Agriculture Disruptors for a Watchlist
Many retail investors avoid staid old tried and true “blue chip” stocks in favor of stocks that excite them. High on the list of investments that get the blood pumping are the disruptors. The first entry into a sector with a business model that creates new ways of doing the sector’s business, challenging traditional norms…
A Biotech Conference for Stock-Pickers
Growth investors willing to take the risk to shoot for the moon find prime targets in the biotechnology sector. The “holy grail” of growth investors remains the ten-bagger (or more) popularised by US investor Peter Lynch – a stock rising to more than ten times the value of an initial investment. A recent example on…
Cybersecurity for Hospitals
While news of hacking efforts at major banks, credit card providers, and large multi-national companies grab the public’s attention all over the world, increasing attempts at attacking healthcare providers should raise equal or greater concern. On 30 September Australians learned a major network of hospitals in Victoria was hacked, causing among other issues delays in…
Where Did Gold Come From: Black Holes, Aztecs And The Gods
Forever synonymous with wealth, gold has been the most coveted mineral on earth since its first recorded use back in 3000 BC. >From Ancient Egypt to the U.S. Treasury its history is one of war, death, love and prosperity. But how did this most precious of precious metals actually get here? How much gold is…
Will flight shame take off?
Flight shame, or the guilt travellers feel about the harmful emissions produced by air travel, is starting to reduce passenger numbers in Sweden. If this behaviour spreads to the rest of Europe, and in particular begins to influence corporates to cut down on flights, European airlines face a threat to which there is no obvious…
Is Vietnam the new China?
One of the things you least want to hear when travelling is how much more interesting or beautiful a country was ten or twenty years ago. I heard this a lot in the 1980s when I was visiting south-east Asia and I tried to avoid the temptation to be that travel bore when passing through…
Are Aquaculture Stocks Worth the Risk?
On 30 August of 2019 micro-cap aquaculture producer Ocean Grown Abalone (OGA) surprised the market with Full Year 2019 Financial Results including a 16% rise in revenue and a stunning profit turnaround of $4,355,176 – rising from a 2018 loss of ($ 3,178,080) to a net profit after tax of $2,247,764 – a 171% shift….
Defence Stocks to Weather the Storm
On 6 December of 2018 newcomers to share market investing may have been exposed to the term “yield curve” for the first time. The article appearing in thebull.com.au entitled “The ‘curve’ that drives Wall Street crazy” pointed to the yield curve as a possible indicator of an economic recession on the horizon. The curve plots…
U.S. To “Drown The World” In Oil
The U.S. could “drown the world in oil” over the next decade, which, according to Global Witness, would “spell disaster” for the world’s attempts to address climate change. The U.S. is set to account for 61 percent of all new oil and gas production over the next decade. A recent report from this organization says…
The future of privately issued digital currency
Such are the prospects for mainstream acceptance for something like Facebook’s Libra. But the hurdles are daunting too. In 2015, China’s yuan joined the US dollar, euro, UK pound and yen as an elite currency in the IMF’s ‘special drawing rights’ that members can access in emergencies. The yuan’s ascent to IMF-sanctioned status recognised that…
