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…
7 Stocks with High Yield and High Growth
Australian investors have enjoyed the advantage of relatively high term deposit rates compared to other countries as a safe haven. The RBA has cut the cash rate by 1.2% over the last year and more cuts may be in the offing. While still higher than rates in most of the industrialized world, the possibility of…
7 Stocks with High Yield and High Growth
Aussie punters seeking a safe haven investment have enjoyed the advantage of stuffing their money into term deposits offering relatively high rates compared to elsewhere. However the problem with this strategy is that the RBA has slashed the cash rate by 1.2% over the past year and more cuts may be in the offing. While…
Can Self-Managed Super Funds trade shares? Are there any restrictions?
By Stephen Karpin, managing director of CommSec Question: Can Self-Managed Super Funds trade shares? Are there any restrictions? Response: Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) are the fastest growing area of the superannuation industry in Australia. This is because they offer a range of possible advantages over other super funds, including greater control over how their assets…
6 Rare Earth Stocks for the Future
What do LED televisions, hybrid cars, iPhones, aircraft engines, wind turbines, cubic zirconias, loudspeakers, commercial lasers, and cancer drugs have in common? All these products need rare earth element minerals in their manufacture. Rare Earth Elements (REEs) have unique properties that are ideally suited for high tech products in a wide variety of fields, with…
Should I borrow to invest or dump money into super?
By Wealth Foundations I don’t want to lock my money into super Two alternative strategies that many investors consider are: • borrowing to invest (i.e. entering into a gearing strategy), outside super; and • increasing pre-tax contributions to super and investing in the superannuation environment. Which is best? The comparison is not straightforward, but is…
18 Share Tips – 15 October 2012
Sean Conlan, Macquarie Private Wealth BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Incitec Pivot (IPL) Chart: Share price over the year to versus ASX200 (XJO) Financial year 2012 should be an earnings trough, with double-digit growth expected in financial year 2103. Expect growth to be driven by the Moranbah ammonium and nitrate project and the absence of first half fertiliser…
What are straddles and strangles in options trading?
Question: What are straddles and strangles? Response: The straddle and strangle are popular option strategies that involve a simultaneous buying or selling of an equal number of call and put options with the same expiration date. The only difference between the strategies is that the strangle has two different strike prices, while the straddle has…
