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Stock of the Week – wealth manager performing despite the crisis
Stock: IOOF Holdings Limited Stock code: IFL Share Price: $6.45 (as at close 17/06/11) P/E Ratio: 13.66 (Sector P/E 13.71) Market Cap: $1,482,000,000 Broker Buy Recommendations: Morningstar, $7.85 target (17th June 2011, share price was $6.45 that day) Patersons Securities (14th June 2011, share price was $6.46 that day) RBS Australia, $7.96 target (16th May…
18 Share Tips – 19 June 2011
#FOTO:1095:200# Shawn Uldridge, William Shaw Securities BUY RECOMMENDATIONS BHP Billiton (BHP) Chart: Share price over the year to 17/06/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) The global miner’s share price has retreated due to a downturn in equity markets, a modest rise in the Australian dollar and a mild fall in commodity prices. But with interest rates on…
Commodity volatility: which stocks should you hold?
It’s no secret that an investor rotation out of resource stocks – increasingly exposed to commodity price weakness – and into under-valued industrials, financials and US/Asian assets has been gathering momentum for the last few months. The penny has finally dropped that the Small Resources Index – which grew 47 per cent in the six…
Lessons from the Gurus – Peter Lynch
Of all the great investors throughout history, some feel Peter Lynch offered more simple and practical advice than any other guru. He started out as an ordinary mutual fund manager for Fidelity Investments, managing their Magellan fund. He started in 1977 and by the time he left the fund in 1990, he had achieved average…
18 Share Tips – 5 June 2011
#FOTO:1062:200# Michael Heffernan, Austock BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Service Stream (SSM) Chart: Share price over the year to 03/06/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) A contractor to the telecommunications and utility sectors, which now has its fortunes very much tied to the deployment of the National Broadband Network. The recent agreement with Fujitsu to install fibre to new housing…
Lessons from the Gurus – Sir John Templeton
If you search the Internet for history’s greatest investors, Sir John Templeton will surely be on the list. An American by birth, later in life he emigrated to the Bahamas and became a British citizen. In his early years he worked for a Wall Street investment firm but in 1937 he and a few colleagues…
18 Share Tips – 22 May 2011
#FOTO:1044:200# Cameron Bell, Intersuisse BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Woodside Petroleum (WPL) Chart: Share price over the year to 20/05/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) Woodside is our favourite large cap investment opportunity in the oil and gas sector. The main attraction is the dominant LNG position Woodside holds in Australia as well as its strong project flow in…
Can I remove the initial cash or sell the shares and still have the margin loan sitting there?
Question: Can anyone answer my question regarding the initial cash or shares required as security for the establishment of a margin loan: Once the loan is established and becomes like a flexible line of credit, can I remove the initial cash or sell the initial share security and still have the margin loan sitting there?…
Modern Gold-Digging: From Prospecting to Prospectus
After gold’s stellar run over the past decade from $275 to $1,500 an ounce, many investors who were slow to get on board are kicking themselves over missing the boat. However despite the recent volatility and a raft of downgrades to forecasts for commodities prices, many analysts are still gold bulls. HSBC analyst Jim Steel…
