18 Share Tips – 24 March 2014
Joshua Stega, JAS Wealth BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Blackmores (BKL) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) BKL develops, makes and distributes health care products. BKL has a strong brand, profitable sales mix and a robust market position that enables it to operate a more profitable model than many peers. There’s significant opportunities in…
18 Share Tips – 17 March 2014
Simon Bond, Morgans BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Ramsay Health Care (RHC) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Underlying results for this private hospital operator were solid and in line with our expectations, underpinned by broad divisional performance, operating leverage and strong cash flow generation. Although we’re wary of cost pressures, we see little…
18 Share Tips – 10 March 2014
Janine Cox, Wealth Within BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Skycity Entertainment Group (SKC) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Looking back, the price has been overall bullish since 2009. But more recently the trend is sideways as resistance is tested at around $3.80. A strong close above this level would indicate that SKC is…
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…
18 Share Tips – 3 March 2014
Gavin Wendt, MineLife BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Gold Road Resources (GOR) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) The company’s share price has firmed from a recent low of 3.4 cents during June 2013 to a recent high of 21.5 cents – a recovery of more than 530 per cent. The explanation for the…
18 Share Tips – 17 February 2014
Patrick Trindade, PhillipCapital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Telstra (TLS) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) The telecommunications giant lifted its first half profit almost 10 per cent to $1.7 billion. The dividend increased to 14.5 cents. We believe Telstra’s low earnings volatility and high dividend yield are particularly attractive in the context of…
The upside of anger: why workers should express their emotions
By Peter Jordan, Griffith University Anger has traditionally been considered an emotion to be avoided at work as it is often linked to a lack of personal control. Anger at work is often seen as unprofessional; an uncontrolled response linked to tantrums and illogical behaviour. As a result, organisational norms have tended to support the…
18 Share Tips – 13 January 2014
Carey Smith, Alto Capital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Cabcharge Australia (CAB) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) We believe Australia’s largest taxi, bus and coach company is one of the most undervalued and unloved industrial companies on the ASX. Recently trading on a price/earnings ratio below 8 times, and forecast to pay a…
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…
The world has fresh water, but it’s full of poison
By Peter Fisher, RMIT University Images of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines were terribly confronting, vividly conveying what an angry planet can dish up. But amid the destruction and death, an important point was largely missed: the world’s freshwater supplies are being degraded by a seemingly endless sequence of extreme events. While infrastructures such as dams, sewerage…
