In this week's article, we will explore a distinctive investment approach that has the potential to serve as a viable pathway for maintaining overall portfolio returns, regardless of the broader market conditions... This approach is known as special situation...
Stock Insight
Battle of the Titans: Cloud and AI Edition
GhatGPT has set the online world alight and sparked debate over the future of almost everything. We look at a monumental battle between two behemoths of the tech industry... The launch of ChatGPT has set the online world alight, amassing more than a million...
A Small Cap With Big Potential: IPD Group
Electrical products distributor and services provider, IPD Group Ltd (ASX: IPG) was listed in December 2021 and is an ASX rarity: the company has seen sustained share price growth since its IPO despite the market turmoil of 2022, especially in small caps. Last week...
Investing in the Picks & Shovels of the Future
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electric vehicles (EVs) account for only 9% of new cars sold today. This is expected to rise dramatically over the coming years, with a fleet of over 300 million anticipated by 2030, totalling 60% of new car sales....
ASX Small Caps: 3 Reasons To Not Lose Your Nerve
Investing in small-cap stocks can be a rollercoaster ride. Aside from their ability to generate outsized returns, Micro and small caps tend to be more volatile, experience larger downturns, and have lower liquidity than their larger counterparts. And it is times like...
Why Not Go Global? These 2 Stocks Offer Value Right Now
One of the biggest advantages of investing part of your portfolio in the global equity markets is the ability to gain exposure to industries and specialty companies that are not as prominent in Australia. This includes the likes of luxury brands in Europe (e.g., LVMH,...
Is Now Finally the Time to Buy Bonds?
The age-old investing wisdom was always to maintain a portfolio consisting of 60% equities and 40% bonds (commonly referred to as the “60/40 portfolio”). Bonds have been out of favour since the Global Financial Crisis though, as TINA (“there is no alternative”) took...
Earnings Report Card: ABB & DGL
One of the advantages of investing in smaller companies is that their share prices typically move less in line with the overall share market (i.e. they are less correlated). Instead, their performance is more driven by the individual company’s operations. Smaller...
Which Quality Stocks Can Survive a Downturn?
While the S&P/ASX 200 is only around 3.5% shy of its all-time high back in August 2021, the last 18 months have been a bumpy ride for most investors. The effects of tighter monetary policy (including a 10th consecutive interest rate rise by the RBA), waning of the...
Beaten Down Global Stocks: Investing In Electric Vehicles
While the past year has seen stock price corrections across the electric vehicle (EV) sector, 2023 looks to be a transition year for the underlying businesses themselves. EVs are going mainstream as manufacturers across the globe are ramping up production. For the...
Bank Sector – Don’t Bank on the Big Four
Australia’s big four banks recently released their financial results for the first half of the 2023 financial year (second half of the 2022 calendar year). While the share prices of ANZ, NAB and Westpac are largely unchanged from a few years ago (and CBA has shown a...
ASX Investors: 2 Small Cap Earnings Updates to Look at
Australian small-cap shares aren’t normally household names and don’t get the same media attention as the big banks and miners that dominate the ASX 200. However, keen investors can find opportunities in these smaller companies for better returns than blue-chip...