Digital Gear Review      Yesterday i bought the Invisible shield as im sick of my bulky acrylic case for my Iphone. The clear acrylic case served me well but it always picked up dirt in the crevices and was bulky in my pocket the Iphone is big enough as it is.   The invisble shield... (more...)

Everyone was hard on Janina San Miguel. Not a few months back, contestants of a Miss Teen USA pageant didn't fare much better. Being able to speak english is not an excuse:WPvideo 1.02Janina San Miguel – Bb. Pilipinas 2008 Q&A (complete)Download hereWPvideo 1.02Miss Teen USA... (more...)

This market right now is moving on nothing more than emotions. Guess what? It almost always moves on emotions.- David Bach The term "investor sentiment" is widely used in financial press. If we zoom in on the word sentiment, the easiest defintion is: "A thought, view, or attitude, especially... (more...)

If I hadn’t made money some of the time I might have acquired market wisdom quicker. - Jesse LivermoreThe ING Philippine Equity Fund, despite its size, was beating the index in the first half of 2007, until the subprime crash hit, prompting it to switch gears and pursue a... (more...)

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.  - Mark Twain September 2007 Global markets begin to recover from the meltdown. PSE Index stages a 6.2%... (more...)

If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises.  - F. W. Hirst  May 2007 It's election month. Market sets new all-time high with the PSE Index gaining 6.2% bringing YTD yields to... (more...)

“The four most dangerous words in investing are: 'This time it's different.'” - Sir John Templeton Starting Point – December 2006 "2006 was A Good Year" states the ING Manager's Report. And good it was. The PSE Index ended the last 12 months up 42.29%, its... (more...)

"The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see. " - Ayn Rand We should all be so lucky to have an inside peek at a portfolio manager’s playbook. However, I found a way to estimate the trading moves of major funds based on publicly available... (more...)