STOCKS – AUSTRALIA

Telstra, Stockland and big four to benefit from rate cut

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 23 : 6-Feb-15

More investors are expected to embrace equities as a result of the interest rate cut on 3 February 2015, due to low yields on government bonds and bank deposits. George Boubouras of Contango Asset Management notes that stocks such as banks, telcos, consumer staples and infrastructure typically rise in response to an interest rate cut. Healthy dividend yields means the four major banks and Telstra in particular are likely to receive continued strong support from investors

CORPORATES
CONTANGO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, STOCKLAND – ASX SGP, DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP – ASX DXS, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, PLATYPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

Bond rally drives big stocks up

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Original article by Vesna Poljak, Philip Baker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 28-Jan-15

Factors such as low bond yields and interest rates have promoted renewed support for Australian shares. The domestic sharemarket is also benefiting from historically low interest rates in Europe and the growing trend for self-managed superannuation funds to invest in stocks that offer high yields. Telstra and the Commonwealth Bank are among the stocks that rallied on 27 January 2015, and they now boast a net dividend yield of 4.5 per cent

CORPORATES
COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, CREDIT SUISSE (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, CIMB SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX 200 INDEX, WILSON ASSET MANAGEMENT

ASX stocks tipped to lag world

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Original article by Jonathan Shapiro, Vesna Poljak
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 14-Jan-15

The MSCI World Accumulation Index has significantly outperformed Australia’s S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index over the last year and a five-year period. Fund managers expect international stocks to deliver better returns again in 2015, with Australian resources and banking stocks in particular likely to weigh on returns. PM Capital’s Ashley Pittard says that unlike global markets, the Australian sharemarket is in a corrective phase

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MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL WORLD ACCUMULATION INDEX, STANDARD AND POOR’S ASX ALL ORDINARIES ACCUMULATION INDEX, PM CAPITAL LIMITED, PLATINUM ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED – ASX PTM, PETERS MACGREGOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED, ALTIUM LIMITED – ASX ALU, STREAM GROUP LIMITED – ASX SGO, MAGELLAN FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED – ASX MFG

Investors ‘too bold’

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 25-Sep-14

Financial markets anticipate that Australian companies will achieve eight per cent growth in earnings per share in 2014-15. However, Matt Sherwood of Perpetual believes that this may be too optimistic, noting that the economy is forecast to expand by just 4-5 per cent. Meanwhile, BT Investment Management is bullish about Australian shares, and expects stocks to deliver an annual return of 10 per cent over five years

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PERPETUAL LIMITED – ASX PPT, BT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED – ASX BTT, DELTEC INTERNATIONAL GROUP, RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Don’t make any sudden moves

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Original article by Philip Baker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 12-Aug-14

The Australian sharemarket’s longer-term trading average is about 14.5 times forward earnings, and the general consensus is that this represents fair value. However, the forward price-earnings ratio of blue-chip industrial stocks in the S&P/ASX 100 is currently nearly 17 times, compared with a long-term average of around 15 times. Telstra, Wesfarmers, James Hardie Industries and Amcor are among the stocks that contribute to this

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TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC – ASX JHX, AMCOR LIMITED – ASX AMC, RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED – ASX RHC, DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE INDEX, JB HI-FI LIMITED – ASX JBH, REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA, HENDERSON GROUP PLC – ASX HGG, GRAINCORP LIMITED – ASX GNC, BORAL LIMITED – ASX BLD, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD