GMA Network (and not our former president) is for sale for…wait for it…P100 billion pesos!!!

Even the supposed $10 million dollars of the Chief Justice cannot buy GMA.

MVP may just buy the Sacramento Kings who might be a cheaper investment!

Seminar Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 2-5pm
Seminar Venue: 2403B, East Tower (Tektite), Philippine Stock Exchange, Exchange Road, Ortigas, Pasig City
Seminar Cost: P495 only

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Reason for Selling:
1. With SMC buying PAL/Airphil Express, in a few years Airphil may overtake Cebu Pacific specially now that Iñigo Zobel has been elected president of Airphil Express. Read If you have the money, would you buy PAL?

2. Although Cebu Pacific is still a solid company, there are many stories about bad customer service, delayed/cancelled flights and negative experiences that cannot be ignored, most specially what happened to the case of Raymart Santiago/Claudine Barretto (unrelated to the airport brawl with Mon Tulfo) where the passengers where not informed before leaving that their luggage was shipped to another flight, for me it was non-acceptable, if they have informed the passengers before the flight, they might have understood then.

Read also Buy CEB, which I posted last year.

CEB Target Price is more than P100 by all analysts (But this was in 2011), it is currently trading at around P70/share, even if we lower the target price to P85-90, Cebu Pacific may still be a good investment in the next 6 to 12 months.

About Iñigo Zobel – http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Inigo_Zobel

Do you think I should sell my CEB shares?

Here you can see how tycoons like Ramon Ang can see big potential in companies that has so many problems and also you can see in his statements his confidence in turning around PAL. Ang had a vision about PAL and I have no doubt that he can make this vision come true. I was really inspired when I read this article, I really do not know which part but I want to be like Ramon Ang, a visionary and innovative thinker.

This is great news for San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and Philippine Air Lines (PAL)/Airphil Express (Airphil), with Ramon Ang at the helm I am sure that he can make PAL soar again.

If you have the money, would you buy PAL?

Sample Earnings
If you bought 1000 shares of GTCAP on April 20 at P455/share = P455,000
And sold today, April 25 at P510 per share, you earned P55000 (minus commission and taxes) in just a few days.

I think this is a win-win-win situation for Ayala Corp, MPI and the Government and of course, the main beneficiary the Filipino people. I believe that the Target Price for these 2 companies will be a little bit higher because of this partnership.

Stock Code: AC
Target Price: P452
Current Price: P427

Stock Code: MPI
Target Price: P4.67
Current Price: P4.51

Congratulations to AC and MPI Stockholders!

Note: Target Price and Current Price (As of 4/25-12nn) from CitisecOnline

A few minutes of downtime is acceptable but a couple of hours of not being able to trade in the Philippine Stock Market because the site is down is unacceptable. I hope Citiseconline Inc or now COL Financial Group will fix this problem asap. There are thousands of big and small time investors who rely on their service and not being able to buy or sell stocks means loss of opportunity.

About GT Capital Holdings
Owner: George S.K. Ty
Investments:
-Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co
-Federal Land
-Global Business Power
-Toyota Motor Philippine
-Phil AXA Life Insurance Corp.
Read more about George Ty at http://www.people.nfo.ph/business/businessman/george-ty/

About East West Banking Corp
Parent Company: Filinvest Development Corp
Chairman: Andrew Gotianun Sr.
Read more about Andrew Gotianun Sr. at http://www.eastwestbanker.com/info/ew_chairman.asp

Are you going to invest in these IPOs?

Definition: IPO or Initial Public Offering
The first sale of stock by a company to the public. The most common reason for a company to initiate an IPO is in order to raise more capital. One of the most difficult parts of an IPO is to determine the proper price to initially offer the new stock; too high and investors won’t be interested, but too low and the company is sacrificing the amount of money that might have been made if they priced it higher. There is generally a significant amount of risk in an IPO, because the company going public is frequently small or relatively unknown, and hasn’t had a chance to prove itself to the public; as such, they also have the capacity for significant payoffs.

Read more: http://www.investorwords.com/2475/Initial_Public_Offering.html#ixzz1rt6Qex1q

Have a blessed Holy Week!