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Ivanhoe Australia names UBS to find partner

StockFrontRunners — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:05:19 +0000

SYDNEY -(MarketWatch)- Ivanhoe Australia Ltd. said Tuesday it has hired UBS to help find a strategic partner for a string of Australian base metals projects, as it vies to secure long-term funding to bring them into production.

Ivanhoe Australia said it has held detailed talks with several parties interested in investing in the Conclurry group of projects near Mount Isa in Queensland state, including the Osborne Copper-Gold development scheduled to start up in March.

“The interest we have received to date has been very encouraging and we expect that the sale of available minority interests in our assets would provide sufficient funding to help establish Ivanhoe Australia as one of the main base metals players in Australasia,” said Peter Reeve, Ivanhoe Australia’s Chief Executive.

Ivanhoe Australia, which has a market value of A$1.09 billion, is majority owned by Toronto-listed Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. IVN -1.05% and chaired by mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland.

SOURCE: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ivanhoe-australia-names-ubs-to-find-partner-2012-01-30

Lifevantage Corp. (OTC:LFVN) The Action Puzzles Traders

StockFrontRunners — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:52:30 +0000

Yesterday the stock of Lifevantage Corp. (OTC:LFVN) got surprisingly a substantial increase in value and unusual trading volume. With no news since the announcement of the company’s new CEO in the middle of March, the reason is for now is to be found only in the speculations of traders.

LFVN closed Monday’s session at $0.847 with a 10% increase in the closing price and spiking volume of almost 756,000 shares. Traders were also puzzled by the sudden action and could only point out that the “ramping up of things in Australia is the reason for the recent price increase.” In one of it latest press releases, the company reported also the highest quarterly net revenue of approximately $7.5 million, along with record operating income of approximately $609,000 in the second fiscal quarter 2011.

Though, some time has already passed since that optimistic statement and LFVN stock has accumulated value on it by now. Another possible inspiration for the huge volume this week seem to be the alerts of a stock promoter, sent over the weekend and implying that LFVN stock will be in that promoter’s focus this week. That suggests that maybe the stock could gain even more, maybe aiming at the 52-week high of 90 cents per share.

Lifevantage manufactures and sells a patented dietary supplement that increases the body’s natural antioxidant protection. On paper, at the end of last year the company did not have enough cash to cover its accounts payable and the current portion of its debt, yet the management said that the cash available should be enough to cover the operations for at least a year.

On the other hand, the latest financial report shows also that if the company is unable to generate the expected cash from operations, it may be required to seek additional funds through debt, equity or equity-based financing, which even in available at favorable terms would dilute shareholders and have an adverse effect on the share price.

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PetroFrontier Corp. Stock (CVE:PFC), (PINK:PFRRF) Is on the Winner’s Side Again

StockFrontRunners — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:53:23 +0000

It is obvious, the shares of PetroFrontier Corp. (CVE:PFC), (PINK:PFRRF) have overcome the recent crisis on the TSX Venture Exchange (CVE). Since Tuesday, the stock has begun progressing, in an attempt to move to the winner’s side again.

Over the last two sessions, PFC won some territory on the price chart, moving 10% up. The trading volumes are rising too, which is principally a bullish sign. Yesterday’s turnover was three times the average.

It is not clear how the shares will behave in the coming days. There are no newly issued company developments. We have nothing on paper that could explain the current or the future performance of the stock.

Perhaps this is due to the fact that PetroFrontier is one of the newcomers on the CVE. It commenced trading on the Canadian market in mid-January.

The company itself was formed shortly before New Year, after the amalgamation of Pendulum Capital Corporation and Australia Energy Corp. In relation to this, 26.5M subscription receipts of AEC were issued at a price of $2 each. The net proceeds of this brokered private placement were released from escrow to PetroFrontier.

PetroFrontier is at present an international oil and gas exploration company focused on the development of onshore petroleum and natural gas assets in Australia. The corporation could probably profit from the rising oil prices, triggered by the political unrest in Lybia.

