3D Printing – The Next Big Thing Coming to the ASX
Getting in on the ground floor with a “next big thing’ stock is an investor’s dream. However, dreams of outsized returns in “next big thing” companies can at best turn into dreams deferred and at worst into nightmares. Aussie investors who bet on the “Golden Age of Gas” in Australia are still patiently waiting. While…
Retirement living stocks to benefit from ageing population
Investing in stocks set to benefit from long term trends is a strategy favored by many. While some trends do not materialise as anticipated, no one can deny the demographics of ageing populations. In Australia the 2011 census indicated there are currently some 3.7 million Australians over the age of 65, comprising around 16% of…
Value stock – spotlight on gold miner Codan
Talk about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Codan has been smashed as a falling gold price and civil unrest in parts of Africa cut demand for its metal detectors, and as the fading resources investment boom weighed on its mining technology division. Codan shares more than tripled between mid-2011 and early…
5 Chinese ASX IPOs
Chinese companies looking for international exposure and recognition are increasingly turning to Western stock markets for initial public offerings. The crown jewel of market listings for high profile companies remains in the US, and the recent success of the IPO of Jd.com (NASDAQGS: JD), a company many analysts refer to as the “Amazon” of China,…
6 High-Tech Gaming Stocks
Some investors turn to gaming stocks because of their defensive qualities. The digital age has ushered in a subset of gaming stocks whose business models include high-tech gaming equipment and software and internet access platforms for gamblers. So we will skip the big name casino operators and focus instead on some names that incorporate technological…
Big Movers – 6 building material stocks to watch
Sometimes doomsday prophecies never seem to eventuate. Such appears to be the case with the dire Australian Housing Bubble, whose impending burst would flood us all. For months now experts have signaled a recovery in the property sector. Housing starts figures recently released by the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) are the latest evidence to…
5 Mining Stocks with High Yields and Low P/E’s
For ASX mining stocks the trading year 2014 appears to have begun where 2013 left off – with the Materials Sector dragging down the overall market in early trading. Miners rallied late in the year as the predicted drop in iron ore prices and Chinese demand never came to pass. Most miners are down month…
11 Aussie Oil & Gas Stocks to Ride the Rising Tide in African Oil
Africa is well on its way to becoming the next “lucky” continent with an abundance of as yet untapped natural resources. Perhaps the most promising is the rising number of discoveries of oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa. The following map of international exploration companies with a presence in Africa is already a bit out of…
20 Stocks With Over 6% Dividend Yield
Gone are the days were you can shove your cash in a term deposit and be done with it. Rates have come back, which means that high-yielding shares are back on the agenda. According to the latest Westpac/Melbourne Leading Index, slower economic growth is in store for the remainder of 2013 and into 2014; 2.5%…
Brokers are watching these gas stocks
In 2011 the International Energy Agency predicted a coming “Golden Age of Gas”. With multiple liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities under construction, some thought natural gas would usher in Australia’s next great resources boom. In that same year the US Department of Energy issued a report indicating Australia has 437 trillion cubic feet of recoverable…
