With the world's growing reliance on alternative energy sources, the investment landscape is increasingly fixated on lithium. Lithium is integral to the batteries powering electric vehicles and much more. After steep declines in lithium prices to start the year,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Bear Market Rally, or Blue Skies Ahead? 23/2/2023 The S&P 500 lost almost 20% in 2022 — the worst year since 2008 amid multi-decade high inflation, rising interest rates, and fading economic growth. However, US markets have bounced back in recent months with...
We continue sticking to the insurance thematic this week by looking at the other giant in the Australian market: IAG. We will continue using the same template as last week in assessing this business and its reports. The simple/straightforward equation: Profit = Earned...
With the RBA lifting rates another 25 bps this week, we look to a business that has steadily benefitted from the current rate environment. Suncorp. A company that seems to be in the midst of a long-awaited turnaround. Before we proceed further, let's set the...
For most investors, 2022 was a tough year. For CY2022, the Australian Small Ords was down -18.40%, the S&P500 was down -19.40%, and the Nasdaq was down -33.10%. Our Australian All Caps fund did not fare better as we, in particular, experienced tough stock-specific...
