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Hybrid Securities Part 1 – what are they and what are the risks?
Many thanks to Dean Greacen from SMSF Investor for today’s post. Dean will be sharing with us a series of posts on Hybrid Securities, which could be a great investment for SMSFs seeking high yield with capital growth.
Hybrid securities have the characteristics of both debt and equity and the enormous growth of hybrid securities [...]
Robert Prechter’s 2010 forecast
Robert Prechter is a leading technical analyst and market forecaster who specialises in a technical analysis method called Elliott Wave Theory. In late February 2009, Prechter said “cover your shorts” and predicted a sharp rally that would take the DOW to the 10,000 level. That prediction came to pass. Watch the following video to find [...]
What Chinese Malls Tell Us about the Economic Reality
Below is an article from Elliott Wave International which I thought fits well into our series on China. For a short time only (until March 2, 2010) readers can also download a free report that will give you a perspective of global markets, including Australia, to help you shape your investment theme for 2010.
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Year of the Tiger: expect loud roaring
Last Sunday, 14 February 2010 was the start of the Chinese Year of the Tiger. I received lots of emails and text messages from my Malaysian friends with wishes like “May you have a roaring start for the Year of the Tiger” or “May your year ahead roar with success”. I am not superstitious but [...]
Forget Greece, Dubai will default first
While all eyes are focused on Greece, Dubai is quietly trying to work out a deal to restructure USD 22 billion of debt that is coming due soon. Dubai World rocked global markets on Nov 25, 2009 with a request to delay repaying $26 billion in debt linked to its main property units Nakheel [...]
Do investors need trading tools today?
I must admit I was a little skeptical when I was invited by ino.com to trying out their suite of tools for traders, which they felt would be useful for readers of this blog. My initial thoughts were that their tools are probably not going to be applicable because
SMSF trustees are long term investors, not [...]
Should Australian investors worry about the European debt crisis?
Apparently not, if you read the local financial news. While the problems with Greece continue to dominate the headlines on international news portals, our headlines are focused on Australian company earnings. Yesterday the stock market celebrated our low unemployment rate and Rio Tinto’s great earnings report. After the Australian market had a 9% correction which [...]
Is there really an overcapacity problem in China?
I have been reading about the overcapacity problem in China in financial blogs for quite a few months now. I have seen youtube videos about empty cities in China but there were no hard numbers on how big a problem this is until Jim Chanos announced some findings from his research on China to the [...]
How should you measure your SMSF performance?
Most mutual funds measure their performance against a market index and I know some Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) do the same. Each public fund has an investment strategy which is outlined in their product disclosure statement (PDS) and it cannot be changed by the fund manager without the approval of the members of the [...]
Australian house prices in 2010 – part 2
I don’t know if many people read or realised the significance of this low key article “Westpac tightens mortgage criteria“ in the Business Age two weeks ago. Basically what it said was that Westpac has lowered its loan-to-valuation ratios (LVR) for new full-documentation mortgage customers from 92% to 87%, including two per cent for lenders’ [...]
