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Can I Buy Optus Shares?

Can I Buy Optus Shares?

What Happened to Optus Newcomers to investing in companies on the Australian Stock Exchange who might begin searching for the best of the best Australian telecommunication companies will find graphs like this one from iTWirwe, showing our top telcos by market share: Source: itwire.com Their search will grind to a halt when they look for…

Who is Bevan Slattery? Meet Australia's Millionaire Technology Entrepreneur

Who is Bevan Slattery? Meet Australia’s Millionaire Technology Entrepreneur

Bevan Slattery – Australia’s Millionaire Tech Entrepreneur In 2016 the Australian Financial Review posted an article entitled “Meet Megaport’s Bevan Slattery, Australia’s unknown tech success story”.  Today financial journalists Bevan Slattery has moved beyond “unknown,” with financial journalists calling Slattery a “serial tech entrepreneur.” His long list of involvement in breakthrough technology companies supports the…

How to Invest in Graphite in Australia

How to Invest in Graphite in Australia

Is there Less Risk Investing in ASX Graphite Stocks? Contemporary lithium-ion electric batteries have two main components – the cathode and the anode – that allow an electrical charge to pass from the positive cathode to the negative anode. While both are essential, the cathode has a greater effect on battery performance and accounts for…

Who is Tim Goyder? Meet Australia's Billionaire Mining Investor

Who is Tim Goyder? Meet Australia’s Billionaire Mining Investor

Billionaire Mining Guru Tim Goyder Reaching for the Stars Most Australian investors recognize the names Andrew Forrest and Gina Rineheart, but Tim Goyder? In November of 2021, an enthusiastic investor with forty years’ experience in the mining sector began to emerge from the shadows. His name is Tim Goyder and unlike more traditional mining magnates,…

How to Invest in Lithium in Australia

How to Invest in Lithium in Australia

Is it Time to Invest in Beaten Down ASX Listed Lithium Stocks In FY 2023 Australia exported 52% of the world’s supply of lithium. The many ASX lithium producers and explorer/developers were riding high as the hype over the coming massive adoption of electric vehicles drove lithium prices up. When the often inevitable cycle of…

How to Invest in Uranium in Australia

How to Invest in Uranium in Australia

Uranium Powered Nuclear Reactors Are Back in the Energy Mix The Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in 2011 crushed the future of nuclear energy. Governments cancelled plans to build new reactors and looked to phasing out existing nuclear energy reactors. Miners shuttered uranium mines around the world, putting them into “care and maintenance’ status. Fukushima brought…

How to invest in Cobalt in Australia

How to Invest in Cobalt in Australia

Buying Cobalt Stocks on the Dip Australia is one of many countries that maintains a list of “critical minerals,” defined as those vital to economic and national security. The reason is simple – minerals on the list are essential components of the manufacturing process of products without which the country maintaining the list would suffer…

Earning Passive Income in the Digital Age

People often look for ways to make extra money. Passive income attracts many because it means earning without the ongoing personal time involvement, or constant work. Options for this are becoming increasingly attainable now due to technology.  From the more traditional means such as rental properties, or dividends, through to digital side projects, and assets,…

Understanding Net Profit After Tax (NPAT)

Understanding Net Profit After Tax (NPAT)

Navigating Financial Metrics – NPAT (Net Profit after Tax) The COVID 19 pandemic accelerated an existing trend in share markets around the world – the influx of youthful investors. Many and perhaps most of these newcomers to share market investing are like babes in the woods – they know little or even nothing about the…

What Are Escrowed Shares?

What Are Escrowed Shares?

Escrow in Share Market Investing What is Escrow A legal definition of escrow is “a financial instrument whereby two or more parties in a financial transaction deposit assets – documents and/or money – with an independent agent to be held until all specific conditions of the transaction have been met.” The word “escrow” comes from…