Forecast and recommendations of IFH "RESMI" (Kazakhstan) for June 2, 2011
02.06.11 14:28
/IRBIS, June 2, 2011/ - "Investment Financial House "RESMI" JCS
(Almaty, IFH "RESMI") has provided IRBIS with the review of key
events and its investment ideas and forecasts as of June 2, 2011
The IFH "RESMI" analysts pay the investors' attention to the
following key events on the markets:
- Yesterday widely were published indexes of production and
business activity. So in the U.S. index of manufacturing activity
for May was 53.5 p., when expectations of 57.1 n. In Britain,
business activity index was 52.1 p., when waiting in Section
54.1, while in Germany the same index was 57.7, with
expectations of 58.2. In general, the EU's business activity index
was 54.6 p., when expectations of 54.8 n. Given these indices
are advance, ie demonstrating the future short-term trend, it is
clear that the prospects for economic recovery of EU looks better
than for U.S.
- Inflation in Kazakhstan in May was 0.5%, with the same
expectations, so that the annual inflation currently stands at
8.3%. Our forecast for inflation in May was 0.4%, but we are
nevertheless of the view that annual inflation will eventually
exceed 9%, for which there are two reasons: the index of
producer prices rose in May by 5.7%, with expectations of a 1%,
increase in wages of civil servants by 30% in July.
- Chinese computer company "Lenovo" intends to acquire the
German manufacturer "Medion". Reportedly already agreed to
buy 36.7% stake in the company for 231 million euros between
the leadership of "Lenovo" and founder of the "Medion" Gerd
Brahman. Guide лLenovo¬ does not intend to dwell on this, the
company plans to buy a complete package of shares in the
market at a price of 13 euros per share, up 18% more than it
cost the day before. Thus "Medion" was estimated at 629 million
euros. Upon completion of the transaction Chinese manufacturer
will control about 14% of the electronics market in Germany.
According to a representative "Linovo", "Medion" continue to
exist in the market as an independent brand.
- "Medion" is a German electronics manufacturer, which in
addition to personal computers also produces refrigerators, TVs
and other consumer electronics. He is known for its partnerships
with the retail chain "Aldi". At present the company is
experiencing hard times, the revenue for the period from 2003 to
2010 fell by almost half, to 1.64 billion euros.
- Company "Linovo" already has experience of large international
acquisitions. In 2005 it bought a unit of U.S. computer
manufacturing company to IBM for 1.75 billion dollars.
- When the news of the purchase, the "Medion" company's shares
grew by 18.23% compared with the previous trading day. In turn,
the "Linovo" company's shares dropped by 4.81%.
Analysts of IFH "RESMI" give the following advice for investors in
securities of issuers in Kazakhstan:
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Last. Prognozed. Up/down from
Issuer price price* current price
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Kazkommertzbank 460 528 15%
Halyk bank 330 519 57%
BankCenterCredit 523 921 76%
EP KMG 18,700 23 490 26%
Kazakhtelecom 19,450 26 300 31%
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* Fundamental assessment of "RESMI" as of the end of the year
** Targets according to the prognosis of the analysts asked by
Bloomberg
*** Relative strength index - an indicator of technical analysis, which
determines
strength of the trend and the likelihood of change. Overbought /
oversold - when the
value of the RSI indicator is closer to the mark of 100% / 0%
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[2011-06-02]