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Wealth management services provider Netwealth Group Ltd‘s (ASX: NWL) share price surged in July. The stock peaked at $12.67 per share on 30 July, before ending the month at $12.01 on 31 July.

That works out to a 33.9% share price increase for July, making it the best performer on the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO). Year-to-date, Netwealth’s share price has gained 62.3%. During that same time, the ASX 200 is down 10.2%

The company wasn’t immune to the broader COVID-19 panic selling that rattled markets in late February into mid-March. But after bottoming at $5.30 per share on 16 March, it’s been a sea of green for Netwealth investors.

In mid afternoon trading today, the share price was up another 1.4% to $13.03 per share. That’s a highly laudable 145.9% gain since its mid-March low.

What does Netwealth Group do?

Founded in 1999, Netwealth counts itself among Australia’s fastest growing wealth management companies. The company bills itself as a technology company, a superannuation fund, and an administration business.

As a specialist investment platform, it provides investment management solutions. The company’s specialist investment platform also enables customers to invest in a wide range of products.

Why did Netwealth’s share price soar?

On 9 July, Netwealth Group released its quarterly business update. The report highlighted that total funds under management grew to $31.5 billion in the 2020 financial year.

That growth — up 35% year-on-year — was driven by record net inflows of $9.1 billion for the financial year. Over the most recent quarter, funds under management grew 13%.

Additionally, Netwealth reported adding 3,261 new accounts for the quarter, bringing their total member accounts to 81,804.

And the outlook for Netwealth’s shareholders remains strong. The company received a boost in the wake of the Royal Commission into banking and financial services, which has seen a growing number of retail investors turn away from the traditional banks.

The company likely also benefited from the increase in mum and dad investors deciding to take control of their own wealth during the initial wave of pandemic lockdowns, a trend I believe has some ways to run yet.

Netwealth’s share price has already gained 8.2% in the first three trading days of August.

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I would much rather buy property shares rather than buying an investment property right now.

There are several negatives to looking at residential properties in my opinion. There is a fairly limited supply of properties to buy – so the price isn’t likely to be that good (yet). Rental income is uncertain due to COVID-19 impacts and rental yields are low. Property prices may fall over the short-to-medium-term.

I think property shares have the potential to offer better growth and income potential:

Rural Funds Group (ASX: RFF)

Many different types of properties are struggling at the moment. Office buildings and shopping centres have taken a valuation hit this year. But farmland is one area that may see continued strength over the shorter-term and the longer-term.

Rural Funds owns a variety of different types of farms including vineyards, cattle, cotton, almonds and macadamias. This offers good diversification, much better than owning a single property in one location.

The property share leases its farms to a number of high-quality tenants like Treasury Wine Estates Ltd (ASX: TWE), Select Harvests Limited (ASX: SHV), Olam and JBS. Strong tenants are more likely to be able to keep paying the rent as well as generating long-term earnings growth (and afford higher rental payments). Rural Funds also owns significant water entitlements which are leased to its tenants.

The real estate investment trust (REIT) aims to increase its distribution each year by 4%. At the current Rural Funds share price it offers a FY21 distribution yield of 5.4%.

Centuria Industrial Reit (ASX: CIP)

This is another REIT. I think it’s better to own a portfolio of quality properties spread across the nation rather than a single building like an investment property.

Centuria Industrial owns various industrial properties, indeed it’s the largest domestic pure-play industrial REIT on the ASX. Some of its largest tenants include Arnott’s, Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) and Visy.

Today the property share announced that it’s going to acquire a Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) data centre for $416.7 million with a 30-year weighted average lease expiry (WALE), as well as two other smaller acquisitions.

After that acquisition its portfolio will have 53 properties with a WALE of 10.2 years and occupancy of 98.2%.

Centuria noted that there is a rising trend of ecommerce, particularly for non-discretionary items, like groceries and pharmaceuticals, which is driving lease demand along with manufacturing and packaging. Warehouses are becoming even more important.

At the current Centuria Industrial reit share price it offers a FY21 distribution yield of 5.1%.

Brickworks Limited (ASX: BKW)

Brickworks is one of my favourite property businesses – it operates a variety of divisions.

Its building product divisions are facing difficulties due to COVID-19, but over the long-term I think construction will return to normal. In Australia it produces and sells bricks, roofing, precast, paving, masonry and so on. I like the idea of profiting from the construction of properties without taking on the risks of ownership (and the associated debt).

The property share also has a US building products division which is largely just focused on bricks at the moment. After a few recent acquisitions Brickworks is now the market leader in the north east of the US.

I think it’s a good buy at the moment because of its other assets, which are defensive. It owns a 50% stake of an industrial property trust along with Goodman Group (ASX: GMG). The trust is planning to build two huge warehouses for Amazon and Coles Group Limited (ASX: COL), which will increase the value and rental income.

