Market fell again on weak sentiment ahead of big macro weeks. The local market has had 3 consecutive negative days and 3 consecutive negative weeks to deliver the worst weekly performance since June. Aussie market looks to be taking the lead and moving lower ahead of the US market pullback.... Show More
Market was once again taken to the cleaners as investors ran for safety ahead of the US market profit taking and central bank download next week. Aussie market looks to be taking the lead and moving ahead of the US market pullback. The substantial part of the downside risk is... Show More
Market pretty much kept on falling all day as inflation data removed any faint hope of another rate cut in 2016. The rate cut hope was a fallacy as the last two rate cuts did not even remotely solve the inflation or the currency issue. We are heading into a... Show More
Market popped up on the open with US positive sentiment and then traded sideways and choppy for the rest of the day. There is a bit of macro data out today….China data were solid while Canadian rates update, UK unemployment, US housing starts, US Fed beige book and the third... Show More
Market ran up for the first half of the day on better risk appetite and stronger currency before spending the second half trading sideways. The data continues to support US Fed rate hike while US Fed commentary remains mixed between slightly hawkish to slight dovish. The US reporting season had... Show More
Market closed negative ahead of a raft of macro data and US reporting season worries. The data continues to support US Fed rate hike while China data remains robust. The US reporting season had a good start with financials and that may continue with better rate cycle outlook. The local... Show More
Select Harvests: Leverage to a falling AUD, Rob Calnon, Portfolio Manager. One of our investments with the largest leverage to a falling AUD is Select Harvests (SHV). SHV grow, package & sell almonds to both domestic and international buyers, however even the domestic sales (approximately 20%) are based on international... Show More
In addition to our nine Top 100 stock picks for the month, our Research Team has identified six small to mid-cap companies we believe will outperform the market on short to medium term catalysts - Domino's Pizza, Industria REIT, M2 Group, Pact Group, Select Harvests and Sundance Energy. For more... Show More
OC Premium Small Companies Fund added Select Harvests (SHV) and Ingenia (INA) to the portfolio in the March quarter. Select is an almond producer which grows, processes and packages almonds from its orchards. Ingenia Communities Group is a company that owns, manages and develops a diversified portfolio of seniors living... Show More
Following a relatively strong reporting season (and relatively strong market performance), the challenge is to identify companies that will continue to outperform. We see opportunities in the small to mid-cap space, and our Research Team has identified eight ex-ASX200 companies we believe have the potential to exceed earnings growth expectations over... Show More
Twelve stocks for Xmas - as we move into 2014 we expect Australian equities to re-rate as the markets see evidence of a progressive recovery in earnings. We forecast the ASX200 to finish at around 5810 points by the end of next year. With that in mind, our research team has... Show More
Since WCB, we've had a look at Ag stocks -- bit of a punt, but we reckon BUG, SHV, TAN, AAC look interesting on strategic value, simple ops and decent performance in what is a rough sector... e-mail us for report (mail@fairmontequities.com) Show More