Philippine Mutual Fund Performance (1st Quarter 2013)

April 19, 2013 1 Comment


The Philippine Equity market has an outstanding return for the 1st quarter of 2013. Most of the mutual funds products with exposure to the Philippine stocks yield more than 10%.

On the other hand, Bond/Fixed-Income fund yields exceptionally well after the investment grade ratings received from Fitch agency.

Below is the Philippine Mutual Fund performance for the 1st quarter of 2013.

Equity Funds

  1. Philippine Stock Index Fund – 18.40%
  2. Philequity Fund – 17.00%
  3. Philequity PSE Index Fund – 16.40%
  4. Sun Life Prosperity Philippine Equity Fund – 15.70%
  5. ATRKE Alpha Opportunity Fund – 15.00%
  6. Philam Strategic Growth Fund – 14.60%
  7. ATRKE Equity Opportunity Fund -13.70%
  8. First Metro Save and Learn Equity Fund – 13.60%
  9. United Fund – 10.50%

Balanced Funds

  1. Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Balanced Fund – 15.24%
  2. Optima Balanced Fund – 13.79%
  3. PAMI Horizon Fund – 13.57%
  4. Philam Fund -13.44%
  5. ALFM Growth Fund – 13.23%
  6. First Metro Save and Learn Balanced Fund -    13.03%
  7. NCM Mutual Fund of the Philippines. – 12.69%
  8. ATRKE Philippine Balanced Fund -12.20%
  9. Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund -    9.40%

 Bond/Fixed-Income Funds

  1. Philequity Peso Bond Fund – 19.85%
  2. Philam Bond Fund – 15.06%
  3. First Metro Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund – 12.27%
  4. Ekklesia Mutual Fund   – 12.15%
  5. Grepalife Bond Fund Corporation – 11.49%
  6. Sun Life of Canada Prosperity Bond Fund – 10.60%
  7. Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund    – 9.13%
  8. Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund – 8.73%
  9. ALFM Peso Bond Fund – 5.31%
  10. Cocolife Fixed Income Fund     – 2.16%

With the coming elections this May, the Philippine Equity and Debt market would likely yields more on the 2nd quarter.

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Correction… Please!!!

March 20, 2013 2 Comments


After the 9 weeks rally, the PSE has now comes into a correction mode. Truly a case of some good things never last especially if you get caught buying high.

It’s been 8 days that the Philippine Stock market was down and many stock pundits were predicting that these correction would go down below 6300 points. In it’s 8 consecutive days of retreat, the PSE sheds off more than 400 points.

Today’s sell-off gives me an opportunity to add more positions in TEL, BDO, DMC and LPZ.

I don’t think this bloodbath is going to end soon but stock market always offers an opportunity even if it’s in correction mode.

Honestly, this corrections hurts my portfolio and I am still nursing for my losses.

As the market saying goes “If there is blood there is money” . I hope I could find those moneys before I bleed to death.

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PSE High Dividend Paying Stocks (2012)

February 18, 2013 Leave a comment


Just want to share some of the Philippine Stock Exchange listed companies paying high cash dividend.

Cash dividend is one of the stock fundamentals considered by most investors in selecting stocks. Normally, utility companies pays good dividend.

Below are the list of PSE listed companies that I know which paying high cash dividend.

1. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (TEL)

2012 Cash Dividend/ Dividend Yield = 171.00php / 6.80%

2. Globe Telecom (GLO)

2012 Cash Dividend/ Dividend Yield = 65.00php / 5.90%

3. Semirara Mining Corporation (SCC)

2012 Cash Dividend/ Dividend Yield = 12.00php / 5.20%

4. Aboitiz Power Corporation (AP)

2012 Cash Dividend/ Dividend Yield = 1.540php / 4.20%

5.  Manila Electric Company (MER)

2012 Cash Dividend/ Dividend Yield = 8.10php / 3.20%

I think the yields giving by these listed companies is better than the interest yields offer by a traditional bank time deposits.

Aside from the concept of dividend, there are other fundamentals that are needs to consider in selecting a stock. But of course, we could not deny the fact that a company giving good dividend is a profitable one.

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Mutual Fund Companies in the Philippines

February 13, 2013 Leave a comment


A lot of newbie visiting this site are asking for a good way to start getting into a bond and stock market investment. For a starter, I think the best way to get your feet wet into the world of investment is thru Mutual Fund.

Mutual Fund is a type of professionally managed collective investment vehicle that pools money from many investors to purchase securities (likes bonds, stocks etc.).

Below are the list of Mutual Fund products available in the Philippines.

Equity or Stock Market FUNDS

1. ATR KimEng AsiaPlus Recovery Fund, Inc.** (USD$)

2. ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund, Inc.

