A Documentary that will change your life

Most of the time we are set to action by our emotions.

Just thought of sharing with you this I-witness documentary that will be my inspiration this new year 2013.


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I'm inspired by his story very well. And I'm moved to tears as well.
Anthony knew the value of saving and working hard early in life.
I was so moved by it that my desire to be rich is now burning even more so I can help more Anthony's.

Let's us all be faithful stewards of God's wealth to bless people!

Have fun investing!

- Omeng

PS: Remind yourself with his story if you feel like giving up! Realize that you're very lucky with everything you have now.

PS2: You're invited to Philippine Stock Market Outlook 2013!

Take advantage of the super early bird fee of 697  597  497 for our upcoming Market Outlook on January 19 2013 (9AM-1PM) at Max's Gateway Cubao.

The program is jumpacked with helpful content ranging from personal finance planning in the context of investments, market review and outlook and a closer look and examination on a sample model trading plan. We'll also take a peek at COL Model Portfolio, Truly Rich Club's SAM, and strategies for a more active trading!

Deadline of Super early bird fee is on January 10. Limited slots only so reserve you slot now! For more details click here!

Do you have JGS?

This will be quick. 

In my latest blog, I talked about Stocks Update and Stocks Alert.

Speaking of alert, I just received a new alert email regarding stock JGS.

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Talk of the Town - What are Stocks Update and Stocks Alert of Truly Rich Club?

Many associate Truly Rich Club with stock market. 

That's understandable given the fact that its founder Bo Sanchez has published two of his finance book that are both related to stocks investing particularly in Philippine Stock Market.

The first one which shocked the world is entitled My Maid Invests in the Stock Market… and Why You should Too! This book contains the exciting story of her two maids who aim to make their millions by investing in Philippine Stock market with his own guidance.  In effect they're getting their club membership for free HAHA.

The second one, entitled The Turtle Always Wins, on the other hand relates the story of four kinds of participants in the stock market. It also introduced to the public the current strategy of the club which is (SAM) Strategic Averaging Method, one that refined the original strategy of the club during its first days.

But if you examine more closely the structure of the club, there are actually only two components of which that cater to investing in stock market - Stocks Update and Stocks Alert. 

Stocks Update vs Stocks Alert

How can your family member claim your investment account if you die?

Here's one useful information shared to us by a fellow investor.

Good day fellow investors. I noticed that when I applied to COL Financial there was no beneficiary portion in the application form so I emailed their helpdesk to ask how a family member could claim the account in case the account holder died. I have attached their response below. Hope this helps.

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You're invited to Philippines Stock Market Outlook 2013

You're invited!

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This coming January 19, 2013, we'll be having our Philippine Stock Market Outlook 2013! It will be held at Max's Restaurant Gateway from 9AM-1PM.

But this will not be your ordinary market outlook event! I personally designed this one to cater to almost all kinds of market participants without sacrificing the substance.

This half-day session will include the following:

I. A Talk on Personal Finance Planning

This will make the event relevant not just to experienced traders but to beginning investors as well. I personally noticed that many newbies are delving into investing in equities right away without the proper guidance at the start!

For instance, a good start is to set aside first your emergency fund before building your investment portfolio. But many are not aware of it.Some are even considering borrowing money from banks just to invest!

Now we want to avoid all those kinds of blunders!

Thus the first talk will remind us with some practical rules in personal finance in the context of investments.

What are the prerequisites before investing in stocks, what are the other instruments available, what is investing in the first place? Questions like these will be addressed.

Mr. Ricky So, Certified Investment Solicitor and Registered Financial Planner, will handle this one. At a personal level, he was one of our lecturers in the recent financial planning series I completed and conducted by RFP Philippines. I specifically admire his balance of theories and experiences.

A short summary of his qualifications is shown below:

* Trainer since 1990 in financial services marketing particularly investments.

* Exposed in sales management in the financial service industry.

* Practiced financial planning since 2001.

* Engaged in stock trading since 1988

* Engaged in public speaking and forums since 2003 in the areas of financial planning, technical analysis and attitudinal topics.

Specialties

Technical analysis, training, marketing and general financial planning.

You can also watch his latest guesting on ANC's On the Money in this YouTube link.

II. Stock Market Recap & Outlook

This section is the part relevant to almost everyone! 

Here we'll cover 2012 Market Review and have some highlights, and an outlook of the market this 2013.

What do we expect? What are the prospects? What are the factors we're seeing to affect the market? What's the impact of the coming national election? Those are just few of the questions to be answered.

