Australian Shares Recommendations

Roc Oil Company (ROC) has two more exploration wells scheduled to test pre-salt targets from Australian stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Roc Oil Company Ltd (ROC): Coco-1 flows minor oil from Angola pre salt reservoirs

Worley Parsons (WOR) has a 12-month price target of $39.42 from stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Worley Parsons (WOR) – Opportunities a Plenty

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Global Economics Update provided by Australian market analyst UBS.

Global Economics – Turning the corner

There is no doubt the Aussie market has seen some tough times in the last year, as the chart below shows. The US credit crunch and the associated confidence crisis that it brought about has had a serious detrimental effect not just on their own market, but on markets across the globe. Fears of a recession in the worlds largest consumer economy has driven fears of a deep global recession.

MRE aggressively downgraded Australian banking sector earnings in April this year following the March half-year reporting season.

Which Bank?

Australian Equity Strategy Update provided by Australian stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Model Portfolio Update

Reducing Energy - Preference For Diversifieds:

We remain overweight diversified resources (where valuations appear reasonable), and have moved energy down from benchmark to underweight, as we believe valuations in the sector are looking stretched, as is the oil price in our view.

Accumulating Banks:

ASX (ASX) has a share price target of $40.00 from Australian Stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

ASX (ASX) Sell in May and go away?

Event: May volumes continue to be weak, but actually up sequentially:

May volumes continued weak pcp outcomes, but improved from April, which may prove to be a trough. Data showed (avg daily): (1) cash market value $5.7bn, dn 8% on pcp (2) cash market trades 418k, up 67% (3) options contracts 77k, dn 27% (4) futures contracts 248k, dn 13% (5) capital raisings $2.8bn vs. $7.9bn pcp.

ASX (ASX) has a share price target of $50.02 which represents upside of over 50% and an Outperform recommendation from Australian stockmarket analysts from Macquarie Research Equities (MRE).

ASX (ASX) In The City

The current environment of uncertain market conditions and a surge in the volatility of Aussie stocks has had a number of implications for the ASX Limited (ASX. In todays note, Macquarie Research Equities (MRE) reviews the activity statistics for April and highlight a few positives to backup the positive outlook for the company.

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA) has maintained neutral rating and has a share price target of $6.50 from Australian stockmarket analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

AXA Asia Pacific (AXA) Bulking up while slimming down

Event: Buys financial planners, sells closed annuity portfolio:

Westfield Group (WDC) has a $18.50 share price target and it is upgraded to Buy from Hold from Australian stock analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

Westfield Group (WDC) : Playing Hide and Seek

A place to hide; upgrading to Buy — With the recent share price decline, we upgrade Westfield to Buy from Hold. Westfield represents good value compared to Australian REIT peers given its relatively lower earnings risk, good valuation discount, quality assets, and low re-financing risk. Westfield is also attractive relative to Global peers.

Oil Search (OSH) has a $7.20 share price target and an Outperform recommendation with a suggested upside of up to 15 percent in the stock from Australian stock analyst Macquarie Research Equities.

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