A few weeks ago, I made a post about the sites I use to get financial data. One site I mentioned is Morningstar. If you tried searching for a particular company listed in the PSE on the site itself, you’ll find out that it’s really a pain in the ass. If you don’t have any … Read more
There’s a lot of hysteria going on with the newly publicly traded company, SBS Corporation (SBS). The stock almost doubled its price since the day it was first traded. Anyone who bought it in its IPO is now enjoying hefty gains. For now, the speculators are the ones who benefits the most from the stock’s … Read more
I enjoy valuing a company myself. Because when I do, I learn a lot. I learn to become aware what a company is capable of. And by doing so, I also become aware of what my investments will be worth when I invest in it. As Warren Buffett always says, “Never invest in a business you don’t … 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
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
To answer this question, you now enter the mind of the most successful investor in the world, Warren Buffett. These past few days, I see a lot of first-time investors like me asking these type of questions on Facebook forums that somewhat goes like this; In my opinion, as first-time investors, we should learn to … Read more