*** Philippine stock picks thread ***

[xninjax]

Anybody willing to share stock trading materials/books/etc.. o I can fastrack my stock trading knowledge?

I've opened an account in citiseconline and been watching those citiseconline/pesosandsense videos in youtube but I feel I still need to learn more.

TIA.

[Retz]

record high ang stocks ngayon. will the impeachment trial affect the investor ultimately affecting our stock market beginning next week?

[jon777]

i have been interested in stocks/equity trading since i was 15 y/o. i studied both technical and fundamental analysis but found the latter better in producing outstanding returns. when my father passed away in 2001, i managed our stock market fund. i was on line trading from the opening bell to the closing bell. i barely made a profit so in 2005, i divided the fund equally. half went to purchase stocks and traded using charts and technical analysis. half went to purchase stocks using fundamental analysis for long term investing.

fast forward 7 years later, year 2012. the result: my trading account (using technical analysis/charts) is down 15% but my long term holdings ie LPZ (formerly BPC), DMC, SCC were up almost 1,000%. my worst performing stock was AT, which "only doubled" in stock price from P9 to P18. my long term holdings is up almost 700% on average. In a way, yung Pisong investment naging Seven Pesos after 7 years.

i just liquidated 95% of our stock holdings 2 weeks ago for 3 reasons. one, we are in a middle of a huge real estate transaction; two, i feel that the market is near the top and finally (albeit minor reason) we need a 7 seater SUV so i have to free up some capital. just bought a 2012 Pajero BK last week, hopefully delivered to us this week.

i used to be an active member of a stock trading forum but i stopped visiting the website because it promotes/prefers trading to long term investing.

Bottomline: Long term investing is the key, not trading stocks BUT you have to know the fundamentals of the company you are investing in. remember that almost 95% of stock traders lose money. also know that stocks/equities are cyclical in nature following economic cycles. im 100% sure that i wont be able to replicate my success if i buy now because im pretty sure we are already near the top of the cycle. im just waiting for the bubble to burst. i may be wrong because its very possible that the Phisix (Phil stock index) could reach 5,500 by year end but a profit is a profit.

If someone would ask me what to buy at this point, Semirara (SCC) would be a good bet considering its future growth, monopoly and handsome dividend (rumor is by middle of the year for 2012)

Good luck

[stavros]

i have been interested in stocks/equity trading since i was 15 y/o. i studied both technical and fundamental analysis but found the latter better in producing outstanding returns. when my father passed away in 2001, i managed our stock market fund. i was on line trading from the opening bell to the closing bell. i barely made a profit so in 2005, i divided the fund equally. half went to purchase stocks and traded using charts and technical analysis. half went to purchase stocks using fundamental analysis for long term investing.

fast forward 7 years later, year 2012. the result: my trading account (using technical analysis/charts) is down 15% but my long term holdings ie LPZ (formerly BPC), DMC, SCC were up almost 1,000%. my worst performing stock was AT, which "only doubled" in stock price from P9 to P18. my long term holdings is up almost 700% on average. In a way, yung Pisong investment naging Seven Pesos after 7 years.

i just liquidated 95% of our stock holdings 2 weeks ago for 3 reasons. one, we are in a middle of a huge real estate transaction; two, i feel that the market is near the top and finally (albeit minor reason) we need a 7 seater SUV so i have to free up some capital. just bought a 2012 Pajero BK last week, hopefully delivered to us this week.

i used to be an active member of a stock trading forum but i stopped visiting the website because it promotes/prefers trading to long term investing.

Bottomline: Long term investing is the key, not trading stocks BUT you have to know the fundamentals of the company you are investing in. remember that almost 95% of stock traders lose money. also know that stocks/equities are cyclical in nature following economic cycles. im 100% sure that i wont be able to replicate my success if i buy now because im pretty sure we are already near the top of the cycle. im just waiting for the bubble to burst. i may be wrong because its very possible that the Phisix (Phil stock index) could reach 5,500 by year end but a profit is a profit.

If someone would ask me what to buy at this point, Semirara (SCC) would be a good bet considering its future growth, monopoly and handsome dividend (rumor is by middle of the year for 2012)

Good luck

We have a very different story. Started in stock market 4 years ago. Never studied fundamental or technical analysis. Puro sa mining stocks lang ako and puro jap and lolo stocks lang, meaning hit and run lang lagi, obvious kase na nilalaro eh. Nabuhay lang ako sa tsismis. At nagkatsismis na paakyatin mga ito so i invested heavily sa 3 stocks and hold. So far, ito yung pinagkunan ko ng pambili ng FD last year, now saving naman para bahay. Anong mga stocks hawak ko? ORE, Ni and LC. Look at their prices now, almost 5x increase ng purchased price ko 2.5 years ago.

[xninjax]

*jon777

Lucky for you to start that early. I only started 2 months ago.

Are you using any of those online brokers?