Best Performing Philippine Balanced Mutual Funds (as of July 2007)
August 31, 2007
Note: When analyzing mutual funds, do not simply look at the NAVPS or Net Asset Value per Share. This number does not necessarily say whether the fund is performing well or not. The change of the NAVPS over time does. Never assume that a fund with high NAVPS means it is generating high returns. Actual historical returns can be used to gauge performance but be reminded as well that past performance is and will never be a guarantee of future results.
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Globelines charged me for calls I didn’t make
August 30, 2007
I've heard several stories in the past about people claiming that their landline company charged them for phone calls they did not make. I didn't think it would happen to me, but in my first-ever Globelines billing statement, it did. Here is my story.
Best Performing Philippine Equity Mutual Funds (as of July 2007)
August 29, 2007
Note: When analyzing mutual funds, do not simply look at the NAVPS or Net Asset Value per Share. This number does not necessarily say whether the fund is performing well or not. The change of the NAVPS over time does. Never assume that a fund with high NAVPS means it is generating high returns. Actual historical returns can be used to gauge performance but be reminded as well that past performance is and will never be a guarantee of future results.
Click "Read More" to view the performance results of the best Philippine Equity Mutual Funds.
Best Performing Philippine Money Market Mutual Funds (as of July 2007)
August 29, 2007
Note: When analyzing mutual funds, do not simply look at the NAVPS or Net Asset Value per Share. This number does not necessarily say whether the fund is performing well or not. The change of the NAVPS over time does. Never assume that a fund with high NAVPS means it is generating high returns. Actual historical returns can be used to gauge performance but be reminded as well that past performance is and will never be a guarantee of future results.
Click “Read More” to view the performance results of the best Philippine Money Market Mutual Funds.
PSE Weekly Stock Market Update (Aug. 21-24)
August 28, 2007
The Philippine stock market recovered from the previous week's slump, closing at 3,206.94, a one-week increase of 11.18%. The recovery was attributed to an easing of the US credit market worries and the reduction of the key discount rate by the Federal Reserve.
The Year-to-Date (YTD, i.e., beginning of the year until this week) performance of the Philippine equity sectors is as follows:
- PSEi : 3,206.94 ; 7.52%
- All Shares Index : 2,052.44 ; 10.33%
- Financial Sector : 857.64 ; 4.23%
- Industrial Sector : 4,473.00 ; 13.51%
- Holding Firms Sector : 1,768.68 ; 2.16%
- Property Sector : 1,464.18 ; 16.05%
- Services Sector : 1,533.21 ; 2.83%
- Mining and Oil Sector : 5,329.38 ; 17.71%
Legend: Market Sector : Week's Closing ; YTD change
Here are this week's top 10 gainers and losers.
Your experiences as an OFW?
August 28, 2007
Were you or are you an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW)?
Forum moderator annanymous wants to hear you talk about your stories — your joys, trials, and tribulations — as one of the country's recognized modern heroes.
Where did you work? Why did you decide to leave the Philippines? How long did you stay abroad? Was it tough? The good and bad points of being an OFW?
Open up. Visit the OFWs, please share your experiences discussion thread in the forum and start talking. We are listening.
(November 2009 Results) January 2010 Nursing Board Exam Philippines
August 27, 2007
Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam (PNLE) Results – November 2009
A total of 37, 527 out of 94,462 examinees passed the Nursing Exam in the Philippines held on November 2009. This translates to a passing rate of 39.73%, lower compared to the previous passing rates as seen below.
Clarie Morales Bontol of Iligan Medical Center College topped the exam with a score of 87.80%. Bryan Noel Cueto Asis of Lyceum of Batangas is second with 87.60% while Dickson Araza Laude of St. Scholastica’s College of Health Sciences-Tacloban is in third place with 87.00%.
Philippine Nursing Licensure Exam (PNLE) Results – June 2009
Around 42% of all examinees in the June 2009 Nursing Exam in the Philippines passed the board exam.
A total of 32,617 out of 77,901 passed the Nurse Licensure Examination, with Golda Manto Yap of the Felipe R. Verallo Memorial Foundation in Cebu topping the exams with a score of 86.80%.
Fake YouTube videos being used to spread malware
August 26, 2007
If you received an email from someone you do not know with a link to a YouTube video, don’t click the link. It might be a download link for a trojan or worm that can harm your PC or trigger a case of identity theft.
Today I received an email from a certain natblaze@jwmolding.com inviting me to watch a particular YouTube video. The supposed video, however, is not on YouTube but on a different site — http://89.179.33.84/ — and visiting it automatically prompts you to download an .exe file. (WARNING: Do not visit the site if you do not want your PC to be compromised.)
The .exe file is most probably a malicious software (malware) such as trojan or worm.
The ‘penis’ lamp sticks out
August 25, 2007
stick out.
Phrasal verb.
- 1. To be obvious or noticeable; to stand out.
- 2. To project or protrude.
- Source: AllWords.com
Spotted today at a store in Market! Market! mall at The Fort: a lamp that truly sticks out (see Definition 1).
Can’t figure it out but there’s something in the lamp that really sticks out, err… that makes it really stick out.
LOL.
What’s not to like at the Taste Asia 2 Bloggers’ Party?
August 25, 2007
The perfect opportunity to network with other Filipino bloggers, lots of prizes and giveaways, and of course, free food! What’s not to like at the Taste Asia 2 Bloggers’ Party?
Hundreds (was it 300 or 400?) flocked yesterday night to Taste Asia, beside SM Hypermarket at the Mall of Asia to eat, drink, and be merry with fellow Pinoy bloggers. SM Hypermarket treated the bloggers to lots — yes, a lot! — of free food and drinks (the cost, of course, was not an issue because SM’s going to recoup it in the form of link love to their site and invaluable word-of-mouth publicity, just like this article!).
Anyway, it’s my turn to spread the link love to the people I met at the party (in the same order I met them): Mimi and Karl of CliqueBooth and Peyups.com (mga bossing, nice to have finally met you!), Jedi, Ronnel, Marghil, Jun, Tom, Karl, Jehzeel, Kirby, Allen, Noemi, Jhay, Dax, Ederic, Jayvee, Jozzua, Aileen, Eugene and Marc.
If ever I missed anyone, sorry! Just post a comment and I’ll send my link love.
Cliquebooth photos of the Bloggers’ Party here.
