At the August meeting of Investment we looked at the Materials Sector versus the Midcap Index both of which showed the biggest increases in the Sectors and Indexes respectively for the 2016-2017 end of financial year results. Surprisingly we found that the two ASX Top 20 stocks in the Materials sector showed better shareholder returns over one year than stocks in the Midcap section. The other topic for the afternoon was Conditional Trading which led into a discussion on the use of appropriate Stop/Losses. It was good to see so many of the group participating in this discussion.
During the month Margaret had a visitor from U3A Beechworth. Joyce Wilkinson had heard about our Investment group through an earlier article in “The Age” and was hopeful of starting a similar group at U3A Beechworth. Joyce was also interested in other successful activities at Benalla U3A.
During the month Margaret had a visitor from U3A Beechworth. Joyce Wilkinson had heard about our Investment group through an earlier article in “The Age” and was hopeful of starting a similar group at U3A Beechworth. Joyce was also interested in other successful activities at Benalla U3A.
The next meeting of Investment will be on Friday 1 September 2017 at 1.30pm in the U3A room at the Seniors Community Centre, Fawckner Drive.
Margaret Jenkins
Margaret Jenkins
