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Ujjwal Maheshwari

Ujjwal Maheshwari is a Sydney-based financial writer at Stocks Down Under, where he has covered ASX and forex markets for over three years. He specialises in breaking down complex market developments into clear, accessible analysis for everyday investors.

Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), University of New South Wales (UNSW)

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Coal Stocks Mining Stocks

New Hope (ASX:NHC) Charges Higher on Q3 Results: Why Coal Is the Surprise Winner of 2026

New Hope Rises on Strong Q3 Result New Hope Corporation (ASX:NHC) shares pushed higher on Monday, testing intraday highs of A$5.32 after the coal miner delivered a strong Q3 FY26 result. Underlying EBITDA jumped 21.7% to A$130.1 million as the company sold more coal at slightly higher prices. While most investors have spent 2026 chasing…

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AI Stocks

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Reports Wednesday: 5 ASX Stocks That Will Move on the Result

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) reports its latest quarterly numbers after the US market closes on Wednesday, 20 May, which is Thursday morning here in Australia. The world's most-watched chip company sells the powerful GPUs that companies like Microsoft, Amazon and Google use to run their artificial intelligence systems. Last quarter, NVIDIA's data centre business alone brought…

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Industrials

ALS Limited (ASX:ALQ) Falls Despite Record FY26 Profit: Buy the Dip or Wait?

ALS Limited Falls Despite Record FY26 Profit ALS Limited (ASX: ALQ) shares slipped 1.7% on Monday to close at A$21.83, even after the lab testing giant reported the strongest year in its history. Revenue climbed 10.7% to A$3.32 billion and underlying profit jumped 25.8% to A$381.2 million, with the company also paying down debt. So…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari19 hours ago0Comments

Healthcare Stocks

Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) Wins A$90m Beth Israel Lahey Deal: Buy the Dip or Wait After 56% Crash?

Pro Medicus Wins A$90m Beth Israel Lahey Deal Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) has landed another major US contract, signing a seven-year, A$90m deal with Beth Israel Lahey Health, a Boston-based hospital network. The contract will see Pro Medicus roll out its cloud-based Visage 7 imaging platform across 14 hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, with the…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari21 hours ago0Comments

Market news

Tax Loss Selling Season Is Coming: 7 Beaten-Down ASX Stocks Most Likely to Get Dumped Before June 30

ASX Stocks Most Exposed Before June 30 Every June, billions of dollars get sold on the ASX for tax reasons rather than business reasons. With the Australian financial year ending June 30, investors are clearly losing positions to offset gains taken elsewhere. The pressure usually peaks in the final two weeks before EOFY, pushing already-weak…

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Healthcare Stocks

Racura Oncology (ASX:RAC) Surges 8% as RC220 Trial Cleared to Double Dosage Level

Racura Oncology Surges on Trial Update Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) climbed 8.66 per cent on Friday to close at A$2.76, after the independent Safety Review Committee cleared the company to double the dosage level in its CPACS Phase 1 cancer trial. The first three patients in Cohort 1 showed no dose-limiting toxicities and remain alive…

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Market news

ASX Week in Review: Budget Shock, DroneShield Crisis and the AI Bubble Question

ASX 200 Falls as Budget and DRO Hit Market The S&P/ASX 200 closed Friday at 8,630.80, down 1.3% for the week and sitting at a five-week low. It was a choppy week pulled in three directions. The Federal Budget rewrote the rules on capital gains tax. DroneShield got hit with an ASIC probe. And on…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari3 days ago0Comments

Blue Chip Stocks

Federal Budget 2026 CGT Changes: 5 ASX Blue Chips Where Long-Term Holders Face the Biggest Hit

Federal Budget 2026 Changes Hit ASX Blue Chips The Federal Budget delivered on 12 May 2026 included one of the most significant tax changes for Australian investors in over two decades. From 1 July 2027, the 50% capital gains tax discount that has applied since 1999 will be replaced by cost base indexation, paired with a…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari3 days ago0Comments

Real Estate

Vicinity Centres (ASX:VCX) Drops A$400m on Eastern Creek Quarter: The Outlet Play the Market Missed

Vicinity Centres Rises on Eastern Creek Deal Vicinity Centres (ASX: VCX) shares jumped 1.62% to A$2.51 on Friday after the retail property giant announced a A$400 million deal to buy Eastern Creek Quarter (ECQ) from Frasers Property Australia. The site sits about 41 km from Sydney's CBD and packs more than 40,000 sqm of retail…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari3 days ago0Comments

Defence Stocks

Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) Surges on MARSS Deal Update: Buy Now or Wait for the Pullback?

Electro Optic Systems Surges on MARSS Deal Update Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) climbed around 4.6% on Friday to A$8.86 after the company revised the terms of its MARSS acquisition and confirmed fresh Middle East defence contracts. The deal expansion lifts the earnout cap from €100 million to €140 million (around A$226 million), reflecting stronger confidence…

ByUjjwal Maheshwari4 days ago0Comments

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New Hope (ASX:NHC) Charges Higher on Q3 Results: Why Coal Is the Surprise Winner of 2026

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) Reports Wednesday: 5 ASX Stocks That Will Move on the Result

ALS Limited (ASX:ALQ) Falls Despite Record FY26 Profit: Buy the Dip or Wait?

Pro Medicus (ASX:PME) Wins A$90m Beth Israel Lahey Deal: Buy the Dip or Wait After 56% Crash?

Tax Loss Selling Season Is Coming: 7 Beaten-Down ASX Stocks Most Likely to Get Dumped Before June 30

Racura Oncology (ASX:RAC) Surges 8% as RC220 Trial Cleared to Double Dosage Level

ASX Week in Review: Budget Shock, DroneShield Crisis and the AI Bubble Question

Federal Budget 2026 CGT Changes: 5 ASX Blue Chips Where Long-Term Holders Face the Biggest Hit

Vicinity Centres (ASX:VCX) Drops A$400m on Eastern Creek Quarter: The Outlet Play the Market Missed

Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) Surges on MARSS Deal Update: Buy Now or Wait for the Pullback?

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