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MANILA, Philippines – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said bank profitability would be better this year, remarking on the resilience of bank lending amid declining interest rates and stabilizing economic activities.
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Consistency. We have repeatedly emphasized the need to be consistent with our policies. Nothing can really turn off investor interest more than the inconsistencies in policy pronouncements. It takes a long and tedious process before investors make up their minds about investing in any market or business. So, for the serious investors, changing rules midstream is a mortal sin.


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In our Oct. 30 issue entitled "Newton’s Law as Applied to the Stock Market," we discussed how physical laws seem to be applicable to economic and financial markets as well. We mentioned that once certain catalysts put economies or markets into a trend, this will hold until a different force would upset or change the trend. And more often, these trends will last for years and even decades as can be seen on what has been happening to China, India, Brazil and most of the ASEAN countries.


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It’s the Yuletide season once again. We are ending the year with merry-making, and starting a new one with all sorts of resolutions and wishes. A more prosperous business. The better things in life. Perhaps, even a change in character. Change, per se, is not bad if it leads to something good. But let’s be cautious when we are seeking for drastic ones.


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Shares rose yesterday on foreign buying in banks and property stocks.


The benchmark 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index gained 6.84 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,795.30, after rising 1.6 percent Thursday. Markets were closed Friday for a public holiday.


"We saw foreign investors returning today after being net sellers in recent days," said Ricardo Puig, analyst at Wealth Securities.


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"The earnings coming out are adding to the optimism that the economy is moving forward and that better numbers will be coming out," said Erick Tan of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI).


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"We saw foreign investors returning today after being net sellers in recent days," said Ricardo Puig, analyst at Wealth Securities.


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Bank profitability better this year, says Tetangco

By Des Ferriols | June 9, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said bank profitability would be better this year, remarking on the resilience of bank lending amid declining interest...

Business

Tinkering with market forces

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | January 29, 2007 - 12:00am

Consistency. We have repeatedly emphasized the need to be consistent with our policies. Nothing can really turn off investor interest more than the inconsistencies in policy pronouncements. It takes a long...

Business

New highs for the peso, PSEi

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | January 8, 2007 - 12:00am

In our Oct. 30 issue entitled "Newton’s Law as Applied to the Stock Market," we discussed how physical laws seem to be applicable to economic and financial markets as well. We mentioned that...

Business

Be careful what you wish for

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | December 25, 2006 - 12:00am

It’s the Yuletide season once again. We are ending the year with merry-making, and starting a new one with all sorts of resolutions and wishes. A more prosperous business. The better things in life. Perhaps,...

Business

Foreign buying in select stocks boosts share prices

December 5, 2006 - 12:00am

Shares rose yesterday on foreign buying in banks and property stocks. The benchmark 30-company Philippine Stock Exchange Index gained 6.84 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,795.30, after rising 1.6 percent Thursday....

Business

The falling dollar

By Ignacio B. Gimenez | December 4, 2006 - 12:00am

Since the start of the year the dollar has fallen by around 9.3 percent against the other major currencies, declining 15 percent against the British pound and 12.7 percent against the euro. It has also declined...

Business

Peso, stocks continue to climb

By Des Ferriols | July 28, 2006 - 12:00am

The peso and stocks continued to rally yesterday on rising optimism about the country’s economic outlook and stronger-than-expected second quarter earnings reports. "The earnings coming out are adding...

Business