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: “Im still a student and ive been searching for philippine large-cap value stocks.. we have a project on constructing a financial portfolio just wanna ask if whats the best valuation method to determine if a stock is a value stock? and how are the phil stocks classified into large cap, or small cap? US has this $5 billion range ive been looking for that same sort of classification applicable to the phils . . .” - Enji My response is as follows: Dear Enji, It seems that you have two questions here. The first one is concerning classification by Market Capitalization in the Philippine stock exchange and secondly is with regards to the best valuation method to determine “value stocks” in the Philippine stock exchange. I do not dub myself as an expert, but let me … [Read more...]
My unfortunate flat tire changing experience
Of all the weird topics I want to share, you might be scratching your head and wondering why I am talking about a flat tire. Well, it was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I was blogging, trying to make some money online when my wife interrupted me by telling me she wanted her flat tire changed. I reluctantly went out. I have changed a flat tire before and it was a no brainer. It was not as if I was changing Ferrari parts. I was so anxious to finish it because I wanted to finish my blogging and then go right to sleep because I wanted didn’t want to miss my afternoon nap. So I got the spare, positioned the jack, started using the lug nut wrench to get the lug nuts off. Silly me, instead of turning the lug nut wrench (We call it a “tire wrench” here) counterclockwise, I turned it clockwise and forced it with all my might. Suddenly, I heard a snap. It was then that I realized that I should have turned it counterclockwise. Unfortunately, I broke one of the bolts that held the tire in … [Read more...]
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 to survive difficult times. 4.) Don't panic – Warren Buffett, once wisely said, “Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.” I certainly agree ! Most investors bail out of the market upon the first sign of bad news or if the government fails them. They liquidate their positions even at a … [Read more...]
Boom Tarat Tarat jazz version
Boom Tarat Tarat is composed by Lito Camo a famous Filipino song writer who wrote several popular novelty songs such as "Bakit Papa? Tawag mo ako?", "Spaghetti Song", "Bulaklak", "Wowowee", "Otso-Otso." Most of his songs were popularized by the regular Filipino noon time shows such as Eat Bulaga and Wowowee. In particular Boom Tarat Tarat was popularized by Willie Revillame host of the ABS-CBN noon time show Wowowee. I am really not much of Lito Camo novelty songs fan. The only novelty songs I am fan of are those composed and sung by Visayan Novely song artists such as Yoyo Villame and Max Surban. (In fact I can sing some of them from memory, but don’t let me sing in public heheheheh) I really like those songs because they are so funny, especially those composed by Yoyo Villame. Anyway, there is a jazz version of Boom Tarat Tarat sung by none other than Asia's premiere vocal group, The Company. Click on the youtube video below to see a different version of Boom Tarat Tarat. … [Read more...]
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) The huge pot has attracted more than 25 Million Filipinos to place a bet. Reportedly, a lot of first time bettors have tried their luck in winning the huge pot praying that they would not only win the huge pot, but that they would win it alone. Last April 2008, a construction worker from Novaliches, Quezon City, won solo an estimated P249 million. He must have taken Orlando vacations by now. Statistically speaking, the odds in winning the 6/49 Philippine lotto is also quite slim. Since there are 6 numbers chosen from a pool of 49 combinations, the odds of choosing the right combination is 10,068,347,520. The odds for winning the 6/49 Philippine lotto is simply computed through the following formula, 49 … [Read more...]
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