Hong Kong Stocks and Exchange is the second largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization, behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Hong Kong economy is frequently dubbed as an example or model of “Free Market “ economy or Laissez-faire capitalist system. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hong Kong / China, Stocks and Stock Market
“I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.” - W. Buffett
Posted in Philippines
I would like to share the performance of my first FOREX trading strategy which I initially conceptualized and tested starting in the 3rd Quarter of 2009 until July of 2010. You would observe some drastic fluctuations of the Net Asset value (NAV) of my account during this period due to some mishaps and miscalculations.
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Posted in FOREX Trading/Investing Strategies
Investors in the US stock market can now have an easy access to invest in the Philippine stock market through the offering of the first and, currently, the only Exchange Trade Fund (ETF) listed in the New York Stocks and Exchange (NYSE), the iShares MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in ETF, Philippines, Stocks and Stock Market
Globe Wimax is the 4G (4th Generation) service offered by Globe Telecom (PSE:GLO) in the Philippines. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Globe Wimax
As of today, there are only two commercially available Wimax providers in the Philippines – Globe Wimax and Liberty Telecom’s Wi-tribe. The highest speed of the available subscription plan is Wi-tribes 2 mbps. The highest of Globe wimax is 1 mbps. My subscription plan is Globe’s 512 kbps for Php 795 per month. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Globe Wimax
A Simple Way to Increase Globe Wimax Signal Strength and Download Speed (Method number 2)
When I left my old apartment for a new house, I also left my good internet connectivity through Skybroadband. My subscription plan then was 1.5Mbs with a speed-on-demand of 2.02 Mbps. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Broadband, Globe Wimax
TV viewers may find it interesting to know why GMA-7 (PSE:GMA7) talents and stars love their home network so much. Aside from the fact that it’s where they get their bread and butter but maybe because they are also the investors and co-owner of their TV Company. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Philippines
A few weeks ago, we discussed how the Google’s Adwords and Adsense program is being discovered and use by politicians in the Philippines for their political campaigns. We mentioned that this kind of campaign seems allowed by the Adwords/Adsense term of use and program policy. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Adsense/Web advertising
If we will to include “interest” income from preferred or debt securities shares of stocks, it is very much possible. Actually, you could earn more than 25% by buying high dividend paying preferred or debt securities in the Stock Market. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in FOREX Trading, Fixed Income
People always feel bad when the prices of goods and services like gas, electricity, telephone and water bills, beer increases. And most often than not, they turn their anger to the companies that provide such services who, they alleged, are talking too much profit at the expense of the people’s money. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Money and Investing, Stocks and Stock Market
When looking for dividend paying stocks, it is not enough that you just look to the one that, well, pays dividend. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Money and Investing, Stocks and Stock Market
Not only is the corporate world in the Philippines learning the power of internet to launch an ad campaign, the politicians too. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Adsense/Web advertising
United States law requires foreign investors to pay 30% of tax of their income derived in the US; this includes dividend and interest income in the stock market. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Money and Investing
Preferred Stock, as many investors would describe it, is a “stock” with more of characteristics of a bond rather than of a common stock. Like common stock, it is tradable in the stock market. However, unlike common stock, it does not represent a share of ownership of the company. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Fixed Income
Paypal and bank wire transfer are both electronic ways of sending (purchasing) and receiving money to or from other foreign countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Internet - General, Money and Investing
Here’s another “hard-to-find” prospectus summary or description of one of the relatively actively traded preferred stocks in the Philippine Stock Market (PSE), ACPR. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Fixed Income, Preferred Shares
China government, as many would know, is active in the censorship of the mass media, including in particular, the internet access in their country. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Internet - General
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), as most of the internet users in the whole world would know, is one of the internet giants financially and in share of internet search. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Google, Stocks and Stock Market, US/Canada
Chinese Stock Economy has been soaring in the recent years, so as its stock markets. Actually, China’s economy is the 3rd largest in the world in terms of GDP, first and second are US and Japan, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Stocks and Stock Market
The speed of my 1.5 Mbps skybroadband subscription is really crippling slow. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Computers and Internet, Internet - General
Preferred Shares are different from Common Shares in such a way that it doesn’t have voting rights to the company’s decision making; in short, a preferred share holder is not a part owner of the company. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Fixed Income, Stocks and Stock Market
Power transformer is used for bulk power and high voltage transmission application. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Transformers, Transmission
Foreign Exchange (FOREX) currency rates between Nations across the World fluctuate almost every second due to continues currency exchanges that take place in banks and similar institutions. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in FOREX Trading
Out of curiosity, I’ve been researching the kind of phone from China which is said to be a clone of Apple’s iphone. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hardwares and Gadgets
Tenda W311R is a China brand wiresless broadband router. Unlike its counterpart like Linksys and D-link, Tenda is cheaper. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Hardwares and Gadgets, Internet - General
The number one enemy of a person who saves their wealth/money through savings account or time deposit is inflation. Because of inflation, money losses its purchasing power as time goes by. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Gold and other precious metals, Money and Investing
Government issued treasury bonds (T-Bonds) of developing nations or countries with emerging economies, like Brazil, India, Philippines, etc, has become attractive to some income investors due to one primary reason - it has a relatively higher yield. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Fixed Income
When it comes to the topic of maintenance free, money making machine (or, we could also call it a passive investment), the first thing that comes into our mind our time-deposits, securities investments, dividend paying stocks investments, etc. However, these investments only give a minimal amount of return, typically, less than 15% ROI per year. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Adsense/Web advertising, Domains and Web hosting
