CHP’s stock price has dropped significantly due to the performance it reported in the 4th quarter of 2016. Today, many investors are now worried and think that they made a bad investment decision when they bought the stock around ₱11 to ₱12 per share last year. If you’re an existing CHP holder, should you really be worried […]
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Starting a business is easy. You make a product, sell it, and then all of a sudden, you’re now a million richer. You attract lots of customers eager to buy your product and you’re able to sell it like hot cakes. If you think that starting a business and becoming a full-time entrepreneur is as easy […]
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Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWC) was incorporated on January 6, 1997 to provide water, sewerage and sanitation, distribution services, pipeworks, and management services to residential, commercial and industrial customers. MWC is a joint venture among Ayala Corporation (AC), United Utilities Pacific Holdings, BV and Mitsubishi Corporation until it became a subsidiary of AC in 2010. MWC holds […]
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In today’s post, I decided to publish an interesting e-mail conversation with a 17-yr. old student whose rather unique way of asking certainly caught my attention. He sent his inquiries in pure deep Tagalog language. He even asked me if I prefer discussing things in English. But because of the sheer eagerness of the kid to learn and invest at […]
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Besides looking for wonderful companies that trade below the intrinsic value, I also started looking for those unwanted and unpopular companies that trade below its Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). The idea behind the NCAV strategy is that you’re basically buying a company below its liquidation value. So even though the company liquidate, you still make […]
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Globe Telecom, Inc. (GLO) was originally incorporated on January 16, 1935 as Globe Wireless Limited with a franchise to operate wireless long distance message services in the Philippines. The Company eventually changed its name to the present one in 1992, and welcomed Singapore Telecom, Inc. as a new foreign partner the following year. GLO is a […]
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PLDT Inc. (TEL), formerly Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, was incorporated on November 28, 1928 following the merger of four telephone companies under US ownership, namely, Philippine Telephone and Telegraph Company, Cebu Telephone and Telegraph Company, Panay Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Negros Telephone and Telegraph Company. In 1967, effective control of TEL was sold by […]
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San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. (PF) was incorporated on October 13, 1956 to primarily engage in the business of manufacturing and marketing of processed meat products. The Company, through its subsidiaries, later on diversified into poultry and livestock operations, feeds and flour milling, dairy and coffee operations, franchising and young animal ration manufacturing and […]
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Concepcion Industrial Corporation (CIC), formerly Concepcion Air Conditioning Corporation (CAC), was incorporated on July 17, 1997 and served as a subsidiary of Concepcion Industries Inc. (CII). CIC is a supplier of air conditioners, air conditioning solutions, and refrigerators, and is exploring a potential expansion into other consumer appliance products and building solutions. Through a restructuring in 2013, […]
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Manila Electric Company (MER) is a private distribution utility organized on May 7, 1919 which holds a congressional franchise under Republic Act (RA) No. 9209 effective June 28, 2003. RA 9209 granted MER a 25-year franchise valid through June 28, 2028 to construct, operate, and maintain the electric distribution system in the cities and municipalities of […]
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