tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53636671668044617662012-01-30T23:44:49.671+11:00Buying Australian Shares | Managed Funds | Value Investing | Building Wealth And Income Over The Long Termaussienoreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363667166804461766.post-27660284593709925422011-10-23T12:41:00.001+11:002011-10-23T12:41:18.335+11:00

Earlier this year I looked at the ASX100 from an income investor's point of view in Highest Dividend Paying Stocks In The ASX100.  Then I gave the Small Caps a going over in Best Dividend Paying Shares - The Small Caps. Today we're going to look at Micro Caps.  For the purposes of this exercise, I'm going to define Micro Cap stocks as anything outside the ASX 300 (ie. anything outside the

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When it comes to maximising investment performance, I'm a firm believer that good returns are just as much a result the of shares we don't buy as of those we do. It's easy to put a large dent in the returns from our share investments with just one poor investment decision. So with that in mind, today I'd like to discuss a way which can be used to reduce the number of poor investment decisions

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It's time for another 'best dividend stocks' type of post. Last time, in Highest Dividend Paying Stocks In The ASX100, I did just as the title suggests. I scoured the ASX100 looking for shares with the best income potential. While I stressed in that article that more investigative work would need to be done to whittle the list down to a handful of suitable investment candidates, I found the

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With the year now well underway, it's time to turn our attention to what the IPO market might throw our way in 2011. In terms of the number of new issues, last year was an improvement on 2009. Will 2011 be a better year again for investors in Australian share floats? 2010 saw 96 new listings worth a total of $7.5 billion. The monster float of the year was QR National. And despite some investor

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This is a question which can almost cause good friends to come to blows. It seems that investing in residential property is such an emotional issue for some people. Well to add fuel to the fire I found the results of a study published last year found that investing in shares produced a better after tax return than investing in property. The report was commissioned by the Australian Stock Exchange

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It might surprise you to learn that over the long term dividends make up a large part of a share portfolio's returns. In a study by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton (see Keeping faith with stocks) it was found that "The longer the investment horizon, the more important is dividend income." And for retirees, dividends are the life blood of their investment portfolio. While growth in the

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With 2010 out of the way, it's now time to turn our our attention to 2011. While I'm sure we'd all like to have a crystal ball which we could look into to see what shares prices have done up to the end of 2011, the reality is the future is unknown. So how can we best position our investment portfolios to grow in 2011? In other words, what are the best shares to buy in 2011. Retail Shares? One

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The choice for ETF investors just got a little broader. Earlier this month BlackRock launched 4 new ASX listed Exchange Traded Funds all covering the Australian stock market. The table below list each of the 4 new funds. ASX Code Fund Name Purpose of Fund ILC iShares S&P/ASX 20 Tracks the performance of the S&P/ASX 20 Index IOZ iShares MSCI Australia 200 Tracks the performance of the

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A well constructed portfolio of high dividend paying stocks is a great foundation upon which to build a strategy to achieve financial independence. It is the passive income derived from such a portfolio which grants us our financial freedom. There is no point in being asset-rich if we are cash-flow poor. In this article I'll discuss how stock market beginners can get started with dividend

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Finally the big day for prospective QR National investors has arrived. The offer document has been released and now we get a chance to see what the 'big' fuss has all been about (don't tell me you haven't seen the ads). What follows are some of the highlights from the QR National prospectus. How Much? The indicative price range is between $2.50 and $3.00 per share with the final price paid by

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Is it worth buying shares in the QR National float? That is the $6.5 billion question. Unfortunately, we're all going to have to wait a little longer to find out. Until October 10 to be exact. That's when the prospectus is due to be released. Although details of the QR share offer are still sketchy, most main-stream media are predicting a market capitalization once the listing takes place to be

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Despite stock market volatility in recent times, the Valemus IPO appears set to proceed with the Retail Share Offer opening today. If successful, the float will raise over 1.2 billion dollars, making it the largest IPO so far this year. In fact it will be the largest initial public offering since Myer last year, although prospective investors would be hoping for a much better performance this