This will be handled by Mr Bobby Mendoza who's a full-time trader himself. He's guy  very in touch with the Philippine stock market! How in touch? Just check his FB account and all you can see are Philippine stock market-related figures and updates!

In 2012 alone, he has participated as an attendee in 52 stockholders' meetings and 10  investors' briefings! As a full-time trader, he currently manages the funds of his family and shares his knowledge through the regular publication of Philippine Stock Market Highlights and occasionally dabbles into business journalism as an output of his research.

III. A Closer Look on Some Approaches/Strategies

Now this third talk will give you guidance into your possible next steps! 

You see, I don't want you to finish and leave the seminar room without any single clue as to your possible next moves!

Here's an observation. In almost all online forums you'll see a lot of scattered words about what you can buy or sell, but personally I am not a fan of it!

Why?

Because most of the times you're given incomplete data making them short-term tips and not well-planned strategies!

This part will give you the whole picture and the importance of having a plan.

Here we'll see a closer look on our speaker's recommended model and do an analysis of it.
We'll also take a peek at COL Model Portfolio and Truly Rich Club's SAM recommendations (Strategic Averaging Method), and some approaches to a more active trading!

That way you can choose the strategy that suits you as an individual investor.

Who will handle this one? Watch out for that revelation!

IV. Q&A 12-1230

Finally, this seminar won't be complete without your chance of asking your question. We'll have a talk-show-like Q&A where you can throw in your question to the speaker of your choice! Of course everyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion.

Reserve your slot!

To register, simply email pinoyinvesting@gmail.com for reservation.

Have your payments from January 2-10 and you can avail of the Super Early bird fee of 497!

Have your payments from   January 11-18 and you can avail of Early bird fee of 597.

Have your payments on January 19 and you have the regular walk-in fee of 697.

Don’t delay. We'll have limited slots only! We don’t want to reject your reservation because we’ve reached the maximum number of participants.

You can make your deposits to either one of below savings accounts:

Account Name Romer Tawid.

• BPI Account # 4339300157
• BDO Account # 006960030969
• Metrobank Account # 6363636082407

 Once done, please confirm your payment here.

The fee will already cover your lunch with free-flowing coffee to keep you awake. But more importantly, this small investment will be your golden ticket and opportunity to meet like-minded people and expand your network while taking charge of your finances this year with all the info in store for you.

Hope to see you there!

Have fun investing (and cheers to greater 2013!).

Omeng \(",)/

PS:  Limited slots only! Email your reservation to pinoyinvesting@gmail.com now!

You can make your deposits to either one of below savings accounts:

Account Name Romer Tawid.

BPI Account # 4339300157

BDO Account # 006960030969

Metrobank Account # 6363636082407

Once done, please confirm your payment here.

PS2: Get constant updates for this in our Event Page on Facebook here.
See you there!

One New Year's resolution you should have

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Times like this are fantastic!

It's like life saying two things to me: for the area of my life I'm good at: "Keep up the good work and aim for greater things!";

And for those areas needing improvement: "This is a new beginning for you!".

I love the reset button it gives to everyone. Specifically the button of hope.

Every year brings itself lots of messages and learning.

And one of those I've learned this past year is that if there's one message people need, that would be the message of hope.

And you know what, I agree.

That's why I've committed myself to share that message of hope in any way I can to people around me. I control myself not to spread any negative vibes and simply support people, appreciating and affirming the good in them and their dreams.

And guess what, that brings out the good not just in other people but in me as well.

So if there's one resolution I can share you, I urge you to do the same and simply support people in their own pursuit of their dreams, even if your logical self says otherwise. Before you know it, you're slowly being transformed to a much joyful and accomplished person.

Whenever I take a peek at myself in the last years, I can't help but smile to see the big difference I attained when compared to myself now.

I want you to have that sense of fulfillment.

So no long list of resolutions from me. Just enjoy people! Enjoy their nature! Enjoy their own world!

Enjoy the new year!

Have fun investing (in people!)

- Omeng \(",)/

PS: We'll be having our  Market Outlook on January 25 2014, 9am-530pm.  Exciting line-up of speakers await you.  Click here for more details and reservation!

PS2: In case you miss this, sharing with you again this budgeting tool you can use for the new year! J See your spending patterns and look for areas in improving your financial life. Get you  free copy here. 

[Free Download] Useful Budgeter Tool

Here's another gift for you this Christmas!

It's a very useful tool if you're the type who wants to have an insight into your income and spending patterns.

Download your copy here.

 

What's your investing plan for 2013?

The Stock market has been good in the past few weeks.

