The Philippine Stocks Market 2013: A Year in Review

As December 30 and 31 are declared national holidays here in the Philippines, our last trading day for 2013 has ended by the close of the bell last December 27. How did our stocks index fare as compared to last year? Let us look at the comparative numbers below:

As you can see, The Philippine stocks' main index grew by a modest 1.33% from last year. After breaching an intraday record high of 7,403.65 last May 15, 2013 PSEi has since experienced an up and down ride, primarily attributed to tapering talks from the US Fed. It even reached an intraday bottom of 5,562.13 last August 28 with many stocks analysts signalling the start of the bearish cycle. In the end, the local bourse only managed to squeeze-in a 77.10 increase from prior year's close. PSEi increased by 32.95% last 2012.

User Guide: Stocks Profit Monitoring Worksheet

Just in case you missed our Facebook and Twitter announcement, I just released the FREE Stocks Profit Monitoring Worksheet which can help you track your stocks better. I also use this in my own investments. I find it really beneficial as it lets me know my total costs and how much my profit would be should I decide to sell. To assist you in using the file, I have provided a brief explanation of the important points included therewith:

If you would notice, I indicated different colors for the different headers in the worksheet - green for buy and red for the sell transactions, while yellow indicates the computed profits.