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Well, well, well, China has surprised on the upside with the better than forecast early estimate of activity in the country’s huge manufacturing sector.
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Newcrest Chairman Upbeat On Gold, Company’s Prospects
Don Mercer, the chairman of struggling gold miner Newcrest (NCM), has strongly defended the company’s performance in his chairman’s comments in the 2012-13 annual report released yesterday, and made it clear that senior executives face the prospect of receiving lower bonuses and other incentive payments this year.
Read MoreThe Week Ahead
After last week’s events, we all are wanting a quiet few days, but unfortunately, that won’t be on the cards because today is the day when the early reports on the health of manufacturing in some of the world’s major economies, starting with China begin.
Read MoreNews Corp Profit An Accounting Outcome
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NWS) finally produced its 2012-13 results early Saturday morning our time with a quiet filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which will be released to the ASX first thing this morning.
Read MoreFed’s Tapering Hangover Hits Markets
Now it’s time for what you might call the ‘hangover effect’ after the brief party in the wake of the Fed’s surprise move last week not to start cutting its stimulatory spending.
Read MoreBillabong’s About Face To Do New Funding Deal
In contrast to Oroton, the shares of struggling basket case, Billabong (BBG) jumped by around 8% at one stage yesterday on news that the company has accepted a refinancing proposal from hedge funds and found a new chief executive.
Read MoreOroton Survives Losing Ralph Lauren
Yet another couple of conflicting reports from the retailing sector yesterday.
Read MoreSoul Patts Group Sees Lower Results
Sydney-based investment group Soul Pattinson (SOL) has raised its final dividend, even though it suffered a fall in earnings in the year to July.
Read MoreFed Keeps The Punch Bowl Spiked
The US Federal Reserve sprang a major surprise on markets by not starting to trim its $US85 billion a month of stimulatory spending.
Read MoreWCB Fends Off ‘Opportunistic’ Takeover
The horse trading over the real value of the Bega Cheese (BGA) offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) has started with the latter company attempting to cast doubt on the value of the Bega shares to be offered in the deal.
Read MoreAPRA, RBA Downplay House Bubble
Representatives of the country’s two main bank regulators, APRA and the Reserve Bank went out of their way yesterday to downplay talk of a house price bubble in Australia, but confirmed there was official concern at the way house prices had risen sharply.
Read MoreNew Hope’s Bleak Outlook
New Hope (NHC), the coal mining associate of the Brickworks (BKW) – Soul Pattinson (SOL) group of companies, has warned of another year ahead of weak sales, prices and earnings after posting a sharply lower profit for the year to July.
Read MoreTPG Profit, Subscriber Numbers Jump
Shares in TPG Telecom (TPM), 27.7% owned by Washington Soul Pattinson, jumped nearly 12% in yesterday’s lacklustre market after it reported a sharp rise in profit for 2012-13 and faster than expected subscriber growth.
Read MoreRBA, APRA Fire Warning Shot To Banks On Risky Loans
Retail investors own around half of the big four banks – Westpac, ANZ, CBA and NAB – for that reason alone, they had better start noticing the start of the crackdown on home lending from the country’s two main bank regulators – the Reserve Bank and APRA.
Read MoreBreathing Easier with iSonea
We live in a world saturated with ‘smart devices,’ in which we all carry in our jeans pockets and handbags more computing power than the Apollo Space Program had.
Read MoreSummers’ Exit Boosts Markets
The local market hit new five year highs yesterday and the Aussie dollar scampered back over the 93 USc level and almost reached 94c after senior US economist and policymaker Larry Summers ruled himself out of the race to replace Ben Bernnake as head of the US Federal Reserve from early 2014.
Read MoreWestfield Restructures, Sells US Shopping Centres
Westfield (WDC) brought itself a bit more market favour yesterday with a $US1.6 billion restructuring of its international shopping centre portfolio, the third such move this year.
Read MoreDebt Deal Boosts Lynas
Signs of life in the shares of rare earth hopeful, Lynas Corporation (LYC), which closed up more than 6% yesterday after it revealed some mildly encouraging news.
Read MoreMarkets Calm Ahead Of Fed Taper
Like gold and other markets, shares will be driven by sentiment about the Fed’s expected easing.
Read MoreThe Week Ahead
Now for the biggest week of the year for investors and markets around the world with the US Federal Reserve set to start cutting its $US85 billion a month of stimulatory spending.
Read MoreWill Gold Take Another Battering As The Fed Slows?
