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Video: Origin Energy poised to break higher

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Michael Gable is an expert guest commentator for the Finance News Network. This video is dated 30 October 2017. Click on the image below to access the video:     Did you like this video? Share this page on Facebook and Twitter! Sign up to our newsletter. It comes out every week and its free! You can leave your email with us via the form on the right-hand side of this page. Otherwise you can email Michael Gable directly at michael@fairmontequities.com Disclaimer: The information …

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The challenges and opportunities for Pact Group

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Pact Group Holdings (PGH) is a provider of consumer and industrial packaging solutions in Australasia and Asia. The Company operates across seven countries and is the largest supplier of rigid plastics packaging in Australia and NZ, with an estimated 40% market share. PGH specialises in the manufacture and supply of: rigid plastic and metal packaging; materials handling solutions and recycling and sustainability services. The Company has two operating divisions: Pact Australia, which generates ~60% of group EBIT, and Pact International. …

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An update on the chart for BHP

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Brokers are once again bullish on BHP (ASX: BHP), despite the shares underperforming the market during the last couple of weeks. Twelve-month targets average near the $30 mark, suggesting some decent upside from here. However, do we need to be worried about BHP’s recent underperformance? What do the charts say about BHP? Is $30 a realistic target, or are we going to see the share price continue to slide? One interesting feature of BHP that we noticed is the way …

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Proposed changes to Private Health Insurance: Impact on NIB

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The Federal Government recently proposed changes to private health insurance, which is expected to result in up to $1 billion of claims savings over the first four years of operation. This is mainly through a reduction in prices paid for medical devices and prosthesis. The measures are designed to simplify and homogenise the products across providers. It will also allow discounts for customers aged under 30 in order to encourage them into private health insurance. The discounts are 2% for …

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The relationship between bonds, interest rates, and stocks

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What are bonds? When you purchase shares, you are essential purchasing a part ownership in a company. Bonds on the other hand are debt obligations. A buyer of a bond is a lender, they are lending their money to a company or government in exchange for interest payments. A buyer of a $1,000 bond with a coupon of 5 percent paying semi-annually with a maturity of 10 years will receive $25 (2.5% *$1000) twice a year for the next 10 …

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