Dividend yields

High dividend yields - can they be sustained? Here's Tim Boreham in the Australian having a look.

Let's all raise capital

Australian companies are leading the world in capital raisings it seems, and part of the reason is the Australian regulations that make capital raisings easier to undertake.

Super funds seem to be looking for investments, and rights issues at below market seem to be attractive.

Analyst coverage and small cap firms - Australian evidence

Yep, happening here as well. The Australian reports.

It all suggests that the firms themselves see analyst coverage as important, notwithstanding the recent (& ongoing) criticism that securities analysts have come under. Assuming that research on small caps is informative, or that the visibility from coverage is beneficial, there's some scope for the market to fill the demand for small cap research.