Abelardo Cortez

Latest US tariff increase puts global market at risk

US President Donald Trump is tilting at windmills. Like it or not, his unexpected decision to hike US tariffs on imports is likely to be economically damaging in the long run. 

IPO would unlock companies’ potentials

Here’s the happy news: The Philippines Stock Exchange Inc. (PSE) recently announced that big companies planning to be listed in the Philippine stock market through public offerings (IPOs) are now allowed to offer less than the 20 percent public float requirement for their planned IPOs.

The importance of cash flow

Cash flows are extremely important for businesses because they provide insight into a company's financial health and ability to meet short-term obligations, invest in its future growth, and return value to its shareholders.

Avoid becoming a financial cripple

Today, technological, economic, social, and financial trends are rapidly reshaping the financial world. Personal assets in Asia continue to grow, pushing capital markets to continue playing their greater role in the Asian region.

Global low interest rate will be a shot in the arm

In the investment world’s current VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) uncertainties, more information is always better. Given the ever-widening global influence of social media, which has indeed changed the landscape of investment around the globe, the economic information most investors would read, to say the least, must be the correct information.