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jet328
2nd-January-2007, 11:21 PM
Been investing for quite a few years using margin lending and its worked well.
Have stuck mainly to the top 200 stocks, although lately I've had quite a bit of success with smaller cap stocks.
The problem I find with these smaller caps, is the lack of leverage as margin lending only applies to the upper stocks.
eg. top 100ASX stock you'll get 70% leverage
300ASX stock you'll get nothing

A medium timeframe seems to suit my strategy best (12-24 months) and also saves on CGT.

Looking for the best way to get some more exposure to the moderate to medium capitalisation stocks.
Had a look at CFD's, but not really familiar with all the options.

Cheers :)

Bobby
3rd-January-2007, 12:06 AM
Been investing for quite a few years using margin lending and its worked well.
Have stuck mainly to the top 200 stocks, although lately I've had quite a bit of success with smaller cap stocks.
The problem I find with these smaller caps, is the lack of leverage as margin lending only applies to the upper stocks.
eg. top 100ASX stock you'll get 70% leverage
300ASX stock you'll get nothing

A medium timeframe seems to suit my strategy best (12-24 months) and also saves on CGT.

Looking for the best way to get some more exposure to the moderate to medium capitalisation stocks.
Had a look at CFD's, but not really familiar with all the options.


Jet be very careful of MM type CFD providers to play with !

Bob.

Mofra
3rd-January-2007, 08:38 PM
Jet,

You could try a small or mid cap fund geared into via an portfolio protected loan or similar, many financial institutions have them (some financial advisers can give you a variety of options yyou could never have dreamed existed).

If you are looking to gear into individual small cap stocks directly please post if you find anything interesting.

Cheers

theasxgorilla
3rd-January-2007, 09:25 PM
I think you will find that CMC will let you gear 90% to 95% on ASX300 shares, long only. As you get closer to the big cap stocks they'll let you gear 97%.

The catch is that you must gear to their specified amounts.