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 … Read more
Have you bought stocks at the peak of a bull market? Well, I did. Let me share you this story. Just like every newbie, when I bought my first stock, MEG, last July 2015, I didn’t realize that I bought it during the peak of a bull market. As the months passed, I observed that … Read more
Buffett started out investing using the principles he learned from Graham. Graham made millions of dollars but Buffett made billions. Now why is that? Did Buffet mixed a secret sauce to Graham’s principles? Well sort of. Buffett’s partner, Charlie Munger told him not just pay attention to value, but to pay more attention to business … Read more
In January 2002, a smart guy named Joseph D. Piotroski published a paper entitled “Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers.” In that paper, he described a simple accounting-based fundamental analysis strategy that will later be called the “Piotroski F-Score.“ In this post, I’ll briefly discuss the financial … Read more
One of the most commonly used ways to find out the intrinsic value of a stock that you want to invest in is to use the Discounted Cash Flow Model. But before you do this method, it is important to first understand the principle of discounting. So what is discounting by the way? Let me … Read more
Valuating a stock price is based on intelligent assumptions. To find the intrinsic value of a stock, we have to make assumptions in the future based on past performance. It is in these assumptions that we find an ‘estimate’ of what the stock will be worth. We can’t really predict what will happen in the … Read more
Since I started investing, I always check to see how my stocks are doing. I check it when the market opens, during lunch hours, at market closing and even at home while watching TV. Everytime I check on it, I always see RED. It’s always been that since i started investing two weeks ago. But you know what? It’s okay … Read more