ANZ has announced an on-market share buyback program of up to $1.5bn commencing in August. This should provide investors with increased confidence in the strength of major bank balance sheets.
Santos announced it had submitted a non-binding all-scrip merger proposal to Oil Search, under which OSH shareholders would receive 0.589 STO shares for each OSH share.
Currently values OSH at around A$4.25ps.
The new entity will become the largest ASX listed oil and gas company by market cap.
SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property in under Algo Engine buy conditions since February at $11.30. This week we’ve seen a further buy signal on the recent pullback to $12.50.
The SLF provides a basket trade with diversification across the REIT sector. SLF and GMG remain our preferred property allocations.
Cimic Group 1H21 earnings beat market expectations, with group revenue growth of 10.6%2 to $7.1bn and NPAT of $208m for HY21.
Factoring balance further reduced by $243m YTD from $976m at December 2020 to $733m at June 2021. 10.4bn of new work awarded in HY21, with total work in hand increasing to $33.3bn.
FY21 NPAT guidance of $400m-$430m maintained, subject to market conditions.
Netflix, Inc. – Common is now under Algo Engine sell conditions. NFLX was in our NASDAQ and S&P model portfolios since June 2019. The recent switch to sell signals resulted in the holding being sold for a 53% gain after a 752-day holding period.
Netflix is due to report earnings on July 20. Our sector preference is Disney.
Disney was added to the S&P model in February 2018 and has since increased 72%.