Category: Stock Analysis
Bad news, London and New York: Finance hubs are becoming obsolete
JCOMP-FREEPIK STAND on the steps of The Royal Exchange in the heart of the City of London and you can picture the churn of people…
Capsule offices
CAPSULE HOTEL Anshin Oyado in Nagoya, Japan Capsule hotels are nothing new in densely populated urban areas like Tokyo. Low-cost but efficient capsule hotels offered…
And the spinning goes on
VECTORPOUCH-FREEPIK In 1933, Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. A few years later, he had become an absolute dictator of extraordinary brutality. Consumed by and…
Coaching the chief
FREEPIK BEING an “executive coach” is a new profession. There are even certificates to authenticate one’s right to be called one. This is different from…
A strategic plan for the Philippine economy
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK (Part 2) In my experience in the formulation of the Vision of an enterprise or organization, already found latent in the words of the…
Sustainable revitalization of an economic pillar
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK There will always be nuances in the risks and opportunities involved in mining. The Philippines is no exception when it comes to this. Many…
The Second Drone Age is here and it’s a free-for-all
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK THE PANDEMIC has already given the future a distinctly dystopian look. And then there’s this: the burgeoning of the “second drone age.” That’s how…
Opening doors to public service
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK On Dec. 15, 2021, the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 2094, which seeks to amend Commonwealth Act No. 146,…
Legal implications of ‘fiduciary duty of extraordinary diligence’
JCOMP-FREEPIK (Part 2) In its 2018 Resolution, Virata v. Ng Wee, affirmed in toto the foregoing rulings in dismissing the motions for reconsideration filed by…
It ain’t over ’til it’s over
PIKISUPERSTAR-FREEPIK When Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte teamed up as the presidential and vice-presidential running mates for the 2022 elections, their rabid followers cockily said,…
Top 10 economic news of 2021
This column is a list of the significant economic events of last year. 1. In the top 50 largest economies in the world by GDP…
Christian achievers for God and country
UPKLYAK-FREEPIK Religio, mores, cultura. These three values are fundamental to the Lasallian identity: the spirit of faith, zeal for service, and communion in mission. The…
RTL can modernize the country’s rice industry and lock in rice security
JCOMP-FREEPIK Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. had recently articulated his support for reversing the rice tariffication law (RTL). He decried the so-called many “unintended consequences”…
The Marcos family and Lucio Tan
FREEPIK Two separate stories have recently become headline news. The first is the story about how PMFTC, an affiliate of Philip Morris International and co-owned…
How well has the economy bounced back in 2021?
By Andrew J. Masigan MACROVECTOR-FREEPIK The year 2020 will be remembered as the year that broke our 21-year streak of steady economic expansion. COVID-19 triggered…
The five biggest US PR blunders of 2021
PIKISUPERSTAR-FREEPIK It’s been a year of big challenges for many companies, with an ongoing pandemic, labor shortages, supply-chain bottlenecks and record inflation. As if all…
PHL in 2022: Need for a new social contract
PHILIPPINE STAR/ MICHAEL VARCAS Why we need a new social contract in the Philippines should not be trick question. True, in theory, it could be…
Approaching midnight
FREEPIK The number of the dead and injured and the toll on agriculture and infrastructure are still rising in the regions devastated by super typhoon…
How 2021 was the year governments really started to wise up against Big Tech
RAWPIXELS.COM-FREEPIK After all the bad press tech companies have received, would anyone still be surprised to learn the outwardly smiling face of social media conceals…
In 2022, let’s be more positive and less negative
I LOATHE my readers. They willfully misunderstand my columns and send me abusive and threatening e-mails. The other day I tried to forward one to…