The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be held on Friday 4 September at 2 pm in W4. .
At the August meeting of Investment Group 2 we discussed some of the external influences such as the Chinese share market and the Greek debt problem which were causing instability in the local share market. We also looked at various aspects of record keeping for a portfolio.
The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be held on Friday 4 September at 2 pm in W4. . The meeting of Investment Group 2 in early July was held a few days into the new financial year. Hence we looked at trends within various sectors of the market for the past twelve months, and made note of those sectors which had showed an overall positive return for the past year. We also discussed the performance of ASX top 20 stocks versus other categories over the previous twelve months.
The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be held on Friday 7 August 2015 at 2pm in W4. At the meeting of Investment Group 2 in early June we looked at some shares which had been trending upwards during May 2015. This was against the overall market movement which had been declining since mid-April.
The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be on Friday 3 July in W4 at 2pm. Margaret Jenkins At the meeting of Investment Group 2 held in early May members had a discussion on high yielding stocks. Our thanks to Peter for developing a list of 500 high yielding stocks together with their franking status. We made this list available to all members of the group.
We also looked at a comparison of fundamentals and derived figures for assessing telecommunication stocks which was particularly relevant with the current possible takeover of iiNet. The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be on Friday 5th June at 2pm in W4. Members of Investment Group 2 met early in April just before Easter. We discussed factors which have influenced the current Australian Share Market, with the All Ordinaries approaching the 6000 mark. We also looked at the graphs of some shares which have markedly increased in value during the first three months of 2015.
The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be on Friday 1 May 2015 at 2pm in W4. Members of Investment Group 2 were very impressed with the comprehensive talk on charting given at our March meeting by one of our members Peter Simpson. Peter discussed a variety of charting tools, and their application to a selection of stocks for consideration.
February 2015 was a positive month for the share market overall which was encouraging to our members. This upward trend has been running since the third week of January. Due to Easter we have arranged for the next meeting of Investment Group 2 to be held on Thursday 2 April at 2pm in W4. Please note change of day for this month only. At our first meeting for 2015 in early February we had a very informative talk by Mr Ray O’Shannessy on reading Balance Sheets. Ray explained a lot of the terminology found in financial statements and guided us through the important pieces of information that we need to look for. Thank you very much Ray for increasing our knowledge of the subject.
We were also pleased to welcome three new members to our group at that meeting. We hope they enjoy our discussions throughout the coming year. Several of our members commented on the rises in the stock market in the previous three weeks, and expressed the hope that the trend is maintained in 2015. The next meeting of Investment Group 2 will be on Friday 6 March at 2pm in W4. Investment Group 2 will hold their first meeting for 2015 on Friday 6th February in W4 at 2pm. We are delighted to be having a guest speaker,
Mr Ray O’Shannessy. Ray who is a member of Benalla U3A and a former director of an accountancy firm in Benalla will speak to us on reading and interpreting company balance sheets. We look forward to seeing all our regular members there for what will be a very interesting meeting. New members are also welcome. Source: January Newsletter |
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This group of U3A members participate in discussion about the Australian share market.
Members are able to select Long and Short term stocks each month and a spreadsheet report by the co-ordinator is provided to look at the individual performances. Members are encouraged to present items of interest at the monthly meeting, verbally, via printed sheet or on the overhead projector. There is no investment advice given by the Convenors or any participating member. Convenor 2024Malcolm Sanders
0408 194 469 Meeting Times1st Monday
2 pm to 4 pm U3A Meeting Room 1 Past ConvenorsJohn Hanlon, 'Investment'
Co-Convenor 2023 Margaret Jenkins, 'Investment' Convenor 2013-2022
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