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…
18 Share Tips – 14 October 2013
Patrick Trindade, PhillipCapital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS ANZ Bank (ANZ) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) With more than $1.8 trillion in bank deposits across Australia, investors will continue to chase the big fully-franked dividends paid by the banks. With its considerable Asian footprint, ANZ, unlike the other three majors, offers exposure to…
18 Share Tips – 8 October 2013
Darren Jackson, Calibre Investments BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Challenger (CGF) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Challenger’s funds management division performed extremely well in fiscal year 20113. Funds under management increased 33 per cent and normalised earnings were up 62 per cent. We expect outperformance to continue in response to an increase in…
Is residential property a good investment?
There has been a surge in residential property prices recently, apparently driven by investors rather than homeowners. Like most Australians, their answer to the question, “Is residential property a good investment?” would clearly be “Yes”. And typical reasons given would include: – It’s safe and always goes up in value. In fact, it was recently…
18 Share Tips – 23 September 2013
Carey Smith, Alto Capital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS QBE Insurance (QBE) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) QBE has recovered from its multi-year low share price in November last year, and has now been in a solid uptrend for more than six months. Increasing long-term interest rates in the US and a weakening…
Existential risks to our planetary life-support systems
By Andrew Glikson We’re simply talking about the very life support system of this planet. – Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, chief climate advisor to the German Government It is not news that we are over stretching our planetary support systems: we have known for some time. In a 2009 keynote paper in Nature titled “A safe…
18 Share Tips – 9 September 2013
Peter Russell, Russell Research BUY RECOMMENDATIONS BigAir Group (BGL) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Small cap company BigAir owns and operates one of the largest fixed wireless broadband networks across our big cities and in some regional areas. Five years of record profits via acquisitions and organic growth have built…
18 Share Tips – 2 September 2013
Richard Batt, Shadforth Financial Group BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Primary Health Care (PRY) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) PRY provides exposure to a portfolio of medical businesses with reliable earnings streams. It’s expected these business will continue to grow solidly over the longer term, as the company benefits from an ageing population…
How To Invest When Rates Hit Rock Bottom
One of the best investment books I’ve read this year, The Australian Guide to Fixed Income, by Fiig Securities, briefly outlines a few key strategies for when the economy and official cash rate reach the low point in the cycle – a topic that will becoming increasingly timely over the next 18 months. How to…
