Recent content by kloid

I prefer to have independant thought than have a bunch of journos tell me what to think. Clearly the banks have no problem with the BNB as evidenced by the recent multi-billion dollar financing of the Angel trains acquisition followed today by the news that the debt covenance clause will be...

Mr_T, Is there anything else that puts you off BNB apart from the revaluation? I've seen many posts from you and they all refer to the validity of the $100m revaluation but you don't mention anything other than that. I agree that it would be nice to see more details about what was revalued...

Re: BNB- Babcock & Brown: WHAT NOW??? If a company has great fundamentals (not saying that BNB necessarily has) then market sentiment right now doesn't matter. It only matters to those foolish or weak enough to follow like sheep and sell. In the long run the market will recognise a...

Re: BNB- Babcock & Brown: WHAT NOW??? But the company has recorded impressive earnings growth over the past few years and claims that it will achieve 15% EPS growth this year. That and the reduced share price is in my eyes a valid reason for an analyst to put a "Buy" on it. Analysts don't...

Hi, Does anyone know what happened with Compass today? Up 34% to $2.25 and there's been no official announcements today. cheers Kloid

Re: Should Australia become a Republic I disagree. Drive around any UK town or city and you will rarely see a flag flown except during any international sporting event (mainly during the Euro or World soccer championship). On the other hand, I will see at least 3 Aussie flags in the 800...

Hi If you want an automatic email sent to you on a weekly basis then you'll probably need to pay for it, although from my research you either get real-time or end of day prices, not weekly. There is a list of vendors who can provide such information here...

Interesting. I've read a few posts where people have "cashed out" all or most of their portfolio. Do you think this strategy works? I'm still a relative newbie but every article and investment book I've read (particularly those by Benjamin Graham, Peter Lynch and Philip Fisher and one written...

Yes, it's in my account.

Well today I got my first ever share dividends (from Babcock and Brown) :) What a great feeling this is, although it will barely pay for a 6 pack. Anyone else remember the feeling of their first dividend? Was it as special for you as I think it is? Kloid

OK, I understand that not paying dividend can be a good thing - if a company can invest all of its surplus funds and generate a return in excess of the cost of capital then I'd rather it didn't pay a dividend as I'd only waste it on something rubbish anyway. But if we took my earlier example...

This is an interesting topic. Just say for example that I bought shares in Berkshire Hathaway in 1990. Let's assume that I bought 20 shares at $8000 for $160K. Now, 18 years later my shares have a market value of over $2m. I haven't received any dividend in that whole time but my "wealth"...

Hi You can get this information from E-trade. Once you have logged in go to Quotes & Research, Tools, Advanced Stock Filter. This provides you with a very useful source of information on practically any aspect of a listed company that you might need. To get low P/Es choose a category of...

^ means "to the power of" e.g. 4^3 is 4 x 4 x 4. Kloid

First time I've seen this bloke and I like what he says. "Who cares if a few 29 year old Maserati driving investment bankers go bankrupt?" " :-) I think his point about a recession being inevitable is important and trying to avoid it by pouring in additional funds will only prolong the...