23 September 2019

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?
Of the five PortfolioDirect cyclical guideposts, two are ‘red’ and three ‘amber’.  The cyclical positioning has been classified as ‘downswing’ with decelerating global growth forcing a negative change to expectations, a loss of output momentum in China, the largest national user of metal, and less supportive monetary policy settings than have prevailed for most of the post-2009 period.     More...

Market Directions
Federal Reserve policy and US-China trade talks again interacted to dominate equity price outcomes. Equity markets weakened when Chinese officials cancelled a trip to farming areas in the USA in a move construed as a setback in trade talks.  The Federal Reserve did, as expected, ease monetary policy by cutting the target Fed Funds rate by 0.25 percentage points. After the decision, attention focused on unusually disparate views among Fed officials about the future direction of policy.  Resource sector equity prices reflected initial optimism about trade and monetary policy settings but finished the week edging lower.  Exploration stocks produced a fifth consecutive weekly gain.         More...

Portfolio Performance and Positioning
Phase I companies continued to produce the relatively strong gains evident over the past three months but larger companies in the sector contributed negatively.  Phase II stocks are lacking exposure to improved metal market conditions without the offsetting benefit of the potential exploration interest among Phase I companies. No additional changes were made to portfolio models which remain tilted toward an exposure to Phase I companies trading at historically depressed prices while larger companies continue to face higher cyclical risks. 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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