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Conflicts of Interest
Fat Prophets has procedures in place designed to avoid potential
conflicts of interest, or the appearance of such. These
include:
- Relevant shares and interests in securities held by Mint
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are disclosed in each article.
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Prophets, other than a direct shareholding, this is also fully
disclosed in the respective research article.
- Fat Prophets does not have agreements in place with any of the
companies we recommend with respect to an obligation to provide
research coverage.
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publication.
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Types of recommendation
The below table lists the characteristics of the recommendations
made by Fat Prophets each quarter. Fat Prophets provides its
Members with 'Buy' recommendation research reports should it
identify what it deems as profitable opportunities and subsequently
provide instruction on exiting positions through
'Sell' recommendation
research reports. Whilst its Members are holding recommended
stocks, Fat Prophets produces periodic 'Hold' recommendation
research reports.
Quarter ended: 30 April 2011
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
22 |
46 |
| Sell |
2 |
4 |
| Hold |
24 |
50 |
| |
48 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 30 June 2010
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
18 |
37 |
| Sell |
3 |
6 |
| Hold |
28 |
57 |
| |
49 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 31 March 2010
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
15 |
34 |
| Sell |
2 |
7 |
| Hold |
26 |
59 |
| |
43 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 30 December 2009
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
19 |
36 |
| Sell |
3 |
6 |
| Hold |
31 |
58 |
| |
53 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 30 September 2009
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
17 |
31 |
| Sell |
2 |
4 |
| Hold |
35 |
65 |
| |
54 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 31 May 2009
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
20 |
42 |
| Sell |
1 |
2 |
| Hold |
27 |
56 |
| |
48 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 31 March 2009
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
15 |
34 |
| Sell |
1 |
2 |
| Hold |
28 |
64 |
| |
44 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 31 December 2008
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
12 |
23 |
| Sell |
0 |
6 |
| Hold |
34 |
71 |
| |
46 |
100 |
Quarter ended: 30 September 2008
| Recommendation Type |
Number |
% |
| Buy |
19 |
15 |
| Sell |
2 |
2 |
| Hold |
40 |
83 |
| |
61 |
100 |
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