Group teaches investing in capital market

The Global Filipino Investors, Inc. (TGFI), a group led by entrepreneur and housing tycoon Januario Jesus Atencio, is helping Filipinos take advantage of the capital market rut due to the pandemic in anticipation of an economic recovery.

TGFI is bringing together powerhouse economists and stock market gurus in a free virtual conference to teach Filipinos how to invest as the country charts its path to be one of the leading emerging markets in the post-COVID era.

Atencion, TGFI Chairman and CEO of Januarius Holdings, Inc., said that the two-day conference scheduled next month will tackle the relevance of investing in bonds and stocks to the Philippine economy recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also said that Filipinos should look beyond the challenges of the present situation and let the national leaders and health authorities worry about the global crisis.

“We cannot be fixated with the here and now of the current crisis,” Atencio stressed.

For his part, TGFI President, Floi Wycoco said that the free TGFI Bonds and Stocks Online Conference 2020 will serve as a reminder that there are still people out there who are generous enough to help others.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) has partially recovered after crashing of the economy. It stalled as the entire Luzon was placed under Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) during March 2020.

“It also makes sense to conduct this event now while the PSEi is still in its correction phase, bonds can work as a way to protect the unrealized loss encountered during this phase so our goal is to let our attendees understand the purpose of being diversified especially in times such as the world is in today,” Wycoco said. (James A. Loyola)