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Buying shares over the past couple of years has certainly been a hair-raising experience for most of us. It's been an extraordinary roller coaster ride. The All Ordinaries index started 2008 at 4,882 before reaching a low of 3201 in November of that year. Then in March of 2009 we got lower still - down to 3,090 in March before finishing the year at 4,882. Overall in 2009 the index gained more

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What will 2010 deliver to Australian stock market investors when it comes to new share floats? Hopefully, the worst of the global financial crisis is now behind us. After a fairly slow year in terms of the number and size of Initial Public Offerings, companies which had temporarily put their share float plans on the back burner may now be taking a second look at the market. I think one of the

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My sister asked me a good question the other day. She asked "How do I buy shares?" Of course I launched into a long and detailed explanation involving dividend yields, return on equity and interest coverage ratios, at which point she interrupted and told me she just wanted to know how buying shares works - how you physically purchase them. Buying stocks for the first time can be a daunting

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Hot on the heels of the initial public offering of Myer shares comes the Kathmandu float. It seems that the present owners of the outdoor goods and clothing retailer have judged that now might be a good time to sell down their stake given the recent strength in Australian shares and the high levels of demand being reported for Myer shares.The Kathmandu prospectus is available from the

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Here is the latest update on the initial public offering of Myer shares.Today the prospectus was made available for download on the Myer website. I have downloaded it and had a quick scan through.One thing that struck me is that there is no application form. As far as I can tell, retail investors have 3 options to invest in the float:as a staff member of Myer;as a member of the loyalty card

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Since my post yesterday on the IPO of Myer shares, I've had a couple of questions about how investors can get access to the float. As I mentioned yesterday, the strong brand name will probably attract lots of retail investors to the float and I guess people are worried about missing out.According to the offer website, as long as you become a Myer One member by 5:00 pm on Friday 25 September, you

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It looks like Myer shares will once again be available on the Australian stock market. The Myer IPO (Initial Public Offering) could well be wrapped up by the end of the year.According to the www.mypieceofmyer.com.au website, the group "currently intends to lodge a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for the offering of shares in Myer Holdings Limited on or about

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My interest in Exchange Traded Funds has grown since I first wrote about asset allocation a few months ago. As you may recall from that post, I like the strategy as a way of diversifying away from Australian shares and as a way of making the investment process more objective and systematic. Anyway, this line of reasoning caused me to search for a cost effective and relatively simple way of

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Many investors will be feeling bruised and battered after a year or two of punishing stock market conditions. Even those who don't purchase shares directly will be feeling the pain. Superannuation returns have plummeted and most managed funds have gone backwards as well. So how do we as investors go about finding the best shares to buy now that stock prices seem to have stabilized?In this post

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Who said value investing has to be boring?If you're a stock market investor with a bias towards buying value, then The Value Guys podcast might be right up your alley. Although it's a sometimes light-hearted discussion of stock investments, the principles these guys apply when analyzing a potential investment are well worth listening to.The two protagonists on this weekly podcast go by the names

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Should Australian's buy overseas shares as part of a balanced investment portfolio?The Australian stock market is a very small portion of the overall investment universe - less than two percent, depending upon who you listen to. So today I'm going to explore why you might like to consider investing in international shares as well as a discussing some of the options.The reason I started thinking

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What is asset allocation and how can it make you a better investor?I've been reading a lot about asset allocation lately. I don't recall what prompted this sudden interest. Perhaps it's a factor of age. My investment strategy has always been heavily skewed towards Australian shares, for a number of reasons, but mainly because shares traditionally have a good return when compared to other asset

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Investors buy shares in Australian companies for many reasons. Some buy stock in a company simply because they think the share price will go up, some may purchase based on the advice of their stock broker and some may even take the plunge based on a tip they received down at the pub on the weekend. However, today I'd like to discuss an alternative approach to the Australian stock market called

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Why should you consider buying US shares and how do you go about making your purchase?The Australian stock market makes up only a couple of percent of world equity markets by market capitalization while the US stock market is a whopping 30% (based on some figures I found relating to values back in early 2007). This is a marked contrast and may give you an insight into why you might consider

