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…
The Dow 30 is the Greatest of All Ponzi Schemes
By Wim Grommen (with Lorimer Wilson) The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index – the oldest stock exchange in the U.S. and most influential in the world – consists of 30 companies and has an extremely interesting and distressing history regarding its beginnings, transformation and structural development which has all the trappings of what is…
18 Share Tips – 12 August 2013
Janine Cox, Wealth Within BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) If looking to buy financial stocks outside the big four, it’s worthwhile looking at mid tier companies like BEN, Bank of Queensland and Challenger. Of these, Bendigo has been making some important technical moves,…
Property bubble? That’s the theory, anyway
By Philip Soos, Deakin University As Australian housing prices have boomed over the last decade and a half, there has been much discussion over whether a bubble exists in the residential property market. More recently, the concern is the record-low interest rate of 2.5% may cause a housing bubble. Conspicuously absent in the debate over…
18 Share Tips – 5 August 2013
Scott Marshall, Shaw Stockbroking BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Aurizon Holdings (AZJ) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) AZJ has announced it could achieve EBIT margins of 30 per cent in the long term. In the short term, profit margin improvement will come from $230 million in centralised cost savings and productivity improvements. While…
Mineral Rich Australia May Contain World’s Next Major Oil Find
Australia’s massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely. The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration noted in its country’s analysis for Australia, “Australia, rich in hydrocarbons and uranium, was the world’s second largest coal exporter in 2011 and the third largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in…
18 Share Tips – 22 July 2013
Joshua Stega, JAS Wealth BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Brambles (BXB) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Provides support services and operates in more than 45 countries. It employs more than 12,000 people. BXB is highly leveraged to a continuing recovery in global economic conditions. Our investment thesis is based on the recently announced…
Rise of super funds will shape Australia’s financial sector
By Kevin Davis, Australian Centre for Financial Studies How will the shape of Australia’s financial sector evolve over the coming decades? How will the demand for finance change? Where will the supply of funds come from? Can we be confident that available funds will be allocated to their best uses to promote economic growth and…
18 Share Tips – 15 July 2013
Gavin Wendt, MineLife BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Wolf Minerals (WLF) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) WLF is an emerging tungsten producer at a time of tight supply. It’s focusing on developing its world class Hemerdon Ball tungsten project in Devon, England. Hemerdon currently boasts a JORC-compliant resource of 401 million tonnes at…
18 Share Tips – 1 July 2013
Janine Cox, Wealth Within BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Seek (SEK) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) During this recent market decline, quality stocks with solid technical buying signals are few and far between. But opportunities to profit are always just around the corner. Look for growth stocks with good earnings forecasts in a…
