17 September 2018

Remuneration Report Analysis and Commentary: PortfolioDirect scores annual remuneration reports from ASX listed companies against a consistent analytical framework designed to help assess which reports are most worthy of shareholder support. 
Contents

Where are we in the Cycle?
An already mature metal price cycle, with a rising likelihood that peak metal prices were recorded in February 2018, is now hamstrung by falling developing country currencies, disrupted trade flows, UK  withdrawal from Europe and China’s attempts to restructure its economy. Unusually prolonged supply side constraints which have been offsetting the effect of weaker demand growth are losing their impact as newly initiated production starts to flow in some metal categories.   More...

Market Directions
Key sector equity and commodity price indicators are toward the lower end of their levels from the past year with the exception of the prices of the market leaders which continue to benefit from institutional asset allocation decisions. The smallest stocks in the sector have been especially leveraged to weakening background conditions over the past month.   Among mid tier stocks, declines have outstripped advances over the past six months.  More...

Portfolio Performance and Positioning
Price  variations have been minimal to date through September with advances and declining stock prices more evenly split than in August. The strongest gains in the past week occurred among the Phase II category stocks where losses had been unusually large in the prior month. The macro portfolio remains tilted toward advanced exploration efforts.  No portfolio adjustments were made.  More...

Stock Reviews and Rating Analysis 
PortfolioDirect rating reports analyse the quality and risk attributes of proposed mineral developments.  Rating criteria apply to mining and oil and gas stocks at any stage of development.  PortfolioDirect uses a five point rating scale to measure the risk adjusted quality of proposed mineral developments or companies.    
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The 'Steak or Sizzle' blog provides summary judgements on the top performing ASX-listed resources stocks. More...

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