What are the best stocks to buy this 2013?
For those who are into stock trading, this is perhaps the one question they have been asking everyday. Sadly, no one can give a 100% correct answer to that question. No one can claim he or she has the power to accurately predict what will happen in the stock market.
When issuing stock recommendations, brokers and analysts may use the same terminologies but may differ in the meaning of the recommendations.
For example, a “Buy” rating — as opposed to “Strong Buy” — may mean that the stock is “projected to increase in value in a longer-term duration”, while “Strong Buy” may mean that the stock will “appreciate in value in the next 12 months”.
Those interested to trade stocks in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) can choose to employ a live broker or an online stock brokerage firm. Either method has its own advantages and disadvantages and will be the subject of a separate article in the future.
For now, we’ll focus on online stock trading platforms. A list of available online stockbrokers in the Philippines can be found in this link.
Two of the most popular online stock trading platform providers are CitisecOnline (COL) and BPITrade. We have previously explained how to open a Citisec stock trading account. In this article, we will discuss how to open a BPITrade account.
If you’re already done with our Stock Trading Tutorial, you’re probably now ready to take that first step towards investing in the stock market. First, you need to choose your broker. Here’s our list of online stockbrokers in the Philippines.
A popular online trading platform in the country is CitisecOnline. The company is a 99.9% Filipino-owned domestic corporation which started commercial operations in 2001.
