What Is The Santa Claus Rally? A surge in the price of stocks that often occurs in the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. There are numerous explanations for the Santa Claus Rally phenomenon, including tax considerations, happiness around Wall Street, people investing their Christmas... (more...)

Read Larry' Edelsons article, a conspiracy theory article I don't necessariy believe in but makes for good reading. (I first person = Larry the writer) If you think Last weekend's G-20 meetings in Washington are only about designing short-term fixes to the financial system and regulatory... (more...)

More than a month after our article on Buffett calling a buy but won't define bottom,  a lot of articles appeared calling their own versions of bottoms.  This latest one is from cnbc. Stocks Giving More Signs Of Nearing Market Bottom You never know when a market hits bottom until well after... (more...)

The MSI Wind may be about to be blown over by new entrants to the full computer UMPC game.  First, the Lenovo s10 comes along with a 1Kg mini-notebook for the same price. Take a look at the specs. The Lenovo S10 arrived last September and retails for about $699, which is the same price for the... (more...)

Crude oil sank 66% from the top, but local pump prices have not reflected this.  My own computation shown below, reveals that for local pump prices to just mimic crude's movement, our price per liter should at least be only P30, and can even go down to P23!  Regardless of how overpriced... (more...)

BSP Special Deposit Account (SDA) and Reverse Repurchase Agreement (RRP) Short-term liability products of the BSP with tenors range from 3 days to 2 months. These are relatively risk-free investment in terms of credit risk since it is issued by the BSP which is a government agency. These are evidenced... (more...)

In his blog article,  frequent commentator on CNBC Barry L. Ritholtz comments that some, if not most Fundamental downgrades come late.One of the strange aspects of running a quant shop is watching some of the fundie guys downgrade previously beloved names long after they have been spanked. Let’s... (more...)

A mutual fund pools money from individual investors in order to buy stocks or other types of investments like cash, bonds, and real estate. The mutual fund company hires money managers to invest the money collected from investors. In buying a share of a mutual fund, you will share the profits and losses... (more...)