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Dazzled by dividend dates?

If you've ever been confused by the array of dividend dates, you're certainly not the only one. Here's how they all fit together. Ex date, record date, books closing date, payable date: dividends seem to have almost as many dates as you'd find at Sydne... Read >
Author: Melanie

Weighing up the cost of capital

A company's cost of capital is one of the most enigmatic areas of economics - absolutely crucial to understand but absolutely impossible to pin down. There are two basic ways that a company can obtain finance. It can either borrow it (debt) or raise it... Read >
Author: Melanie

Finding the free cash

The bottom line on corporate metabolism comes down to the cash that flows out for shareholders. In the first two episodes of this three-part series on corporate metabolism, we looked at how a low return on equity could slow down the flow of cash throug... Read >
Author: Melanie

Golden rules for losing money 2

Following last issue's article, here are more great ways to blow your hard-earned savings. As we said last issue, to make money, sometimes it's better to first concentrate on not losing it. With that in mind, here's the second part of our series, with ... Read >
Author: Melanie

Golden rules for losing money

In the first of two articles, here we explain the classic investment mistakes that, to be successful, you should avoid at all costs. Investing successfully poses many challenges. In these pages we aim to show you some of the techniques that can help you ... Read >
Author: Melanie

Avoiding Ten's trapdoors

Analysing Ten Network is much tougher than it might first appear. Here we step through a couple of the issues. As value investors, we attempt to consider every stock from a business perspective. When doing so, we often find it helpful to look at the 'b... Read >
Author: Melanie

Banking explained

Most subscribers own banking stocks, so let's examine how banks work and what drives their profits. The Romans did more than popularise bloodsports and central heating. They also pioneered a banking network that extended throughout much of Europe, Asia... Read >
Author: Melanie

The ins and outs of PERs

It's time to discuss an often over-used and much misunderstood yardstick. There are two types of people who read The Intelligent Investor; those who know what the letters 'PER' stand for and those who skip over them and hope they're not too important. ... Read >
Author: Melanie

Dodging the derivatives bullet

Derivatives are a complicated and potentially dangerous area. Here's how to spot the warning signs. To be a successful investor, you don't need a comprehensive knowledge of derivatives. But you do need a basic understanding of what can go wrong and wha... Read >
Author: Melanie

The workings of corporate metabolism

The workings of corporate metabolism Capital-intensive businesses generally make for sickly investments. In this, the first of a three-part series, we examine why. They say 'what goes in one end comes out the other' and, while it may be true of babi... Read >
Author: Melanie

Dividend Dates

Dividend dates create a fair bit of confusion. Hopefully, the following will help. Firstly, from the company's perspective, there are two important dates - the 'record date' which, as we'll explain, isn't important for investors and the 'payable date',... Read >
Author: Melanie

Ducking dodgy dividends

The juicy-looking yields you see in the newspaper aren't always what they seem. Last issue we discussed some important questions to ask yourself before buying a stock on the basis of its dividend yield. This time we're going to focus on applying those ... Read >
Author: Melanie

The investment equation

Investing is all about laying out money now to receive more back in the future. So the key questions are - how certain are you that you'll get your money back at all? If you do get your capital back, what sort of return are you likely to receive and wh... Read >
Author: Melanie

The ins and outs of share purchase plans

Share purchase plans are very popular these days. Small and large companies alike have been rushing to take advantage of them, with just a small sample including MYOB, Metcash, CBA and Bank of Queensland. The main reason for their growing popularity is th... Read >
Author: Melanie

Benjamin Graham’s Concept: The Active & Passive Investor

Benjamin Graham is often referred to as ‘the father of value investing', and wrote the book The Intelligent Investor, in 1949. Its basic principles are still in use today. Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham's protégé, is often called the world's most ... Read >
Author: ohadlivne

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