It’s my first time to be in Resorts World Manila (Newport Performing Arts Theatre) and my first experience is very memorable because it has something to do with my future. I feel more secure and more confident with my own personal finance management practices. I attended the 2010 CitisecOnline October market briefing with the theme “Riding The Bull Market with Growth Companies” last October 27, 2010.

All participants get a free copy of Bo Sanchez’ booklet entitled: My Maid Invests in the Stock Market… And Why You Should, Too! (Because Everyone Ought to Be Rich)

Do you wish to get a free copy? You may download the e-book version though it is not exactly what we’ve got. Nonetheless, the thoughts remain the same so click here to begin: My Maid Invests in the Stock Market

Now let’s move on to the speakers… I’m sorry, I forgot the name of the program host.

CitisecOnline 2010 Market Briefing Speakers

Each presenter were given ample time to show off their accomplishments and enlighten us on what lies ahead. Because I am not an executive yet, I just find those financial statements, figures and graphical representations pretty boring. In fact, too much information made me snooze a bit. Thanks to my sister who was sitting beside me, one nudge and I’m yawning. Ok, to be honest, I was able to comprehend their flash presentation because of my high IQ but I won’t be able to relay them to you in the same technical terms. So to sum it up, the above-mention companies are the top picks for investment as we hit the bull market this 2011!

CitisecOnline Market Briefing Customers/Participants

There was a Question and Answer portion after each presentation. When asked what qualities help BDO achieve such growth, Mr. Chito Reyes emphasized their customer focus.

Q and A Portion with David Nicol

And when Nicol David started to talk, I listened attentively. It must be the accent. I don’t mean to be bias but he sounded like a Scottish without any language barrier. Because his voice was so pleasant to my ears, I stayed awake during his presentation.

Mr. Rafael Jose Consing, Jr.

As for ICTSI, they just has their 23rd year celebration of being the the number one leading operation of container ports worldwide.

Dr. Victor Limlingan of DMCI Holdings, Inc.

Dr. Victor Limlingan must be something. If Nicol David kept me awake because of this seductive personality, this witty old man kept the audience alive by joking around and giving unnecessary yet funny side comments. At the start of his speech, he said that he just wanted to highlight 2 points. First is to show that hey have outperformed the market, second is to persuade all of us that they will continue to outperform the market.

Some of DMCI and Semirara’s strategic advantages are:
- positioned in high growth sectors
- operating with unique competitive advantages (engineering expertise)
- balanced portfolio
- synergy in business operation

It’s very remarkable when the crowd laughed with him as he pointed Maynilad as an example of public utility. He said that it’s not sexy but everyone wants it because everybody needs water. Lol. Next is when he said that MERALCO gets the energy supply from them so that we can have electricity yet all of the complaints are directed to Meralco alone! Haha. Makes sense. He also said that in terms of infrastructures such as highways/skyways, what they’re facing the most are political issues, wherein there are lots of paper works concerning mayors, governors and other officials.

Mr. Kingson Sian, Director and President of AGI

Mr. Kingson Sian proudly discussed AGI’s key financial highlights. And because my sister is an HRM graduate, she had me take down notes about the A’s of Tourism:
Access
Accommodation
Activity
Amenities
Attractions

As for the finale, we had a glimpse of Chaos play. An all in one show with more than 1000-star casts.

Singing Sensation

The Acrobats

Fiery Performance!

The Tiger Show - Chaos

The Tiger Show - White Tiger

Because of this event, we also had the privilege to sign up  for free membership to Resorts World Manila!

Shall I try my luck?

Time to leave...

Note: I’m not a financial expert nor a business woman. My views regarding this COL market briefing are solely personal. Cheers!

So nice to be part of CitisecOnline Market Briefing!

PS. Flash photography was prohibited. Just used my SE phone and configured DSLR from time to time. Tsk. Bad angle. We’re seated on the right side, middle row.