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Before deciding whether to buy shares in any given company, there are a number of things I look at. One of things I check out is what the insiders are doing. By this I mean looking at whether the directors of the company I'm interested in have been buying shares recently (or maybe selling shares instead). Since I invest on the Australian stock market, I'm able to find this information fairly

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What is ethical investing and why should you choose an ethical fund manager?Ethical or socially responsible investing is not an easy term to define. I always considered it to mean not buying shares in companies which operate in sectors such as gambling, tobacco, alcohol and mining of minerals such as uranium which might be considered damaging to society or the environment. So I always figured

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New company floats on the Australian Stock Exchange copped an absolute pasting during 2008. I can't be any more plain than that. Very few companies whose shares listed on the ASX during 2008 ended up which a share price exceeding the issue price.Float activity was down on previous years as well, as measured by either the number of new issues or by the aggregate amount of capital raised. But

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The Australian stock market gave investors a wild ride during 2008. It was not a year for the fainthearted. An investment in Australian shares as measured by the All Ordinaries index is down by almost 43% - that really hurts!Australian Stock Market Chart - 2008The All Ords started out the year at 6,462.8 and finished at 3,659.3. Along the way it touched a high of 6,462.8 on the first trading

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The Australian Stock Market has had a terrible year based on almost any measure you care to name. The All Ordinaries and major S&P ASX indexes are all down significantly from the beginning of the year and some market pundits are saying we still haven't reached bottom - but I guess we wont know when the bottom is until it has passed. World stock market indexes have fared little better and in

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This week has been a relatively quiet one for institutional investors - at least among the money managers that I keep an eye on. I guess everything is winding down before Christmas. And with the the performance of the Australian stock market (and global financial markets for that matter) this year, I suspect this is a year that some of those in the industry would prefer to forget.Some Of The

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Buying Australian shares has taken nerves of steel in recent times. All of the major Australian stock market indexes have spent most of the year in a decline that has ranged anywhere from a steady fall to alarming drop depending on the prevailing mood in world financial markets.Australian investors need all the help they can get. Could keeping an eye on what the professional fund managers are

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Well it was another turbulent week on the Australian stock market. The all ordinaries index was up and down like a yo-yo. The all ordinaries opened the week at 3,966, reached a high of 4,404, a low of 3,937 and finally closed at 3,945. This is a far cry from the high of over 6,800 reached by the all ords mid last year. The chart below shows the movement in the all ordinaries during this

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After another week of turmoil on the Australian stock market, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission has announced a temporary ban on 'naked' short selling. This action has been taken in an effort to restore confidence to the market - particularly the shares of those companies operating in the financial sector.Rumour has it that hedge fund short selling was behind the plunge in the

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The ABC Learning (ABS) saga continues. Regular readers of Australian Stock Market Investing will know I've developed a fascination with this company as evidenced by my posts on their share price crash, the continued stock price slide, the share price recovery and finally the IMF Class Action against ABC Learning. It feels like I've been watching a car crash in slow motion. The shenanigans

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Shares on the Australian Stock Market hit their lowest level in 2 years today. The All Ordinaries index closed just under 4,800 after falling about 1.5%. And this was after a fall of over 1.6% yesterday. You need to go back to early 2006 to see the All Ords at a level below this. The following graph shows the performance of the Australian Stock Market over the past 2 years.Performance of

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There is a real theme to the upcoming Australian Stock Market Floats for August 2008. You guessed it - small resources stocks. Although there are only a handful of stocks due to list on the ASX next month, I thought it would still be worth running my eye over them.Below is the meager list of upcoming Australian Stock Market IPO's.RVE - Riviera Resources Limited (August 1)EMG - Emergent

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I've written about ABC Learning (ASX Code: ABS) a number of times recently, and it seems there may be more bad news on the way. I read in the Business Section of The Age yesterday that IMF will be funding a class action against the Australian Stock Market's largest childcare provider.According to the article, the lawsuit hinges upon an alleged lack of disclosure by ABC. In February of this year

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*** Important Update ***Please read the comments at the bottom of this post if you have been approached be Walker Thompson or are considering one of their products. Take particular note of loving mum's experience.What do you know about automated stock picking software? The reason I ask is that I've noticed a number of visitors arriving at my blog having searched for "walker thompson trading