3. First Metro Save and Learn Equity Fund, Inc.

4. Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc.

5. Philequity Fund, Inc.

6. Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc.

7. Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp.

8. Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc.

9. United Fund, Inc.

Balanced FUNDS

1. ALFM Growth Fund, Inc.

2. Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc.

3. Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc.

4. First Metro Save and Learn Balanced Fund Inc.

5. GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc.

6. MFCP Kabuhayan Fund, Inc.

7. NCM Mutual Fund of the Phils., Inc.

8. Optima Balanced Fund, Inc.

9. PAMI Asia Balanced Fund, Inc. (USD$)

10. Philam Fund, Inc.

11. Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc.

12. Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Advantage Fund, Inc. (USD$)

Bond FUNDS

1. ALFM Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. * (USD$)

2. ALFM Euro Bond Fund, Inc. *

3. ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc.

4. ATR KimEng Total Return Bond Fund Inc.** (USD$)

5. Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc.

6. Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc.

7. First Metro Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc.

8. Grepalife Bond Fund Corporation

9. Grepalife Dollar Bond Fund Corp. (USD$)

10. Grepalife Fixed Income Fund Corp.

11. MAA Privilege Dollar Fixed Income Fund, Inc. (USD$)

12. MAA Privilege Euro Fixed Income Fund, Inc.

13. PAMI Global Bond Fund, Inc (USD$)

14. Philam Bond Fund, Inc.

15. Philam Dollar Bond Fund, Inc. (USD$)

16. Philequity Dollar Income Fund Inc. (USD$)

17. Philequity Peso Bond Fund, Inc.

18. Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc.

19. Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund, Inc.

20. Sun Life Prosperity Dollar Abundance Fund, Inc. (USD$)

21. Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc.

Money Market FUNDS

1. ALFM Money Market Fund, Inc.*

2. ATR KimEng Money Market Fund, Inc.

3. First Metro Save and Learn Money Market Fund, Inc.

4. Philam Managed Income Fund, Inc.

5. Sun Life Prosperity Money Market Fund, Inc.

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Note: Before jumping into any kind of  mutual fund investment, make sure you read and thouroughly understand the fund prospectus.

 

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Getting Scared or Just Sit Tight

January 27, 2013 Leave a comment


In less than a month, PSE index rose to almost 4%. This gets me more excited to invest more but also gets me scared thinking that a correction is likely inevitable. Correction in the stock market can be shallow or deep (depending on the reasons behind them). It may also be a sectoral when fund managers are selling the sectors that have outperform and move to the sectors that lagged.

I read some reports from different stock analyst that this correction could be a good opportunity to buy.

For me there is no exact science that could tell where the market is going, catching corrections is a crazy thing since nobody could predict the market fluctuations.

I was already riding the bull, and I think the best strategy right now is to sit tight and enjoy the ride. I think jumping out while the raging bull is on the run could be fatal.

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Philippine Mutual Fund Performance (2012)

January 9, 2013 1 Comment


The year 2012 was a very good year for the Philippine Stock Market. The PSE index were up by 32% by the end of the year.

My investment in the Philippine Mutual Fund (Equity & Balanced) were up by 30% and for my direct investment in the stock market were only up by 20%. My direct investment were far below the PSE index performance because my stock portfolio was composed 20% of mining stocks. The recent mining policy in the Philippines pays heavy toll on all mining stocks.

Below is the Philippine Mutual Fund Performance for the year 2012.

Peso Equity Funds (Primarily Invested in the Philippine Equities)

1. Philippine Stock Index Fund Corp. – 34.33%

2. Philequity Fund, Inc. – 33.30%

3. Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund, Inc. – 32.02%

4. Philequity PSE Index Fund Inc.  – 29.60%

5. Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc. – 29.30%

6. ATR KimEng Equity Opportunity Fund, Inc. – 27.70%

7. First Metro Save and Learn Equity Fund, Inc. – 26.97%

8. United Fund, Inc. – 18.60%

Peso Balanced Funds

1. Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund, Inc. – 25.73%

2. First Metro Save and Learn Balanced Fund Inc. – 24.80%

3. Philam Fund, Inc. – 24.66%

4. Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund, Inc. – 24.56%

5. Optima Balanced Fund, Inc. – 24.20%

6. GSIS Mutual Fund, Inc. – 23.74%

7. ATRKE Philippine Balanced Fund – 22.80%

8. NCM Mutual Fund of the Phils., Inc – 21.60%

9. ALFM Growth Fund, Inc – 19.10%

Peso Bond Fund (Primarily Invested in Philippine Debt Securities)

1. First Metro Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund, Inc. – 11.30%

2. Grepalife Bond Fund Corporation – 10.77%

3. Philam Bond Fund, Inc. – 8.69%

4. Philequity Peso Bond Fund, Inc. – 8.03%

5. Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund Inc. – 7.83%

6. Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc. – 7.61%

7. Ekklesia Mutual Fund Inc. – 6.69%

8. Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund, Inc. – 5.86%

9. ALFM Peso Bond Fund, Inc. – 5.81%

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Philippines Frustrating FDI

December 2, 2012 2 Comments


Every time our country’s leader arrived from abroad they always have a promise of more investment coming. But these promises always comes short.

