Comments on: Performance of Philippine Mutual Funds in 2008

By: joan

joan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:44:19 +0000

hi,
5k is the initial amount, go go go.we can do it..:)

By: mikhaylla

mikhaylla — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:33:19 +0000

hi everyone..=)
i’m just a fetus here.=) would like to ask if what is the ideal fund that i should join as a starter?
thanks.

By: James | PinoyMoneyTalk.com

James | PinoyMoneyTalk.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:08:55 +0000

@mike, yes in 2008 only First Galleon was in positive territory. The good news is in 2009, all equity funds have rebounded. Most of them are now in the 30-40% year to date increase. I’ll post the 2nd quarter mutual fund performance during the first week of July.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:36:09 +0000

thanks james!

ganun pala yun, grabe pala ung mga losses. lintik talaga pag mga equity funds/global equity funds. you really have to stay for the long term

for clarification: ibig sabihin ba FIRST GALLEON lang ang kumita sa balanced mutual funds?

thanks!!

By: James | PinoyMoneyTalk.com

James | PinoyMoneyTalk.com — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:04:56 +0000

@andrew, those in parentheses are actually losses, not return. So if a mutual fund has less losses, it is better off than the others with higher losses, hence the higher ranking of the former.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:21:00 +0000

I do not understand the ranking. Why are those with least return ranked as number 1?

By: Dann

Dann — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:50:09 +0000

It’s shameful, fund managers continue to get fat salaries for dismal performance… Paid to lose your money… :-(

By: Dann

Dann — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:45:15 +0000

It’s very disappointing the local mutual funds poor performance in 2008. They are being paid to losing your money… Huhhh… Here’s a chart comparison on how they perform last year…
http://dannyph.blogspot.com/search/label/Market%20News

By: Millionaire Acts

Millionaire Acts — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:48:50 +0000

It’s sad that all of my investments are either in direct stocks or equity funds of mutual funds. The above figures in the peso stock funds really reflect to what happened last year as one of the worst financial crisis.

By: Vic

Vic — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:47:30 +0000

That statistics signifies what really happened in our nation during the year 2008, being affected by many tremendous factors such as political crisis and global economic downfall.

By: pinoydeal

pinoydeal — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:28:16 +0000

i also invested in mutual funds but when you are a loss, its only paper loss right? when the market is up again and when you sell your shares when the market is up, then you still win right? http://pinoydeal11.blogspot.com http://pinoyfreedownloads.blogspot.com

By: Jay Castillo

Jay Castillo — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:23:03 +0000

Sigh, at least my actual losses in my Sunlife balanced funds and equity funds are not as bad as those listed above as I’m now at only 17% loss in value. I’m still pondering on whether I should unload all my mutual fund investments and putting them into other investment vehicles like foreclosed real estate.