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The Australian Stock Market experienced its worst return for 26 years for the 12 months ending June 30. Australia's All Ordinaries Index lost more than 15% for the 2007/2008 year.The chart below shows the movement of the All Ordinaries Index during the year.Australian Stock Market Performance for 2007/2008As you can see, the market tried valiantly to recover from the low point in March and was

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Shares in ABC Learning were one of the better performing issues on the Australian stock market today. After reaching new lows this week, they finished up 30% today still a far cry from the $8.00 plus all time high, but much improved from their low of 65 cents this week. Only yesterday I wrote about this week's share price weakness in ABC Learning Shares Plumb New Lows.The recovery appears to be

aussienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363667166804461766.post-83965733179927113762008-06-25T21:33:00.000+10:002008-06-25T22:39:11.034+10:00

ABC Learning (ASX Code ABS) is the largest listed childcare provider on the Australian Stock Market. As I wrote in a previous ABC Learning post, it has traded at over $8.00 at its peak about 18 months ago. Since then, it's share price have been on steady (and at times alarming) decline. It reached a new low of 65 cents yesterday.Earlier this month, a placement of 71.5 million shares at $1.15

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The Australian Stock Market is approaching a three month low this week. After a brief rally it's all doom and gloom once more - just in time for the end of the financial year. So does this mean it's a good time to buy Australian shares?I guess it depends on your time frame and your outlook. If you're a long-term investor or a fan of value investing, then these sorts of conditions are right up

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Investing vs Speculating on the Australian Stock Market.What is the difference between investment and speculation? Unfortunately many people tend to confuse the terms and even use the two interchangeably. In this post I'd like to put forward my views on what the difference is and how it applies to the Australian Stock Market.In his book, Security Analysis, Benjamin Graham discusses the

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The Australian Stock Market has had a rough ride in recent times. The major market indices have come off the boil over the past year or so after a run of stellar gains over the preceding years. This recent market turmoil has seen many beginner investors sitting on the sidelines waiting to see what happens next. For those considering buying into shares, this post will discuss some of the basics

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I recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. The following statement describes what personal information is collected when you visit australian-investing.blogspot.com and what happens to that information.Log FilesLike most bloggers, I collect and use data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP, the

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ABC Learning (ASX Code ABS) shares plummeted yesterday. ABC Learning shares - listed on the Australian stock market - reached an intra-day low of $1.15 before closing the day at $2.14. Shares are now in a trading halt. The current price is a far cry from the peak of over $8.50 reached early last year.ABC Learning's drop in share price was apparently triggered by a lower profit result and

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The MYOB board's rejection of a recent private equity approach is predictable if nothing else. This is how the game is played. Regardless of whether MYOB really is receptive to a private equity deal, the first approach was always going to be denied.The interesting thing now is the watch how the Australian stock market reacts. The share price jumped today on the news as you would expect but

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MYOB appears to be the latest target of a private equity deal - something which has been rampant on the Australian stock market in recent times. MYOB has reportedly rejected the private equity approach. The deal is said to be worth $1.90 per share - a premium to the recent share price but a far cry from the heights attained during the heady days of the dot com boom.From what I understand,

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The ASX website really is a wealth of free information (please pardon the pun). I am a regular at the ASX website because it's regularly updated with useful Australian stock market investment information - all of it free. For those not familiar with it, the Australian Stock Exchange website is the home of the ASX on the web. In this post, I just wanted to point you in the direction of a few of

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How To Invest In Gold.Lots of new investors want to know how to invest in gold, especially with the recent resources boom on the Australian stock market. In this post I will discuss some of the methods available to investors who don't currently have exposure to gold, and who want to learn how to invest in gold.Before we get started, I just want to make it perfectly clear that this article is

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The Australian Stock Exchange run a program called Investor Hour Seminars with is a series of one hour lunchtime presentations. Podcasts of selected presentations can be found here.There are a couple of really good presentations there. I find this a useful resource as I am not able to attend the seminars in person, and the presentations are normally of a high quality.