After the sharp sell-off late last week, gold faces another moment of truth with this week’s two-day meeting of the US Federal Reserve which is expected to start cutting the size of the $US85 billion a month in spending that has supported financial markets and economies around the world, especially America’s.
Read MoreBega Cheese Sees Warrnambool As A Tasty Prize
Can a $319 million bid bring about a mega merger in Australian food and get through what will be a close examination by the competition regulator, ACCC?
Read MoreUnemployment At 15-Year High As Jobs Disappear
Well, not good news from the labour market yesterday with the highest level of unemployment since the late 1990s the unemployment rate at a four year high and the key participation rate at a multi year low.
Read MoreMyer Moans, Posts Weak Result
More moaning from Myer (MYR) CEO Bernie Brooks yesterday about the impact of high wages, rents, taxes, online purchases and utility costs on the retailer as he tried to explain an unexpected 8.7% fall in net profit, to $127 million for the year to July 27.
Read MoreCan You Lend Money To Your SMSF Interest-Free?
SMSFs can borrow money to invest provided the arrangement meets the rules for SMSF borrowing arrangements. One of the key rules is that the loan must be made on a limited recourse basis.
Read MoreMcMillan Attempts To Clear The Air
Shares in salary packaging company McMillan Shakespeare (MMS) recovered some of this week’s 6.1% sell-off yesterday after the company spoke to the investment community for the first time in six weeks.
Read MoreGold Under Pressure
Gold prices are under pressure as the market wonders what will happen to the price of the precious metal after next week’s two day meeting of the US Federal Reserve which is expected to start reducing its current round of quantitative easing.
Read MorePatties Foods Loses CEO
A weak result for the 2012-13 year has caught up with the CEO of small Victorian food group Patties Foods (PFL) which owns the iconic Herbert Adams and Nanna Pies brands.
Read MoreYet Another Life For Elders
Another life for struggling rural group, Elders (ELD) with news its banks have given it new finance facilities totaling up to $414 million, but at the cost of finding $25 million in new cost cuts.
Read MoreThe Missing Linc In Energy
Linc Energy (LNC) is doing some of the most exciting things in the energy sector of any emerging Australian energy producer. That’s because it is focused on both ‘conventional’ oil and gas and the more exotic ‘unconventional’ hydrocarbons.
Read MoreGood Reasons To Not Have Your Kids In Your SMSF
Parents operating an SMSF should think very carefully before admitting their kids to the fund.
Read MoreCBA Chalks Up Another Quality Result
By the close of trading yesterday investors seemed to be getting over their little hissy fit about the Commonwealth Bank’s (CBA) record $7.82 billion cash net after tax profit for the 12 months to June 30.
Read MoreCSL Posts 19% Net Profit Boost
CSL was another major company whose shares were sold down yesterday, despite the group reporting a very solid full year profit and a higher dividend.
Read MoreGoodman Fielder On The Way Back, Resumes Dividends
Struggling food group, Goodman Fielder (GFF) should no longer be described as being ‘struggling‘ as the 2012-13 result reveals a company that is now well into a recovery phase with improving prospects, which is a long way from the way it looked a couple of years ago as it faced tough trading conditions, aggressive retailing customers and high raw material costs, not to mention the pressure of the high Australian dollar.
Read MoreStockland Clouds Report With $355 Million Writedown
You have to be a bit cynical about the result property group Stockland (SGP) released to the market yesterday, showing a 78% drop in full year profit.
Read MoreBradken Does Better Than The Figures Suggest
There was plenty to take away from the full year result from engineer and metal basher, Bradken (BKN).
Read MoreDomino’s Goes Big In Japan
Australian-listed pizza company, Domino’s (DMP) will spend more than $235 million to take over its Japanese-based sister company after reporting a solid 2012-13 result and lifting dividend.
Read MoreOsprey Poised To Swoop On Dye Opportunity
Trans-Pacific medical device company Osprey Medical, Inc. (OSP) did not enjoy a great reception after floating on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in May 2012, but it is sitting nicely as a major trial of its technology starts to take shape.
Read MoreNewcrest Shares Jump Despite Weak Report
The bad news keeps on coming for Newcrest Mining (NCM), but the market ignored the latest bout yesterday.
Read MoreJB Hi Fi Shares Hit New Highs On Sales, Profit Rise
Contrary to the prevailing wisdom that retailing is a black hole and everyone is doing it tough, JB Hi Fi (JBH) confirmed that its surprise early May update of better than expected sales growth, had resulted in better than expected profit growth.
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