Life Hacks for Polymaths

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Welcome polymaths !

Ever get the feeling that you seem to don't know what to do with your life because there are just so many things that you want to do ? I know, I've been there, so welcome to the club.

My name is Zigfred Diaz and I am a polymath. After more than 6 years of bloging about almost anything under the sun and having sort of a "blogging identity crisis." I've finally embraced who I am and decided to turn my main blog into some sort of guide for people with so much interest. Feel free to poke around.

More newbie questions to investing in the Philippine stock market

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Last June 2, 2009 I wrote a post entitled “Newbie’s questions to investing in the Philippine stock market” wherein I answered several questions on the investing in the Philippine stock market from a reader of this blog. After several days, she emailed me back and gave some follow up questions. I enjoy answering questions from my readers as it forces me to write on a topic and to know exactly what my readers want. Here is my response to her email: Dear Ashley, Sorry it took me a long time to response as I had been very busy with other matters I have tried to break down your questions into 5 parts and have done my best to present it just the way it is, unedited. I hope by answering this questions and posting it in my blog, others with similar questions might find the answers that they are looking for. In a way you are helping others who might have similar questions but are to shy or too busy to ask. Anyway, here are my answers to your questions: 1.) “ . . . I just wanted … [Read more...]

Upcoming seminars on how to invest in the Philippine stock market

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I’ve been ranting about stock market investments since the inception of this blog. I know there are a lot of you who are very interested on how to invest in the Philippine stock market. Many of you are in fact wishing that investing in the stock market was made part in our high school or college curriculum. (Although there are moves now by the Philippine stock exchange to include the subject matter as part of high school curriculum. Investing in the stock market does not only seem fun exciting and sophisticated, it also gives you real return on your money that is IF YOU KNOW EXACLTY WHAT YOU ARE DOING. You might want to read my post on the advantages of investing in the Philippine stock market. Stories of fortunes and failures abound in the stock market. To prove my point that you can make money in the stock market you might want to read my post “Applying value investing in the Philippine stock market” Anyway if you want both an introductory and comprehensive course on how to … [Read more...]

Philippine stock exchange in Cebu!

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Stock market enthusiast, investors, entrepreneurs, professionals, those in the academe, anybody interested in investing in the Philippine stock market and Warren Buffett wannabes, brace yourselves, the Philippine stock exchange will be in Cebu soon ! No, the PSE is not building a stock exhange in Cebu, rather they will be having a “Road show” on June 22, 2009 at the WaterFront hotel. There will also be a similar activity at Leyte, to be held at Tacloban City’s Leyte Park Hotel on June 24, 2009. Both activities will start at 1 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. This road show is part of the PSE’s investors education program. As I have mentioned in the post entitled “Newbie’s questions to investing in the Philippine stock market” only less than 1 % of the Philippine population is involved in investing Philippine stock market making our stock market one of the smallest in the world. The road show also aims to promote the stock market as an effective avenue for businesses to raise capital. There … [Read more...]

Newbie’s questions to investing in the Philippine stock market

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The Philippine stock is the first and the longest operating stock market (since 1927) in Southeast Asia. Despite its being the first and being the longest operating stock exchange sadly it is one of the smallest in terms of trading volume, known as having the shortest trading hours of any stock exchange in Asia and is among the stock exchange having the least involvement among its citizens. It is said that more foreigners are actively investing in the Philippine stock market than the Filipinos themselves. A pathetic less than 1 % of the entire Philippine population is investing in the Philippine stock market. As one newspaper comments, the growth of the Philippine stock market reflects the poor economic growth of the country. Nevertheless despite its slow or even near stagnant growth, opportunities abound in the Philippine stock market. Just like any stock market, investing in the Philippine stock market can be quite profitable. Because of its current situation, the Philippine … [Read more...]

Just joined a Philippine stock exchange stock trading game

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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. Being an avid fan of the Philippine stock market, I’ve always wanted to join stock exchange games. However I did not get to join before because it’s either I learned about a game when it has already started or that the available tournaments are not open to the public. This time, I have learned about this a week earlier so I wasted no time in entering my registration. This stock grading game is dubbed as the “PSE Manila times equity challenge (Open edition)” Basically the objective in this game as in any Philippine stock exchange stock trading game is to get the highest portfolio value at the end of the game. At the beginning of the game you are given a million pesos “Virtual money.” You are make that money grow. Kind of like the Bible story of the “Parable of the talents” … [Read more...]