As a matter of fact, Truly Rich club has sent the most number of updates during that time since I started being a member of the club. In a span of two weeks, it sent out several sell orders, upgraded some stocks in its recommendations list, and added new candidates for monthly buying.

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Here are some of those updates for recap quoting from Dec Stocks Update:

SELL BPI – November 27, 2012We have been prompted to SELL BPI as it has already hit our Target Price of P91. As mentioned in Bro. Bo’s Sell Alert, COL analysts feel that above P91 is already overpriced. Its up-move during that time was caused by the merging of PNB and BPI. Congrats to those who made a good return with BPI!
SELL SMPH – December 4, 2012Just like BPI, SMPH has also hit its Target Price of P17. Thus, Bro. Bo came out with a SELL SMPH alert as well. For those who were able to sell, good! Your investment and patience have been rewarded! If you were unable to sell at that time, you may choose to continue to either hold SMPH and wait for it to go back up to P17 and then sell, OR you may take your profits and sell now and use the money you’ll get from the sale (divide them into six parts) and buy our other SAM Stocks that are still below their Buy Below Price.
SELL AC – December 10, 2012How quickly did AC go up! It has already reached our Target Price of P520. Thus, we are calling a SELL for AC. Great, we’re making money! Sad though that we weren’t able to accumulate more shares of this stock because it went up too quickly. Again, from the cash you get from this sale, divide them by six, and invest only one part for every month buying our other SAM Stocks that are still under their Buy Below Price.

What does that mean to you? - That sticking to your monthly investments can bring enormous passive wealth for your future.

The year 2012 has witnessed a great growth for the Philippine stock market. What will happen to 2013?

For members, it actually doesn’t matter. They'd just apply the same principle while seeking more ways to add to their investments.

How about you?

Enjoy the Monday! Enjoy the week!
Have fun investing (faithfully)!

PS: Get your guidance from the club for the coming year! 

Receive regular stocks update, alert, wealth strategies and mountain of material for your financial freedom! Click here to get more information!

PS2: Get free membership to Investing in Philippines Mastery group by inspiring other investors through your story! Get your free membership here!

PS3: For new investors, download My Maid Invests in the Stock Market… And Why You Should,Too! Click to download your free copy here!

Get free membership - Investing in Philippines Mastery Group

Hello millionaires!

For two years now, I've been open sharing my stories with you! 
How stock market was opened to me through an unsolicited advice, how I started to save, how I opened my account and even showing some of my trades and gains!
This time, let's be a little different!

I'm going to write an ebook sharing your inspiring stories instead!
If you'd like to be part of it, just fill out this very short survey!

http://bit.ly/40InvestmentResolutions

[Free Article] How do you know if a stock is expensive? by Henry Ong

QUESTION: I have been planning to invest in the stock market but share prices have been rising quite fast that I find it expensive to buy now. I don’t want to rush into buying a stock then regret it later because I could not sell it at a profit. Is there a way for me to pick the right stock? Please advise—Hazel Cruz by e-mail

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Today is the day!

Today is the day!

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Perhaps while you're reading this, we're simply having fun with fifty kids  in Jollibee Philcoa.
Our Gawad Kalinga partner calls them "sibol", as they are age three to six years old.
At their very young age, I'm sure that while this is just a tiny present for them, the joy will be much bigger for those who were part of it.

[Video] The Life of Retirable Filipinos

Just sharing with you a short video about The Life of Retirable Filipinos.

This video relates to the survey of the Philippine National Statistics Office regarding to all Filipinos with the age range from 60 to 65 years old. Most of them 45% still dependent on their children and relatives to survive, 30% dependent on their government/private pension, 23% still working because no one cares for them and only 2% has financial freedom..

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I am personally moved by the stories featured in the video.

May we all learn to prepare for our own retirement so we can be able to help even if we stop working at our old age. Yes, helping doesn't have an ending point, but we need first to help ourselves before we can be able to extend it to other people around us.

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Lesson: Act early! The earlier you begin, the easier it will be to prepare for that stage.

Have fun investing (as early as you can)!

PS: For new investors, download My Maid Invests in the Stock Market… And Why You Should, Too! Click to download here!

PS2: Do you have your own investing journey story you wish to share to inspire other new investors?

Share them in our Stocks, Soups and Stories page!

More profits with less efforts - Investing in Philippines Stock Market The TrulyRichClub Way!

Today I'd just share with you the most recent Stocks Update I received from the Truly Rich Club.

While it is discouraged to give paid information to non-members, I felt the need to share it this time as I see it more applicable to non-members of the club.

