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
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…
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…
