Category: Stock Analysis
Sustainability is the ‘new’ language of business
FRIMUFILMS-FREEPIK Over the years, sustainability has become an important global issue and an emerging policy priority for many countries and organizations. There has been a…
Dinky Soliman, a true public servant
BW FILE PHOTO There is a Chinese idiom known as “riding the tiger.” It says he who rides the tiger stays on the back of…
Evergrande and China’s energy crisis are two sides of one coin
RALF LEINEWEBER-UNSPLASH CHINA’S DATA on economic growth is man-made, and therefore unreliable. That’s not the opinion of a provocateur, but the reported views of the…
Energy prices, GDP projections, the ERC, and hydro development
Among the big surprises this year has been the huge spike in global prices of fossil fuels as the favored renewables wind and solar continue…
Rethinking financial stability in a crisis: Spend when you can, save when you must
Last Tuesday, I moderated the BusinessWorld insights panel entitled, “Saving, Spending, Investing: Achieving Financial Goals even amid a Crisis” with top financial advisors in the…
Our Brand is Crisis: Controversies, challenges, and opportunities in pandemic procurement
For a nation obsessed with telenovelas, there is nothing more gripping and terribly dramatic as the agony and ecstasy of a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee…
The ‘Leni line’
BW FILE PHOTO The name Leni and word “line” happen to be anagrams. But what do I mean exactly by the “Leni line?” Leni, of…
After 45 years, a Philippine shipping line goes international!
WWW.ROYALCARGO.COM We can all use a bit of good news at this time. First, some context. Since the pandemic started, there has been a scarcity…
Whom do you trust?
“Almost everywhere we turn, trust is on the decline. Trust in our culture at large, in our institutions, and in our companies is significantly lower…
Manny Pacquiao isn’t the hero the Philippines needs
MANNY PACQUIAO is running to be president of the Philippines. In a country obsessed with celebrity culture, the candidacy of its most famous son feels…
Opportunity loss from corruption
1 of 2 Two days ago, this broadsheet reported on Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua’s estimate of the total economic cost of the coronavirus pandemic…
Private tyrannies
PCH.VECTOR-FREEPIK Government officials in many countries today have been using State power to advance their and their collaborators’ interests, and transforming what should be the…
If Aukus, China and Russia don’t take Europe seriously, guess who’s to blame
ICONICBESTIARY-FREEPIK IF IT TAKES a cheap phonetic pun to drive home the point, so be it. Last year, the Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading…
Canceling free speech is anti-Filipino
FREEPIK It may be a sign of the times but isn’t it strange that those who say “I may not agree with what you say…
On September 21st, there’s a lot to reexamine
RACOOL_STUDIO-FREEPIK Though this article is slated for publication on Thursday, Sept. 23, I am reflecting on the day that I am writing this, September 21st,…
Mixed signals on retirement
VCECTORJUICE-FREEPIK Determining the official retirement age for government workers should be seen more as a pension issue rather than a labor supply issue. In a…
Martial Law and Ninoy Aquino
Almost 50 years after Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law, those of us who were around at that time continue to denounce it as part of…
Digitally speaking
RAWPIXEL.COM-FREEPIK MESSAGING via SMS or online chat has become the normal form of communication, even for masked couples physically in the same place — “When…
Aspiring for high-income status
VECTORJUICEW-FREEPIK (Part 5) As discussed in Part 1 of this series, the Philippines will transition into an upper-middle income economy in the next three or…
Hong Kong’s non-election is momentous and meaningless
LOK YIU CHEUNG-UNSPLASH HONG KONG has had its first taste of the remodeled electoral system that China designed for the city. As an exercise in…