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Bulls, Bears, Bubbles at Recessions? Pagbasa ng Market para sa mga Baguhan

August 14, 2020 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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Kung napadpad ka sa business section ng dyaryo, malamang may mababasa kang articles tungkol sa kung paano “bearish” ang stock market sa nakaraang panahon, may “bubble” sa isang industry, o may paparating na recession ayon sa isang eksperto. Kung interesado kang pag-aralan ang investing at ang stock market, baka maguluhan ka dahil nagmumukhang mas komplikado ang lahat dahil sa mga kakaibang salitang iyon.

Dahil madalas nasa headlines ng mga business at investing articles ang mga ganoong klase ng salita, kung malaman mo ang ibig-sabihin ng ilan sa kanila mas mabilis mong mauunawaan ang mga nangyayari sa market sa unang sulyap pa lang. Pag-uusapan natin dito ang ilan sa mga salitang iyon.

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Bulls, Bears, Bubbles and Recessions? Reading about the Market for Beginners

August 4, 2020 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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If you happen to glance over the business section of the news, you’d probably read some articles about how the stock market has been “bearish” lately, there is a bubble in a certain industry, or there’s an upcoming recession predicted by some expert. If you’re interested in learning about investing and the stock market, all that fancy jargon could turn you off as it makes things more complicated than it should be.

Since those kinda words are usually on headlines of business and investing articles, learning what a few of them means should tell you a lot about what’s happening to the market at a glance. Let’s talk a bit about about that here.

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Trading Basics: Stock and Forex Trading Terms for New Investors

November 1, 2018 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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In a previous article about how to start an online investment account, I mentioned that lots of people in the Philippines have become more interested in saving and investing. Unfortunately, the world of investing has many complicated words and terms that people don’t normally use and they tend to scare off a lot of newbies. A lot of people likely give up once they come across sentences and phrases that they don’t understand, and because of that they lose an excellent opportunity to learn how to improve their financial life.

That is the reason why I created this short guide. Here are a few stock and forex trading terms that newbies should learn!

*By the way, “forex” means foreign exchange and it refers to trading currencies.

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Trading Basics: Stock at Forex Trading Terms para sa mga Baguhang Investors

November 1, 2018 by Ray L. 1 Comment

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Sa nakaraang article tungkol sa kung paano gumawa ng online investment account, sinabi ko na dumarami ang mga Pilipino na nagiging mas interesado sa pag-iipon ng pera at investing. Sa kasamaang palad, ang mundo ng investing ay naglalaman ng napakaraming komplikadong salita at kasabihan na hindi palaging ginagamit ng ordinaryong tao at may mga baguhang natatakot dahil komplikado ang ibang salita dito. Marami malamang ang sumusuko sa pag-aaral ng investing kapag nabasa nila ang ilang mga pangungusap o salitang hindi nila maintindihan, at dahil doon nawawala ang oportunidad nilang umasenso at yumaman gamit ang investing.

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakit ginawa ko itong maikling guide na ito. Narito ang ilang stock at forex trading terms na dapat matutunan ng mga baguhan.

*Oo nga pala, ang salitang “forex” ay tumutukoy sa foreign exchange at pagpapalit ng currencies o pera ng iba’t-ibang bansa.

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Ilang Tips sa Kung Paano Gumawa ng Online Investment Account

October 23, 2018 by Ray L. Leave a Comment

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Sa nakaraang ilang taon, maraming Pinoy ang nagiging mas-interesado sa pag-iipon at pag-invest ng pera at napansin ko din na paparami ang mga Filipino personal finance at investing books sa mga bookstores tulad ng National Bookstore. Noong nakaraang linggo, dumalaw ang tiyuhin kong OFW na nakatira sa America at sinabi niya sa akin na magsisimula siya ng investment account sa isang popular na Philippine online stock broker. Marami siyang tanong, at ikinagalak kong sagutin siya at ituro ang mga basics.

Basahin mo lang ang ibang articles dito:

Noong kinakausap ko ang aking tiyuhin, naalala ko na kahit siya ay komportable sa online registration, marami namang mas nakatatandang Pinoy ang hindi masyadong “tech-savvy” at pwedeng maloko ng mga online scams. Narito ang ilang tips o payo ko para sa iyo kung iniisip mong magrehistro sa isang online investment o brokerage account.

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