How to prepare your portfolio for a recession? While we cannot comment on individual investors' portfolio, there are some strategies that all investors can employ to mitigate risks. Preparing your stock portfolio for a recession involves strategic adjustments to mitigate risk and safeguard your investments. Many of these should be employed in good economic times too,…
We're taking a look at ASX explorers with farm-in agreements with major miners in place. Because while there are hundreds of small cap explorers with the odds stacked against them, investors may be more confident in companies that have partnered with major miners.
Yes, it may just be penny change for major miners to get involved,…
A defensive stock is an investment that seeks to protect investors from market downturns. Defensive stocks generally have a low beta and are relatively stable in terms of their price. These companies can provide a cushion against market losses, since they tend to be less affected by swings in the markets than other stocks.
But…
Spin out companies come into existence whenever a company decides to separate a division from the parent company into a new company. In creating spin-out companies, the hope is that greater value can be created for the assets that are being spun off. But do spin-out companies work out for investors in the long-run?
4 factors to determine…
Why is gold a safe haven asset? In this article, we look at this question and ask whether or not it is really the case.
Why is gold a safe haven asset?
Gold is seen as a safe haven for are 4 key reasons.
Firstly, gold is scarce and difficult to extract from the earth's crust, making…
The name pandemic stocks is one you might not have heard for a while, with the pandemic well behind us. However, many of us remember that there were several stocks that had a short-term benefit, only to see it dry up almost as fast as the heavens opened in the first place.
But others saw a…
One of the best ways to make money from stocks is from so-called rebound stocks. By this we mean stocks that have fallen, but recover lost ground and sometimes end up higher than they were before.
The risk with this strategy is that companies actually aren't turning around, and any movement is just a 'dead cat…
Stocks burying bad news is something that all investors will encounter at some stage in their investing journey. But some stocks go to greater lengths than others to cover it up and one tactic is to release the news after the market close.
The ASX closes for trading at 4.12pm each day but is open for…
Despite the rally in gold, there are plenty of under the radar ASX gold stocks. In particular, there are a handful of companies that have demonstrated consistent growth in good and bad times for the gold price.
By the way, we are focusing on under the radar stocks. Not companies like Bellevue Gold (ASX:BGL) and De…
Penny stocks, especially ASX penny stocks, have a bad reputation in the investing world. They are associated with high risk and potential for huge losses and can be seen as more of a gamble than an investment. But is this reputation deserved?
What are penny stocks?
Penny stocks, also known as micro-cap stocks, are a type of…
