Earnings Season | Contact Energy – Buy Time
Contact shares look attractive, trading on undemanding multiples with a healthy and growing gross dividend yield of 6.5%
30 March 21 - Hedge Fund Liquidation Hits Banks | Qantas
Investors evaluated the level of ripple effect from a forced block trade for financial markets, with bank shares falling sharply amid warnings of potential losses from a hedge fund’s default on margin calls.
Tech Sector Relief | Telstra Restructure
Telstra shares were up yesterday after the company reporting it expects its proposed legal restructure splitting the company into four divisions, expected to be completed by this December.
Week Ahead, Feb Wrap | Tourism Holdings
THL have done an amazing job in navigating COVID without the need of additional capital from shareholders.
Week Ahead | Finding Value in a Market at Highs
It is hard to find “value” when markets are at highs, but we see currently see value in QBE shares. Further, as we have discussed in the past, QBE is one of the only Australasian listed companies which benefits directly from higher US interest rates (as i
Week Ahead | Climate Commission Report & Z Energy
it was probably easy to lose sight of the positive vaccine developments that took place over the past week. Over the weekend, the UK announced a huge day of vaccinations with 598k done in one day, almost 1% of the population.
Biden Inauguration | Rio Exits Delay & Gentailers
The first 100 days of a Biden presidency will likely be focusing on tasks like mass-vaccinations, renewed stimulus checks, and a larger fiscal package. Longer term however, there remain market negatives from a Biden administration such as the possibility
Outlook for 2021 | A2 Milk & QBE Downgrades
We are constructive heading into 2021 given the backdrop of cheap money and an economic recovery boom. However, we remain cognizant of risks such as issues with vaccines, higher inflation/interest rates, and central bank / government policy missteps.
Vaccines & Travel Bubbles | Air NZ - Back to Neutral
NZ Cabinet has agreed in-principle to establishing a travel bubble with Australia within the first three months of 2021. The arrangement will depend on there being “no significant change” in the Covid-19 situation in both countries, and the bubble getting
Week Ahead | Treasury Wines Turmoil
Treasury Wine Estates plummeted -11% on Friday after Beijing said it would impose tariffs of 107–212% on Australian wine imports after alleging dumping into the Chinese market.