Dividend Ex-Dates in the Philippines in the Next Three (3) Months as of 14-Dec-2015

Here's our monthly dose of upcoming dividend ex-dates in the next three (3) months. 

"Dividend Ex-Date" is the actual ex-date already announced by the company. 

"Next Estimated Ex-Dividend Date" as the name implies, is the estimated next dividend ex-date of the company based on their historical trend of dividend releases.

If you want additional items to be added on this table hit the comment button below and we'll try to get them included next month.

Data as of 14-Dec-15. 

Enjoy!

Ticker	Short Name	Market Cap (PhP)	Last Price (PhP)	Dividend Ex-Date	Next Estimated Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Yield
TEL PM Equity	PHILIPP LONG DIS	461,495,140,352	2136	8/24/2015	3/10/2016	6.09
GLO PM Equity	GLOBE TELECOM	260,175,101,952	1940	11/17/2015	2/18/2016	4.28
SLF PM Equity	SUN LIFE FINANCI	938,246,930,432	1535	11/20/2015	2/22/2016	3.58
MWC PM Equity	MANILA WATER	50,629,767,168	25.15	8/20/2015	2/29/2016	3.24
MFC PM Equity	MANULIFE FIN	1,498,190,446,592	760	11/17/2015	2/19/2016	3.19
SMC PM Equity	SAN MIGUEL	110,839,267,328	47.95	10/6/2015	12/28/2015	2.92
AP PM Equity	ABOITIZ POWER	295,815,905,280	39.9	3/19/2015	3/14/2016	2.86
IPO PM Equity	IPEOPLE INC	8,388,051,968	11.2	12/18/2015		2.14
CEU PM Equity	CENTRO ESCOL UNI	3,653,384,960	10	12/16/2015		2.00
AEV PM Equity	ABOITIZ EQUITY	316,870,918,144	56.95	3/19/2015	3/14/2016	1.95
EDC PM Equity	ENERGY DEVELOPME	113,062,502,400	5.91	9/18/2015	3/9/2016	1.69
ALI PM Equity	AYALA LAND INC	497,447,108,608	33.85	8/27/2015	3/1/2016	1.23
MPI PM Equity	METRO PACIFIC IN	146,955,927,552	5.26	8/26/2015	3/31/2016	1.22
BDO PM Equity	BDO UNIBANK INC	363,808,456,704	99.1	12/7/2015	3/14/2016	1.21
BPI PM Equity	BANK PHILIPPINE	322,185,396,224	81.6	8/5/2015	12/24/2015	1.10
URC PM Equity	UNIVERSAL ROBINA	404,232,306,688	184.8	2/23/2015	2/19/2016	0.81
PCOR PM Equity	PETRON CORP	67,594,502,144	7.22	3/27/2015	3/31/2016	0.69

Source: Bloomberg

DISCLAIMER: 

This is not an investment advice and the author shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on this information.

The author hereby expressly disclaims any responsibility for any error or inaccuracy in the information.

Top Twenty Five (25) Cheapest Stocks in the Philippines as of 08-Dec-15

The "Top 25 Cheapest Stocks in the Philippines" is a monthly publication by The Filipino Investor to give investors in the PSE a sense on what are the cheapest stocks at the current market prices. This will be particularly useful to value investors a.k.a. those investors who like to buy companies whose current market price is selling cheap relative to quantifiable metrics such as earnings, sales, book value, dividend etc.

We would like to remind the readers of this website to do due diligence before investing specially on the more iliquid names. Cheers and enjoy!

Note:
1. P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S were arranged from lowest to highest (lower the numbers means they are cheaper)

2. DY was arranged from highest to lowest (higher numbers are better/cheaper)

3. Data as of 08-Dec-15

Thinking Rationally About Investment Returns

One of the most common reasons why people fall for investment scams is because of the very high returns promised for a very short period of time.

The inspiration of this post is to hopefully give investors out there a quick mental framework on how to think rationally about investment returns and hopefully make them a little better in identifying investments that are plausible vs hoax.

Case in point is one of the Philippine's biggest investment scam w/c reportedly promises 62% return in just 20 days or equivalent to 1,131.5% per year according to PinoyMoneyTalk.com.

Now quoted at 62% for 20 days it might mentally deceive ones brain to accept the very attractive offer. But when you do the math, the numbers will really look funny and on first glance would look nothing but - for lack of a better word, a joke.

Here's why.

Let's assume you were offered that deal 27 years ago and say you had P10,000 back then. How much money would you have now at 1,131.5% return every year? Note that the reason why I have chosen 27 years is because we will compare it later with LEGIT investments that had recorded data going back 27 years.

The answer is:

Dividend Ex-Dates in the Philippines in the Next Three (3) Months as of 09-Nov-2015

Here's our monthly dose of upcoming dividend ex-dates in the next three (3) months. 

"Dividend Ex-Date" is the actual ex-date already announced by the company.

"Next Estimated Ex-Dividend Date" as the name implies, is the estimated next dividend ex-date of the company based on their historical trend of dividend releases.

If you want additional items to be added on this table hit the comment button below and we'll try to get them included next month.

Data as of 09-Nov-15.

Enjoy!