PetroFrontier looks financially stable enough with $57M of working capital, as stated in latest company’s presentation. PetroFrontier claims that the unconventional Bakken oil shale formation in Australia, where the company operates, has over 4 billion barrels of recoverable light oil reserves.

Maybe, PetroFrontier left somewhat negative impression with the lack of any developments regarding its Australian properties over the last two months. Traders are still awaiting the filing of the company’s official financial statements on SEDAR too.

Besides, PetroFrontier has not yet started earning revenues. After all, making a profit is the ultimate purpose of each business.

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Who Benefits from Spiking Food Prices?

StockFrontRunners — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:00:28 +0000

Who benefits from spiking food prices? Some exceptions investors should consider . . . First floods, now a huge cyclone in Australia, the world’s 3 rd biggest producer of sugar and also a major player in wheat. Huge winter storms in the U.S. As the snow comes down, the price of commodities goes up. Most food companies will have a tough time in the near-term either because they’re just not able to pass pricing through quickly enough to protect their margins – think Kellogg’s (K) or Sara Lee (SLE) – or because they’re forced to raise prices dramatically – like Hershey (HSY), Yum! Brands (YUM).

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Where to Invest with Rising Food Prices?

StockFrontRunners — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:11 +0000

Rising food prices are behind the riots in Egypt. Where’s the investment opportunity? The media tend to cast the riots in Egypt as political. But a more insightful analysis suggests otherwise. Just as bad harvests in 1788 triggered the French Revolution, food price inflation lies behind the mass demonstrations in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and beyond. The protests across North Africa were triggered by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit vendor who was protesting against police confiscation of fruit and vegetables he was trying to sell on the street

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What Foreign Currency EFT’s to Invest in?

StockFrontRunners — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:00:06 +0000

Consider ‘Commodity Currency’ ETFs from Australia (FXA) & Brazil (BZF) Many investors don’t consider the impact of the dollar on their portfolios or savings. As the American economy continues to grow at a painfully slow pace, investors have begun to lose confidence in the U.S. dollar. This has pushed many investors into the relative safety

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What Foreign Currency EFT’s to Invest in?

StockFrontRunners — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:00:06 +0000

It’s 1998 & You’re handed $100K to Invest

StockFrontRunners — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:00:11 +0000

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Imagine it’s 1998 & you’re handed $100,000 to invest

StockFrontRunners — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:01:14 +0000

It’s 1998. You’re handed $100,000 to invest. The catch is you can’t invest in individual stocks. You’ve got to put it all in an index that tracks the performance of one of the following regions: U.S., Asia, Canada, Latin America, Australia, Japan or Europe. What do you do? If you’d chosen Japan, you’d have made a 7% profit by November 2009. If you’d chosen Europe, you’d have done more than twice as well – a 20% profit. And you’d have been much better off putting your money in Canada which would have given you a return of 113%

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Empire Energy Corporation International (OTCBB: EEGC) – One Step Away form Funding

StockFrontRunners — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:43:37 +0000

Empire Energy Corporation International (OTCBB: EEGC) shares was stirred up, as the SEC approved the $9 million rights offering registered by the management some time ago. Planning to do some oil and gas exploration in Australia, the company desperately needed additional capital to further proceed with well drilling on their properties in the Tasmania region.[BANNER]

Considering that the company was all out of cash, the successful capital collection on this stock offering would spark the business once again. With the SEC’s approval that time has nearly come, as the company plans to proceed distributing the rights certificates on Saturday, Feb 13, 2010.

A large portion of the cash anticipated to be received should come from the company’s CEO, Malcolm Bendall, as he owns over 9% of the outstanding shares. This entitles him to acquire nearly $1 million worth of stock at a price of $0.07 and would account for a large part of the hopefully successful rights offering.

Expecting a timely cash collection from investors we should actually see some serious volatility in pricing, as dilution occurs. On the other hand, as the new shares will be sold to existing shareholders, this will likely help sustain the price at reasonable levels.

Besides the cash problem, another issue blocking the company’s progress is the expired special exploration license. They’ve already filed with Mineral Resource Tasmania for a new one, but with no response yet, the company won’t be able to effectively restart operations even with the extra cash on hand.

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