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What is a dividend reinvestment plan and should you entertain participating in it?

In this article we look at what Dividend reinvestment plans are, why directors participate in them and whether or not you should too. Dividend reinvestment plans Dividend reinvestment plans (DRPs or DRIPs) are a popular way for listed companies to reward shareholders by allowing them to reinvest their dividends directly into a company's stock or other…

ByNick SundichJune 11, 2025

The Virgin Australia IPO: Here’s how to buy shares and 4 reasons Blue Horseshoe doesn’t like it

The long awaited Virgin Australia IPO has been on and off ever since the airline was bought by Bain Capital, but is now a go. Last week, bids were made and the company purported to have raised $685m, giving it a capitalisation of over $2bn. A date for the listing has not been set, but…

ByNick SundichJune 10, 2025

How to stop the ASX decline? ASIC and investors have some radical ideas

Addressing the ASX decline is a question that has been considered for many months now. In 2023-24, more companies left the ASX in the past 2 years than any 2 year period since the 1990s recession - whether being brought out by private equity or a big industry player, delisting to a penny stock exchange…

ByNick SundichJune 6, 2025

Here’s why investors in health insurance stocks like Medibank and NIB should stay alert

Health insurance stocks are facing a big dilemma right now. On one hand patients don't want to pay more, but private hospitals want them to pay more. What's new about that, you might ask? Well, the collapse of Healthscope has bought this issue to the forefront, and something will have to give sooner or later. Of…

ByNick SundichJune 5, 2025

IDP Education (ASX:IEL): Down 80% since 2021 as international students shun Western universities (even before Trump’s return)

Donald Trump's attempts to restrict foreign students at Harvard just shows what IDP Education (ASX:IEL) has been grappling with since late 2021. At that time, students were restricted from travel, and so enrollments dipped, but the hope was that things would get back to normal. And the irony is that IDP (despite dipping during the Corona…

ByNick SundichJune 5, 2025

Here are 5 under the radar ASX 200 shares you probably never knew existed, but might be worth considering

Let's take a look at 5 under the radar ASX 200 shares you probably never knew existed! The ASX 200 is home to the top 10% of stocks on the ASX. Whilst many of them would be obvious and well known - the big banks, the big miners and even the biggest health and tech stocks…

ByNick SundichJune 4, 2025

Investing in IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) in 2025: Here’s what investors need to know

Investing in IPOs offers the opportunity for investors to make gains they couldn't make with any other company, but also offer a risk of making significant losses which you may not be able to recoup. They're also a major milestone for companies involved, as they not only provide access to significant amounts of capital but…

ByNick SundichJune 3, 2025

Meet TopCo: A new company to be born from the $14bn merger of Brickworks and Soul Pattinson

Investors have just heard about TopCo, a company being born from $14bn merger of Brickworks (ASX:BKW) and Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX:SOL). For now the combined ASX company will be called TopCo but will eventually adopt the latter's name. A combination of the two seemed inevitable for many years, given their close affiliation - the former is…

ByNick SundichJune 2, 2025

Here are 5 US stocks for Australian investors other than the Magnificent Seven!

When thinking about US stocks for Australian investors, it is easy to just name the Magnificent Seven and be done with it, but that'd be lazy. The NYSE and NASDAQ are major exchanges with tonnes of companies other than the Magnificent Seven. The Dow Jones is home to 30 companies - a list that only includes…

ByNick SundichJune 2, 2025

What is best US tech stock to buy in 2025? Here are 5 reasons why its Alphabet (NDQ:GOOGL)!

What is the best US tech stock to buy now if you're an investor? Or perhaps the best Magnificent Seven stock? We think it is Alphabet (NDQ:GOOGL), which is the parent company of Google. With a US$2.1tn market cap, you might think any company of that size can't get any bigger - but we would…

ByNick SundichMay 30, 2025

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Blue Chip Stocks

What is a dividend reinvestment plan and should you entertain participating in it?

The Virgin Australia IPO: Here’s how to buy shares and 4 reasons Blue Horseshoe doesn’t like it

How to stop the ASX decline? ASIC and investors have some radical ideas

Here’s why investors in health insurance stocks like Medibank and NIB should stay alert

IDP Education (ASX:IEL): Down 80% since 2021 as international students shun Western universities (even before Trump’s return)

Here are 5 under the radar ASX 200 shares you probably never knew existed, but might be worth considering

Investing in IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) in 2025: Here’s what investors need to know

Meet TopCo: A new company to be born from the $14bn merger of Brickworks and Soul Pattinson

Here are 5 US stocks for Australian investors other than the Magnificent Seven!

What is best US tech stock to buy in 2025? Here are 5 reasons why its Alphabet (NDQ:GOOGL)!

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