rule of 72 is a basic rule that each and every investor should know. The rule is commonly used to determine how many years will it take for your money to double.  The equation is simply this, 72 divided the interest rate equals the number of years it takes for your money to double. [...]