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…
18 Share Tips – 18 August 2014
Gavin Wendt, MineLife BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Minotaur Exploration (MEP) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) Minotaur’s share price has doubled recently on the back of high grade copper/gold results from its maiden drilling program at its Eloise prospect in Queensland. Minotaur has gone about things in a very methodical manner, with drilling based…
18 Share Tips – 11 August 2014
Janine Cox, Wealth Within BUY RECOMMENDATIONS BHP Billiton (BHP) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) BHP is the lower risk option, being highly diversified for those looking for exposure to the materials sector. Having recently broken resistance between $37.50 and $38, this indicates higher prices over the medium term. Virgin Australia (VAH)…
The B20 summit: where cashed-up lobbyists meet to write trade rules
By Remy Davison, Monash University The Business 20 (B20) summit typically attracts the global corporate glitterati, as the usual suspects assemble in alpine retreats like Davos; cinema-infused beach towns like Cannes; or sunny Mexican resorts, such as Los Cabos. Except this year. The G20 will meet in Brisbane. Yes, Brisbane. It’s no surprise, then, that…
Why growth can’t continue indefinitely
In today’s world, we have a huge amount of debt outstanding. Academic researchers Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff have become famous for their book This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly and their earlier paper This Time is Different: A Panoramic View of Eight Centuries of Financial Crises. Their point, of course, is…
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…
Warm countries to dominate the world economy as energy prices rise
The story of energy and the economy seems to be an obvious common sense one: some sources of energy are becoming scarce or overly polluting, so we need to develop new ones. The new ones may be more expensive, but the world will adapt. Prices will rise and people will learn to do more with…
18 Share Tips – 7 July 2014
Michael Gable, Fairmont Equities BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Woolworths (WOW) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) After almost reaching $39 in April, the share price retreated to close at $36.10 on July 2. It’s been hovering around a good support level and the Relative Strength Index has provided a buy signal. This buy signal…
18 Share Tips – 30 June 2014
Ken Bloomfield, Financial Clarity BUY RECOMMENDATIONS ResMed (RMD) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) A world leader in treating sleep disordered breathing, which has a correlation to the rapidly growing diseases of diabetes and obesity. Apart from a naturally growing market, the sector also has high barriers to entry as it requires…
Is the LNG Boom on Life Support?
Australian investors in LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) stocks hoping to cash in on the alleged “golden age of gas” got a little worried when Russian natural gas behemoth Gazprom signed a 30 year deal to pipe gas into China. The deal is valued at around $400 billion and the worry for our LNG exports is…
