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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 Maheshwari1 hour ago

Xero investors think AI is threatening the company, but Xero’s FY26 results say otherwise!

Xero investors have been pondering their company's FY26 result this morning, a result at an interesting moment for the company. For much of the past year, Xero has been forced to counter a persistent narrative that generative AI will make accounting platforms (including itself) obsolete. Xero has not been in denial about AI, but has…

ByNick Sundich20 hours ago

US Markets Overnight: Cisco walks into the AI bar like it owns the place

US Markets Overnight reminded us of the dot com party in 1999 If you'd told the average punter back in January that the stock to lead an AI-driven, record-breaking session on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq would be the one Aussie investors mostly remember from the dot com era, you'd have copped a polite chuckle…

ByMarc Kennis23 hours ago

Are Discretionary Trusts Still Worth It for ASX Investors In A World Of Minimum 30% Distribution Taxes?

For decades, discretionary trusts have been one of the most popular investment structures for higher‑income Australians. They offered tax flexibility, asset protection and estate‑planning advantages in a way that direct ownership simply could not match. The ability to stream income to low‑tax family members, apply the 50% CGT discount at the trust level and manage…

ByNick Sundich1 day ago

Investing In The Big Four Banks In A Changed CGT Environment: Still Worth It?

The proposed CGT reforms have triggered one of the most consequential shifts in Australia’s investment landscape in decades, especially when it comes to investing in the big four banks. Commonwealth Bank’s (ASX: CBA) near‑9% plunge yesterday, while triggered by a softer‑than‑expected March quarter update was also because of a market suddenly recalibrating the lending outlook.…

ByNick Sundich2 days ago

Labor’s Radical CGT Changes: Here Are 11 Things That Will Change In ASX Investors’ Strategies to Minimise Tax

Labor's proposed CGT changes have triggered a wave of speculation about what investing will look like from 1 July 2027. The headline idea is simple enough: replace the current 50% CGT discount with inflation indexation and introduce a minimum 30% tax on real gains. The implications, however, are anything but simple. If enacted broadly as…

ByNick Sundich3 days ago

Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) Shares Fall After 3Q26 Update But Why?

Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) posted 3Q26 cash NPAT of $2.7bn alongside a $200m collective provision top-up signalling rising macro caution.

ByCharlie Youlden3 days ago

Why CSL’s US$11.7bn Bet On Vifor Has Failed, And If There Is Hope For The Future?

It is hard to look back on something and say it failed especially if it was a US$11.7bn bet as CSL's Vifor acquisition was. But what else can you say? Impairments now total roughly US$6.5bn, the share price is barely over $100 having peaked at over $300 only a couple of years ago and the…

ByNick Sundich3 days ago

Life360 (ASX:360): Ad Revenue Jumped 329%, So Why Did the Stock Fall?

Life360 delivered record revenue as advertising surged 329%, but investors are watching whether Nativo costs can translate into stronger operating leverage.

ByCharlie Youlden4 days ago

5 Of The Most Gruesome ASX Takeover Battles Between Private Equity Firms!

The bidding contest for oOh!media (ASX: OML) is shaping up to be another one of the several hotly contested ASX takeover battles. Just a couple of weeks after Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) launched an unsolicited A$747m bid (at $1.40 per share), I Squared Capital (ISQ) countered at A$770.6m (or $1.45 per share). The oOh!media board…

ByNick Sundich4 days ago

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Blue Chip Stocks

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

Xero investors think AI is threatening the company, but Xero’s FY26 results say otherwise!

US Markets Overnight: Cisco walks into the AI bar like it owns the place

Are Discretionary Trusts Still Worth It for ASX Investors In A World Of Minimum 30% Distribution Taxes?

Investing In The Big Four Banks In A Changed CGT Environment: Still Worth It?

Labor’s Radical CGT Changes: Here Are 11 Things That Will Change In ASX Investors’ Strategies to Minimise Tax

Commonwealth Bank (ASX:CBA) Shares Fall After 3Q26 Update But Why?

Why CSL’s US$11.7bn Bet On Vifor Has Failed, And If There Is Hope For The Future?

Life360 (ASX:360): Ad Revenue Jumped 329%, So Why Did the Stock Fall?

5 Of The Most Gruesome ASX Takeover Battles Between Private Equity Firms!

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