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…
Tools for Finding Safer Shares (Part 3) – The Cash Conversion Cycle
If liquidity is a key metric to consider when looking for safer shares, what is the best measure of liquidity? Financial websites tell us to focus on a combination of the Current Ratio and the Quick Ratio. As you know, both have flaws relating to the time required to turn assets into available cash. The…
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18 Share Tips from Australia’s leading brokers
Peter Day, Wilson HTMBUY RECOMMENDATIONSCleveland Mining (CDG) A gold explorer focusing on developing projects into mines. It’s five prospective targets are in Brazil. The projects are located besides tenements held by AngloGold Ashanti, Kinross Corporation, Yamana Gold and Vale in a well-known gold region. Its Premier Project is close to the world-class Serra Grande gold…
How to take advantage of the commodity boom
There’s little doubt that commodities – at least some of them – will continue their price boom this year, despite concerns about slowing Chinese growth and the fragile recoveries occurring in the US and Europe. But getting on board to take advantage of the trend as an ordinary investor takes some thinking through, and as…
Return on Equity (ROE) – Is It the ‘Magic Number’ of Share Picking Tools?
Although some share market skeptics claim most share picking tools yield results no better than throwing darts at a wall, there are numbers any investor can look at to help pick solid investments. Return on Equity (ROE) is one such number. Simply put, ROE measures how well a company makes use of the money its…
3 miners ready to roar
With China and India’s insatiable appetite for resources fuelling a once-in-a-lifetime commodities super-cycle, many mid-cap miners are set to soar over the coming year. Coming soon – article to appear in an upcoming newsletter.
Top Down Strategy – Stocks To Gain From Flood Recovery
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…
