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Philippine Stock Market Update

COL Financial recently released their monthly publication called COLing The Shots.  In this report, they
highlighted the following points with regards to the Philippine Stock Market and what they think their clients and investors should do:

• The correction that everyone was waiting for came by surprise in April and the PSEi is now down by 3.1% from its 2015 high of 8,134. The best explanation for the market’s drop is funds flow. While we are seeing weakness in favored markets such as the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia, markets in Japan, China and HK are performing well. 
• Fundamentally, nothing has changed and we remain positive on the Philippine economy. For the said reason, we would like to reiterate our view that pullbacks such as this are opportunities to buy stocks. However, given the significant weakness that we are seeing in Indonesia and other regional markets, there is room to be less aggressive. And since nobody knows where the bottom will be or when the correction will finish, we recommend peso cost averaging instead of lump sum investing, especially when prices hit attractive levels. 

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You can compare this portfolio with the one they released at the start of 2015.  Here's the link to that article - PSEi to reach 10,000 in 2020.


THE SITTING BULL

On a separate market briefing and client presentation for COL's Private Clients Group (PCG), they reitirated their stance that the PSEi is still on target to reach 10,000 by 2020.  They recommended that their clients STAY INVESTED and invest at least 70% of their assets in a diversified portfolio of equities!

• Low Global interest Rates
• Fixed Income securities will have a prolonged and indefinite period of negative real returns
• While we may not be experiencing a Raging Bull market, we are still in a Sitting Bull.  The Philippine stock market is still expected to produce higher yields compared to other more common investments instruments.
• Take advantage of volatility in the market.

JAPAN, CHINA, HONGKONG MARKETS
With regards to international markets, here are a few highlights in their report:

• Interest in the Japanese market is returning as the country is expected to benefit from the government’s aggressive monetary stimulus which has resulted to the significant weakness of the yen. Demand for Japanese equities is also expected to receive a boost as the Bank of Japan last year announced plans to increase its purchase of financial assets include Japanese equity ETFs, while the government pension fund announced plans to increase its portfolio allocation to Japanese and global equities.
• Meanwhile, sentiment for stocks listed in Shanghai, China is improving as a result of looser monetary policy and accelerated reforms. 
• Finally, sentiment for the HK market improved significantly after China last March allowed Chinese mutual funds without Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor or QDII quotas to invest in HK equities through the Shanghai-HK Stock Connect. This pushed up share prices in HK as valuations of Chinese stocks listed in HK (H shares) are much cheaper compared to those that are listed in China (A shares), allowing investors to take advantage of the arbitrage opportunity.  

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