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…
The Best ASX Biotechnology Stocks
Navigating the Biotechnology Sector Investors around the world are attracted to biotechnology stocks because they offer the opportunity to grab onto a “tenbagger” – a term coined by legendary US investor Peter Lynch for a stock appreciating ten times its initial purchase price. Biotechnology in its strictest sense is the application of biological processes to…
The Best ASX Airline Stocks
Is It Time to Buy ASX Airline Stocks? Airline stocks are notoriously dependent on economic cycles with both consumers and corporations cutting back on all but essential travel during economic downturns. In addition, airlines are expensive to operate and at the mercy of volatile fuel prices. Yet there are some investors skilled in the art…
The Best ASX Coal Stocks
King Coal Refuses to Die For hundreds of years coal dominated energy markets, leading to the accolade – King Coal. By 2012 the falling price of natural gas began a stampede of US coal producers into bankruptcy courts, with more than fifty disappearing by 2020. Although the demise of King Coal has been a subject…
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…
The Best Healthcare Stocks to Buy
The ASX healthcare sector offers Aussie investors opportunities covering both ends of stock market investing – the safety of established companies offering high-demand medical treatments and the seductive qualities of speculative startups researching revolutionary therapies. The mature Australian health stocks offer investors a low-risk opportunity for long-term gains due to their defensive qualities and the…
The Best ASX Growth Stocks to Buy
Regardless of economic status, country of origin, or political leanings, investors the world over share one thing in common – making money. The pathway to that goal varies in numerous ways, with time being a critical determinant of the path chosen. How long is an investor willing to wait to see a return on the…
How to Protect your Portfolio with ASX Defensive Shares
Is It Time to Get Defensive? Economic downturns can be a scourge for investor stock portfolios with full-blown recessions wiping out gains en masse. Although recession fears fueled by the trio of inflation, high interest rates, and wars has ebbed somewhat, few would argue that current economic conditions are good, much less excellent. Market analysts…
How to Invest in Iron Ore in Australia
Are ASX Miners the Best Way to Invest in Iron Ore in Australia Commodity analysts and experts claim iron ore trails only oil as the most essential commodity in the world. Iron ore is the primary ingredient used to produce raw steel. Iron ores are the hard rocks and minerals mined from the earth and…
The Best ASX Vanadium Stocks
Searching for the Best Vanadium Miners on the ASX Vanadium is not only used in steel but also in aerospace titanium alloys but is its promise for large scale energy storage systems that is attracting multiple exploration companies and investor interest. With a confusing array of acronyms for a battery that could revolutionise large scale…
