Top Ten Stocks Sold by Foreign Investors for the Week Oct 17 to 21, 2011

Alright, I’m curious about the stocks being played by foreign investors in our stock market. In one way or another, foreign trades affect the price of a certain stock. I have compiled again the top ten stocks sold by foreign investors in our stock market. I got the list from the old website of PSE which is www2.pse.com.ph. Here is the manual step by step of getting the stocks bought or sold by foreign investors.

1.      Go to Quotation Reports tab

2.      Click the Date you want to view

3.    Extract the file to excel sheet

 

Compiling the list is a tedious process that I’m willing to go through just to get a glimpse on the stocks heavily traded by foreign investors. It is one of the information that assists me in deciding the stock that I will buy or sell. I consider various factors in picking and selling stocks which includes but not limited to technical analysis and fundamental analysis. While there is no sure way of getting your capital with immediate profit because of this information, it kind of buffers some of the risks involve in your decision making. Also, it is better to have educated information to guide you in your stock pickings.

Here are the top ten stocks sold by foreign investors for the week Oct 17-21, 2011.

(IN MILLION PESOS)

Ticker	17-Oct	18-Oct	19-Oct	20-Oct	21-Oct	TOTAL
SCC	(11.40)	(65.25)	(22.82)	4.78	(49.47)	(144.16)
MBT	(61.77)	(37.86)	(32.52)	3.87	(3.54)	(131.81)
ICT	(6.06)	(14.37)	(29.97)	(35.91)	(6.27)	(92.59)
PX	(17.93)	(60.44)	15.99	(6.22)	(2.37)	(70.98)
BDO	(8.32)	26.94	8.08	(5.18)	(77.97)	(56.46)
EDC	(34.33)	1.37	2.93	(17.02)	(3.60)	(50.65)
LCB	(34.36)	(12.36)	0.31	(2.25)	(0.19)	(48.86)
BPI	(7.42)	(5.59)	(4.21)	(18.26)	0.81	(34.67)
IP	(0.95)	(1.91)	(21.91)	(1.46)	(6.98)	(33.20)
PNB	(8.01)	(0.33)	(5.95)	(6.01)	(5.81)	(26.11)

I have attached the closing price of these stocks also for your information.

Ticker	17-Oct	18-Oct	19-Oct	20-Oct	21-Oct	TREND
SCC	215.60	208.00	209.00	209.00	206.00	DOWN
MBT	69.05	67.60	67.95	67.30	67.40	DOWN
ICT	53.05	52.20	53.50	53.10	52.45	DOWN
PX	24.65	23.50	23.50	23.10	23.15	DOWN
BDO	54.40	53.70	54.10	53.45	51.80	DOWN
EDC	5.81	5.77	5.81	5.73	5.65	DOWN
LCB	1.41	1.35	1.37	1.34	1.36	DOWN
BPI	57.85	56.50	56.90	56.40	56.05	DOWN
IP	2.96	3.50	3.48	3.22	3.17	UP
PNB	57.00	55.00	55.50	53.40	52.50	DOWN

Most of the stocks mentioned above were down by the end of the week except IP.

IP is up because perhaps when foreign investors are dumping their shares, our countrymen are gulping up these shares. In essence, at the end of the day, the stock that has a greater demand than the sellers will ultimately rise no matter who the seller is whether it is a foreigner or Filipinos.

We will discuss the top ten stocks bought by foreign investors on my blog.

Happy Investing!

Update:

IP closed at 2.01 today, a staggering 36.59% decline from it's previous day price! Whew!

 

What Stocks Can You Buy for 5,000 Pesos at Philippine Stock Market?

There are two ways to buy stocks in the stock market. One is by buying through Oddlot and the other one is through Boardlot.

Boardlot – If you want to buy PLDT whose board lot is 5, the shares must be divisible by 5. Meaning, you can only buy PLDT shares at 5 shares or 10 shares or 15 shares or 20 shares or 25 shares and so on and so forth. You cannot buy PLDT at 4 shares or 6 shares or 9 shares or 12 shares because they are not divisible by 5.

