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Today’s report from our friends over at Invest4profit.com.au covers 9 top Australian companies.

Paul Nojin covers these companies current price, 2009 price to earnings ratio and his comments on key prices and possible direction for the stocks.

The Stocks covered are:

• Babcock & Brown    (bnb)
• Beach Petroleum     (bpt)
• Bluescope Steel      (bsl)
• Cochlear                (coh)
• David Jones           (djs)
• Fortescue Metals    (fmg)
• Harvey Norman      (hvn)
• Telstra                  (tls)
• Woolworths          (wow)

Check out the report here, and as always good luck!

The Aussie dollar today went past .95c US to make a 24 year high. Unfortunately it got that high due to high inflation figures that were released today signaling a likely increase in interest rates in May. Looking at the Aussie $ vs US $ chart once it continues its way through .95 cents the next stop is parity. The Aussie dollar was also stronger against the yen.

Paul Nojin from Invest4Profit.com.au sent out a message today to subscribers concerning Qantas shares. Here’s what he says:
He suspects that Qantas (ASX stock code QAN) is a great buy near $3.28. Based on $3.28 and annual profit of $1b the P/E ratio is below 6. Plus, near $3.28, the dividend is 9.7%! In other words, near $3.28 QAN looks cheap. I do not guarantee it, but in all likelihood, $3.28 will hold. In that light, near $3.28 QAN is superb buying, assuming you wish to own QAN stock.
Qantas definetly sounds like one to keep an eye on.

In other news today I read about China only having 12 days worth of Coal left. Considering that 70% of China’s power comes from its polluting coal power plants, it sounds like they will be buying up a storm in the near future to get their supplies back up.
Fat Prophets have also been sending out emails for the last couple of weeks talking up coal stocks and one of their picks that has gone up 67% recently. Seems like a boom sector at the moment and one to look into.

Good luck with your investing.

In this free report the Alert Trader guys cover the ASX 200, the S & P 500 and plenty of Aussie stocks.

Included in the report are plenty of short term buys and also their longer term view on how far the Aussie market will fall in the coming months.

Check it out here.

As the panicky markets around the world have sold off over the last few days / weeks several analysts are looking for a short term bounce in the markets. This can be a great opportunity to make some money on some stocks that have just been sold down because everything is getting sold.
Today will be a telling day as Tolly from Alert Trader using his methods predicted yesterday (22nd Jan 08) as an Intermediate low for the Australian Market. He also believes the mining sector has just about finished its run down for the moment almost testing its support level. Tolly says that “More aggressive traders out there might be very much inclined to put the toe in the water (so to speak), preferably (obviously) with 1 or 2 better quality mining stocks.”

To back this up Paul Nojin from Invest4Profit sent out a message today saying that  “bargains have begun to appear”  and “I have NOT made a new stock recommendation since the 3rd quarter of last year, but I will be in the next fortnight, or sooner. It will depend on how far it falls. I’m particularly focused on stocks in the commodities sector.”
He then goes on to talk about BHP. “First and foremost I want to have BHP back on my list of buys. I expect I will be notifying clients in the next 24 hours when to buy. BHP is going to fall further yet… but the bottom is within sight.
It will not go below $29″.

So there you have a couple of pros view on the current situation and maybe a stock to follow up on.
Please remember that the above is for educational purposes only and not professional advice. You should seek professional advice before making any trading decisions.

The markets may recover for a while but I still believe longer term that more downside is likely, so pick your stocks well and good luck with your trading / investing.

While we are on the topic of the Apple company, I found an interesting site called Keynote Index Fund.
The site goes through the history of the Apple Keynote presentations from the MacWorld events for the last 10 years.
The sites table shows the year, the products launched at that event and the corresponding change in stock price.

Overall it looks as if you would have been up overall if you did some trading either side of these events over the years, especially the last couple of years. There is an event coming up next week, so if your into short term trading and you like the sound of the rumoured product releases, give it a crack. Don’t bet your life savings on it though as it’s pretty much gambling.

The best way to take advantage of the Apple stock would have course been to buy some stock in 1997 and held it to today! Hindsight.

Check it out 

I found an interesting read on the Apple Inc company that I think you should have a read of.

It’s a great tale of how the company nearly went out of business and how through planning and innovation has come out on top with its share price showing the results. There is a great picture there showing the stock price when announcements were made and when products were shipped and the effect on the stock price. Check out where the stock price went after the iPhone announcement…
A good read about business and stocks.

Check it out 

Wise owl are currently giving away 1 Week Free trials to their service. In these times of uncertain markets this is a great oportunity to have a look at what some of the experts think.

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In these interesting economic times, now more than ever it is important to get all the information you can on a company your choosing to invest your hard earned money in.

There are many places you can do this. There is those reports you get from your broker, there is those online subscriptions you have, there is the news releases from the ASX and other markets and then there is your own research. And what do we use to research the most these days? That’s right, the Internet. So what would you say if I told you I was about to give you a link to a page that has 200 places where you can get info on companies? Not bad hey. Unfortunately they are mostly American, but there is plenty of world wide info there to be had and of course lots of us invest in the US anyway. Good luck.
Here you go

Fancy some free guidance from our friends over at Invest4profit? Then it’s your lucky day.

In this free report the crew at Invest4profit give us some of their expected future directions and important price points on:

• The Australian Dollar
• Gold
• BHP Billiton
• Boom
• Fairfax
• Lihir Gold
• Oxiana
• Westpac

The info provided is good for longer term and short term investors, so head on over there now and check it out.

Well by the title of this post you may be a bit excited that you are about to play around and look at all the recommendations for free in the members area of the Invest4profit site…..  Well sorry, not quite.  But, what is provided for you is a 20 minute video  with Paul Nojin going through the members area bit by bit and showing you what you can find in there. And yes he does give you some  insights and views  on certain stocks and sectors.
Companies mentioned are: CBA, NAB, CSL, Oxiana, Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, Equinox, Albidon, AMP, Asciano and Woodside.
If you are at all considering joining Invest4profit.com.au or are just interested to hear Paul’s comments on some of these stocks then head on over here and check out the video.