Rudi Filapek-Vandyck

Rudi Filapek-Vandyck

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Rudi Filapek-Vandyck has been a journalist for nearly three decades, of which nearly two decades has been in finance. After successfully establishing a leading financial news service in Europe, Rudi moved to Australia where he founded FNArena, an online service dedicated to providing independent and unbiased market analysis. He has also developed new tools and applications that assist investors in their market research.

Rudi’s market analyses have become highly sought after and he is a regular guest on Peter Switzer’s SWITZER program on Sky Business as well as on BoardRoomRadio. Rudi is often found travelling the country to educate investors and share his observations and market insights.

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The broker wrap: four stock buys

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In a relatively quieter week for rating changes, brokers in the FNArena database upgraded five recommendations while downgrading a further nine, extending 2012's trend in favour of more downgrades. Total Buy ratings currently stand at 50.57%.

Changes to stockbroker ratings in the past week

Upgrades

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) was among the upgrades with Deutsche Bank raising it to Buy. The change reflects better relative value in the stock compared to the other major banks as CBA's traditional premium to the sector has been eroded somewhat in recent weeks.

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