Takeover Targets – 7 Gold Miners Under Watch
Should gold stocks be lumped in with speculative resource stocks as risky investments to avoid? But what does that say about gold’s recent run up? The gold price dipped below $USD1200 per ounce in June but has been trending up ever since, currently sitting at USD$1371.90. The following chart from the ASX shows the movement…
We Test 6 Dividend Payers for Total Shareholder Return
When buying stocks for yield, many investors focus on dividends alone and forget about total shareholder return. Indeed, the best stocks are those that deliver both – dividends plus capital appreciation over time. The trouble is, how do you know if a high-yielding stock is becoming too popular for its own good? UBS recently downgraded Telstra…
The Best LICs On The Market
Finding value in Listed Investment Companies is becoming harder. After strong gains in the past 12 months, the LIC sector is trading at almost parity to its net tangible assets (NTA). The big discounts that plagued the sector in recent years have rapidly narrowed. The sector traded at an average 2.87 per cent discount to…
Dividend Stability in 5 Top Performing Income Stocks – page 2
JB HiFi (JBH) is a favorite stock for short sellers. The stock has 19.16% short interest and appears to permanently sit at the top of the list of the most shorted stocks on the ASX. Its share price is down 20% year over year but a ten year time horizon looks much better. Here…
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…
