Analysts Alerts
Each day our analysts research and review stocks for you so we can make daily trading recommendations for you. This section is a quick overview of the stocks we have recommended each day, which have been detailed further within the report.
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Overnight Market Commentary
We take the hard work out of keeping up with what happened in the markets overnight with our daily wrap up of the US and European markets and our interpretation of that information. We tell you what happened overnight and what that is likely to mean to our markets today. We endeavour to release the report by 9.30am in the morning after the major markets offshore close, although this time mya vary subject to suppliers and market issues from time to time. The overnight market report also gives you the option to click through to more if you want more in depth detail.
Key Market Indicators
Each world exchange has an index made up of stocks traded on their exchange. How heavily this index is traded is a measure of the market activity on that exchange each day. Key Market Indicators shows the closing value of the major market indices around the world and locally.
Hot Gossip
We scan hundreds of independent news resources each day to bring you our Hot Gossip section, which is where we report information such as company announcements, that may have escaped wide scale notice and sometimes speculation or rumour that may have significance to traders.
Subject to the source of the information, this information is generally considered speculative and we provide a link to the source so that you can review the full story and the source if you have an interest in the item or subject reported. Usually this will be an item of interest that is yet to be widely reported but we expect may have the potential to impact on the market. We also welcome input from subscribers, but we must be able to sight the source for any contribution.
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In the News Today
We select the top four new stories for the day and give you a link to 'More' for you to read the rest of the story.
Sector Review
As per the Key Market Indicators, each industry sector has an index. The Sector Review reports on how the various different industry sectors are performing by reporting their index results. An overall guide to the ASX is the All Ordinaries Index and we provide a daily chart on the front page for you to see the trading trend in an instant.
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Random Trivia
Once a week we like to have some fun with a selection of questions on little known facts. We always supply the answers somewhere on our web site and you should watch this space for the competitions that will be built around this section.
STOCK CUBES SHARE TRADING RECOMMENDATIONS
Stocks recommended in this section have been evaluated by our analyst and have been found to meet our criteria for a short or medium term trading opportunity. A short-term trading opportunity is where the buy and sell side of a trade is expected to be completed within somewhere between three to six months.
SHORT TERM ANALYSIS
In both the Short & Medium term analysis finding a trade is as easy as "Following the orange brick road” to identify the key criteria of each recommendation. The orange 'blocks' are the active indicators and they tell you the key information about each trade. We have detailed the significance of each brick in the road as we believe it is important not only to have the map but to be able to understand and follow it as well!
Recommendations
Buy: Purchase this stock when it meets the buy price criteria. Buy low, sell high.
Accumulate: Purchase part of your total order (eg normally 50% of your total intended parcel) when it meets the buy price criteria. Acquire the balance as the stock rises above key level as detailed in the recommendation.
Hold: If you have a current holding in this stock you should maintain it, but we recommend you do not increase your holding.
Profit take: sell off some or all of the position upon meeting the sell criteria.
Sell Short: Place trade through a broker, sell stock with the intention of purchasing stock later at a lower price. Sell high, buy low.
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Trade Risk
This indicates the level of risk associated with the trade in accordance with our Model Equity Grid.
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CubeTrader Order Types
There are three main conditional orders we apply when trading the recommnedation contained within Stock Cubes.
Straddle: Experienced traders know that it is critical to “plan the trade and then trade the plan”. The Straddle Order allows you to set both your buy and sell conditions before you enter the market. CubeTrader then executes your strategy automatically with no emotion or second guessing.
Trailing Order: Protect your profits and capital with a Trailing Stop Loss that will follow the share price up, automatically resetting as the price rises, locking in your profits and protecting your capital. When the share price falls by a predetermined amount, your shares will be sold automatically.
Volume Buy: The volume condition will allow you to trade with the momentum of the share using Directional Volume. Avoid getting your order triggered by a freak trade beyond your trigger level. Buy into a rally and sell into a down trend. Genarlly recommended when you are purchasing equities with low liquidity.
Other: CubeTrader our conditional order system has 7 conditions and new conditions are currently been developed if at any time we consider that any of these other conditions would be more suitable to the reccomended trade we will indicate this by using the other tab and detail the order type ad reason for our selection in the technical overview area of the report.
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Stop loss
A stop a physical price at which the stock would be sold to protect profit or any further losses, the different types of stop losses are detailes below:-
Hard Stop: This is the price at which you should sell under all circumstances.
Trailing Stop: an exit price calculated on a percentage below the previous days close. (protects profits and minimises losses).
Resistance: an exit price based on an expected level of support that existing shareholders have historically held onto the stock.
Technical overview
This is where we explain the rational behind our recommendations and give you the guidance on how you should execute the trade, from the entry price to the specifc support and resitance levels. The support levels will generaly for the intial hard stops for the trade whilst a recommendation moving through resitance levels will normally indicate a confirmation of the upward trend.
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MEDIUM TERM ANALYSIS
Stocks recommended in this section have been evaluated by our analyst and have been found to meet our criteria for a medium term trading opportunity. A medium term trading opportunity is where the buy and sell side of a trade is expected to be completed within somewhere between three to 12 months.
To understand the terms from recommendations to stop loss, please review the short term analysis.
Consensus
This is what the big broking firms have to say about this particular equity. In other words if they are buying or selling.
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Value Ranking
Value rankings are classified according to the results of our valuation model:
High: Well undervalued based on model valuation.
Above Average: Undervalued based on model valuation.
Average: Trading at near fair value based on model valuation.
Below Average: Overvalued based on model valuation.
Low Well overvalued based on model valuation.
Growth Ranking
Growth rankings are classified according to our analysis of the company's stock price relative to its earnings growth:
High: Strong earnings growth relative to stock price.
Above Average: Good earnings growth relative to stock price.
Average: Earnings growth inline with stock price movement.
Below Average: Earnings growth lagging with stock price movement.
Low: Stock price movement leading earnings growth considerably.
SMSF Suitable
This indicator details if the recommendation meets our basic criteria for holding in a Self Managed Super Fund. This should be reviewed in conjunction with your SMSF investment strategy. Ask about this when you have your free SMSF consultation with our qualified financial advisers as supplied with your subscription to STOCK CUBES.
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Sector Analysis
An overview of how the recommended share is performing against the sector it is a component of.
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Cube fundamental analyser
The CUBE Fundamental Analyser is designed to provide the investor with a snapshot of the company"s fundamentals. In this analysis we examine the company’s PE a measure of a company’s stock price relative to its earning.
Earnings Backing: a measure of company’s stock price relative to its net asset backing.
Earnings Growth: shows weather the company is improving based on last years earnings. Sustainable growth of earning over a long period is a very good sign.
Asset Backing: also referred to as Net Tangible Asset Value (NTA), this indicates the level of assets the company owns compared to it share price. Generally companies have lower NTA when compared to their share prices with the exceptions been property trusts and listed investment companies (LIC).
PEG (Price to Earnings Growth): a measure of a company’s stock price relative to its earnings growth.
Capital Efficiency: a measure of a company’s use of its capital relative to is shareholder equity.
Note the maximum value is 1 which would indicate a company with STRONG financials.
Yield: a measure of company’s stock price relative to its dividend.
Franking: a measure of company’s dividend franking credits.
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Cube risk analyser
The CUBE Risk Analyser is designed to provide the investor with a snapshot of the company’s exposure to risk. In this analysis we examine the company’s:
Beta: indicates how the stock price will move in relation to movement in the overall market.
Earnings Stability: measures the consistency and therefore the reliability of the company’s earnings over the years.
Debt to Equity: measures how reliant the company is on debt financing to stay in business.
