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Investing Research

27 November 2013

Three upcoming floats with value holes

John Abernethy

These upcoming listings do not attract as “must have” investments.

Six hot takeover targets

Tom Elliott

The sharemarket is ripe for another bout of takeover activity.

Iron story is ore inspiring

Adam Carr

Continued bearishness on the iron ore price is perhaps misplaced.

The dust cloud over Fortescue

Tim Treadgold

A warning for investors is that analysts are so divided over the iron ore miner.

Mining services isn’t a disaster zone

Brendon Lau

There is a lot of fear around mining services … but some are still thriving.

Collected Wisdom

David Gilmour

This week we look at QBE Insurance, WorleyParsons, ALS, Westfield Group, and Amcor.

25 November 2013

Lighten the retail property load

Robert Gottliebsen

Online shopping is here to stay … and many shopping centres will be among the casualties.

Helping the next property generation

Scott Francis

Four strategies to get the next generation in the home ownership door.

All the way with LRBAs

David McCrorie

The use of Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangements by SMSFs is on the rise.

The biggest super question of all

Bruce Brammall

Do you know how much super you should have by now?

Tax with Max: Calculating pension starting dates

Max Newnham

Calculating pension starting dates, franking credits on ETFs, and more.

22 November 2013

Australia’s biggest franking hoarders

David Gilmour

Between them, these 15 companies have almost $30 billion in stored franking credits.

Is Europe becoming stagnant?

Adam Carr

There are some views that Europe’s recovery is cooling … but it’s still a good place to be.

European stock plays

Robert Milburn

Stock pickers have identified Europe as the biggest opportunity in 2014.

Stirring in the zinc pot

Tim Treadgold

Higher demand and lower supply should eventually galvanise the zinc price.

China sets fresh sails

Clifford Bennett

The China critics got it wrong … rather than slowing, it’s still powering ahead.