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…
18 Share Tips – 16 June 2014
Peter Russell, Russell Research BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Magellan Financial Group (MFG) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) This dynamic funds manager focuses mostly on key growth themes and major global shares. It’s impressed and built up Australian, US and European-based clients. Funds under management of $24 billion continue to rise significantly. Earnings are…
What is your investment wealth ratio?
By Wealth Foundations Absolute measures of net worth and net investment wealth don’t, on their own, tell us much about financial independence. For example, net investment wealth of $2 million may be more than enough if you only spend $60,000 p.a. but totally inadequate if you want to support a $150,000 p.a. lifestyle. Charts 2-6…
18 Share Tips – 10 June 2014
Michael Gable, Fairmont Equities BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Santos (STO) Chart: Share price over the year versus ASX200 (XJO) The market is once again focusing on LNG providers and Santos appears to have the most upside potential at this point in time. Since peaking at $15.80 in September last year, the stock entered a short term down…
Book review: Dangerous Allies by Malcolm Fraser
By Mark Beeson, Murdoch University Malcolm Fraser occupies a rather unique place in Australia as someone who has, at different times, managed to incense both ends of the political spectrum. If nothing else this is indicative of someone who has a capacity to change his position over the course of a lifetime. Fraser’s new book,…
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…
