Forecast - Aug 31

My hot picks for Aug 31

1. VLL - 5

Yesterday's pick (Aug 30) - How they perform?

1. GEO - 1.36 - Opened at 1.48/share and rise up to 1.52, which gives u 2.7% gain
2. CMT - 1.02 - Opened at 1.08/share and rise up to 1.22, which gives u 12.9% gain
3. BPC - 4 - Opened at 4.25/share and rise up to 4.3, which gives u 1.1% gain

Daily Summary - Aug 30

August 30, 2007

PSE Index - 3,320.34
Change - 110.81
%age CHG - 3.45%

Stocks on Hand
AC - 475.000
ALI - 14.2500
AP - 5.2000
BSC - 0.3500
COL - 10.500
FLI - 1.5800
MERB - 101.000
NRCP - 3.2500
PNB - 46.5000
TBGI - 2.4800
VLL - 5.000

Transactions for the Day
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Percentage Earning/Loss for the day - 5.68%

Forecast -Aug 30

My hot picks for Aug 30

1. GEO - 1.36
2. CMT - 1.02
3. BPC - 4

Today's pick (Aug 29)
1. BSC - .36
2. NI - 11
- NI stocks opened at 10/share and rise up to 10.50, which gives u 5% gain
3. MIC - 4.65
- MIC stocks opened at 4.35/share and rise up to 4.50, which gives u 3.4% gain
4. GEO - 1.52
- GEO stocks opened at 1.40/share and rise up to 1.44, which gives u 2.8% gain

Daily Summary - Aug 29

August 29, 2007

PSE Index - 3,209.53
Change - (42.43)
%age CHG - (1.3%)

Stocks on Hand
AC - 465.0000
ALI - 13.2500
AP - 4.7500
BSC - 0.3300
COL - 10.000
FLI - 1.4600
MERB - 94.0000
NRCP - 3.1000
PNB - 45.5000
TBGI - 2.5000
VLL - 5.1000

Transactions for the Day
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Percentage Earning/Loss for the day - (3.92%)

Forecast - Aug 29

My hot picks for Aug 29

1. BSC - .36
2. NI - 11
3. MIC - 4.65
4. GEO - 1.52

Daily Summary - Aug 28

August 28, 2007
PSE Index - 3,251.77
Change - 44.83
%age CHG - 1.38%

Stocks on Hand
AC - 465.0000
ALI - 13.7500
AP - 4.9500
BSC - 0.3600
COL - 10.5000
FLI - 1.5000
MERB - 97.0000
NRCP - 3.3000
PNB - 46.5000
TBGI - 2.5000
VLL - 5.2000

Transactions for the Day
Purchase BSC 140,000 shares @ 0.35

Percentage Earning for the day - 1.82%

Margin Trading

• What is Margin Trading? It is the trading of stocks thru margin buying. As defined in wikipedia, margin buying is when the trader borrows money (at interest) to buy a stock and hopes for it to rise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market#Margin_buying).
• How do you do Margin Trading? Since you'l be using other people's money in margin trading, you need to invest in stocks with erratic prices. You buy the stocks when it is in its low(est) prices and immediatly sell it off when it gives you a little gain rather than wait for it to hit high prices. In my case, I usually sell my stocks immediately when it makes a 2% gain or when it hit 2 to 3 fluctuations higher. In the end of the month, you could make enough gain to pay off your monthly loan amortization.
• How do you start Margin Trading? As a start, you could use your own savings to invest in the stock market. You search for a reliable online stock broker and deposit your funds with them. Now you could start trading by purchasing stocks (As an advice, its better to start with low-cap speculative stocks). When you'll get a feel of the game, you could start to borrow funds from friends and relatives to increase your equity. You could also take advantage of margin facilities offered by your stock brokers. Or you could even make personal loans from bank offering as low as .88% per month.

How it all started

I enrolled in the elective subject, Investment and Portfolio Management for my MBA-Regis degree in Ateneo Graduate School of Business (http://www.gsb.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=367). As a course requirement, our Professor, Mr. Lito Biacora, instructed our class to invest in any stocks from the PSE. (I attached the picture of our class taken during our culmination lunch.)

After doing some research of the different online stock brokers, i decided to invest with Citiseconline (http://www.citiseconline.com/) because of the comprehensiveness its site. I bought shares from EPCI (now BDO) prior to the announcement of the acquisition of Banco de Oro. I immediately made a return of almost 10% in less than a month after the merger announcement. This encouraged me to get into stock market investment until it made me decide to borrow more funds to add to my investment. Thats how I started margin trading.

My Blog

I long want to set up my own blog spot to share my little knowledge about trading in the Philippines stock market. I have been trading stocks online (with http://www.citiseconline.com/) for the pass 10 months. and i'm doing margin trading by borrowing funds from friends and relatives (and also with the stock broker's margin facility) and making use of my earnings from trading to pay off the monthly loan amortization. I develop some techniques of analyzing stocks and I'm sharing my two-cents worth of knowledge in my margin trading experience thru this blog. I also plan to give out some of my "good buy" stocks suggestions for the day. Happy trading.