Rbs - Round Up - 121009

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The Round Up 12 October 2009 Issue No. 194 The Round Up is a comprehensive daily note produced by the RBS Warrants team providing an overview of market movements along with quality ideas for warrant traders and investors.

In today’s issue Global Market Action

Scoreboard, commentary

Aussie Market Action

SPI Comment, Events & Dividends

CSL (CSLKZG)

MINI Update – Gatting back to buy zone

RMD (RMDKZD)

MINI Trading Buy – Acquisition of Narval

AGK (AGKKZE)

MINI Investment Buy – Value in contract wins

Round Up Corner

Strategy – Acquisition candidates

Equities Move ASX 200

Last -15.7

% Move 4752.9

Range

Volume

-0.3%

-19 to +35

$6.3 bn(A)

SPI - yesterday

-23.0

4749.0

-0.5%

-24 to +38

29,047(A)

Dow Jones

+78.1

9864.9

+0.8%

-22 to +78

Low

S&P 500

+6.0

1071.5

+0.6%

-2 to +6

Low

Nasdaq

+15.4

2139.3

+0.7%

-6 to +16

Avg

FTSE

+7.2

5161.9

+0.1%

-24 to +17

Avg

Commodities Move Oil-WTI spot

Last

% Today

% Past Month

+0.1

71.8

+0.1%

+0.6%

Gold Spot

-5.9

1049.3

-0.6%

+5.7%

Nickel (LME)

-33.8

847.2

-3.8%

+4.3%

Aluminium (LME)

-0.1

85.0

-0.1%

+0.9%

Copper (LME)

-4.3

282.0

-1.5%

-2.9%

Zinc (LME)

-2.1

91.3

-2.3%

+2.9%

Silver

-0.1

17.7

-0.4%

+8.6%

Sugar

-1.3

20.7

-5.9%

-1.5%

Dual Listed Companies (DLC’s) Move

%Move

Last

AUD Terms

Diff to Aus

NWS (US)

0.14

0.01

+14.2 c

15.68

+16.0 c

RIO (UK)

13.50

0.00

+28.5 c

50.03

-1147.2 c

BLT (BHP UK)

-7.50

0.00

+17.7 c

31.03

-682.4 c

BXB (UK)

4.00

0.01

+4.0 c

7.00

-9.7 c

American Depository Receipts (ADR’s) Move

%Move

Last

BHP (US)

-0.65

-0.01

AWC (US)

-0.28

TLS (US)

-0.23

ANZ (US)

-0.13

WBC (US)

-0.90

AUD Terms

Diff to Aus

+68.7 c

38.03

+18.3 c

-0.04

+6.8 c

1.88

+0.1 c

-0.02

+14.4 c

3.19

+2.7 c

-0.01

+22.4 c

24.81

+18.9 c

-0.01

+118.7 c

26.26

+13.9 c

NAB (US)

0.55

0.02

+28.8 c

31.84

+23.6 c

LGL (US)

-1.09

-0.04

+28.2 c

3.11

-1.5 c

RMD (US)

1.04

0.02

+45.7 c

5.06

+6.1 c

JHX (US)

0.05

0.00

+34.4 c

7.60

-3.8 c

PDN (CAN)

-0.23

-0.05

+4.5 c

4.74

-5.3 c

Overnight Commentary United States Commentary Volumes lower but importantly ongoing strength, the Dow closing on its highs up another 78pts. Support for heavyweight techs, Chevron and a couple of the growth names accounting for most of the days gains. The S&P added 0.6% and the Nasdaq finished 0.7% higher. Techs - IBM up 3% topping the space and the Dow, accounting for 25% of the day gains after a bullish broker report. Including an 18% lift to price target, talking up chip demand and hardware sales the broker in question joins a list of 4 other broking houses predicting 20% upside from the stock in the near term. Techs - The IBM upgrade set the tone for the rest of the space, accounting for c50% of the Dow's move. HP up 2%, Cisco and Intel up 1.5% and together with IBM filled 4 of 5 top spots on the Dow. Bonds/FX - Ongoing fallout from a disappointing 30yr auction on the Thursday together comments from Bernanke the Fed is ready to tighten, saw yields up 8, 13.3 and 13,5 across the 3 maturities. The DXY only marginally lower but the AUD up over a cent, trading 90.4c. Eco - Just the one data point on Friday, the commerce Dept reporting an unexpecting narrowing in August, coming in at -$30.7bln vs $33.0bln expected and an improvement on July's -$32.0bln.

