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Nick Sundich

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Lithium Stocks Mining Stocks

What is the next ASX lithium stock to be acquired? Here are 4 hot tips!

Many investors are wondering which will be the next ASX lithium stock to be bought out. After all, it hasn't been that bad of a year for M&A deals amidst lithium stocks with Azure getting an offer last week, Essential Metals closing a deal last week, Catalyst Metals (ASX: CYL) getting bought earlier this year…

ByNick SundichOctober 30, 20230Comments

Bank Stocks

Is the $173m Westpac impairment something investors need to worry about?

Not for the first time this decade, investors awoke on Thursday to the news of a $173m Westpac impairment. Westpac shares did not fluctuate much yesterday, but they are down over 10% in 2023. What has the company done to deserve the impairment and share price decline? Westpac (ASX:WBC) share price chart, log scale (Source: TradingView) What is…

ByNick SundichOctober 27, 20230Comments

Education

Government bonds: Why are they so important in financial markets and why are they so high now?

Most investors will have heard of government bonds and know that they are important to financial markets. But not all investors will know why they are so important and why they fluctuate all the time. We will seek to answer these questions here. What are government bonds? Government bonds, also known as treasury bonds or treasuries, are…

ByNick SundichOctober 25, 20230Comments

Bank Stocks

Why is the ANZ placement from 2015 such a big deal?

In this article, we seek to answer the question of why the ANZ placement from 2015 such a big deal 8 years on. What was the ANZ placement? In August 2015, then CEO of ANZ Bank Mike Smith told investors that,' The recent capital raising has allowed ANZ to deal with known regulatory change, such as…

ByNick SundichOctober 25, 20230Comments

Education

Here’s why the Lehman Brothers collapse was such a watershed moment

The Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008 was one of the major triggers for the global financial crisis. This event sent shockwaves through the entire world economy, leading to a widespread economic downturn and plunging many countries into recession. But why did the failure of just one company have such far-reaching consequences? To understand this, we…

ByNick SundichOctober 24, 20230Comments

Industrials

Investing in Infrastructure: Here’s why it is lucrative and how investors should go about it

Investing in infrastructure can be a lucrative and beneficial decision for both individuals and governments. Infrastructure refers to the basic physical systems that enable modern society to function, such as roads, transportation networks, power grids, water supply systems, and communication networks. But why is it lucrative and beneficial? And how do you go about it? Why investors might…

ByNick SundichOctober 20, 20230Comments

Healthcare Stocks

Ozempic: Here’s why 2023’s star obesity treatment is causing headaches for CSL and several other biotech stocks

Ozempic is one of the few things giving CSL (ASX:CSL) shareholders sleepless nights right now. And you could argue this weight-loss drug is also having an impact on all biotech stocks. Because if you get rid of obesity, you might get rid of a lot of health problems that other biotech and medtech stocks are dealing…

ByNick SundichOctober 19, 20230Comments

Education

The ASX & SGX: Imagine if the proposed $8.4bn merger had actually gone ahead

Remember when the Singapore Exchange (SGX) made a A$8.4bn bid for the ASX? It was over a decade now, but we thought we would look back at the bid and reflect on how things might have turned out had the deal gone ahead. What is the SGX? The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is one of the leading stock…

ByNick SundichOctober 19, 20230Comments

Retail

All ASX REIT subsectors ranked from worst to first by future prospects

All ASX REITs have it tough right now, but not all ASX REIT subsectors are facing the same future fortunes. We rank all of them from worst to first, by the future they are facing. For the record, we are excluding non-REIT property stocks such as property developers. We are only focusing on REITs, stocks that…

ByNick SundichOctober 17, 20230Comments

Education

Why has the Aussie dollar been weak in 2023 and is this good or bad for shares?

Just over a decade ago, the Aussie dollar was on parity with the US dollar, meaning you could buy a US dollar with a dollar Down Under. Today, you can buy just ~67c with the same amount. Why does our dollar fluctuate? Why has it been weaker since hitting parity early in the 2010s? And…

ByNick SundichOctober 16, 20230Comments