The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate to an unprecedented 1.5% to maintain downward pressure on the currency and spur sluggish inflation and business investment. As was forecast by most analysts, the board lowered the cash rate by 0.25 of a percentage point from 1.75% on... Show More
3 things you should read to close this historic day for the mighty CATAPULT (ASX. CAT): Show More
Aussie Economic data just out showed 4Qtr GDP grew +0.6% on Qtr vs Consensus expectations of +0.4%.... Basically meaning their is no rate cuts coming anytime soon with the strong domestic numbers. Equity markets remain a great place to derive income from. GO Australia, Cheers JN Show More
Since we initiated coverage early this month, the stock has jumped ~14%. The company has a diverse range of capabilities aimed at delivering complete (end-to-end) IT solutions for clients in order for them to reach their business objectives. EPD is a high growth stock and we expect the company to... Show More
Mantra Group (MTR) Another property joins the MTR stable→ Post being added to the ASX200 index, MTR has been a strong out-performer in a volatile market. MTR confirmed late last week, that it has further increased its footprint on the Brisbane market having acquired the Management and Letting Rights for... Show More
The short positions across the 4 major banks has been rising. In particular, CBA has accumulated significant short positions over the past two months with A$2.0bn outstanding, up from a low of A$0.7bn in May. Keeping in mind, retail investors still have ~2 weeks to decide whether to apply for... Show More
VRL look set to deliver a solid FY15 on 21/8/15. One of the main drivers for this resurgence has been the influx of Chinese tourists coming in their droves taking advantage of a Falling A$. Chinese outbound travel continues to grow rapidly, with the number of overseas trips taken surpassing... Show More
Aussie market maintained the volatility as it recovered part of yesterday’s sell off on positive global sentiment despite falling commodity prices and institutional investors taking risk off before school holidays. Turnover was just below $6.3b. US market hovers around the technical support level with fear and greed index remaining in... Show More
Quant Strategy Portfolio - April update - Managing short term macro risk. Strategy outlook: We are adjusting the balance through diversification in order to reduce market risk. Current model portfolio: Energy - large (STO, WPL); Materials - large (AMC, BHP), mid (ORA); Commercial & Professional Services - mid (CCP, SEK);... Show More
Sunset Strip (Afternoon Report) - Aussie market held flat despite the bank/budget scare stories and China/Euro worry. It may have something to do with today being the last day of the month before big two days of US/China macro data...or maybe not. Despite being positive long term, we turned negative... Show More
Sunset Strip (Afternoon Report) - Aussie market pulled back violently after once again struggling to break the S&P 300 target of 5500 on China and Euro worry. Mixed US corporate/macro updates, rising Ukraine risk, China growth risk, Bank dividend cycle sell off, Stretched valuation and institutional investors coming back after... Show More
Harvey Norman (HVN) - When Harvey meets Hockey - Quant Sell ($2.75). We rate Harvey Norman as Quant Sell with Quant Target Price (QTP) of $2.75. HVN is currently trading at post GFC high multiples due to housing recovery. Recent recovery has already priced in growth improvement that has not... Show More
JB Hi-Fi (JBH) - Government pulls the plug on spending - Quant Sell ($15). We rate JB Hi-Fi (JBH) as Quant Sell with Quant Target Price (QTP) of $15. JBH is currently trading near post GFC high levels. We have been big fans of JBH during the run in 2013,... Show More
Sunset Strip (Afternoon Report) - Aussie market held up flat despite negative global sentiment with Ukraine, China and US Earnings. Despite being positive long term, we turned negative on Apr 11th morning due to US reporting season risk, China growth worries, Ukraine/Russian standoff, AUDUSD at the peak level we expected... Show More
Woolworths Ltd (WOW) - Bringing WOW back to retail...maintain Quant Buy ($40)published March 2013....not much has changed. We maintain the Quant BUY (since July 2012) call on WOW with Quant Target Price (QTP) $40.00 due to its dominant track record of delivering growth, earnings certainty, market share, private labels, cost... Show More
Sunset Strip (Afternoon Report) - Aussie market delivered another positive day on the back of big tech (Apple & Facebook) updates after US market despite negative US housing data. Despite being positive long term, we turned negative on Apr 11th morning due to US reporting season risk, China growth worries,... Show More
Resmed (RMD) - Investment that lets you sleep at night...Quant Buy ($5.60)....published July 2013....not much has changed. We rate RMD as Quant BUY with Quant Target Price (QTP) of $5.60. RMD has been a consistent outperformer during reporting periods as well as one of the best mid cap defensive beta... Show More
Sunset Strip (Afternoon Report) - Aussie market delivered another positive day post flat China flash PMI and stable interest rate outlook. Expect more global macro data from US and Euro out tonight. Despite being positive long term, we turned negative on Apr 11th morning due to US reporting season risk,... Show More