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Nick Sundich

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FTX Customers will get their money back in early 2025

2 years since FTX went down the gurgler, customers have light at the end of the tunnel. They will get their money back in early 2025, starting with customers with claims of US$50,000 or less. This includes customers around the world, although it had been estimated that 30,000 or so were in Australia. But before…

ByNick SundichDecember 20, 20240Comments

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Here are 6 of the best performing ASX shares in 2024! Will they maintain the momentum in 2025?

Here are 6 of the best performing ASX shares in 2024! Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) - up 527% How about this for a turnaround? This stock would've found itself in the list of worst performing shares for at least 2 of the last 3 calendar years (2021 and 2023) when it shed over 66% both years. It…

ByNick SundichDecember 19, 20240Comments

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Is Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR) a ‘falling knife’, too risky to invest in or both? Or maybe neither?

Investors who bought Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR) during the depths of the pandemic would be please, but investors who bought at the start of 2024...not so much. The latest incident to have hit the company this year led to a 6% intraday fall and bought its losses for 2024 to over 30%. Is this a 'buy…

ByNick SundichDecember 18, 20240Comments

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QPM Energy – Perfect timing for this ‘new’ Queensland gas play

This article is about QPM Energy, ASX: QPM. Heads up, one of us owns stock in this company.QPM whom, you say? If you've never heard of QPM Energy, you're not alone. For a long time, this gas producer was called either Pure Minerals or Queensland Pacific Metals, and its goal was to develop, not a…

ByNick SundichDecember 17, 20240Comments

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Is the metaverse dead? And what does this mean for metaverse stocks and ETFs?

3 years since Mark Zuckerberg famously rebranded Facebook as 'Meta Platforms', it seems the metaverse is all but dead. Just look at Betashares' decision to shut down the Metaverse ETF barely 2 years after it launched. The metaverse ETF is being shut down The irony is, this one was actually one of its top performers with a…

ByNick SundichDecember 17, 20240Comments

Education

Is a Santa rally happening in 2024?

There is a stock market phenomenon known as a Santa rally. It doesn't happen every year, and when it happens, there's a lot of debate as to whether or not it is happening. Nonetheless, we thought we'd take a look at what it is, and whether there is a Santa Rally happening on the ASX right now. What…

ByNick SundichDecember 16, 20240Comments

Education

NZX companies on the ASX: Here are 4 peculiar ASX stocks you probably didn’t know were NZX listed too

There are roughly 60 NZX companies on the ASX, equating to more than a third of the total number of stocks on New Zealand's bourse. Some of these are obvious companies that many investors would automatically assume as being listed in New Zealand too, such as Air New Zealand and Auckland Airport. Two of Australia's…

ByNick SundichDecember 13, 20240Comments

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Is a February rate cut from the RBA back on the table? There is hope

Mortgage holders hopefully of a February rate cut are a little more hopeful than they were a week ago, but how hopeful should they be?Their fears of a rate hike have all but disappeared, although they don't know when they will see rate cuts. Rates are at 4.35% and have been for more than a…

ByNick SundichDecember 13, 20240Comments

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Here’s why Proteomics (ASX:PIQ) shareholders should brace themselves for a big 2025!

Proteomics (ASX:PIQ) is one of the healthcare stocks to watch in CY25, because it has not one, not two, but three diagnostic tests to be commercialised in Australia, the USA and Europe. It has been a long wait to get to this point, but investors can be confident that there is upside to be realised if…

ByNick SundichDecember 12, 20240Comments

Education

Can companies face criminal charges? Yes they can!

Can companies face criminal charges? It is a complicated question, but not one that can be answered with a flat out 'no'. Woolworths (ASX:WOW) New Zealand was criminally charged by the New Zealand Commerce Commission earlier this week along with 2 individual Pak'nSave outlets. We thought this was the perfect chance to explore this question.…

ByNick SundichDecember 12, 20240Comments