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Online Stock Brokers Philippines

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Online Stock Brokers Philippines Shown below is the table of 2017 online stock brokers in the Philippines. The list of brokers online are as follows: AB Capital Securities, Inc., Abacus Securities Corporation, AP Securities Incorporated (Formerly: Angping & Associates Securities, Inc.), BA Securities, Inc., BDO Nomura Securities Inc. (Formerly: PCIB Securities, Inc.), BPI Securities Corporation, Coherco Securities, Inc., Col Financial Group, Inc., Da Market Securities, Inc., F. Yap Securities, Inc., First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation, HDI Securities, Inc., Investors Securities, Inc., Jaka Securities Corporation, Lucky Securities, Inc., Maybank Atr Kim Eng Securities, Inc., Meridian Securities Incorporated, Optimum Securities Corporation, Philstocks Financial Inc. (Formerly Accord Capital Equities Corporation), RCBC Securities, Inc., Regina Capital Development Corporation, Timson Securities, Inc., UCPB Securities, Inc., Unicapital Securities, Inc., and Wealth Securit...

Blue Chip Stocks in the Philippines

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Blue Chips Stocks Blue chip  is stock in a corporation listed as a publicly traded company in the stock market with a national reputation for reliability and quality. It is characterized with the ability to operate profitably in good times and bad which makes it a leader in their industry. We feature below the list of blue chip stocks in the Philippines for 2017. Blue chip companies in the Philippines are: Ayala Corporation, Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Incorporated, Alliance Global Group, Incorporated, Ayala Land, Incorporated, Aboitiz Power Corporation, BDO Unibank, Incorporated, Bank of the Philippine Islands, DMCI Holdings, Incorporated, Energy Development Corporation, Emperador Incorporated, First Gen Corporation, Globe Telecom, Incorporated, GT Capital Holdings, Incorporated, International Container Terminal Services, Incorporated, Jollibee Foods Corporation, JG Summit Holdings, Incorporated, LT Group, Incorporated, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, Megaworld Corp...

Solar Energy in the Philippines

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Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV), or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovoltaic effect. The abundance of sunlight as renewable energy is seeing application to the Energy sector as various investments for Solar Farms in the Philippines is being undertaken. Since Philippines is located near the equator and the intensity of light is more direct compared to high latitude countries, utilizing this free energy is ideal for the growing energy needs of the country as well as conservatory efforts for the environment by cutting fossil fuels for electricity generation. This year, Solar Philippines will invest over $150 M for new Tarlac facility( Conception, Tarlac). Together with the Department of Energy secretary Alfonso Cusi, groundbreaking ceremony of the company’s 150-megawatt (MW) project happened last March 17, 2017 eyed ...

BDO Nomura Review

It is very easy now to open your own stock trading account. If you really want to invest in stocks, you can now do so purely online without talking to a stock broker or sending fax of signed documents. Via BDO Nomura, you can start investing to the stock market. We will review BDO Nomura.

Farming Practices for Muscovy Duck

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Little known to us, Muscovy duck is the name of the large duck commonly grown in the Philippines. Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) males about 76 cm (30 in) long, and can weigh up to 7 kg. Females Muscovy ducks are smaller, and can grow to 3 kg, about half the size of the male. We can see these ducks in  white and black, with the back feathers being iridescent and glossy in males, while the females are more drab. The amount of white on the neck and head is variable, as well as the bill, which can be yellow, pink, black, or any mixture of these colors. They may have white patches or bars on the wings, which become more noticeable during flight. Both male and female  have pink or red wattles around the bill, those of the male being larger and more reddish.

Napier Grass for Goat Raisers

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The high demand and marketability for goat meat in the Philippines is yet to be met by the supply. For the current statistics showing that commercial goat raisers accounts to 2 percent of total goat population compared to 98 percent from backyard raisers still shows opportunities for enhancement. Goat raising is a sunrise industry with big opportunities for growth and sustainability.  Related: Goat Farming Tips : Sustainable and Effective Farm Management

Backyard 45 Days Broiler Farming

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Chickens are popular among backyard raisers. It is due to high marketability of chickens. Most people love chicken meat. It can be fried plainly or with flour for added crisp. It can also be cooked as chicken adobo, chicken curry and other dishes. All public market has its own area for chicken meat. We also see fastfoods selling their own recipe for fried chicken. Other small chicken entrepreneurs sell lechon manok while being roasted.

Invest in Modified Pag-Ibig II Savings Program

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Have you been saving your savings to your bank the whole time? If yes, then your interest bearing money in the bank would have generated enough to keep up with the inflation right. However, in real world and the current inflation rate, your money eventually depreciates. It depreciates even faster since interests are taxable, further eroding the amount that would have add up to compounding of interest. Common interest rates for savings account on commercial banks is less than 1% quarterly given. 2016 inflation is 2%. Tax at 20% on interest.  Worry no more, as the Pag-IBIG Fund or Pagtutulungan Ikaw Bangko Industriya at Gobyerno provides more option to alleviate poor interest rates on savings accounts. Pag-IBIG Fund provides various services such as affordable home loan and salary loan. They also offer calamity loan, and multipurpose loan. In 2010, they started providing the Modified Pag-IBIG MP2 savings program that has higher “dividend” rate which based on 2015 is 5.44% creditt...