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Charlie Youlden

Charlie is an Associate Equity Research Analyst covering ASX small caps across technology, mining and industrials.

His investing journey began in 2020 with large-cap US technology stocks, before he went on to complete a Commerce degree in Finance and Marketing at UTS, the Wall Street Prep Financial Modelling course, and Columbia Business School’s Value Investing course.

Charlie’s goal is to make investing clear, digestible and genuinely useful for everyday retail investors, helping them make better decisions with more confidence.

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Energy Stocks

Oil Market 29 tankers move as Hormuz risk stays mispriced

Persian Gulf loadings continue, but the supply risk has not disappeared Oil markets are acting like the Persian Gulf disruption is already fading, but the shipping data tells a more complicated story. Persian Gulf producers are still pushing oil and LNG cargoes onto vessels despite recent ship attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and renewed tension…

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AI Stocks

Microsoft (NSDAQ:MSFT) 50% AI backlog gap makes Google crown look premature

Market dislocation is punishing Microsoft while rewarding similar AI spend elsewhere The AI trade is starting to split into winners and supposed losers, but the market may be drawing that line too quickly. Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) recent valuation pressure looks strange when compared with how investors are treating Google, Amazon and parts of the semiconductor market. D.A.…

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Tech Sector: An Investor’s Guide to Separating Real Operational Innovation from the Marketing Hype

Moving past the recent market drawdowns and volatile index swings of 2026, the technology sector has entered a much more neutral phase of its lifecycle. The days of buying "blue sky" promises or bidding up a stock simply because its presentation slides contain a high concentration of tech buzzwords are officially over. Investors have learned…

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Evaluating High-Growth Digital Business Stocks After a Local Market Correction

For listed technology and digital service providers on the ASX, relying entirely on a single domestic market is a dangerous strategy. When a company's financial health is tied exclusively to the discretionary spending of a single country, it remains highly vulnerable to localized economic shifts, real estate market fluctuations, and sticky central bank interest-rate mandates.…

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