Comments on: Stock Portfolio Up 68% in 18 Months!

By: i love sta.rosa

i love sta.rosa — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:33:13 +0000

tagalog na lang po.. hehehheheh, gusto ko na talaga bumili ng mutual funds, kaya lang nagdadalawang isip ako kung mutual or phil. stocks ba talaga… pagnatapos ko nang magbasa ng book ni bo sanchez na my maidinvest in stcok exchange.. siguro makakapg decid na ako kung mutual or stocks nga ba… thanks MM for the inspiration… naisip ko lang kung kaya ko nga magpautag ng pera minsan di ako sigurado kung mababyaran ako.. ganun din lang ang naiisp ko sa stocks…

By: Issa / You Want to Be Rich

Issa / You Want to Be Rich — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:06:58 +0000

I know that I should have – drat. But I did invest in the Philippine stockmarket (not equivalent to USD$200,000, though) and I am up – I am not really sure by how many percent, but it’s looking like about 20-30%, which is good, since I invested about March 2009, which was one of the lowest points last year. Now, the question is when to pull out. But I am investing in the long haul – maybe 7 years – so 7 years it is. I am just looking for the perfect time to invest more. As it is right now, the prices are so high, I am just waiting for it to fall a bit. Mine’s Ayala, BDO, BPI, Globe, Jollibee, ABS-CBN.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:59:39 +0000

@Pam, you can open an account with an online broker like schwab, etrade or interactive brokers.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:19:57 +0000

Congratulations, MM! Pardon my ignorance, but how does one buy foreign stocks? I have always been interested in the stock market, esp in investing in some US companies, but no one seems to be giving me a clear answer on how to go about it.

By: Pilar

Pilar — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:20:45 +0000

Congratulations, MM! It just marked the 11000 pts, the highest since Sept 2008.

By: Mari

Mari — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:49:35 +0000

Congratulations! I would’ve invested in stocks too if I was more aggressive like you and the family are…. but happy for all of you. It really has been a roller coaster ride with the market.

By: Connie C

Connie C — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:43:34 +0000

Great stock picks MM! Congratulations!

Jason Zweig, a Wall Street Journal columnist recently wrote that 25** of the top dividend payers in the S&P 500 account for half of its payout, a good argument for investing in individual, high quality, dividend paying stocks. And, from 1983 to year end 2006 if you did not own the 25**of the minority stocks but owned everything else, you would have broken even and made no money whatsoever. Looks like you did even better in your stock pick universe.

In investing , as we have witnessed the craziness going on in Wall Street, and the booms and busts of the free market economy, one has to know what he/she is doing. For many, it is like playing the roulette, even the majority of actively managed funds underperform the market.

By: Jack Hammer

Jack Hammer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:08:14 +0000

Bravo MM…however, If I was a CFP, a Certified Financial Planner, I would recommend people put in only 10%-25% of their disposable income in Stocks.

In my experience, it is best to invest in Good Company Stocks on a monthly Basis, rather than follow the Buy and Hold strategy, as Statistics prove that in the long run over a period of 10 to 15 years, you will have beaten the performance of the Buy and Hold Strategy.

Its ok if you have Net Worth of USD100 Million, to invest USD10 Million in Stocks and then you dont mind if you lose it all.