It also owns a large amount of Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL) shares, which provides defensive earnings and growing dividends to Brickworks (and all other shareholders).

I think the best time to buy cyclical shares, like a construction business, is during the difficult times – such as right now.

At the current Brickworks share price it offers a grossed-up dividend yield of 5.2%.

Foolish takeaway

Each of these property shares are defensive, have long-term growth prospects and offers much more diversification than a single investment property. At the current prices I think Brickworks is the best value option.

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Poseidon Nickel Ltd (ASX: POS) shares have surged 40.63% in today’s trade to 4.5 cents at the time of writing. The rising Poseidon share price came after the company announced a positive intersection at its Golden Swan deposit.

What was in the announcement?

According to the announcement, the company intersected 9 metres of massive nickel sulphides at its Golden Swan deposit. The assays from the result are pending. The intersection is around 50 metres away from another recent discovery hole which previously intersected 7.6 metres at 8.8% nickel.

Poseidon stated that the massive nickel sulphides sit on a highly prospective felsic terrace, which refers to a terrace of a particular volcanic rock, that could parallel the nearby Silver Swan underground mine. Drilling is set to continue.

Poseidon Nickel’s Managing Director and CEO, Peter Harold, commented on the result, stating;

“This latest intersection has been worth waiting for after operational delays caused by COVID and then the completion of the important Downhole Electromagnetic (DHEM) platform hole below Golden Swan slowed progress. The recently completed drill hole confirms the nickel sulphide nature of the EM responses measured to date and we are looking forward to receiving the assays. With the installation of the underground loop nearing completion we hope to highlight further potential around the current Golden Swan intersections as our geological understanding of this area improves.”

About the Poseidon share price

Poseidon is a nickel producer and explorer with operations in Australia. The company currently has three projects in operation within 300km of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

In its quarterly report to 30 June 2020, the company announced that it had discovered 4% nickel over 23.1 metres at its Golden Swan deposit. This included a high grade component of 2.1 metres that averaged 15.9% nickel.

The company had cash at the end of the June quarter of $45,224,000 compared to $48,581,000 at the end of the previous quarter.

Poseidon Nickel released a business update in June which stated the company had combined nickel resources of 395,530 tonnes and 180,000 ounces of gold.

The Poseidon share price is up 80% from its 52 week low of 2.5 cents and 12.5% since the beginning of the year after today’s rise. The Poseidon share price is also 12.5% up since this time last year.

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What happened

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares moved higher in July, riding a bullish wave in e-commerce stocks as the United States experienced another resurgence of COVID-19 cases. The tech giant also reported a blowout earnings report at the end of the month. According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the stock finished the month up 14%. 

As you can see from the chart below, the stock got off to a strong start and held on to those gains for the duration of July, surging on its earnings report at the end.

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So what?

Amazon shares jumped out of the gate at the beginning of July. This early rise might have been part of broader market gains on a June unemployment report strong enough to suggest the economy was rebounding from the coronavirus crisis.

The stock then benefited from a rise in COVID-19 cases that led some states to pump the brakes on reopening measures and caused investors to anticipate extended impact from the pandemic. These factors suggest that reliance on digital services will only increase.

With its strength in e-commerce, cloud computing, and video streaming, Amazon has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic. Its stock has about doubled from its depths during March and now tops a $1.5 trillion market value.

The company also launched a new healthcare partnership with Crossover Health in July to open clinics for Amazon employees. The move potentially brings Amazon closer to disrupting the $4 trillion healthcare market and finding a new avenue for growth.  

The company’s second-quarter earnings report confirmed investors’ high expectations, as sales jumped 40% in the quarter and earnings per share nearly doubled.

Now what

The second-quarter report was Amazon’s best ever and a testament to its strength in e-commerce and areas like cloud computing. It expects to grow its warehouse space by 50% in the second half of the year as it ramps up for the holiday season and a delayed Prime Day.

This anticipated increase in warehouse capacity signifies that investors should expect the company’s breakneck growth to continue. While Amazon stock is still pricey according to conventional metrics, the surge in profitability shows that it still has plenty of upside potential.

This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (Index:^AXJO) is trying to claw back from steep morning losses, but sentiment towards some ASX stocks remain poor.

The top 200 stock benchmark is down 0.5% at the time of writing, but it’s at least managed to climb back to 6,000. It hit an intraday low of 5,966 in morning trade.

However, some remain deep in the red after leading brokers downgraded their recommendation on these ASX stocks.

Large legal liability

One that’s wallowing in the red is the Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX: MND) share price. Shares in engineering contractor slumped 3.5% to $7.98 after UBS swung an axe to its valuation and rating.

The broker’s move is driven by a legal stoush between the company and its client Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO).

Rio Tinto is suing Monadelphous for $493 million as the miner believes the contractor was responsible for a fire at its Cape Lambert facility in 2019.

