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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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Market news Mining Stocks

ASX Shaken by Gold Rout as RBA Hike Bets Get Repriced

Investor's Summary Commodities de-levered hard: gold dumped below US$5,000 briefly and silver cratered up to ~30%, consistent with forced liquidation in a leveraged market. Risk snapped back on US growth data: Wall Street led as the Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index jumped to 52.6, signalling the strongest expansion since early 2022 and…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 3, 20260Comments

Tech Stocks Technology

SpaceX to Acquire xAI, Full Deal Summary

SpaceX xAI Takeover, The Full Story SpaceX says it has acquired xAI, and the internal memo frames the combination as a vertically integrated innovation engine spanning rockets, satellites and communications, and AI. The memo does not lay out full financial disclosure, but the reported valuation context is already eye-watering. Reuters reported the transaction as being valued…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 3, 20260Comments

Tech Stocks Technology

Aura to Acquire Qoria in Scrip Deal, A$3.0b Pre Money, Scrip Structure Keeps Dilution Tidy

Aura Buys Qoria, Shareholders Roll Into Aura CDIs Aura is proposing to acquire 100% of Qoria via a scheme of arrangement, governed by a Merger Implementation Deed. If it proceeds, the combined group is intended to list on the ASX under the proposed ticker AXQ. What makes this structure worth paying attention to is the consideration.…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 3, 20260Comments

Mining Stocks

Fortuna Metals (ASX:FUN) flags high grade, near surface rutile at Mkanda Project

Drill Results Put Mkanda on the Map Fortuna Metals (ASX:FUN) has just flagged extensive, high-grade rutile mineralisation from drilling at its Mkanda project. For a bit of context, since October 2025, Fortuna Metals has owned the Mkanda and Kampini tenements, which cover 658 km² in Malawi and are prospective for rutile and graphite. What makes this acquisition…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 2, 20260Comments

Market news

Gold Slides After Trump Picks Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair

Trump’s Fed Pick Sparks a Rates Reset, Gold Reacts President Donald Trump has nominated Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve when Powell’s chair term ends in May 2026. Warsh is not a new face to markets. He served as a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, which means he was…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 2, 20260Comments

Market news

Here’s Why Gold and Silver Are Falling and What It Means for Your Portfolio

Here's Why Gold and Silver Are Falling Gold and silver have been all over the headlines lately. Gold fell more than 12% to hitting below $US5,000 an ounce in its biggest daily decline since the early 1980s. After an extreme rally into late January, both metals snapped lower in a very short window. That kind of move…

ByCharlie YouldenFebruary 2, 20260Comments

Tech Stocks Technology

Why Did Elsight (ASX:ELS) Fall 15% despite 11x revenue growth?

So what happened with Elsight? This is a company that just delivered a very strong earnings result and, importantly, its first full calendar year of profitability. Yet the stock still fell about 15%. When you see that kind of disconnect, it usually tells you the issue is not the result, it is the price. Elsight has…

ByCharlie YouldenJanuary 30, 20260Comments

Tech Stocks Technology

Microsoft Shares Fall As Investor Fears grow

Microsoft Shares Slide As AI Infrastructure Costs Eclipse The Beat What stood out this week the divergence between the fate of Microsoft shares and Meta shares. Meta rose about 10% after what we would call a mixed quarterly result, while Microsoft fell roughly 10% despite beating expectations on both revenue and earnings. It is a…

ByCharlie YouldenJanuary 30, 20260Comments

Tech Stocks Technology

What The Market Missed In Meta’s Q4, Costs Are Running Hot

Meta Q4 Revenue Beat, Spending Beat It Too Meta was up roughly 10%, pushing the stock to about US$738 per share. The company’s core business remains an advertising cash machine. In FY25, advertising revenue was US$196.2 billion out of total revenue of roughly US$201 billion, about 98% of the group. The segment under the microscope is…

ByCharlie YouldenJanuary 30, 20260Comments

Mining Stocks Tech Stocks

What Happened to Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) After Shares Dropped 15%

Iluka Hit by the Worst Mix Higher Capex, Lower Prices, Rising Debt Iluka Resources (ASX:ILU) saw a sharp sell off of around 15%, which is a meaningful move for a business with a market capitalisation of roughly A$2.78 billion. The reaction suggests investors were uneasy about the near term earnings setup and the balance sheet…

ByCharlie YouldenJanuary 29, 20260Comments