Leon Hinde

We suggest buying Tabcorp at $4.30 or better. The February reporting result should provide a positive catalyst to drive the share price higher.

Upside target in TAH is $4.75+

Tabcorp goes ex-div $0.11 on the 13th February.

Aristocrat is under Algo Engine buy conditions and we see support building between the $20 – $22 level.

We recommend watching the short-term momentum indicators for a  reversal higher, within the indicated range.

Our Algo Engine generated a buy signal in Woolworths back in September and with stock now retracing from the recent highs, we see a buying opportunity at $28.00.

Adding a covered call option, combined with the dividend stream will  generate 10% annualised cash flow return.

To learn more about covered call options, please call our office on 1300 614 002.

Note: WOW now trades at 21x earnings and COL is trading on 16x FY20 earnings.

We suggest adding Healthscope, Ansell and Sonic Healthcare to your portfolio.

Healthscope is supported by a pending takeover offer at $2.44 per share. Due-diligence is currently taking place and we expect to hear further news on the takeover in the coming weeks.

HSO – Buy at  $2.20

Ansell – Buy at $21.50 & sell covered call options

Sonic Healthcare – Buy at $22.00 & sell covered call options

Utilities, REITs and consumer staples continue to provide a defensive area to consider buy write strategies.

AGL, TCL, SYD, GPT & WOW are now pushing recent highs and investors should consider selling covered calls to enhance the income return.

The graph below shows the SLF, (ASX 200 Listed Property Fund), is now up 7% from the October low.

Our preference among the gold names are EVN and NST, following the recent Algo Engine buy signals.

Both are current holdings in the ASX 100 model portfolio.

The following group of stocks are short signals where we see further downside.

OZL, QAN, ORI, FMG, CBA and HVN.

A rebound in energy prices in Friday’s US trading session will place added pressure on Qantas, come Monday morning.

Structural issues with the HVN business model and weak consumer spending will weigh on the share price.

Both FMG and RIO now have lower high formations and Algo Engine sell signals.

AGL, SYD and TCL are now displaying Algo Engine sell signals. With global bond yields moving lower, (in recent weeks), yield sensitive names have generally outperformed.

The rally in AGL, SYD and TCL now represents full value and investors should look to take profit or sell covered call options.

Following the Algo Engine buy signal in August, we started accumulating AZJ between $4 and $4.10. Since making a low in October at $3.90, AZJ has rallied over 10% and is now trading at $4.42.

Based on FY19 EBIT of $850mn and DPS $0.25, AZJ trades on a forward yield of 5.7%.

To enhance the return investors can now look to sell at the money call options to boost the cash flow, whilst staying exposed to the February dividend.

For more detail on how covered call options work, please call our office on 1300 614 002.

Telstra management reconfirmed FY19 guidance and flagged that
‘good’ subscriber momentum had continued into FY19.

FY20 revenue remains flat at $24bn, EBIT flat $4bn, net earnings flat at $2.5bn, EPS $0.21 and dividends per share of $0.14. This places TLS on a forward yield of 5.2%.