Risk of earnings wipeout

This is a very significant amount and Monadelphous’ insurance will only goes up to $150 million. The net $343 million (before legal costs) is nearly half of Monadelphous’ market cap!

“While there are many possible outcomes with respect to the legal proceedings, given the significant size of the claim, we think the proceedings may represent a share price overhang that could limit outperformance until the issue is resolved,” said UBS.

The broker cut its recommendation on the stock to “neutral” from “buy” and lowered its price target to $8.45 from $13.35 a share.

ASX banks to dump

ASX bank stocks are lagging the market today, but two in particularly are underperforming after being downgraded by Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG).

These are the National Australia Bank Ltd. (ASX: NAB) share price and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN) share price, which fell by nearly 2% each at the time of writing.

The broker cut its rating on NAB by two notches to “underperform” from “outperform” and downgraded Bendigo Bank to “underperform” from “neutral”.

Market expectations set too high

The bearish change of heart comes on the back of the broker’s review of impairment charges for the sector.

“With ~10-15% of consumer and SME loans being deferred, a weak economic outlook and challenges stemming from the recent lockdowns in Victoria contribute to material downside risk to bank earnings, in our view,” said Macquarie.

“We remain substantially below consensus, and with additional risks stemming from lockdowns in Victoria, which may extend to other states, we continue to see material downside risk to expectations.”

The broker’s price targets on NAB and Bendigo Bank are $17.50 and $6.25, respectively.

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The Alterity Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: ATH) share price has continued its strong surge from yesterday, trading more than 50% higher again today.

Although the company has not released any price sensitive news, it can be assumed that the price leap is a reflection of yesterday’s news.

What did Alterity announce yesterday?

Alterity’s announcement yesterday highlighted independent data that confirmed the safety profile of the company’s lead drug candidate, ATH434. The animal study tested ATH434 against multiple system atrophy (MSA) and confirmed that the drug reduced alpha-synuclein pathology, preserved neurons and improved motor performance in patients with MSA.

Alterity will present the findings at the 2020 International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders and the American Neurological Association’s annual meeting. The company will also present cardiac safety data from its Phase 1 study of ATH434. This will be the first time that information is shared with international clinicians and researchers.

What is the outlook for Alterity?

Biotech company Alterity focuses on therapies for neurodegenerative diseases such as MSA, which is an atypical form of Parkinson’s disease that can lead to rapid motor degeneration and paralysis.

Alterity’s lead candidate, ATH434, is an orally bio-available, brain penetrant that’s designed to inhibit the accumulation of pathological proteins involved in neurodegeneration.

As a result, Alterity’s therapy has the potential to treat Parkinson’s disease and other atypical forms of the disease such as MSA.

According to Alterity’s management, there is an unmet medical need for new treatments for MSA with most symptoms of the disease remaining unaddressed by available drugs for Parkinson’s disease.

Alterity is now pursuing a global development strategy for the testing and commercialisation of the drug, after last month announcing it had established a development pathway for ATH434 in MSA with the US Food and Drug Administration.

The Alterity share price has surged more than 96% in the past 2 days, after rocketing a further 50% today. At the time of writing, the Alterity share price is trading near it’s intraday high of 7.2 cents.

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The Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL) share price will be in focus later this month when it releases its highly anticipated full year results.

The supermarket giant and rival Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) are two of only a handful of companies on the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) that have been benefiting from the pandemic.

Ahead of the release of its full year results on 18 August, I thought I would see what analysts are expecting from the company.

What is expected from Coles in FY 2020?

According to a note out of Goldman Sachs, its analysts expect Coles to deliver stronger than expected sales and profit growth in FY 2020.

The broker has forecast total sales of $37.5 billion, which will be a 7.1% year on year increase and 1.1% ahead of the market consensus.

Also growing at a solid rate will be its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT). Goldman is expecting Coles to report EBIT of $1392.4 million. This represents a 5.1% year on year increase. And on a post-AASB16 basis, Goldman expects EBIT to come in at $1,759.1 million. This is 0.8% higher than the consensus estimate.

Finally, its analysts are forecasting FY 2020 underlying net profit after tax to be $928.2 million and operating cash flow of $2,824.6 million.:

Food segment.

Goldman Sachs expects the key Food segment to deliver comparable store sales growth of 6.2% in FY 2020, which implies comparable store sales growth of 10.7% for the second half.

This will ultimately lead to Food sales of $33.2 billion for the year.

And thanks to a 10-basis point increase in its margins, Food EBIT is expected to be up 10.3% to $1,304.7 million.

Liquor segment.

The broker also expects its Liquor segment to deliver strong comparable store sales growth. It is forecasting comp growth of 4.4%, taking its total sales 6.3% higher for the year to $3,254.7 million.

