How to Invest in Graphite in Australia
Is there Less Risk Investing in ASX Graphite Stocks? Contemporary lithium-ion electric batteries have two main components – the cathode and the anode – that allow an electrical charge to pass from the positive cathode to the negative anode. While both are essential, the cathode has a greater effect on battery performance and accounts for…
Who is Tim Goyder? Meet Australia’s Billionaire Mining Investor
Billionaire Mining Guru Tim Goyder Reaching for the Stars Most Australian investors recognize the names Andrew Forrest and Gina Rineheart, but Tim Goyder? In November of 2021, an enthusiastic investor with forty years’ experience in the mining sector began to emerge from the shadows. His name is Tim Goyder and unlike more traditional mining magnates,…
How to Invest in Lithium in Australia
Is it Time to Invest in Beaten Down ASX Listed Lithium Stocks? In FY 2023 Australia exported 52% of the world’s supply of lithium. The many ASX lithium producers and explorer/developers were riding high as the hype over the coming massive adoption of electric vehicles drove lithium prices up. When the often inevitable cycle of…
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…