Honestly, the promised of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) that is coming in our country may not be sufficient to create more jobs.

I was looking at the FDI data of the other ASEAN countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. I was surprise that we are far behind these countries in attracting foreign businesses.

source : BUSINESSWORLDONLINE

My question right now is – Do we have a policy that will invite a good flow of foreign investment in our country?

I think we have a better infrastructure compare to Vietnam, but how come they can attract more foreign investment.

Last year (2011) almost 40% of Thailand was flooded, but they still come up with a better FDI numbers in 2012. (It was 7x the Philippine FDI.)

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PSE : All Time High @5600

November 28, 2012 Leave a comment


The Philippine Stock Market made another new all time high. As of November 28,  2012 the PSE index hits an all time high of 5633.72.

The recent economic 3rd quarter GDP numbers shows 7.1% growth beating the forecast of 5.9%. With this economic figures and adding the excitement from the M&A story of BPI-PNB merger, feels like Santa Claus comes to town too early.

The spirit of Christmas is already in town and most of the companies has started giving away the 13th month pay/bonus of their employee. I guess this would accelerate further the consumer spending and will result to a better 4th quarter GDP numbers.

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Philippine Mutual Fund Performance – 3rd Quarter 2012

October 10, 2012 Leave a comment


The Philippine Stock Market did not merely move on the 3rd quarter of 2012. I guess this is mainly due to the debt crisis in Europe.

Last week, the PSE index reaches another all time high and many market analyst believe that our market are again gearing up for another rally.

For those who are investing in the mutual fund, below are their performances for the 3rd quarter of 2012.

The Philippine Mutual Fund performance for the 3rd Quarter of 2012 (January to September 2012).

EQUITY FUNDS (primarily invested in Philippine Peso equities)

  1. Philippine Stock Index Fund – 22.88%
  2. Philam Strategic Growth Fund – 22.55%
  3. Philequity Fund – 21.70%
  4. Sun Life Prosperity Phil. Equity Fund – 21.45%
  5. FAMI Save and Learn Equity Fund – 20.35%
  6. Philequity PSE Index Fund – 19.94%
  7. ATRKE Equity Opportunity Fund – 17.82%
  8. United Fund – 13.41%

BALANCED FUNDS (mixed investment in Philippine Peso bonds and equities)

  1. GSIS Mutual Fund – 20.63%
  2. Philam Fund – 20.42%
  3. Bahay Pari Solidaritas Fund – 19.70%
  4. FAMI Save and Learn Balanced Fund – 18.30%
  5. NCM Mutual Fund of the Phils. – 17.39%
  6. Sun Life Prosperity Balanced Fund – 16.49%
  7. ATRKE Philippine Balanced Fund – 14.82%
  8. Optima Balanced Fund – 14.57%
  9. ALFM Growth Fund – 13.90%

BOND FUNDS (primarily invested in Philippine Peso bonds)

  1. Grepalife Bond Fund – 6.28%
  2. Cocolife Fixed Income Fund – 6.06%
  3. FAMI Save and Learn Fixed Income Fund – 4.84%
  4. Philam Bond Fund – 4.53%
  5. Sun Life Prosperity GS Fund – 4.40%
  6. Prudentialife Fixed Income Fund – 4.33%
  7. Ekklesia Mutual Fund – 4.20%
  8. Philequity Peso Bond Fund – 3.92%
  9. Sun Life Prosperity Bond Fund – 3.73%
  10. ALFM Peso Bond Fund – 3.67%

Source : PIFA

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Inspiring Salary Quotes

September 20, 2012 Leave a comment


My favorite quotes about our salary.

1. “The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.” -  Mark Twain

2. “If is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it” – Upton Sinclair

3. “It’s not your salary that makes you rich, it’s your spending habits.” – Charles A. Jaffe

4. “Definition of a competitive salary: We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors” – Anonymous

5. “Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career” – Bill Vaughn

6. “A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity” – Anonymous

7. “Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem” – Bill Vaughn

8. “A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealthy without earnings apart from his regular salaries.” – Chinese Proverbs

9. “I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours, a fixed salary, and very little original thinking to do.” – Roald Dahl

10. “The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.” – Anna Held

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