South32 (ASX:S32) began life as a spinoff from BHP back in 2015, capitalised at $9bn. In mid-October 2025, it is capped at $14bn - not a bad effort considering spin-off companies can sometimes underperform. Just ask Falcon Minerals (ASX:FAL) and Minerals260 (ASX:260), which came out of Chalice and Liontown respectively.
However, shares have been volatile, well…
Blue Chip Stocks
This week's international stock deep dive in on Walmart (NYSE:WMT). While most of our Australian readers may not have shopped there, many will have heard about it - even if it is just because they own a small cap that has a deal to sell their product into Walmart outlets.
Being the company that it is,…
Airbnb (NDQ:ABNB) has been a fascinating company to watch since listing in December 2020. On one hand it has not performed as investors may have expected.
It listed at a time that was arguably the worst time to do - when the industry was shut down. But shares held up well, and there surely was more…
There are already some ASX companies experiencing a better FY26 than FY25. It may only be 3 and a half months into the new financial year, but some of the so-called Dogs of the ASX are recovering to the point where investors would have made a fair amount of money had they bought into them.
What…
Rejecting a takeover offer is a bold step for an ASX company to take. It is turning down sweet quick cash for its shareholders and management. The argument most commonly made to reject them is that any offers are opportunistic and do not appropriately value the company - indeed, those very words are commonly used.
The board…
The RBNZ is cutting rates again, and here are 5 ASX stocks (based in New Zealand) that could benefit
Last week, we heard that the RBNZ is cutting rates again. If you thought Australia's economy was not doing well, you clearly have not been following what has been happening across the Ditch.
Like Australia, Aotearoa entered a recession during the pandemic but had another one in 2023 and is one more negative quarter away from…
As one of the world's most famous and successful investors, Ray Dalio's words are always taken notice of by the investing world. We are no different in listening to him, even if we don't often write about some of his specific comments. But we thought some of his comments made in recent days merit an…
Hear the term 'Activist investors' and you might think of GetUp, the progressive activist group that forced Woolworths to hold an EGM in 2014 in an attempt to limit the maximum bets on poker machines to $1. Or perhaps even of ESG-focused fundies like Australian Ethical (ASX:AEF). The reality is a lot more complicated and…
Ever since the Southern Cross Seven West Media Merger was announced back on Tuesday (September 30), it has been met with disappointment at best, anger and disgust at worst.
What's not to like? A pair of media companies are teaming up to give the best chance of survival in a highly competitive industry being disrupted by…
AML and CTF laws are particularly relevant to a handful of large companies, particularly the Big Four Banks as well as casinos. Here's what you need to know about them.
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