When investing in index or blue chips stocks, here are Merkado PH's few tips: 1. PSEI Chart. Look for the support and resistance. Support is a safe spot when buying index shares, as this tells you the phase where investors are likely to get hold of the price and they deem it as cheap. Resistance tells you whether you need to hold buying or start taking profits. 2. Fair Value - it is what buyers and sellers think about the actual worth of shares/ company as based on its assets, financial report, etc. 3. Earnings Report - tells you if the company is growing or not. 4. News/ Rumors - merging, acquisition, weak earnings, failed projects, etc are issues that can make or break index stocks. Share price normally reacts ahead of rumors and late on good news. 5. World Market - esp. U.S. market. 6. Index stocks are slow-moving, hence you need extreme patience when investing. The name of game is accumulating huge volume by buying regularly. Make sure to plan your buyi...