Each AGM season, there are always a handful of ASX companies that endure a remuneration report strike. All companies have to hold votes on their remuneration reports and while this is usually a formality, it is not always.
First strike
If there is a no vote of over 25%, the company receives a ‘first strike’. If…
"The ASX is shrinking for the first time in 18 years" - say the headlines in much of the media. Fake news? No, it isn't.
Yes, the ASX is shrinking
This is so because the number of companies is falling (as companies are taken over and non-listed companies avoid listing on the ASX) and the market…
The Optus debacle might have you believe that we're seeing Telstra benefiting from Optus and it is therefore a good chance to buy Telstra shares. We'd say, not so fast.
What went wrong at Optus
Earlier this month, Optus had a disastrous network outage. It lasted for 14 hours and was that bad an outage, that…
Investors are wondering where lithium prices in 2024 will go. Everyone knows where they are headed in the long-term, although this has not prevented price declines in 2023. Could things get worse before they get better? We can only speculate, although we thought we would look at three perspectives.
SQM is bearish on lithium prices in…
Yesterday we looked at bad ASX IPOs (and some foreign ones too) that bounced back. The lesson we hoped investors would draw is that all hope is not lost when IPOs do not work out, there is still hope for the company, even if the odds are stacked against it. The 2020 and 2021 classes…
In September 2023 a privately held German drug development company called Atriva Therapeutics announced that it was going to go public via a reverse takeover of Biocure T echnology . That company, whose stock is traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE: CURE), will now…
We thought we'd take a look at 5 ASX stocks that should go up...but we think actually won't. Any company will tell you they have a good market, experienced management and a solid reputation. The harsh reality is, not all do. And even those that do still struggle, for one reason or another that may…
Redbubble is now Articore
Since last Friday, Redbubble is know as Articore (ASX:ATG). The eCommerce stock, focused on selling items designed by independent artists ranging from phone cases to hoodies, skyrocketed from 50c to over $7 in the last 9 months of 2020. Even though the company may appear back to square one, with a…
This week's domestic stock deep dive is on Alligator Energy (ASX:AGE), one of several ASX stocks in uranium. We think now is a good time to look at uranium stocks as prices return to levels that make most of the world's projects profitable. And while Alligator Energy is at an earlier stage than certain other…
In this article we look at the concept of Beta in relation to stocks. Beta (sometimes represented by the figure β) is a measure used in finance that compares the volatility of a stock's returns to the overall market.
It is an important metric for investors as it helps them understand how risky a particular stock is…