United Kingdom & Europe Commentary The FTSE eked out a gain of 0.1% or 7pts as oil majors helped but miners were down on weaker metal prices. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 0.3%, the DAX was off 0.1% and the CAC ended 0.2% lower. UK Banks - Pressure on RBS and Lloyds saw those stocks off 1.25% and 0.3% respectively. The FT said the British government is to start examining their loan pricing mechanisms. Standard Chartered fell 0.8% but HSBC and Barclays managed gains of 0.7% and 0.3% respectively. Telcos - Vodafone was a big drag on the blue chips, shedding 1.6%, extending recent falls on concerns over a price war among Indian mobile firms. Pharma - With banks and miners weaker investors moved some cash into the sector. AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline were up 0.4% and 0.7% respectively Shire adding 0.5%. Consumer Goods - Unilever was one of the FTSE's best, up 2.7%, after industry data showed sales of product lines such as icecream and deodorant accelerating since July.

Commodiites Commentary Miners - A stronger dollar saw weaker metal prices. BHP was off 0.4%, Anglo fell 1.4%, Xstrata dropped 1.3%, Vedanta also fell 1.3% but Rio managed a gain of 0.5%. Energy - Crude held above $71 which saw some of the oil majors gain. Shell climbed 1.7% after the Canadian and Alberta governments promised C$865mn Shell develop carbon capture and storage at its oil sands processing plant. BG rose 0.9%, Cairn was up 0.1% but BP fell 0.6% and Tullow was 1.7% lower.

SPI Commentary The SPI traded down 23pts or 0.48% to 4749. Open at 4794 with a high of 4810 and a low of 4748. Volume 27,232. The SPI traded up 34pts to 4783.

SPI Intraday

SPI Daily

*SPI report taken from the 9:50am open to the 4:30pm close on the previous trading day. Charts taken from IRESS

Upcoming Economic Events for the Week Monday

AUS US

Tuesday

AUS

Columbus Day holiday NAB Business confidence, NAB Business conditions

US Wednesday

AUS US

Thursday

AUS US

Friday

WMI consumer confidence Import price, retail sales RBA Governor speaks, RBA bulletin Business inventories, FOMC minutes, CPI, NY Fed Empire PMI

AUS US

Philadelphia Fed index, industrial production, Michigan consumer sentiment

*Dates are indicative only and may change

MINI Update: CSL Limited (CSLKZG) – Getting back to buy zone CSL pulled back last week as the market shifted away from defensive names and those exposed to a rising AUD/USD. Look to buy CSL below $31. RBS Research have a buy recommendation on the stock with a $36.30 target price. CSL is likley to continue to benefit from Swine flu vaccine orders and the share buyback continues which will support falls in the share price. Buy CSLKZG

Source: IRESS

CSL is trading in a pennant formation evidenced by the formation of higher lows and lower highs. The stock pulled back from the top of its pennant last week. Look to buy below $31. WHO says it could take years to downgrade swine flu It could take years for the World Health Organisation to downgrade the H1N1 (swine) flu from a pandemic to seasonal-like virus, the UN agency said over the weekend. The WHO moved its six-point pandemic alert level to the top level in June 2009. We believe that should the pandemic continue for another 2 or 3 years, governments across the world are likely to either expand their vaccination process or continue to stockpile the vaccine. This would be a potential boon for global H1N1 makers, including CSL. RBS Research are currently assuming the vaccine orders are one offs but should the size of the order continue into FY11, this would increase EPS and valuation.

RBS MINIs over CSL Security

ExPrc

Stop Loss

CP

ConvFac

Delta

Description

CSLKZG

2362.05

Long

1

1

MINI Long

CSLKZH

2069.14

Long

1

1

MINI Long

CSLKZQ

4406.25

Short

1

1

MINI Short

CSLKZV

4803.67

Short

1

1

MINI Short

CSLKZW

4011.05

Short

1

1

MINI Short

MINI Trading Buy: ResMed (RMDKZD) – Acquisition of Narval RMD announced this week the acquisition of Laboratoires Narval (LN) for €8m cash. LN is based in France and manufactures and distributes a mandibular repositioning device (MRD). RBS Research believe this helps RMD expand its offering into the mild end of the OSA market. RMD plans to commercialise the device in EU markets. RBS has a buy recommendation on RMD with a $5.65 target price. RMD has recently pulled back to its medium trem uptrend. Buy RMDKZD

Source: IRESS

RMD acquires Laboratoires Narval RBS Research believe the strategic rationale for the acquisition is related to the potential for RMD to expand its offering from moderate to severe OSA into the mild end of OSA. Hence, with this acquisition RMD is closer to becoming a company that caters to the entire spectrum of OSA. RMD said it plans to commercialise this device in selected European markets. LN already sells into France, Canada, Spain and the UK. RBS target price is unchanged at $5.65. We continue to believe RMD is a quality franchise, with a number of near- and medium-term growth drivers. Near-term catalysts include next week’s US Medtrade conference, which may see the release of new products for the US market.

