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R&D

R&D: Which companies spend the most on it and how do they set their budgets right?

R&D (Research and Development) is an important activity undertaken by companies. But how do companies decided how much to spend…

most successful investors

Who are the most successful investors of all time? Here is our top 4

Who are the most successful investors of all time? This is a question up for debate although here are our…

how to invest your super

How to invest your super in 2023

How to invest your super (short for superannuation) is a question that all Australians will need to answer. Everyone will…

CFO

What does a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) do and how important are they?

Every ASX company has a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in their C-suite. They are among the most important people in…

Annual Recurring Revenue

Annual Recurring Revenue: Is it a useful metric or lipstick on a pig?

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), sometimes called Annualised Recurring Revenue, is a metric you’ll hear some ASX small caps use. What…

management

Is your company’s management good or bad? Here are 3 ways to judge

Management makes or breaks a company, especially a listed one. It is easy to look at a company’s past and…

food delivery stocks

Why have food delivery stocks been dud investments despite brutal consumer demand during COVID-19?

During the height of the COVID pandemic, we couldn’t dine out so we turned to food delivery companies – including…

monitoring a portfolio

Here are 4 factors that determine how much time spent monitoring a portfolio is ideal to generate top returns

Monitoring a portfolio is an important task for any investor, but just how much time is appropriate? Certainly, whatever your…

West Texas Intermediate

The 4 key differences between West Texas Intermediate and Brent oil

Brent and West Texas Intermediate are two of the world’s most popular benchmarks for crude oil pricing. But what are…

investment strategies

Here are 6 investment strategies. Which one is right for you?

Investment strategies are important for any investor, regardless of the size of their portfolio. But what are some of the…

Cash ETFs

Why buying Australian Cash ETFs makes sense for investors

What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)? ETFs are funds that track the performance of specific indexes or assets and seek…

Investment books

The Top-5 books on investing you should read to boost your returns in 2021

1 January 2021   Some months ago the team at Stocks Down Under were looking for a Staff Writer for…

Contrarian investing

How to be a good contrarian investor

Tuesday 22 December 2020   Yesterday we looked at the recent track record of the team at Stocks Down Under…

Directors buying

Directors’ share trades – a great indicator for the rest of us

Thursday 17 December 2020   Listed companies these days are complicated things. The technology, the products, the markets and even…

Women are better investors than men

Men are from BHP, Women are from Afterpay

16 December 2020   There’s an interesting story near the end of Rocket Boys, Homer Hickam’s 1998 memoir of his…

Investing during the Corona crisis

24 March 2020 We don’t have to tell you that for most people right now the world seems to be…

Market trouble spots to avoid in 2020

15 January 2020 Everyone likes a good bull market, and in Australia you could say that for over a decade…

Investing in the Year of the Rat

Investing in the Year of the Rat

12 January 2020 The new Lunar Year 2020 is the Year of the Rat. In this article we look at…

Stocks Down Under: 2020, the Golden Year

2020, the Golden Year

12 January 2020 As we all know, when there’s trouble in the world, the price of gold naturally spikes. So,…