16 Mining Services Stocks Leveraged To Mining Boom
Australian mining investment is projected to jump by 50 per cent this year as strong commodity prices encourages mining companies to push ahead with as many projects as they can handle. Mining services companies are set to benefit with full order books and an ongoing pipeline of work. To investors this represents a golden opportunity…
18 Share Tips – 6 March 2011
Nicholas Brooks, RBS Morgans BUY RECOMMENDATIONS Pacific Brands (PBG) Chart: Share price over the year to 04/03/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) This clothing company’s share price dived after revealing asset write-downs in its most recent result. The initial selling was overdone and we believe the underlying result delivered quality earnings. This was aided by strong…
Top 5 Uranium Stocks For Your Portfolio
Australia’s uranium sector is highly speculative, but it offers an opportunity to make relatively fast money for investors willing to heighten their risk/reward appetite. The uranium spot price has risen from $US41.75 a pound in June 2010 to $US71.83 a pound at the end of January 2011, a 72 per cent increase. China and Russia’s…
18 Share Tips – 27 February 2011
Mark Goulopoulos, Patersons Securities BUY RECOMMENDATIONS QBE Insurance (QBE) – click stock code or chart Chart: Share price over the year to 27/02/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) A recent market update contained positive developments for QBE. Cost estimates of the recent catastrophes in Australia were well within market expectations. Guidance for 2010 earnings was reaffirmed,…
Dingoes Of The ASX 50
Stockmarket investors who don’t want to go to the trouble of sifting through stock tips or poring over charts for under-valued trading opportunities can always fall back on a ‘mechanical’ strategy, where the investor simply buys stocks that fit a selection criterion, or set of criteria. It could be the stocks with the lowest price/earnings…
How do I get an order filled before the open of the market ?
Question: “I was waiting to buy “SIP” on Friday morning and on opening at 11:00 it was already +38%! How do people get their orders filled before open to receive the gain? On Thursday I put an order in at 7:30am to buy “AEC” at 2.680 and when it opened I did not get my…
Does the P/E Ratio Really Tell You Which Stock To Buy?
The Price to Earnings Ratio for the vast majority of shares in which you might be considering investing is readily available, and for those you cannot find, the vaunted P/E is easy to calculate on your own. All you have to do is get your hands on a copy of the company’s latest annual report….
18 Share Tips – 20 February 2011
Mike Bigwood, Patersons Securities BUY RECOMMENDATIONS MACA Limited (MLD) – click code or chart for stock quotes Chart: Share price over the year to 20/02/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) A mining services company leveraged to mid-tier WA miners. The company listed in November 2010, and its share price surged to $2.73 on February 16. The…
How To Make Money By Thinking Big Picture
Think of top down investing as a “big picture” strategy. The big picture is the global market and all it encompasses. If you think of the global market as a forest, if it looks green and healthy, you enter the forest looking for the healthiest trees. When you find a grove of healthy trees, you…
Tools for Finding Safer Shares (Part 2) – The Quick Ratio
Something happened a short time ago – January 24th, 2011 – that shines a spotlight on the issue of finding safer shares. Australia’s giant retailer, Woolworths (WOW), lowered its guidance for the first half of 2011. Today’s earnings release cited the following conditions that led to the revised forecast: • Consumer Confidence Levels • Inflation…
