Lessons Learned from Lithium
“Past performance is no guarantee of future results.” It seems in the blink of an eye newcomers to share market investing will come across this omni-present cautionary adage on the perils of investing in equities. The puzzling contradiction in this advice is readily evident in what these newcomers find dominating the data presented on financial…
Defence Stocks with Double Tailwinds
The US Federal Reserve continues to hike interest rates, dancing around the delicate line between curbing demand enough to tame inflation while steering clear of curbing demand too much, plunging the US and with it much of the developed world into a recession. As expected, the US Fed hiked interest rates another 0.75%, with an…
Will Rising Interest Rates Help or Hurt the Big Four Banks
For many economic forecasters, market experts, and professional and retail investors, the wait is over. The “other shoe” has dropped. Markets came down with a severe case of the jitters when it became obvious rising inflation around the world would not ease without central bank intervention with rising interest rates. The interest rates in question…
Buying on the Dips for the Risk Averse
Fiscal Year 2022 saw the ASX All Ordinaries Index (XAO) post its worst performance in a decade – dropping 11%, with a majority of the blood spilling into the streets occurring in the second half of the fiscal year. A veritable perfect storm of events have taken place, from COVID 19 variants to subsequent supply…
Is This Next Big Thing Ready to Bloom
Investors addicted to high growth potential are constantly on the hunt for whatever researchers and market analysts are dubbing as “the next big thing.” Next Big Thing candidates are generally disruptive, as their business models have the capability to disrupt normally accepted business operations. Financial technology, or FinTech, stocks offered a variety of Next Big…
Vanadium Energy Storage Batteries for the Long Term
On 28 September of 2016, tornadoes raging through South Australia did enough damage to the electricity transmission grid there to plunge the entire state into darkness, with only offshore Kangaroo Island being spared . When it was over, estimates claimed the blackout cost businesses $360 million dollars. The blackout lasted from four hours to two…
What is Happening to “Doctor Copper?”
While copper is not typically the primary metal used in industrial and commercial applications, its status as a “must have” component of a staggering amount of goods produced to propel the economy, the metal has earned the accolade of “Doctor Copper.” Investors around the world view high demand for copper as an indicator of the…
Transport and Logistics Stocks on the ASX
Predictions about when the current supply chain bottlenecks will end range from “who knows” to maybe in a year or so. Somewhere in the midst of this crisis lies opportunity for investors. The COVID 19 Pandemic is credited with creating a “perfect storm” scenario, plunging global supply chains into chaos. However, some industry experts point…
Stocks Consumers Can’t Live Without
A 25 April article appearing here on thebull.com.au noted an observation buried in the latest Deloitte Access Economics Business Outlook – inflation here in Australia was “less risky than in other economies.” Strictly speaking, that statement was true then and remains true today. Inflation here in Australia is at 5.1% trailing the US rate of…
Insider Buying Stocks to Watch
An 8 June Breaking News article appearing here on thebull.com.au asked the question – Can Insider Buying Mean Good Things? Investors who include having a good management team as one of their criteria for picking stocks would answer the question with a resounding “YES.” Who knows the value of a company and its growth potential…