RBS MINIs over Security RMDKZD

ExPrc

Stop Loss 377.97

CP

ConvFac Long

1

Delta

Description 1

MINI Long

MINI Investment Buy: AGL Energy (AGKKZE) – Value in contract wins RBS Research have upgraded AGK to buy recommendation with a $15.70 price target after updating the wind model for 1360GWh of desalination contracts, an expanded project pipeline and weaker near-term REC prices. The net changes have pushed up valuation to $15.70. AGK is at the bottom end of its trading range. Buy AGKKZE

Source: IRESS

AGK has recently won 1360GWh worth of desal contracts in VIC and SA. While pricing hasn’t been released, RBS Research estimate the group has locked in roughly A$120/MWh with CPI escalation. This ensures that economics will remain robust on a large portion of AGK’s wind farm projects and also means new projects will be accelerated. NSW remains a big opportunity It appears that the NSW Government is inching towards a sell-down of its merchant energy assets in early CY10. We think ORG’s large balance sheet leave it well placed to land the assets that it wants (likely EA), but we would argue AGK is the clear runner up and this means it should still be able to land some accretive assets. A successful potential bid may require an equity raising, but we have faith in AGK’s management that any deal would represent a very compelling opportunity for investors. Rating bumped back up to Buy AGK’s share price has underperformed the market by almost 20% over the last 2 months, reflecting a shift away from more defensive names. We believe the wind opportunity is not yet priced in by the market and expect this to occur gradually over the next 12 months. The New South Wales opportunity can only deliver upside for shareholders. RBS MINIs over AGK Security

ExPrc

Stop Loss

CP

ConvFac

Delta

Description

AGKKZC

1063.09

Long

1

1

MINI Long

AGKKZE

1074.58

Long

1

1

MINI Long

AGKKZP

1772.7

Short

1

1

MINI Short

AGKKZQ

1915.68

Short

1

1

MINI Short

RBS Round Up Corner: Acquisition Candidates As the global financial crisis continues to recede, RBS Research Strategy believe we are about to enter into an investment/M&A cycle in the market. Balance sheets are lowly geared, asset values are off their peaks and management will be starting to think of expansion rather than survival. We identify potential acquisition candidates.

Both corporate balance sheets and cash flows are strong Corporate cash flows remained robust in 2009 and we forecast growth will resume in 2010. Similarly, corporate Australia’s balance sheet is in good shape following 18 months of capital preservation and record equity issuance. Corporate Australia is therefore well placed to expand over the next 6-18 months.

MINIs approaching stop loss Underlying

MINI Code

MINI Type

Strike

Stop Loss

Share Price

Approx. MINI Value

Share: Stop Loss

ANZ

ANZKZW

Short

$27.90

$25.12

$

25.03

$

2.87

0.4%

OSH

OSHKZS

Short

$7.49

$6.74

$

6.66

$

0.83

1.2%

MQG

MQGKZZ

Short

$68.00

$57.80

$

XJO

XJOKZW

Short

$5,082.28

$4,833.00

QAN

QANKZQ

Short

$3.40

$3.05

56.95

$

11.05

1.5%

$ 4,752.90

$

3.29

1.7%

$

$

0.42

2.3%

2.98

SFI’s approaching stop loss Underlying

MINI Code

MINI Type

Strike

Stop Loss

Share Price

BXB

BXBSZW

Long

$4.50

$5.18

$

BSL

BSLSZW

Long

$1.77

$1.95

LLC

LLCSZV

Long

$6.01

$6.90

AGK

AGKSZX

Long

$8.02

LEI

LEISZV

Long

$20.62

Approx. MINI Value

Share: Stop Loss

7.09

$

2.59

26.9%

$

3.02

$

1.25

35.4%

$

10.69

$

4.69

35.5%

$8.81

$

14.12

$

6.10

37.6%

$22.64

$

36.41

$

15.79

37.8%

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Explanation of Warrant Tables: Security – refers to the code ascribed to the warrant, ExDate – refers to the date on which the warrant expires or is reset, ExPrc – refers to the exercise price, or second instalment payment, CP – tells you whether the warrant is a call or a put, ConvFac – the conversion factor of the warrant which tells you how many warrants you need to exercise in order to take possession of 1 share, Delta – tells you how much the warrant will move for a 1c move in the underlying security, Description – Tells you the type of warrant. All charts taken from IRESS unless indicated otherwise