However, unlike the Food segment, Goldman is forecasting weaker margins for the Liquor segment. It expects margin decline of 40 basis points, leading to segment EBIT of A$114.5 million. This will be a 4.6% decline year on year.

Coles Express.

The Coles Express segment is expected to act as a drag on its FY 2020 result.

Although the broker expects just a small 0.3% year on year sales decline to $1,045.1 million, it is expecting the segment to post a loss. This compares to its segment EBIT of $50 million in FY 2019.

Taken off conviction buy list.

In light of the strong performance by the Coles share price this year, the broker has removed it from its conviction buy list on valuation grounds.

Goldman explained: “While our thesis remains intact on COL, we remove the stock from our Conviction List in view of the relative limited upside. Since being added to the Conviction list on the 3rd of March 2020, the COL share price is up +25% vs. the ASX 200 being -6.2% (outperformance of 31.2%) and also outperforming supermarket peer WOW by 20% over the period.”

“We maintain the Buy rating on COL on the basis of the reliable ongoing growth and strong balance sheet story,” it concluded. I would agree with this view.

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One area of the market which I continue to believe is home to a large number of quality options for investors is the mid cap space.

Three top mid cap shares which I believe could one day become much larger companies are listed below. Here’s why I think they would be quality long-term investments:

Collins Foods Ltd (ASX: CKF)

The first mid cap ASX share to consider buying is this quick service restaurant operator. Collins Foods is one of the largest operators of KFC stores in the world. It has a growing network of restaurants across Australia and also in the under-penetrated European market. It is the latter market which I believe could be the key driver of growth over the next decade. Also supporting its growth will be the rollout of the Taco Bell brand across Australia. This rollout has been going very well and is showing a lot promise. This could mean that after two failed attempts to crack the Australian market over the last 40 years, it will be third time lucky for the Taco Bell brand.

Jumbo Interactive (ASX: JIN)

Another mid cap share to consider buying is Jumbo. It is the online lottery ticket seller behind the Oz Lotteries website. But that’s not the only thing the company does. It also has its Powered by Jumbo software as a service business. It is this business which is expected to become the driver of its future growth and play a key role in the company achieving its target of $1 billion in ticket sales through the Jumbo platform by FY 2022. This will be triple what it achieved in FY 2019. Given how a material portion of lotteries are still not online, I believe the Powered by Jumbo business has a very lucrative global opportunity.

Nanosonics Ltd (ASX: NAN)

Nanosonics is the infection control specialist behind the trophon EPR disinfection system for ultrasound probes. I’m a big fan of the company due to the quality of the product and the growing recurring revenues it generates from consumables sales. Given its massive market opportunity, and management’s plan to launch several new products targeting unmet needs in the near term, I believe Nanosonics is well-positioned to continue its strong growth for many years to come. Though, it is worth noting that its FY 2020’s sales performance is likely to be stifled by the pandemic. However, I’m confident there will be a sharp rebound in 2021.

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The Silver Mines Limited (ASX: SVL) share price has hit a 52-week high today as the silver price continues its climb.

The silver price rallied 30.63% in July, taking gains since March to 110%. Many commentators remain bullish on the silver price, arguing expansionary fiscal and monetary policy will lead to falling real yields. Historically, this has benefited precious metal prices. 

What does Silver Mines do?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Silver Mines mines silver. The company holds the high grade Conrad and Webbs projects in Northern New South Wales. Its strategy is to consolidate quality silver deposits in NSW to form Australia’s pre-eminent silver company. Silver Mines recently purchased the Bowdens Silver Project near Mudgee in NSW. This is the largest undeveloped silver project in Australia and one of the largest globally. 

What is the plan for the Bowdens Silver Project? 

Silver Mines has submitted a development application for an open cut mine and processing plant to the NSW Department of Planning, Industry, and Environment.

The plant is designed for 2.0 million tonnes per annum with a project life of 16.5 years. Life of mine production is planned to be approximately 66 million ounces of silver, 130,000 tonnes of zinc, and 95,000 tonnes of lead. The company has committed to expanding drilling activities at Bowden Silver, which are likely to continue until the end of calendar year 2020. 

How has COVID-19 impacted the company?

Silver Mines reports that current operations have continued safely with minimal interruption from the coronavirus pandemic. Field activities including drilling in the Bowdens silver area (where the company can control access) have continued. Some activities at regional projects have been put on hold and some are due to recommence during the September quarter. 

How has Silver Mines been performing? 

The Silver Mines share price was trading below 6 cents in March, but has now surged to 25 cents. This means the Silver Mines share price has gained more than 300% over the last few months.

The company conducted a $12 million capital raise in May at 10 cents a share, with funds earmarked for the pre-development progression of the Bowdens Silver Mine. Funding will also be used for land acquisitions and for corporate and working capital purposes.

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