A Little Common Cents Corner - Buzz Talk & News

I wanted to make a nice comprehensive post on what’s currently happening in the markets (at least my personal take on it), and to me, one of the best ways to tackle a less-biased view would be to read,read,read a lot.    Frankly, what I notic... more

One of the nice things about the markets is that you literally don’t know what will happen tomorrow.  Everything’s just a probability.  You may think that there’s a 95% likelihood that the “bet” you’re making wil... more

Here’s a link of a great article written by Mr. Barton Biggs : “The Gospel According to Barton Biggs” .  Read it completely.  Lots of nice insights. Just highlights/ Things to think about: 1.) We must base our asset allocation no... more

Morning Links as of May 10, 2012: 1.) Okada vows to beat Wynn via $2B PH project (Inquirer) Kazuo Okada, the chairman of Japan-based Universal Entertainment—and one of four investors in the Entertainment City of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming... more

I just wanted to write a really quick blogpost, so that I don’t forget things.  I tend to forget things, so having it documented helps. It’s been busy, always. That’s fine.  Sorry if I haven’t been updating my blog lately. �... more

1.)    Ayala Land Launches P15 Bil Bond Offer (Inquirer) Ayala will issue up to P15 Bil in long term fixed-rate bonds in two tranches of seven and ten years.  7 year bonds are priced to yield 5.625% every year while the 10 year bonds will yield 6... more

Good afternoon  First disclosure – this is strictly an informal draft of chicken scribbles and thoughts after going through some PSE disclosures by RFM Corporation , specifically their 9M2011 Results and 2010 Annual Report.  I do not own any... more

Richard Wyckoff used to teach trading via an analogy to crossing the street.  Let me break it down in 5 “easy” steps. The Rules of Crossing a Busy Street 1.) Experienced traders understand when it’s safe to put on a position in the... more

Market Outlook : Base Case Remains with the Risk On Trade which means any pullback in equities will be and should be bought. A Rotation to some speculatives may be possible. There is no doubt that sentiment has improved dramatically. 5,000 may be ju... more

I’m attaching the top net foreign buys for Feb 24, 2012, as well as the average net foreign buy in this afternoon’s bargain sale. (In Millions)    Just some data  :) -Faceless Trader... more

Hello, Actually, I totally missed the whole market action today – the sell off etc, because of a vehicular accident. Good thing the parties concerned (me and the one with me in the accident are okay na, though he got a bone fracture which will... more

These are the stocks that big institutions are buying and this buying can take weeks or months (Thanks to SpicySiomai for helping me with the data gathering). Below is the total Net Foreign Buys for the Year 2012: Presenting the Stocks with High Accu... more

With the market uptrend, any pullback I believe, will be aggressively bought (especially if the demand in the stock is high.)  To make a real-time/real money experiment that this trend following strategy works in a healthy uptrend, I list below some... more

Wisdom Collected From Up Above: 1.) This morning I woke up to an email informing me that bull markets begin in years ending with the number 2 (1942, 1952, 1982, 1992, 2002, why not 2012?…..).  It is statements like these which lack any relevant co... more

I learned to read, read and read.  I learned to listen, listen and listen.  I learned to be a sponge, sponge, sponge. — to people who make money consistently, good year or bad year.   I’m lucky.  I really am.  My bosses, past and pre... more