Results

Dividend Detective – BLACKMORES LIMITED - 01/05/12

ASX code: BKL Share price: $26.70 Industry: Household & Personal Products FY2012 Dividend: $1.24 (fully franked) Forecast 2013 Dividend: $1.33 (fully franked) Blackmores Limited (ASX Code: BKL) is a manufacturer and distributor of branded vitamins and supplements in Australia, New … Continue reading →

Dividend Detective – RETAIL FOOD GROUP LIMITED - 13/04/12

ASX code: RFG Share price: $2.75 Industry: Consumer Services 2012 Dividend: 16c (fully franked) Forecast 2013 Dividend: 17.5c (fully franked) Retail Food Group Limited (ASX Code: RFG) designs, develops and manages retail franchise systems. RFG is the Intellectual Property owner … Continue reading →

Dividend Detective – RCG CORPORATION LIMITED - 05/04/12

ASX code: RCG Share price: $0.36 Industry: Retailing 2012 Dividend: 3c (fully franked) Forecast Dividend: 3c (fully franked) RCG Corporation Limited (RCG) is an investment holding company which owns and operates a number of footwear businesses including The Athlete’s Foot … Continue reading →

Dividend Detective – HUNTER HALL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED - 29/03/12

ASX code: HHL Share price: $3.75 Industry: Financials FY2012 Dividend: 37.4c (fully franked) Forecast Dividend: 32c (fully franked) Hunter Hall International Limited (ASX code: HHL) is an Australian based funds management business. Established in 1993, HHL focusses on generating long … Continue reading →

Retail Food Group Limited - 11/03/12

The gloomy outlook for those companies exposed to the soft discretionary spending cycle continues to hang as reporting season highlights the tough trading conditions many continue to face. Today we turn our focus to franchise owner Retail Food Group Limited … Continue reading →

Regional Banks – Cheap but are they worth investing in? - 04/03/12

Following on from our work on the major banks, we take a look at the regional banks to see how they compare to their larger peers. (Read past articles on the major banks: Is a share in the banks suitable … Continue reading →

Benefit from market volatility - 01/03/12

Stock market volatility – a problem or opportunity? While many investors are nervous of the stock market at the moment, the current market volatility does in fact present opportunities to invest in good businesses, capable of delivering high returns, at … Continue reading →

Consistently excellent results can’t be argued with - 24/02/12

The following review of the Clime Australian Value Fund was featured in the Financial Review Smart Investor, January 2012 Issue. Who runs the fund? Clime Asset Management, a value investor. John Abernethy is the chief investment officer and founded Clime … Continue reading →

Reporting Season Wrap #3 - 24/02/12

Reporting season is roaring ahead with the lion’s share of half yearly accounts released to the market. After the first two weeks roughly one third of ASX100 companies had reported; the common theme of minimal earnings growth forecast is the … Continue reading →

Reporting Season Wrap #2 - 17/02/12

Reporting season has gone up a notch in week two, with a very large number of companies reporting their results for the six months to 31 December 2011. In general, financial results have been reasonable whilst management commentary has remained … Continue reading →