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card surcharges ban
Here’s why the devil of the RBA’s card surcharges ban could be in the details; and which ASX stocks could be hit hard?
After months of rumours, the possibility of a card surcharges ban was announced as a reality in 6 months time. The Reserve Bank of Australia published its long-awaited Conclusions Paper from the Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging this morning. Now the headline ban on surcharges on debit, prepaid and credit cards across the…
Steadfast Group
Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF): Investors are selling and asking questions later, but are they ahead of themselves?
Time to look at another company that is seeing AI-weary investors selling now and leaving the question asking until later, and today it is insurance broker Steadfast Group (ASX:SDF). Can't AI do insurance for us, taking into account our interest only and doing so at a fraction of the cost of humans? Investors think so,…
The ASX's Good Fame and Character Test
The ASX’s Good Fame and Character Test: The Potential Listing of Oliver Curtis’ $6bn AI Company Firmus Meant A Clarification Was Needed
The ASX's Good Fame and Character Test is not new. But the possible listing of Oliver Curtis' Firmus meant investors are paying more attention than they otherwise would. You see, the Australian Securities Exchange does not let just anyone run a listed company. Before an entity joins its official list, the ASX requires that every director,…
Freightways
Freightways (ASX:FRW): You probably haven’t heard of this $2bn Kiwi company in the ASX 200, but here’s why it could be worth a look
Every time a parcel travels across the Tasman or a courier van pulls up outside an Auckland office, there is a reasonable chance Freightways (ASX:FRW) is behind it. Yet for many retail investors, particularly those in Australia, this company sits in the category of companies they may passively benefit from without ever consciously choosing to…
Stocks With Better Fundamentals
Why Do Stocks With Better Fundamentals Trail Their Peers? And When Should You Accept Waiting for a Re-Rating Is a Lost Cause?
Stocks with better fundamentals trail their peers - that's just the reality of the market. But why? What are the Best ASX Stocks to invest in right now? Check our buy/sell tips [sg_popup id="23914" event="click"][/sg_popup] Case in point Last week, it was another day another 4DX Medical (ASX:4DX) re-rating, all because the Mayo Clinic agreed to use its…
Xero and Anthropic
Xero and Anthropic announce a partnership! It looks like a win-win, but does it reek of desperation amidst investor panic over AI?
Xero and Anthropic have just unveiled a strategic partnership. The press release this morning did what all press releases of this kind would do: frame it as a win win for both sides...but of course few deals truly turn out like that. In the short-term, Xero will be the winner because investors worried it'll go…
data centre backlash
The Data Centre Backlash Is Legitimate, Will It Threaten Companies like NextDC?
The global boom in artificial intelligence and cloud computing has turbocharged demand for data centres, but also turbocharged a data centre backlash. In Australia (and elsewhere), demand for data centres is colliding hard with electricity and water (two of the most important but finite resources on the planet) and the friction is producing a backlash.…
dtl
Data#3 (ASX:DTL): Another Quiet Compounder Confronting an Uncomfortable Question
Some ASX companies little fanfare and consistent long-term returns and Data#3 (ASX:DTL) is a textbook example. For nearly three decades as a listed company, it has grown steadily, paid reliable dividends, and rarely generated the kind of excitement that draws retail investors in large numbers. That obscurity may now be changing not because the business has…
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