Monday 2 October 2006

AU shares - portfolio update: Oct 2006

My direct share investments in Australian Shares as at 1 October.

These shares are held in accounts with two margin lenders (Comsec Securities and Leveraged Equities).

Ticker % of my 12-mo Margin
(code) Company Name Portfolio Gain Account
------ --------------------------- ---------- ----- -------
AEO Austereo 0.56% 13.70% LE
AGL Aust Gas Light 3.53% 47.20% LE,CS
AMP AMP 1.39% 28.30% LE
ANN Ansell 1.11% -5.40% LE
ANZ ANZ Bank 6.51% 17.10% LE
APA Aust Pipeline Trust 2.67% 43.10% CS
ASX Aust Stock Exchange 1.44% 24.30% CS
BHP BHP Billiton 4.21% 16.30% LE
BSL Bluescope Steel 1.11% -30.20% LE
CBA Commonwealth Bank 1.31% 25.10% CS
CDF CDF Stock Fund 18.59% 5.50% LE,CS
CHB Coca Cola Hellenic 1.13% 23.60% LE
DJS David Jones 1.53% 44.60% LE
FGL Foster's Group 5.25% 12.50% LE
IFL IOOF Holdings 2.64% 30.70% CS
IPE ING Private Equity 1.68% -44.90% CS
IPEO IPE Options 0.65% -44.90% CS
LLC Lend Lease Corp 1.69% 19.30% LE
MYP Mayne Pharma Ltd 2.62% n/a LE
n/a CFS Geared Global Fund 1.21% n/a CS
NAB National Aust Bank 2.48% 16.60% LE
NCM Newcrest Mining 1.46% 7.20% CS
OST Onesteel 1.85% 14.70% CS
QAN QANTAS Airways 1.87% 23.50% LE
QBE QBE Insurance 8.40% 35.70% LE,CS
RIO Rio Tinto 0.93% 22.80% CS
SGM Sims Gp Limited 3.75% 11.20% LE
SUN Suncorp-Metway Bank 4.09% 13.90% LE
SYB Symbion Health 2.09% -34.90% LE
THG Thakral Holdings 0.74% 16.10% CS
TLS Telstra Corp 4.06% -0.40% LE
VRL Village Roadshow 0.79% -12.20% LE
WBC Westpac Bank 1.51% 12.80% CS
WDC Westfield Group 3.23% 19.00% LE
WPL Woodside Petroleum 1.93% 11.90% CS
------ --------------------------- ---------- -----
TOTALS 100.0% 14.37%

Gearing Summary:

Margin Investment Loan My Gearing
Lender Value Balance Equity % LVR
------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------- -----
Comsec $185,030.12 $94,108.28 $90,921.84 103.5% 50.9%
Leveraged $270,499.73 $155,626.48 $114,873.25 135.5% 57.5%

Overall $455,529.85 $249,734.76 $205,795.09 121.4% 54.8%



With my margin loans interest rate for the past year averaging around 7.5% pa, the average total return (capital gain + dividends) of 14.37% for my investments meant gearing added to my overall portfolio performance over the past year. This was a good year (bull market), giving a geared return of around 22%! In the longer term I'm aiming to average approx. 10% total return on the investments, giving a geared return of around 12.5%... we'll see how it works out ;)

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