7 Stocks with High Yield and High Growth
Aussie punters seeking a safe haven investment have enjoyed the advantage of stuffing their money into term deposits offering relatively high rates compared to elsewhere. However the problem with this strategy is that the RBA has slashed the cash rate by 1.2% over the past year and more cuts may be in the offing. While…
7 Stocks with High Yield and High Growth
Australian investors have enjoyed the advantage of relatively high term deposit rates compared to other countries as a safe haven. The RBA has cut the cash rate by 1.2% over the last year and more cuts may be in the offing. While still higher than rates in most of the industrialized world, the possibility of…
6 Rare Earth Stocks for the Future
What do LED televisions, hybrid cars, iPhones, aircraft engines, wind turbines, cubic zirconias, loudspeakers, commercial lasers, and cancer drugs have in common? All these products need rare earth element minerals in their manufacture. Rare Earth Elements (REEs) have unique properties that are ideally suited for high tech products in a wide variety of fields, with…
A Fundamental Look at Five Australian Gold Miners
Are you thinking about jumping on the gold bug bandwagon? If you are already on board, are you thinking about jumping off? As you know there are always two ways to make money with commodities – either through trading the commodity itself or through trading the companies engaged in producing the commodity. In the case…
Oil and Gas Juniors Surging with 52 Week Highs
Both the 52 Week Rolling High and Low lists are favorite fishing spots for investors looking to add to their portfolios or watchlists. One day on either list can be a relatively meaningless indicator of nothing more than a temporary overnight affair, lasting only a few days or even a few hours. However, patient investors…
The most profitable stocks in Australia
When you screen for stocks it’s natural to gravitate to using metrics like the price to earnings ratio, the price to book ratio, debt levels and net income. Those are all important metrics to consider, but you’re forgetting about one of the most important ratios of all – return on equity, or ROE. ROE can…
Broker Buys On The Dip
Despite yet another volatile week for global stocks, with US and European markets swinging wildly, the Australian market was relatively calm and actually finished the week 1.64% higher. TheBull PREMIUM’s Bull of the Week last week, Rio Tinto’s takeover target Coal & Allied, led the way with a 28% surge, while JB Hi-Fi (+10.8%) and…
Is Wesfarmers (WES) a safehaven in troubled times?
Wesfarmers has for years defied contemporary business logic by continuing to perform as one of the world’s most profitable conglomerates. Decades ago, the idea of individual companies diversifying their income streams by acquiring unrelated companies was in favor. In a rush to get in on the game, many large corporations went on acquisition binges. Like…
BROKER BUYs: upgrades from brokers Australia-wide
OM Holdings (OMH) Closing price $1.025 Weekly change $+0.135 % change +15.1% Broker Calls Macquarie – BUY Euroz – BUY RBS – HOLD CHART Chart: Share price over the year to 08/07/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) The decision by manganese business OM Holdings to cancel plans for a listing on the Hong Kong sharemarket is a…
Stock of the Week – wealth manager performing despite the crisis
Stock: IOOF Holdings Limited Stock code: IFL Share Price: $6.45 (as at close 17/06/11) P/E Ratio: 13.66 (Sector P/E 13.71) Market Cap: $1,482,000,000 Broker Buy Recommendations: Morningstar, $7.85 target (17th June 2011, share price was $6.45 that day) Patersons Securities (14th June 2011, share price was $6.46 that day) RBS Australia, $7.96 target (16th May…
