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by Tim Kelley Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights, Investing Education.

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While the growth of the technological industry is greatly impacting the share price of accounting software company Reckon, DuluxGroup is facing challenging times ahead owing to the uncertainty surrounding the housing construction market. In the first subscriber-only double edition white paper for 2014, find out whether either company is Montgomery investment grade. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Whitepapers.

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Mermaid Marine (ASX: MRM) is one of Australia’s largest marine services providers. The company has performed very well in the last five years on a wave of capital expenditure into the domestic oil and gas sectors. But is this growth likely to continue?

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by Ben MacNevin Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights.

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After Sirtex Medical Limited’s (ASX:SRX) share price rallied to $13.24 yesterday, the company’s market capitalization reached $640m. Not yet a big business, nor one that is widely held or covered by the investment community, we believe it has very bright prospects. continue…

by Russell Muldoon Posted in Companies.

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As small holders of Cash Converters (ASX: CCV), we watched with interest yesterday’s 11 per cent share price rise on volume that was 50 per cent greater than the daily average, as there appeared to be no developments to warrant this movement.

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by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights.

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TPG Telecom (TPM) is set to become a major player in the Australian Telecommunications sector after announcing the acquisition of Telecom New Zealand Australia Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries, which include AAPT and PowerTel.
The acquisition, to be consummated on 28 February 2014, is highly complementary given it will add 11,000km of optical fibre, 254 Mid Band Ethernet exchanges, 1,500 directly connected premises and 15 data centres, servicing 300 wholesale customers and ~5,000 business customers, to TPG’s current infrastructure base. continue…

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Insurance Australia Group (ASX: IAG) has offered Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) $1.845 billion to acquire its insurance division. Wesfarmers expects to record a pre-tax profit of $700 million on the transaction, but is the purchase just as lucrative for IAG? continue…

by Ben MacNevin Posted in Companies, Insurance.

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Telstra (ASX:TLS) has done well for its shareholders over the past several years. From a low of $2.60 in March 2011, TLS shares have risen to above $5.00, providing capital growth of around 90% as well as healthy, fully franked dividends along the way. This is well above the returns delivered by the broader market during that period. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies.

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It’s bad news for “Australian Made” as Holden announced that it will turn the engine off on its car manufacturing in Australia, with the last Aussie-made car to roll off its production line in 2017. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies.

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My kids all played this game at the Montgomery residence when they were very young. We’d line up all manner of items next to a bowl of water and the kids had to think about whether the item would float or sink. Heavy pieces of wood were always fun because despite their weight, they floated.

That surprised look must also be on the faces of those who purchased shares in some of the recent wave of floats. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Market commentary.

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