Is Rent Money, “Dead Money”?
By Wealth Foundations Rent is the price of housing accommodation The home building industry often promotes to potential young home buyers that rent money is “dead money” i.e. money down the drain. It encourages them to stop paying rent and, instead, use the money to pay off the mortgage on their own new home. I…
18 Share Tips – 10 December 2012
Cleo Nanni, Alpha Broking BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Commonwealth Bank (CBA) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Australia’s largest retail bank continues to reward investors. From about $47.50 in March this year to recently breaking $60 shows its appeal. On December 5, it was trading at $61.07. The CBA is a top performer….
Borrowing to buy property within Super: Buyer Beware!
By Wealth Foundations Just because you can doesn’t mean your should Borrowing to buy property within a Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) has been promoted by many within the advice industry as an exclusive opportunity you should seriously consider. And, while there can be occasions where this strategy makes sense, as a general rule the…
18 Share Tips – 3 December 2012
Carey Smith, Alto Capital BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Harvey Norman Holdings (HVN) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) HVN, like most retailors is struggling, with sales and profits likely to remain weak this year. But the current market value of HVN is less than the value of its extensive property portfolio alone. If…
The Pros and Cons of Lifetime Annuities
By Wealth Foundations Lifetime Annuities and the quest for certainty Lifetime annuities offer you the opportunity to outsource a large slice of the uncertainty associated with managing your retirement capital. You get to exchange your capital for an annuity that will offer you a guaranteed income stream for life. And, for an additional cost, this…
18 Share Tips – 12 November 2012
Les Szancer, Blueribbonoptionsonline.com BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Victory Mines (VIC) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) A West Australian company that recently listed on the ASX. It listed at 20 cents on October 9 and was priced at 18.5 cents on November 8. It offers good copper and rare earth prospects at Jungle…
Explainer: what is short selling?
By Carole Comerton-Forde, Australian National University Short sellers are often portrayed by the media to be the villains of the financial markets. They are usually presented as evil traders that drive down the prices of good companies. However, the academic research on short selling typically provides evidence more consistent with them being heroes. They identify…
18 Share Tips – 5 November 2012
Peter Russell, Russell Research BUY RECOMMENDATIONS McMillan Shakespeare (MMS) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) This substantial salary packaging and vehicle-leasing group has averaged 30 per cent earnings per share growth in the past five years. New contract wins and ongoing business growth should retain it in double digits – with…
Cash Vs Shares – Which Is Best?
By Wealth Foundations Most investors should hold a combination of defensive and growth assets In our last article, we explained why we don’t think that the past five years of poor share market investment performance provides sufficient evidence that the investment world has changed i.e. we don’t yet believe there has been a paradigm shift….
The Big Movers – Why Index CFDs Are Proving Their Worth
At the height of the global financial crisis, CFD traders made a big migration. From individual stock CFDs, they moved to index CFDs; and later, to currency CFDs. The move to index CFDs came because “people could see that the indices traded 24 hours, instead of 10 am-4 pm for shares,” says Kara Ordway, senior…
