Drag and Linger
By Fitz Aclan   
July 02, 2008
In the beginning of this year, we had hoped that the spate of rate cuts by the Fed would be good for the DJIA and other markets since this would mean more liquidity. But concerns of inflation all the way to the second quarter of this year dragged the markets down further. It is this dragging and lingering concern that has gotten investors concerned at the present.
Clearly in the first quarter, as far as investors are concerned, the “I” word or inflation has replaced the “R” word or recession. Because of this, the market to watch now is the crude oil market.
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Bank on This
By Bonner Dytoc   
June 30, 2008
Practically every bank stock looks terrible these days.  One of the bank stocks which caught my attention is BDO.  Not only is this trending lower, it seems to have paused to build up more momentum on its way down.
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The Cold Hard Truth from the Absolute Traders
By Alcuin Papa   
June 29, 2008
In these trying times when the market keeps going down, many traders are looking for guidance. And Absolute Traders (AT) was only too willing to provide this direction.

Unfortunately for traders, whatever ray of light they might have been looking for in the June 24 Absolute Traders Chart Analysis Forum (CAF) was erased by the cold, hard truth: that the downward spiral of the Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) is bound to continue.

The program started off with a gracious welcome from Jay Penaflor of the PSE’s Market Education Department. He recognized Absolute Traders as one of the groups helping the PSE in its drive to educate the investing public. He also told AT the PSE would support any and all its events.
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This is NOT the Greatest
By Bonner Dytoc   
June 23, 2008

The property sector has been suffering together with the rest of the market. Leading that sector has been index heavyweight, ALI.

But it’s not doing so great. The way things are happening, more hurting awaits their stockholders.


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