BHP Billiton - Oversold?
23 October 2019
By PDSNET
57,5% of the Escondida mine in Chile which is one of the world’s largest copper producers and also produces some gold and silver.
33,75% of Antamina in Peru which produces copper and zinc.
100% of Pampa Norte which produces copper cathode in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile.
50% of Samarco in Brazil which produces iron ore and a one third interest in Cerrejon in Colombia which produces coal from an open-cut coal mine.
Mineral rights in Saskatchewan in Canada which contains one of the world's largest unexploited potash deposits.
Olympic Dam in Australia which is one of the world's largest copper, uranium and gold ore bodies.
Western Australia Iron Ore which is a system of five mines connected by more than 1000km of railway lines.
Queensland Coal which comprises the Mitsubishi Alliance and Mitsui Coal.
The Mt. Arthur open-pit coal mine in New South Wales.
Nickel West which is a nickel mine with smelters, concentrators and a refinery.
In the petroleum field it owns high quality resources in the Gulf of Mexico, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago.
So you can see that it is enormously diversified and that it is clearly a rand-hedge. Now consider the chart:
Above - BHP Billiton (BHP) December 2015 to October 2019 - Below - Overbought/Oversold Indicator - Chart by ShareFriend Pro
Here you can see that the top chart shows a simple candlestick chart of the share since the start of the commodity boom in 2016. That shows that BHP has been in a bull run since then, it's share price having gained 84% over this period.
However, being a commodity share, the upward trend has been somewhat volatile. It has risen through a series of cycles which can be seen on the lower chart which is a 100-day overbought/oversold (OB/OS) (if you are not sure about how an OB/OS works go back and re-read
module 26). What you will notice is that whenever the OB/OS falls below zero the share is oversold and represents a buying opportunity.
Right now, it is in an oversold position of close to -10% and it looks cheap. Of course, because it is a commodity share it is imperative that you have a strict stop-loss strategy.