In today’s daily we provide you with Upcoming Dividends and List of Dividends for dividend stocks that we have covered. Also we have covered stock research on Ramsay Healthcare.

S&P 500 was up by 14.72 points or 0.79% to 1872.34 on Monday. U.S. stocks climbed, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index posting a fifth quarterly gain, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled continued monetary support and tensions appeared to ease in Ukraine.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave a strong defense of the central bank's easy-money policies on Monday, saying its "extraordinary" commitment to boosting the economy, especially the still struggling labor market, will be needed for some time to come. In her first public speech since becoming Fed chair two months ago, Yellen cited the struggles of three American workers in backing the policies of low interest rates and continued bond-buying. She said there remains "considerable" slack in the economy and job market, a sign that further monetary stimulus can still be effective.


S&P 500 Daily Chart   (Source – Thomson Reuters)
 
S&P ASX 200was up 27.9 points or 0.52% and closed at 5394.80 points on Monday. Electricity distributor SP AusNet will pay $50 million to enable the early termination of a deal for the external management of its assets, following similar infrastructure companies that have moved to bring that role in-house. Suncorp Group has priced a ­$250 million hybrid security it is marketing to retail investors significantly cheaper than its previous security issues and at comparable levels to bigger, higher-rated financial institutions.

Saputochief executive Lino Saputo Jnr and his vice-president Louis-Philippe Carriere will take seats on a reduced Warrnambool Cheese & Butter board as the Canadian company asserts its control of Australia’s oldest dairy.


S&P ASX 200 Daily Chart (Source – Thomson Reuters)


The top gainers on ASX 200 were:-
 

Code	Company	Price	Change	%Change
TRS	Reject Shop	$10.14	$0.66	6.96%
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	$1.655	$0.075	4.75%
MML	Medusa	$2.08	$0.09	4.52%
OFX	OZFOREX	$3.30	$0.14	4.43%
RSG	Resolute Mining	$0.595	$0.025	4.39%

 
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Stock of the Day – Ramsay Healthcare (RHC)

Ramsay Healthcare is Australia’s largest private hospital operator. Revenue is derived 80% from Asia Pacific, 15% from the UK and 5% France. Ramsay operates more than 117 hospitals and day care facilities, employs more than 30,000 staff and manages more than 10,000 beds. There are only two sizeable hospital operators, Ramsay holding 30% share, Healthscope with 17% and the rest. Small independent groups and non profit organizations.

Following the release of a strong first half fiscal 2014 result, we see opportunities for efficiency gains through integration of the Medipsy30 hospital acquisition in France and the near term prospect of adding scale from acquisition opportunities arising from forced divestment in the UK market. Our long term industry outlook is bullish based on favorable demographics and potential for more public/private collaborations.


Source - RHC
 
Ramsay healthcare has historically delivered the highest industry profit margins compared with competitors. First half fiscal 2014 Core net profit after tax or NPAT of AUD 171.6 million was an increase of 15.8% compared with the previous corresponding period.


RHC Daily Chart  (Source - Thomson Reuters)

EBIT increased by 14.3% for the same period. Core earnings per share , or EPS was better than expected at AUD 81.2 cents up 17.5% compared with the first half 2013. We like the RHC story but find that the stock is currently overvalued and would review it again at a later date.

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