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What you need to know about Property Dividends

Most stock investors are now already familiar with the two basic forms of dividends: cash and stock.

Obviously, cash dividends are distribution of a company’s income to stockholders in the form of cash. When announced, the cash dividend is usually stated in peso or dollar amount (for example, PhP 5.00 cash dividend for every share of X company). To compute for the total amount of dividends the stockholder is entitled to receive, one simply has to multiply the amount of dividend per share by the total number of shares owned by the stockholder.

Philippine stocks record biggest loss since 2008

Boom! An onslaught in the Philippine stock market greeted stock traders and investors yesterday, August 22, after returning from a three-day break due to the heavy rains and a public holiday.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) was heavily battered in yesterday’s trading, shedding 5.96% to close at 6,136.73 — its worst performance since July 13, when the PSEi suffered its biggest 1-day loss of 6.75% since the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008.

MSCI Philippines Index vs. PSEi Annual Returns

Last week, Philippine stocks suffered a beating following a sharp decline in the stock price of SM Investments Corp. (SM), a large conglomerate with market capitalization of more than P641 billion. A big price fluctuation in such a large company would no doubt lead to a big movement in the Philippine stock market. And we saw this happen last week.

But why? What explains the sudden price drop of SM that led to an overall decline in the prices of Philippine stocks?

AG Finance (AGF) IPO: Stock rises on market debut

A micro-finance company quietly debuted on the Philippine Stock Exchange on August 13, with its stock price slightly increasing by 0.92% versus its IPO price.

AG Finance Inc. (stock code: AGF), the third company to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) this year, is in the business of providing consumer loans, particularly to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and salaried employees.

Discovery World: Initial Public Offering (IPO)

Discovery World Corp., the company that owns and manages, among others, the upscale hotels Discovery Shores in Boracay and Discovery Suites in Ortigas, is set to offer to the public for the first time its shares, after the Philippine Stock Exchange recently approved its IPO application.

Top PSE Stocks of 2013 1H

What a bumpy 6-month ride it has been.

The first half of 2013 ended a week ago, closing a turbulent chapter on stock market investing that saw investors in exuberance and euphoria during the first months of the year and in panic and distress in the closing months of the first half of 2013.

Let us reminisce what happened in the last 6 months.

PSE stocks suffer worst 1-day loss since 2008, what’s next?

Philippine stocks experienced a sharp one-day drop yesterday, recording the worst stock market performance since 2008, during the collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) registered a huge 6.75% loss yesterday (June 13, 2013), closing at 6,114.08 — a steep decline not seen since October 27, 2008 when local stocks dropped a whopping 12.27% as an aftermath of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

PAL, NXT, PHC, PEC face stock delisting

Four (4) publicly-listed companies are in danger of being delisted from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) if they fail to comply with the public float requirement before the end of this month.

The four companies are PAL Holdings (PAL), Nextstage Inc. (NXT), Philcomsat Holdings Corp. (PHC), and PNOC-Exploration Corp. (PEC).