How to Start Trading Natural Gas in Australia
Of the major energy commodities available in the modern world – oil, natural gas, and coal – natural gas is the only one with lower carbon dioxide emissions. Oil remains the most traded commodity on the planet, but natural gas ranks second. Natural gas is a vital resource for both commercial enterprises and consumers. It…
How to Start Trading Oil in Australia
In the first quarter of 2020, major brokerage houses in the US began to report a surge in new account openings. It was attributed to young people being spurred into action by the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. With the Great Financial Crisis (GFC), the percentage of US investors began a downward spiral from 65%…
How to Trade Gold in Australia
The fascination with the glitter of gold dates back thousands of years. The ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilisations highly prized the metal. Gold was used as a medium of financial exchange in the ancient world, with the first recorded use of gold coins as currency being around 630 BCE in the kingdom of Lydia…
Mad Paw Holdings Approaching Profitability
Mad Paws has increased revenues each year since its ASX IPO. Management expects EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) from operations to break even by mid-2023. Mad Paws Holdings (ASX: MPA) listed on the ASX in March 2021, offering Australian pet owners and service providers for pets an online platform to connect. Service…
Pilbara Minerals – Buying Opportunity or a Time to Take Profits
Pilbara Minerals’ share price is up 454.24% over five years. Since mid-May, the stock price has cooled slightly, up only 3.26% over the last month. Lithium prices have fallen since hitting a record high in November 2022. Pilbara Minerals is the sole owner of what the company claims is the world’s largest hard rock lithium…
IPD Group Flying Under the Radar
This service and equipment provider to the Australian electrical market ASX listed IDP Group (ASX: IPG) came on the ASX on 16/12/2021. Since listing, the company has posted solid financial results and hefty increases in its share price. Trading volumes suggest IPG has not caught the attention of the broader ASX investing community. IPD has…
Can Alliance Aviation Services Keep Growing without Qantas?
The Qantas effort to acquire Alliance Aviation Services appears to be in limbo, at best, and dead, at worst. Alliance’s Half Year 2023 Financial Results affirmed management’s confidence in the company’s growth plan. The company’s year-over-year share price decline may make AQZ worthy of increased investor interest. Alliance Aviation Services’ core business is providing charter…
The Most Shorted ASX Stocks
Newcomers to stock market investing can be surprised to learn that picking stocks with the expectation they will rise in price over time is not the only stock-picking strategy available. There is a strategy called short selling that allows investors to profit when a stock price falls. Financial websites list the Top Ten or Top…
The Best ASX Commodities Stocks to Buy in 2023
Commodities are the raw materials that go into making what the global economy needs to thrive. There are hard commodities like iron ore, copper, gold, crude oil and lithium, and soft commodities of livestock, fruit, wheat, sugar, and corn. There are others in both categories, with the separation point being a resource extracted from the…
ResMed Returning to Form
After a solid financial performance during the onset of COVID, the ResMed share price began a modest decline. ResMed has opened a new revenue stream, expanding into digital health software. The company operates in a market with substantial growth prospects due to an ageing population, obesity, and the number of undiagnosed sleep apnea patients. ResMed…