You see the title of the update is "Why Doesn’t Everyone Invest Using the Truly Rich Club Way?" Obviously, the content is more useful for those still standing on their toes of joining.

As you know, stocks update is just one of the many components of the package (it has eleven!). But since this is a stocks investing blog, Stock Update is the most relevant part to share here.

Read below if you want to know the answer why it isn’t everyone who invests the Truly Rich Club way!

Sit back, relax and enjoy this free article!

Have fun investing!

Hear Christmas Carol at Philstocks! :)

This will be short!
I'm just surprised when I started hearing some Christmas carols after logging-in to my Philstocks account! HAHA
The music is so relaxing, a perfect melody in an early morning!

They have also made some decoration in their platform!

Because of this, I'm promising to be a faithful customer of Philstocks HAHA. (Emotional reasoning at work!)

Christmas is now really around the corner!

And I surely know that many investors who have just started investing this year have been receiving early Christmas presents from the booming Philippines Stock Market! Well, let's wait until the end of this holiday season, I feel there would be much more!

Want a gift?

Top 3 Key Points Why Choose BPI Trade

Among several online stockbrokers available in the Philippines, BPI Trade, while one of the oldest stockbrokerage firms in the country is obviously lagging in terms of the attention they're getting from new investors.

Philstocks.ph by Accord Capital has already made exciting improvements in their trading platforms along the way together with other leading online stockbrokers COL Financial and FirstMetroSec. The fact that these big firms start to invest in their services can most probably be linked to the rising number of investors as Philippines continues to grab the limelight in the international investment arena. Are you not happy you're living in this phase of the Philippines stock market in perfect poise to give rewards to its faithful investors?

It's good news that BPI Trade is also starting to improve its own stock trading platform! It's never too late as they say.

Here's an email I received from them as their client:

Four Signal Alerts for New Investors... and What You Can Do!

The Philippines Stock Market has undeniably experienced tremendous growth this year.

Yesterday’s headline is another good news for us Filipino investors where a Canadian PM is hailing Philippines as theAsia’s Rising Tiger.

Market updates like this fuel the market all the more which translate to profits and growth in investment for many.

But that doesn’t mean to just accept whatever bit of info you see scattering around.

We need to be all the more careful on what to process in our mind especially that a lot of self-acclaimed gurus are now rising together with the rise of the stock market.

Below are some gentle guides to remind you on that.

If you see anything of below, that’s a sign you need to be more alert with what they feed you.

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Five Questions You Need to Ask When Starting to Invest!

Here’s our first shot in our Stocks, Soups and Stories series! The goal is to share one story at a time to inspire others in achieving their financial goals through investing in the Philippine Stock Market.

Read below and be inspired!

The Story of Mr. Marlowe Alain Tadili.

Guess how I was able to attain 100% gain!

If you know my stocks investing story, you would know that Philstocks by Accord Capital was my first online stockbroker.

When I learned of COL later on, I decided to consolidate my investments there and make it as my main broker.

To do that, I sold whatever stocks in Philstocks account I could sell for profit so I could immediately transfer the cash to my COL trading account. That way, I would only have to monitor one account.

The only stock that effectively remained in my Philstocks portfolio was MEG, which was also the first ever Philippine stock I bought.

Now when I checked my Philstocks account yesterday, the screen says I had 100% gain! Woah!

But is it? Can you have a guess on how I was able to achieve 100% gain?

What are the phases of stocks order processing in Philippines Stock Market?

What are the phases of stocks order processing in Philippines Stock Market?

Order matching in Philippines stock market seems to be a very direct process.

Whenever you put your order via your online brokers, it gets posted and matched right away that we don’t see what it actually went through before it brought to you your first stocks.

This is a short article that will tackle that.

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Bo Sanchez’ Maids Investment Update – Now Richer than Many Managers

Bo Sanchez’ Maids Investment Update – Now Richer than Many Managers

Hello Millionaires!

A short story first!

Yesterday, I bought new three books, worth 1117.50.

First is Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life, one that I’m confident will strengthen my overall life. For its price of 225 pesos, I think it’s already a great investment considering the lifelong impact it could have and the many aspects of my life it could touch. The funny thing is that I already subscribed to the idea of living one’s life for a purpose long before I knew this book. So reading this will act like more as an affirmation of my beliefs now. It’s good to be affirmed once in a while, right?

The second book is The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C Maxwell and the third one is The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss.

I bought the leadership book by Maxwell because I recently felt like God is calling me to do bigger things which I will share soon with you. While I already had some leadership roles back in college, I realized I’ve lost touch of its influence because of the independent-most-of-the-times type of work I have now. The price of the book is 500 pesos.