Recent content by ENP

What's the point in all the effort for $9? Is that before or after the costs of brokerage?

Has been hovering around the $9 mark for some time now. Will be interesting what the late Jan/early Feb trading announcement brings. I recently bought more at $8.60 in December. EPS growth of 15-20% plus and high ROE when the company was valued at only 12-13 P/E was a good reason to top...

A bit too expensive for me at the moment. Has been on my watchlist for almost two years. Wish I had found out about the company earlier when it was a bit cheaper.

Good thing I trusted my judgement and bought on the fall in mid 2013 at $1.40. I'm up 40% plus on this stock in 6 months which is always nice.

Because I don't invest in airlines! :) There is a new CEO and the NZ Government recently sold off more of it's stake so there has been quite a bit of talk about the company.

I’ve come to a bit of a road block and want some clarification. I’m working out on excel whether it would be better to invest into a stock now or wait until it gets cheaper/earnings increase to make it better value. The quick calculation I’ve done is comparing if I buy a stock now and hold it...

In New Zealand where I'm based the NZX market has bonds that you can purchase just like shares. In governments, councils, companies, etc. Check out my online brokers website for them. https://www.asbsecurities.co.nz/rw/es/ASBSecurities/Announcements/DailyNZFixedInterest.pdf

For my investment knowledge, I read books, online newspapers, read annual reports and follow ASF. However, I feel now with my current knowledge, that most of the books say generally the same stuff, online news papers don't go in depth enough about companies or the economy that is very...

A membership to your local library. I'm constantly reading investment books.

Any one care to share a thought on why you would own CCL as opposed to the Coca Cola (KO) listed in the States? CCL has limited exposure to growth economies, whilst the parent company in the US has exposure to India, China, Brazil, Russia, etc.

Re: IVC - Invocare I would like to purchase stocks in this company one day. But I fail to see why people are willing to pay 28+ times earnings for a business that is only growing around the 9-11% range annually. I would love to own it, but would only pay about 50% off what is it trading at...

Reading the 2012 annual report, the pessimistic view management had of a equally impressive result next year and the forecast of how much wholesale debt they will purchase doesn't seem to match up with the stock price going up near 20% since then. Anyone care to explain? I bought these at...

I think the education you would learn by researching and investing in your own stocks would far outweigh the benefits of just plonking it into a managed fund. If you do it right, your return would be better in more ways that one.

I personally do think I have the skills for earning 10% on shares on an annual basis. Bearing in mind that if I hold them for long term, I'm essentially earning that capital gain return tax free, only my dividends would be taxed. Although I may have to pay tax when I sell. It seems...

My partner and I have put down a deposit on a mortgage for our first house. We are going to split the mortgage in half so we have the same amount each. I've got a stock portfolio around 30k that I can sell some or all of. (I have 10k in cash also) I'm wondering if I should keep some of...