Peso Smart PH: Investing in the Philippines

Will you buy a tool or a product to help you save money? Or will you refrain from spending money on something trivial to jumpstart your saving habits instead? 💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, M...

BPI introduced their new logo and rebrand in early June of this year. However, they just recently changed the graphic/photo on BPI Trade's homepage. Hopefully we can use and explore their mobile app soon! 💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things persona...

As we have expected, the PSEi recovered from the sell-off last Friday. Black swan events like those happen from time to time but it doesn't mean that it's going to be sustainable. Although we still can't rule out another downturn or dip in the market because that's just the nature of it. Some days it's up, some days it's down. 💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educa...

The PSEi crumbled during the last 10 minutes of trading earlier, August 8, 2023. From 2:50PM onward, a bunch of very low bid and sell offers were matched, which took a lot of traders and investors by surprise. Were you surprised by the sudden drop in prices too? 💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advanta...

The main goal of this system is for you to have a knowledge bank or a commonplace book. This will help you retain all of the relevant and important information. And by having all of your notes in one single place, you can go back to it anytime and review it. You may also reorganize it depending on the different themes or topics that your notes falls on. In the end, you may even have the chance to...

Mr. Market was used by Benjamin Graham as an allegory in his book, The Intelligent Investor. Mr. Market is described as an investor who's driven by panic, euphoria and apathy every single day. His investing approach and activity relies on his unpredictable daily moods rather than the fundamental or technical soundness of the company or stock. You may gauge Mr. Markets moodiness through the US...

💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey with you guys to broaden my understanding and knowledg...

It has been a tough year for dividend stocks in the Philippine stock market. Year-to-date, some of these issues are down -15% to -21%. When the markets are depressed and your portfolio seems to shrink on the daily, what would you do? Will you panic sell your assets or deploy more capital? Do you think it's more risky to buy stocks while their prices are going down or is it less risky? Do you b...

💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey with you guys to broaden my understanding and knowledg...

Play around ChatGPT here: https://chat.openai.com/ 💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey wit...

💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey with you guys to broaden my understanding and knowledg...

GMA7 declared their cash dividends of 1.10/share last Friday, March 31. And the reaction of the market wasn't that good. It lost around -6% after the announcement on Friday. The volume surged to 4.4M as well, which is a bit high for the daily average trading volume of GMA7 stocks. Let's quote Warren Buffett again, "We simply try to be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when ot...

Market and investor sentiment are some of the factors that affects the price movement of an asset. This changes every single day as new information comes to light and market participants use these to make trades. Which is why timing the market is a fool's errand. You don't know when the Fed or the BSP will continue hiking rates or when they'll cut it. You don't know what will come...

I was never fond of reading for the most part of my life (I'm 27 years old, for context). Most of the books I've read growing up were either required reading material at school or the dictionary or an encyclopedia. And yes, I'm part of the generation who skimmed through all of volumes from A-Z. But last year, I made a change as part of my goal to better myself at least 1% per day. And...

After the latest MSCI rebalancing, Globe and ACEN were booted out from their index. That caused both stocks to dip in prices. Currently, their stock prices have settled down but both found a local bottom last week. The same thing happened with AP - Aboitiz Power back in 2021. But if you bought that stock when it bottomed at 20.50/share, you're up a modest 60% today. We've tackled a bunch of Ponzi...

Being frugal in our modern world can be challenging. We are surrounded by advertisements and it seems like everyone wants to sell us something, even if we don't actually need it. They apply strategies and techniques that will make you think that you need or want to buy their products or services. This is probably the most important first lesson in personal finance: frugality. Knowing what's essent...

2023 has been a rough year so far. Inflation rate peaking, interest rates rising and the markets dipping. That's why it's important to understand these factors that affects and will continue to affect our portfolios. And we have to remind ourselves that the markets have experienced these before, it's part of a cycle. And once you've grasped these concepts, you may position and setup yourself up fo...

2GO Group, Inc. (2GO), a subsidiary of the SM Investments Corporation, provides shipping, logistics and distribution services to consumers, small and medium enterprises, large corporations, and government agencies throughout the Philippines. The tender offer price set by SM Investments Corporation (SMIC) is at ₱14.64 per share. That will amount to an estimated ₱5.54B in total. The tender offer per...

GLO is a telecommunications company that provides digital wireless communication services nationwide under the "Globe Postpaid", "Globe Prepaid", and "TM" brands using a fully digital network. The Company also offers domestic and international long distance communication services or carrier services. GLO currently has 86.8 million mobile subscribers (including fully mobile broadband), 3.7 million...

💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey with you guys to broaden my understanding and knowledge in...

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam which generates returns for earlier investors with money taken from later investors. This is similar to a pyramid scheme in that both are based on using new investors' funds to pay the earlier backers. - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/ponzi...

The stock market is very unpredictable. There are always trends of bulls and busts. We have to remember the main goal of investing in stocks, buying low and selling high. If you bought stocks at ₱20/share and that stock plummeted to ₱10/share, it would be a good a idea to buy more, right? If you're certain that the company and the business is sound, it's making money, not too much debt and the rev...

PLDT Inc. (TEL), formerly known as Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, is an integrated telecommunications service provider in the Philippines with its business activities categorized into three units: wireless, fixed line, and others. The Company operates the Philippines' most extensive fiber optic backbone and fixed line, and cellular network. The Company's wireless services are marketed...

💲Peso Smart PH is a channel that aims to educate Filipinos on how to handle their money better, invest in the stock market, take advantage of compound interest and discuss all things personal finance. I'm an avid fan of Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Robert Kiyosaki, Og Mandino and Tony Robbins. I wanted to share this journey with you guys to broaden my understanding and knowledge in...

In this episode, we review the performance of the blue chip dividend paying stocks we've built back in early 2021. All of these stocks have performed well even though 2022 was a rough year for securities in general. Aside from that, the dividends they've paid their shareholders have been hefty.  It might not be a very good time to buy these stocks at the current market price since there are s...