Have you ever thought what will happen to the Philippine economy if the euro debt crisis of Greece isn’t resolved? What if Greece defaulted? What would be the possible effect on our economy? What about the stock market bubble at China? Will it directly affect us? What if a great depression like what happened in … Read more
[wpsocialboost] Good news to those who are just starting to invest like me. According to Gus Cosio, President of FAMI (First Metro Asset Management Inc.), The Philippines is entering a Demographic Sweet Spot. What does it mean? Well for us investors, it means that in this year, it’s the best time to invest in the … Read more
What makes stock market investing enjoyable for me is the job of valuing a company myself I’m interested in investing with. Back then I don’t know anything about financial statements. If you’ll ask me to interpret a financial statement, I will be at a total loss. But if you’ll ask me to design and build … Read more
Awhile ago, I decided to personalize my blog “Puhunan” and register a domain name that will best reflect who and what I am; an Engineer Investor in the Philippines. I always thought of wanting to inspire other people in the things that revolve in their daily lives; Inspiring them to love and be loved by … Read more
You might have heard of the term “Leverage” in network marketing companies, from a friend or from a financial guru. You might have heard advice from rich people telling you to leverage your time and money to make you rich like them. But what exactly is this thing that they call Leverage? I’ll try to … Read more
Today is a very memorable day for me because today, I can now officially call myself a stock market investor. I bought my first ever stock; 1,000 shares of Megaworld Corporation (MEG) at PHP 4.88 per share today. So what does this mean actually? It means that I now own a share in the ownership of … Read more
Just recently, a colleague of mine endorsed me to his brother-in-law who happens to be a credit card agent. He called me and offers me a pre-approved credit card. He told me that they have a promo specifically on professionals and I only need to sign a few papers and submit a copy of my … Read more
I’ve just activated my account at COL Financial today. I received my login details and now I’m ready to buy my first company. Unfortunately, I’m still not decided on which company would I buy first. I’ve been busy on work last week and I haven’t had the chance to review the financial statements of the … Read more
I’ve been studying a dozen financial statements of different companies these past few days to find out how successful value & growth investors like Warren Buffett choose winning stocks by themselves. Warren Buffett’s investing style is based on finding companies with durable competitive advantage. His investing principles are written in these two books; Buffettology and … Read more
Three years ago, I decided to live my life with debt by my side by loaning a motorcycle to use for my daily commutes to work and other personal journeys and trips. This loan changed the way how I budget my salary. A lot of sacrifices had been made on my lifestyle and leisure living … Read more