We all know that stock investing is one of the riskiest forms of investments. Stocks can go up and down depending on several factors. In one of my earlier posts, I discussed several stock trading tips to all my readers investing in the stock market. It is important to do your homework before engaging yourself in the stock market. Once you’ve done your homework and consulted with a financial planner or broker, it’s time to take the plunge. To make informed decisions, you need to review

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Are you curious to know who are among the top Philippine companies in 2009? The Wall Street Journal recently conducted a survey of top 200 companies in Asia. Their project started in August 2008 when they compiled a lists of Asian companies traded on stock exchanges. A total of 2,622 executives and professionals participated in the survey. Based on their research, here are some of their findings when it comes to the top companies here in the Philippines: In OVERALL RANK, the country’s

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First of all thank you dear readers. I am happy if I see my visitors increasing each time. It’s worth all the effort in writing articles on a specific niche. I happen to stumble on a blog that talks about which one is better - to invest in stocks or invest in a business? Investing in stocks and starting a business are both risky. You both have to educate and equip yourself with the right skills. You also have to watch both of them. Stock value goes up and down depending on the market

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Are you a stock trader? If you are, then probably you know how stock market works. How’s your stock trading? What are the stocks that you buy? What criteria do you consider before you buy a stock? Do you use technical graphs to predict what stocks are attractive to buy? We all know that stocks are risky. You never know what will be the value of your stocks the next day. It can go up but it can one day be useless. Generally, there are three types of stocks. It’s important to be familiar

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Hello dear readers. Thanks a lot for supporting my blog. You are my inspiration why I am dedicated in writing quality articles on this blog. Your emails and questions are helpful to me as I am motivated to help more people to be financially intelligent, to educate on how to manage finances, and to achieve financial freedom in the future. In this post, I will post some reader emails that I got to educate other readers as well if they too have the same type of questions. The names are not

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Stock Brokers. They are there to help you carry out your decisions in terms of stock investing. I remembered Kiyosaki saying that you should not look for brokers because brokers are so-called brokers because they are “broker” than you. Instead, educate yourself effectively in such investments and make your own investment decisions. But if getting a stock broker cannot be avoided, here are some of the tips and guidelines when you’re dealing with your broker or financial

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We all know Warren Buffett, the stock market mogul and considered as the world’s greatest investor. He owns the company Berkshire Hathaway which has the most expensive stock in the world. But who is the mentor of Warren when it comes to picking the right stocks to buy? It’s Benjamin Graham. “An intelligent investor should buy common stocks with a margin of safety, a large discount to book value or “intrinsic value”, and sell when prices approach full value”. This timeless advice

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I have been involved in stock trading for quite some time now. Due to the question of one of my avid readers named dlanor from Saudi Arabia, here I am now sharing some stock trading tips that readers can use to trade stocks. But before anything else, for the beginners in the stock market, you might want to read my article on how stock market works to familiarize yourself on the stock market.   Once you already got familiarized with the stock market and started doing stock trading, here are

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I would start featuring reader emails to me that deserves to be featured so that other readers will benefit from it also. For readers, if you have questions, you can leave a comment in any of the articles or you can directly email me. I will try my best to answer your queries as much as I can. In that way, there would be more interaction between me and my readers. This would be the first set of emails that I received from 3 of my readers. I am happy that this blog is increasing its reach and

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It has been 2 months now since I first updated my portfolio of investments last November 2008. I’ve been recently updating myself with regards to the Stimulus Plan being implemented by the US Government to combat the effects of one of the worst financial crisis of all time and to bring the whole economy back to its “normal” operations. The Government plans to “pump prime” the economy to boost consumer confidence so that businesses will benefit from it. The plan

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I first learned about stocks two years ago, that was in 2006. But then I did not take it seriously. The first trade that I did was a JFC stock thru BPI Trade, the online trading platform of BPI bank. I remembered, I bought 100 shares of JFC at above market value back then just to have a match with my buy order because I have been placing my order for a few days already but there was no match. The market value was Php 42 and I bid for a buy at Php 44. Presto! It’s an instant match! But

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In my effort to further educate newbies in the field of stock market, I initiated this article for stock market beginners. You may call it Stocks 101 or Stocks for Dummies. First and foremost, what is the stock market? A stock market is an avenue for companies and corporations to offer their shares in the public. Once a company listed their shares in the stock market, then the public is free to buy and sell those stocks. So what’s the pros and cons of a company in listing their stocks

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One of the things that kept me thinking before when I was starting as an investor is the Federal Rate. Why is it so important? Why do the whole world of investors look at it too much? And how powerful is Ben Bernanke to control and manipulate it? We can see that a lot of times, if there was a federal rate cut, stocks will go up and rally. What’s in the federal rate cut that makes stock investors happy? And why is the Fed now continuously cuts it reaching record breaking lows of just

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As discussed in one of my previous articles, we must invest in order to fight inflation. But is it the right time to invest considering the effects of the global financial crisis that the world is now facing? Before, our problem is inflation. Oil price reached above $120 per barrel. Analysts and economists quote this as stagflation, a condition in the economy in which inflation and economic stagnation occur simultaneously. Now that inflation has greatly decreased with oil price reaching below

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