Common Sense Trading - A Blue Jeans Approach to Philippine Stock Market Trading

Low trade volume over the first two trading days of this week indicates that the market is taking a breath. Tuspitero of tsupitero.com said last monday (18th) that he believed we'll likely see sideways movement or a correction. He discounts the likelihood of a strong rally before either of those happens. As we've seen some correction already over the past two days, it looks like he's right on the money this time. Whether the PSEi eventually ends up rallying up and beyond 2900 or comes down below 2500, in the meantime we've got a moment to decide where to place our bets. I don't bother crunching numbers much but considering the world economy and the mixed numbers as regards corporate earnings, I'm still bearish. But who knows, as the silver linning of the slowing world economy is emerging to be the drop in demand for oil we there may be a few more surprises in store for us.

Pablo Gorondi, a writer for the Associated Press noted that the oil price is going down and will be facing additional pressure because of the slowing world economy. Wasn't it the rising price of oil that was slowing the growth of the world economy? So which caused which? Was it some kind of a returning domino effect? hehe... At any rate Oil fell as low as $111.78. That's more than enough for a few more sighs of relief and smile to top it off. :)

The much loved, hyped and traded GEO was dubbed as "the people's stock" on the blogosphere. It was popular, affordable and easy to buy and sell. Why was it so loved and where is it now? Why was it so loved? Well, as GEO would hover around the Php2.00 to Php3.00 level it was really easy to buy. At that level, most brokerages would let you buy it by the thousands. So with only a minimum of Php2k to Php3k you could already be trading it actively. The rise of internet trading had plenty to do with it. In addition, it would fall daily in the top 20 most traded stocks. Where is it now? Last close: Php0.88; It didn't even make it to the top 20 most traded. Even during its glory days at "the people's stock" that company wasn't pulling anything out of the ground. The latest buzz is that they inked an exploration deal with listed Nihao Mineral Resources and Chinese mining firm Jiangxi Rare Earth and Rare Metals Tungsten Group. No details have been released. A