RIO 0.85% $117.62 rio tinto limited

A good buy at these levels.Following recent political...

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    A good buy at these levels.

    Following recent political developments in South Africa where it is proposed black empowerment groups will be able to buy in to 25% of each project in the country I am very wary of the implications to BHP.

    I would look at RIO or WPL.

    Reasons:

    *Political risk in South Africa is a strong negative for BHP.
    *RIO Tinto has historically outperformed BHP in terms of creating shareholder wealth.
    *Rio Tinto has historically outperformed BHP in terms of peak cycle valuations.
    *Superior dividend yield from both RIO Tinto (3.7%) and Woodside Petroleum (5.1%) over BHP (2.8%).

    RIO and WPL have a very similar asset mix to BHP without the inherint risk that is now associated with it.


 
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