Ticker	Short Name	Market Cap (PhP)	Last Price (PhP)	Dividend Ex-Date	Next Estimated Ex-Dividend Date	Dividend Yield
EEI PM Equity	EEI CORP	6,217,689,088	6	11/27/2015	8/26/2015	6.67
REG PM Equity	REPUBLIC GLASS	1,841,577,216	2.7		11/9/2015	5.56
GLO PM Equity	GLOBE TELECOM	288,051,003,392	2170	11/18/2015	8/12/2015	3.82
PF PM Equity	SAN MIGUEL PUR	22,416,723,968	134.5		11/17/2015	3.57
SLF PM Equity	SUN LIFE FINANCI	949,805,252,608	1554	2/22/2016		3.48
MWC PM Equity	MANILA WATER	49,294,700,544	24	2/29/2016	8/20/2015	3.40
MFC PM Equity	MANULIFE FIN	1,517,885,194,240	770	11/13/2015	8/13/2015	3.12
WEB PM Equity	PHILWEB CORP	29,097,715,712	20.3		11/9/2015	2.96
FPH PM Equity	FIRST PHILIP HLD	38,212,186,112	69		11/13/2015	2.90
SMC PM Equity	SAN MIGUEL	118,212,689,920	49.7	12/28/2015	10/6/2015	2.82
BDO PM Equity	BDO UNIBANK INC	371,828,260,864	102	3/14/2016	12/7/2015	1.18
BPI PM Equity	BANK PHILIPPINE	333,972,668,416	85	12/24/2015	8/5/2015	1.06
JFC PM Equity	JOLLIBEE FOODS	221,200,891,904	206.8	11/24/2015	5/4/2015	0.94
AC PM Equity	AYALA CORP	475,861,352,448	768	12/14/2015	7/6/2015	0.75
PSB PM Equity	PHILIPP SAVINGS	24,025,249,792	100		11/11/2015	0.75
URC PM Equity	UNIVERSAL ROBINA	449,825,701,888	206.2	2/19/2016	2/23/2015	0.73

DISCLAIMER: 

This is not an investment advice and the author shall not be responsible or liable for any trading or investment decisions made based on this information.

The author hereby expressly disclaims any responsibility for any error or inaccuracy in the information.

Top Twenty Five (25) Cheapest Stocks in the Philippines as of 05-Nov-15

The "Top 25 Cheapest Stocks in the Philippines" is a monthly publication by The Filipino Investor to give investors in the PSE a sense on what are the cheapest stocks at the current market prices. This will be particularly useful to value investors a.k.a. those investors who like to buy companies whose current market price is selling cheap relative to quantifiable metrics such as earnings, sales, book value, dividend etc.

We would like to remind the readers of this website to do due diligence before investing specially on the more iliquid names. Cheers and enjoy!

Note:
1. P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S were arranged from lowest to highest (lower the numbers means they are cheaper)

2. DY was arranged from highest to lowest (higher numbers are better/cheaper)

3. Data as of 05-Nov-15

Investment and Life Lessons - Part 4

Here's the part 4 of my previous posts regarding the lessons/quotes I've encountered in my various readings on business, stocks, economy, money, war and life. My list is getting too long again hence I'm sharing it with the Filipino Investors out there for them to learn a thing or two. Cheers!

1. There's more to see than can ever be seen. More to do than can ever be done. More to find than can ever be found. - The Lion King
2. Look out for yourself - Jerome Montino
3. Give love away - WB
4. Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. - Albert Einstein
5. A stock does not become attractive simply because it has come to your attention
6. These findings reveal an axiomatic truth about investing: investors aren’t rewarded for picking winners; they’re rewarded for uncovering mispricings— divergences between the price of a security and its intrinsic value. It is mispricings that create market-beating opportunities. And the place to look for mispricings is in a disaster, among the unloved, the ignored, the neglected, the shunned, and the feared— the losers
7. Though it is ubiquitous, we don’t intuitively recognize the conditions for mean reversion . Time and again investors, including value investors , ignore it and consequently reduce returns. We can show that a portfolio of deeply undervalued stocks will, on average, generate better returns, and suffer fewer down years, than the market. But rather than focus on the experience of the class of deeply undervalued stocks, we are distracted by the headlines. We overreact . We’re focus on the short-term impact of the crisis. We fixate on the fact that any individual stock appears more likely to suffer a permanent loss of capital. The reason is that even those of us who identify as value investors suffer from cognitive biases, and make behavioral errors. They are easy to make because the incorrect decision— rejecting the undervalued stock— feels right, while the correct decision— buying stocks with anemic, declining earnings— feels wrong
8. Stockholders seemed to have forgotten that they are owners of a business and not merely owners of a quotation on the stock ticker - Ben Graham
9. In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces— never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen - Warren Buffet
10. Are stocks pieces of paper to be endlessly traded back and forth, or are they proportional interests in underlying businesses? A liquidation settles this debate, distributing to owners of pieces of paper the actual cash proceeds resulting from the sale of corporate assets to the highest bidder. A liquidation thereby acts as a tether to reality for the stock market, forcing either undervalued or overvalued share prices to move into line with actual underlying value - Ben Graham