The question 'Should I buy Air New Zealand shares?' has been one many investors have asked, but any who thought the answer was yes and acted on it have not seen the returns they may have expected.
Air New Zealand share price chart, log scale (Source: TradingView)
The company has some structural advantages compared to Qantas, but…
Woolworths and Coles shares are facing regulatory scrutiny like no other companies are right now. After months of allegations that the pair were price gouging, economist and former government minister Craig Emerson ran an independent review into the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.
While the worst fears of the supermarkets weren't endorsed, there is more…
This morning, investors heard the news that Westgold is merging with Karora Resources, a TSX-listed gold miner. The deal will create a A$2.2bn company with assets capable of producing over 400koz per annum and a A$160m cash balance. And the new company will be dual-listed. But let's take a closer look at the details.
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Can foreigners invest in ASX shares? The simple answer is yes, although it isn't as simple for them as it would be for local investors.
Can foreigners invest in ASX shares?
Again they can. Obviously this is a different question to whether they should from their perspective. And it will be different for a foreign retail…
There aren't many ASX biotech stocks in Phase 3, and even fewer with successful interim data, but Dimerix (ASX:DXB) is one such company. Although it has some way to go in the trial, results released last month were encouraging and bode well for its eventual commercialisation. The company's shares have re-rated since the results, yet…
Remember the days when WAAAX stocks were outperforming FAANG stocks, so we were told by journalists and analysts?
The WAAAX stocks were a basket of 5 ASX tech stocks - WiseTech (ASX:WTC), Altium (ASX:ALT), Appen (ASX:APX), Afterpay (ASX:APT) and Xero (ASX:XRO). This basket is technically no more since Afterpay was swallowed up by Block (ASX:SQ2), even…
Archer Materials (ASX:AXE) has long attracted intrigue as the only ASX company in quantum computing, although there is far more to the company than that. In the past couple of years, it has been working on a second technology (Biochip) that could come to market sooner than its quantum computing chip 12CQ.
Significant progress has been…
There are plenty of ways a stock can be hit, but broker downgrades can be amongst the most contentious.
What are broker downgrades?
This is when brokerage firms lower their rating on a stock, usually moving from ratings such as 'buy' to 'hold/neutral', or from 'hold/neutral' to 'sell'. In almost all cases, the price target changes…
There are plenty of tax deductions for stock investors to claim, they just need to be aware of them! Although tax time is not until the start of the new financial year, it cannot hurt for investors to know at any time of year. Because come July 1, it will be too late for investors…
Are you invested in zombie companies? You could well be without even knowing it and you need to get out if this is the case.
But what are zombie companies and how do you know if you're invested in one?
What are Zombie companies?
Zombie companies are firms with core operations that are insolvent, but continue to…
