Everyone can invest in stocks either directly or indirectly. 2 amazing ways are what I’m going to share with you right now. It’s investing directly in the stock market and investing indirectly by means of equity funds from Mutual Funds.
I’m sure you wonder which is better. My answer would be none because they are both considered as best investments. If you have neither any of them right now, you are losing so much money and opportunity. You know already why if you read our previous post about “why should you invest in stocks.”
What are Equity Mutual Funds?
Equity Funds offered from Mutual Fund companies are also stocks investments. As a matter of fact, some investors also call equity funds as stock funds because these funds participate on equities listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Some Mutual Funds mix them a little bit of other money instruments and securities but majority of Equity Funds are invested in stocks of blue-chip companies. Like stocks, they could also generate dividends if chance permits.
All you have to do is invest and you will earn money even when you’re spending beach holiday somewhere
Your Mutual Fund company is your fund manager. They are experts and all you have to do is place or invest your funds with them and earn money.
What is investing in the Stock Market?
Investing in the stock market is literally buying stocks from giant companies. It is buying and buying shares of stocks and maintaining them to grow. It is continuous buying of stocks. In the long run, the value of your total stocks will grow tremendously and surprisingly will generate profit for you.
“If you’re investing in the stock market directly, you are the captain of your ship.”
With directly investing in stocks, you are responsible for the management of your funds. You are the one who controls the buttons. You are the one who should know when to buy and when to sell them. Only you can profit money or lose from it all.
How do you earn millions of money with stock investments?
Your stocks will accumulate and appreciate in value if you invest for long term. If you invest continuously for 7 years or so, from the best companies, you will surely accumulate millions when the companies you invested your stocks with grow 15% every year. If you invested early, lucky you, for you will have so much money.
It has been proven that the earlier you invest, the wealthier you will become.
According to Business Insider,
“if you had invested $1000 with Warren Buffett back in 1960-something, your $1000 could be worth $10 million+ by now”
Disclaimer: This article is for information purposes only and should not be taken as an expert financial advice. All investment have risks of losing money. Always do your own research or hire an expert before investing any asset.
Halo mam matanong ko nga alin sa mga companies ang nagbibigay ng divedends at apreciation earnings?tnx po
Hi maam, may i asking you some of question to clarify in my mind,if ever i would buy the stock in 1 company in a month then other month i cannot buy just hold my stock then other month i will add to buy the stock again and the same company , not continuing every month to buy the stock at the same company and not same price ,what will i do if i will sell all then not the same price to bought? Just example only 3 months i bought stocks and not same price then i will decide to sell all? How to compute the exact average price sell or only i put directly the price average sell ? And dont mind how much price to bought?
Hi, this post is related to your question about cost-averaging method: https://philpad.com/what-is-peso-cost-averaging-and-how-does-it-work/
Hi Fehl,
Can I invest on stocks like COL or BPI and not do buy and sell? Will my money grow too?
Yes, BPI is a great company. Yes, if you do periodic investing for long term, your money will grow. I prefer BDO though because of regular dividends it gives 🙂
Hello ms. Fehl. Good morning. I am an avid fan of your blog here and especially your information about investing in stocks. Now my question here is, i am really interested in investing in mutual funds but the thing is i am not sure in which company i’m going invest. If you can please help me regardingg this matter and a simple enlightenment of your shared knowledge to me will be gladly appreciated. Pls reply or message me in my email thank you and God bless! 🙂
Hi. Thank you. Investing on Equity Funds is like investing on different companies because the funds will be allocated on different equities. Reliable MF companies are Phileaquity, Sun Life Asset Management, Philam Asset Management, First Metro Asset Management, ALFM Funds and the like
Fehl,
Good morning , !hope this day finds you in health , allow me to introduce myself , I’m a missionary here in the philippines sa Mindanao married 3kids . Please tell me what would be the difference in investing in PSE OR SE in states . ? I’m ignorant in this I have little capital and would like to invest , I need some residual income . I have about 5k. I was looking into COL OR BPI . AND MUTUAL FUND . CAN I SEE ANYTHING AT a 6month rate you think maybe double my invest or even make half of my invest or more ??? Thanks . By the way my Fb is madden Charles jus look me up . And. I wanted to show you something regarding a brand new company as well . A great investment for you too. Thanks again look foward to hear from you .
Investing in PSE is investing in the Philippine listed companies only. Cant find your FB, just contact us instead
hello po interesting po ako mag invest. Can you connect directly to my email? Help me po
Thanks for sharing fehl…. ur blog really helps me to understand about stocks and how to invest on it 🙂
Are there any free seminars about stocks basics?
Yes, there are. When you opened your account from any of the stock brokers in the Philippines, you can attend their seminars given to clients like you
hi! sorry po kung natanong na ‘to sa previous comments pero gusto ko lang malaman kung taxable ba yung magiging kita mo sa pag-invest sa stocks? kailangan bang i-declare sa bir na extra source of income yun? salamat po. 🙂
If you sell your shares through PSE brokers, there are already taxes imposed. These taxes are already collected and paid to the BIR by brokers on our behalf. That is why TIN is required when we open our trade broker’s account. However, if your shares of stocks are not traded in the Philippine Stocks Exchange, you alone should report them to BIR following Capital Gains Tax rules
thank you ..but i got another question in bdo uitf.. uhm should i buy units/share or whatever personaly or thery are the one who did it for me..all i wanna do is invest and wait?
Hi 🙂 UITF are managed funds. If you prefer investing and waiting, opt for BDO EIP. Check out: https://philpad.com/bdo-easy-investment-plan-review-and-uitf-benefits/
hi good day..
i’m reading your blog for about 4 days now..i want to start right away
but i don’t know how. can you help me where and when to start and is there any videos that explain more about stocks/investing because i don’t have such time to attend any seminars or orientation. hope you can help me ms fehl i want to start right away but i just want to know more.
Hi Sheila. No worries, we have the easy guides here: https://philpad.com/stock-market-tutorials-philippines-complete-guide/ or you can join http://dailypik.com to copy the stocks that we invest with
hi, your blog is very helpful to us especially for the newbies.
I also just submitted the requirements to COL and want to know more about this.
Could you also send me insights, I’m also based outside the country.
Thanks a lot!
hi there! You can follow the easy guides and read the related article I posted at the end of the article above. happy investing!
Hi Fehl,
I want to know more insight about investing in stocks. can you connect with directly on my email address.
i’m based in UAE and want to start investing with COL.
Sure 🙂 I will email you today
Awesome post, your posts encourages me more to understand stock investments. Im taking a free seminar at PSE tomorrow. Ill be following ur posts. Ty so much and goodluck
Thank you for the feedback. We have a special series here about investing in the stock market: https://philpad.com/stock-market-tutorials-philippines-complete-guide/ you may find useful and helpful
When I started reading books and reading articles about investing and financial literacy nagkakaroon na ako ng idea why it’s very important to a country or to a certain place to have a good economy, and the value of kahit .01% up or down to a certain company’s stock price. Lastly time is money, Warren Buffet started investing at the age of 6 that proves the earlier the better and you’re right Ms.Fehl it doesn’t matter kung equity, mutual fund or invest directly to stock market because they are both considered as best investments. 🙂
Hi Natsz 🙂 What a wonderful insight you shared here! Warren Buffett is such an inspiring guy. I really wish I knew all of these investment things when I was 5 🙂
yeah you’re right.. he’s amazing