Boardlot is also the minimum price you can buy for the stock. For example, the price of PLDT is 2,2994 pesos per stock as of today, since the boardlot is 5, the minimum price for PLDT is 11,470 pesos. In this case, if your money is 5,000 pesos only, you cannot but PLDT today.

Based on the 30 companies included in the Philippine Stock Index below, you cannot buy Globe, SM Investments and PLDT shares (yellow highlight) if your money is 5,000 pesos only. The good news is you can buy the rest of the companies with your 5,000 pesos.

SECURITY NAME	SYM	BOARD LOT	PRICES	Amount (Php)
AYALA CORPORATION	AC	10	300.8	3,008.00
ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES, INC.	AEV	100	39.30	3,930.00
ALLIANCE GLOBAL GROUP, INC.	AGI	100	10.14	1,014.00
AYALA LAND, INC.	ALI	100	15.30	1,530.00
ABOITIZ POWER CORPORATION	AP	100	30.00	3,000.00
BANCO DE ORO UNIBANK, INC.	BDO	10	56.00	560.00
BELLE CORPORATION	BEL	1000	4.02	4,020.00
BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS	BPI	10	56.70	567.00
CEBU AIR, INC.	CEB	10	79.90	799.00
DMCI HOLDINGS, INC.	DMC	100	36.50	3,650.00
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	EDC	100	6.06	606.00
FIRST GEN CORPORATION	FGEN	100	14.20	1,420.00
GLOBE TELECOM, INC.	GLO	10	926.00	9,260.00
INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES, INC.	ICT	10	50.65	506.50
JOLLIBEE FOODS CORPORATION	JFC	10	88.80	888.00
JG SUMMIT HOLDINGS, INC.	JGS	100	23.80	2,380.00
METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO.	MBT	10	69.30	693.00
MEGAWORLD CORPORATION	MEG	1000	1.85	1,850.00
MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY	MER	10	256.00	2,560.00
METRO PACIFIC INVESTMENTS CORPORATION	MPI	1000	3.16	3,160.00
MANILA WATER COMPANY, INC.	MWC	100	19.76	1,976.00
PHILE  MINING CORPORATION	PX	100	23.75	2,375.00
ROBINSONS LAND CORPORATION	RLC	100	12.16	1,216.00
SEMIRARA MINING CORPORATION	SCC	10	207.40	2,074.00
SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION	SM	10	531.00	5,310.00
SAN MIGUEL CORPORATION	SMC	10	122.00	1,220.00
SM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION	SMDC	100	8.44	844.00
SM PRIME HOLDINGS, INC.	SMPH	100	12.20	1,220.00
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY "Common"	TEL	5	2,294.00	11,470.00
UNIVERSAL ROBINA CORPORATION	URC	100	43.00	4,300.00

 Generally, investors and traders are buying stocks in boardlot tranches because they are easier to sell and trade.

Oddlot – if you want to buy 4 PLDT shares, you cannot do that because the price of PLDT which is 2,294 pessos is more than 1,000 pesos and it falls under the minimum board lot of 5 shares as you can see below. Boardlots are being determined by the current price of the stock. See below.  

Very few investors buy through oddlots. Stocks sold at boardlots are easier to sell than oddlot stocks.

My recommendation with your 5,000 pesos is you buy companies whose minimum board lot is less than 5,000 pesos. Based on the stocks listed above, you can choose 27 companies whose board lot amount is less than 5,000 pesos. Avoid oddlots purchases as much as possible because  they are a little bit hard to sell.

If stock price is 1000 pesos or more	Board lot is 5
If stock price is between 50 and 1000 pesos	Board lot is 10
If stock price is between 5 and 50 pesos	Board lot is 100
If stock price is between 50 centavos and 5 pesos	Board lot is 1000
If stock price is between 5 centavos and 50 centavos	Board lot is 10,000
If stock price is between 1 centavos and 5 centavos	Board lot is 1,000,000

Philippine Economic Indicators

via www.citiseconline.com