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Welcome to the first portfolio update of the Australian Investing Blog's LIC Portfolio (read more about it's origins here).I am making the first purchase for the portfolio. I am using the NTA figures from the end of November 2006 as the December figures aren't available yet.The first purchase is LinQ Resources Fund (ASX:LRF). The discount to Net Tangible Assets after tax of LRF was -31.79% at

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I have decided to run a sample portfolio of Listed Investment Companies starting in this the new year. I first had the idea in a previous post on Listed Investment Companies. The basic premise behind the portfolio is that a group of investment companies bought at a discount to their net tangible asset backing would, over the long term, provide a good return.The mechanics of this exercise are

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With the coming of the new year, I thought it would be a good time to introduce a sample portfolio to the Australian Investing blog.I will start with a hyperthetical $50,000. This may seem like a fortune to some and a pittance to others. But it's a nice round figure and will allow me to work with amounts that would not be too eaten away by brokerage.The portfolio will be built up with a long

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Carnival of Money Stories #1 has just been posted over at Andy's Money Walks Personal Finance blog. There's quite a wide variety of stories in this edition of the carnival. I would encourage you to head over for a look. I came across a couple of really interesting posts.The other reason for mentioning the Carnival of Money is that my post on Biotech Capital was included in the carnival. Blog

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Gannon On Investing was one of the first blogs I stared reading. The blog is written by Geoff Gannon - a hard-core value investing aficionado. The blurb from Gannon's site is as follows.Value investing blog and value investing podcast influenced by Benjamin Graham, Joel Greenblatt, and Warren Buffett's value investing model. Built upon the value investor insights of intrinsic value, margin of

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Colorado Group (ASX:CDO) was recently the subject of a partially successful takeover bid by Affinity Equity Partners (one of a long line of Private Equity deals). The takeover was only partially successful because Solomon Lew emerged at the last minute 10% (blocking) stake in the company. While Affinity control the Colorado Board, Lew's stake prevents Affinity from attaining the 90% ownership

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The Festival of Stocks #15 post has just gone up over at SINLetter Blog.My post on Biotech Capital Limited has been included in this carnival - thanks Asif. Make sure you head over and have a look at some of the other posts selected for this edition of the carnival.You can read my post on Biotech Capital here.

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The Carnival of Investing #53 has just been published. Head on over and have a look.My post on Biotech Capital Limited has been included. It's good to see international submissions being chosen in the blog carnival. This was my first submission and I think Blog Carnivals are a great idea.

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Although Warren Buffett has not written any books (at least not to my knowledge), there is a website which contains an invaluable selection of Buffett's writings. The Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters page of the Berkshire Hathaway website contains Warren Buffett's letters to shareholders for the years 1977 through 2005 (the most recent one available).I highly recommend reading (or at least

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If you are interested in the biotechnology sector of the Australian stock market then BioTech Capital Limited (ASX:BTC) might be worth a look.BioTech Capital Limited is an investment fund which invests in both listed and unlisted Australian biotechnology companies. Read more on the company's website. One advantage of investing in a company like Biotech Capital is that you will be exposed to a

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One sectors of the Australian Stock Exchange I find fascinating is the Listed Investment Companies. There have been a plethora of new Listed Investment Companies in recent years and there are the more established stalwarts like Argo (ARG) and Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFI) among others.Listed Investment Companies are deceptively easy to value as their Net Tangible Assets are

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Here is a great resource relating to Benjamin Graham which I came across a little while ago. I can't remember who referred my to the site so unfortunately I can't give credit.The site contains The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham Lecture Series. This is a series of (transcripts of) 10 lectures presented by Benjamin Graham to the New York Institute of Finance in 1946 and 1947. The content is very

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I am not a financial planner or stock broker.I am not qualified or licenced to give specific or general financial advice. The content of this weblog are my own personal thoughts and ideas. Professional independant advice should be obtained before investing in any of the companies or products mentioned on this weblog.All reasonable care has been taken to ensure that any information presented on

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The purpose of this blog is to capture my somewhat random thoughts on investing. While I hope the concepts are global, any individual stocks and other investments covered here will be Australian.I have a bias towards a value style of investing. By value I mean that approach first put forward by Benjamin Graham and later popularized by Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway fame. I have read 2 of

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