How to Donate in ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya Through BPI ExpressOnline?

"The purpose of money is to be able to enjoy life and share it with others" - Bo Sanchez

And we at The Filipino Investor ask, what better time to share than now?

Below are the easy steps to donate in ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya through BPI Express Online.

Step 1. Go to www.bpiexpressonline.com

Step 2. Toggle on Payments & Reloading tab and then click on  e-Donation

Step 3. Fill out the forms!

Step 4. Once everything's complete click on Submit

Once the transaction is completed and successful you will be navigated into a confirmation page with the summary of your transaction. Your donation is finally completed!

It is no secret that our fellow Filipinos in the areas hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda is in a very bad shape. Any amount of help will make their life at-least a little easier.

Investment Idea - German Car Makers + Italy's FIAT

When I started looking at European stocks in the 1st quarter of this year it really surprised how cheap these companies were selling from a valuation stand point. Being a follower of Philippine stocks on the period when we were on the relentless rally towards the 7000-and-beyond levels, the spread between the earnings multiple, price to book, dividend yield etc between PHL and EU stocks to me was just too wide (PHL being expensive and EU being cheap). Now one could argue that PHL was expensive for a reason (potential growth) and EU was cheap for a reason (contracting economy) but that would be subject to an entirely different debate and will most likely end up not really knowing who's right or wrong, so to simplify things let's just take the numbers as they are, what's cheap is cheap and what's expensive is expensive. =)

Having this said, back then I really had the conviction that there is a compelling case for a long term investment on these EU stocks and damn If only I had the access (and capital LOL) to the Europeans stock exchanges I would have bought them right upfront hahaha! :D Anyways, back to the point of this article, here's the analysis I made during 1st quarter this year. 

**Analysis was made on 11-Apr-13.**

We were thinking that we take this recent correction on the European markets to position ourselves on German car-makers, BMW GR, VOW GR, DAI GR and Italy's F IM. See some fundamental and technical reasons below.

Nuff Said

Outlook on Debt Ceiling and US Government Shutdown

**Analysis was made on 07-Oct-13.**

Our outlook remains constructive on equities until the end of the year despite Government Shutdown and and Debt Ceiling concerns that is due to be fixed before 17-Oct-13.

This is due to the following reasons.

1. Technicals. SPX is bullish technically and is forming a falling broadening wedge pattern in the 1Y daily chart w/c suggests a continuation of the upside move in the short-term. This bullish outlook will be invalidated if the price breaks the Support of the rising wedge w/c will then turn the technicals bearish. A potential driver of this event happening is when the policy makers in the US don't come up with a deal before 17-Oct-13 to raise it's debt ceiling. However we'd take the opposite bet on this because given that they "own" the decision whether they will default or not and given that the whole world is looking at them the probability that they will decide not to default is higher.

Sell in May and Go Away, Go back in Late September to October

Some thoughts on Index Seasonality (Dow Jones)

Key takeaways:

- The Dow is back where it was 6 Months ago (around April 10 to Present)

- In a 1 Year perspective, it seems Index Seasonality is in play

Dow Jones YTD Chart

 Dow Jones 15Y Seasonal Average

JGS buys MER shares from San Miguel Group at P237 per Share

Based on the disclosure from JGS below, we crunched the numbers to compute how much RSA and JG was pricing their deal and we came up with P236.6/share - That's about 20% discount from yesterday's closing price. If the numbers are correct, this is a pretty good deal for the Gokongweis if you ask me.

Top 50 Richest Filipinos According to Forbes (2013)

The numbers are out for the Top 50 richest Filipinos for 2013!

Forbes magazine has just released its list of top 50 richest people in the Philippines.

Mall tycoon Henry Sy is still undisputed for the 6th straight year, with a $12 billion net worth - an increase of $2.9 billion from a year ago.

I'd like to point out that the numbers is in US Dollars! To put this in perspective $12 Billion is roughly PHP 516 Billion.. Damn! Let's stop and reflect for while. LOL!

So what do you think these guys have in common? =)


Here's the Forbes list of the richest people with their estimated net worth:

1) Henry Sy; US$12 billion

2) Lucio Tan; $7.5 billion

3) Andrew Tan; $4.6 billion

4) Enrique Razon Jr.; $4.5 billion

5) John Gokongwei Jr.; $3.4 billion