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The Investor Challenge / Re: ETF's?
« on: April 15, 2014, 08:46:36 am »
Thanks, I'll add them
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Shares / Re: A Dividend question
« on: April 14, 2014, 02:21:52 pm »
I looked all over the show. It's just not something that's well logged. I do try and capture them all here. Some are automated, but the ETFs aren't:
http://www.shareforum.co.za/shares/ldt/
Most ETFs pay quaterly, to get a dividend monthly would mean you own quite a number of shares. A lot of work trying to keep on top of all of them... If I was hoping to live on dividends I'd probably just put my money into the STXDIV and make sure that I had enough to live on for the next 3 months.
http://www.shareforum.co.za/shares/ldt/
Most ETFs pay quaterly, to get a dividend monthly would mean you own quite a number of shares. A lot of work trying to keep on top of all of them... If I was hoping to live on dividends I'd probably just put my money into the STXDIV and make sure that I had enough to live on for the next 3 months.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: New feature requests go here
« on: April 10, 2014, 03:39:59 pm »
It's possible, but not easy. They're completely seperate databases so I'd have to do dual reading in the portfolio page. Something I haven't done before, but it should be possible. I don't have much time at the moment, but when my next project is done I'll take a look. I'm also quite curious!
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Blog post: What financial cheat sheet is this?
« on: April 10, 2014, 09:59:19 am »
Quite fun, now to see what I can do next month...
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Shares / Re: Advanced Health (AVL)
« on: April 09, 2014, 12:29:42 pm »flagship five-theatre day hospital in Sydney - I think he means a Day hospital with 5 theatres, not 5 days.
Ah yes, quite right, my speed reading needs more work. I don't hold anything in the alt-x exchange, does it work just like the regular exchange?
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Shares / Re: Advanced Health (AVL)
« on: April 09, 2014, 07:57:19 am »
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-south-africa/day-hospital-firm-opens-initial-public-offer
Still not sure I know what a day hospital is though. Are you not allowed to stay overnight? Then they also mention a 5 day hospital, what's the difference between that and a regular hospital?
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Currently, AVL has two day hospitals in South Africa and three in Australia. In South Africa, it owns the Medgate Day Clinic in Roodepoort and the eMalahleni Day Hospital in Witbank.
It has obtained a license to develop a day hospital in Soweto and is in discussion with a number of groups who have obtained licenses to build hospitals but do not have the funding to develop facilities.
In addition to three day hospitals already established in Australia, it is developing a flagship five-theatre day hospital in Sydney.
Between 80% to 90% of AVL’s profits currently come from its Australia businesses. Its established facilities base generated combined profits of R7.73 million for the year ended June 30 2013 (2012: R5.8 million).
Alongside growth through greenfield developments, acquisitions and partnerships, AVL plans to grow through a focused drive to market the advantages of day hospitals to healthcare practitioners, funders and patients.
“More than 60% of all surgical interventions can be done at day hospitals, which can save in the region of 35% of the costs involved for both funders and patients,” Grillenberger said at a pre-listing presentation in Johannesburg last week.
“In South Africa, vested interests and preconceived misconceptions have been hampering the development of day hospitals to their full potential in terms of the cost savings and patient convenience the day hospitals offer,” he added.
“AVL management believes this is set to change, following the announcement by medical scheme Discovery Health to pay surgeons an incentive if they treat patients in a day hospital. We expect other medical schemes to follow Discovery’s example in order to reduce the disproportionate increase in private hospital costs.”
Still not sure I know what a day hospital is though. Are you not allowed to stay overnight? Then they also mention a 5 day hospital, what's the difference between that and a regular hospital?
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Shares / Re: Poynting Holdings
« on: April 08, 2014, 08:52:38 pm »
Nope, just the game... I'm a customer of theirs though.
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The Investor Challenge / Blog post: What financial cheat sheet is this?
« on: April 08, 2014, 04:08:09 pm »
Comments relating to the new blog post "What financial cheat sheet is this?".
http://www.investorchallenge.co.za/what-financial-cheat-sheet-is-this/
http://www.investorchallenge.co.za/what-financial-cheat-sheet-is-this/
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Shares / Re: Peer to Peer Lending
« on: April 07, 2014, 10:43:27 pm »
The whole reason peer to pet works so well in the states is the well above inflation rate earnings. I wouldn't put my own cash down for anything under 15% and would prefer 20%...
But yeah I'm glad to see this area heating up, with the rates the likes of wonga etc. Charge i think there's a big market and a lot of profit waiting to be made!
But yeah I'm glad to see this area heating up, with the rates the likes of wonga etc. Charge i think there's a big market and a lot of profit waiting to be made!