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Capital Gains Tax on Shares: Here’s How It Works And Whether Or Not the 50% Discount Could Be Wound Back

Capital Gains Tax on Shares is one of the most notable taxes investors will face. Here is Stocks Down Under's Guide with what investors need to know. How CGT works and when do you have to pay it You have to pay a CGT on shares when a 'CGT event' occurs. This involves selling your shares…

ByNick SundichJuly 25, 2025

As ASX Reporting Season for FY25 Looms: Here’s An Investors Ultimate Guide

ASX Reporting Season is almost upon us once again. It is the most important time of the year for investors, a time many reconsider if their thesis still holds, many choose to buy into a stock or sell, some will receive dividends (either expectedly or unexpectedly) whilst others will be disappointed. While you may not…

ByNick SundichJuly 23, 2025

Is it possible for an investor to ‘time the market’ or is it just a myth?

Is it possible at all to time the market? Some will tell you it is possible, but they were probably just lucky and/or were not even trying to. Others will tell you it is not possible, but they are most likely trying to find an excuse to blame poor short-term performance. Let's take a serious look…

ByNick SundichJuly 21, 2025

Is the ASX 200 index overconcentration really as big a problem as its made out to be?

Index overconcentration is a term that's existed for decades, but has come increasingly to the fore in the last year or two on the ASX. We just had to write about this - the general term and the current perception of this issue on the ASX. In other words, how CBA accounts for a large…

ByNick SundichJuly 17, 2025

Scope One And Two Emissions: What Are They And Why They’re Important for Investors to Watch

Investors have long known that emissions have been a problem and increasingly scruitanised, but they may not know what so-called Scope One and Two Emissions are. But one thing that has brought these to the forefront is the new climate reporting regime that began in 2025. Firms with at least $500m in consolidated revenue, at least…

ByNick SundichJuly 16, 2025

Here are 5 ESG metrics to look at to give you an edge in investing!

Here are 5 ESG metrics to look at! 1. Employee Turnover Common criticisms of ESG metrics is that some have nothing to do with business and are just about expressing advocacy for trendy causes. This criticism is not valid with this one. Because if your investment is bogged down in the cycle of hiring and…

ByNick SundichJuly 15, 2025

Here Are 4 Dogs of the ASX that will Bounce Back With a Vengeance in FY26, and 4 That Won’t

Have you ever heard the term Dogs of the ASX? It can either allude to the worst stocks in the ASX generally, or perhaps the investment strategy of buying these worst performing shares at the start of a new year (either a calendar or financial year), thinking they will rebound. Many will be considering this strategy,…

ByNick SundichJuly 14, 2025

Johns Lyng Group (ASX:JLG): Taking the easy way out with a $1.1bn buyout

The tenure of Johns Lyng Group (ASX:JLG) is ending with Pacific Equity Partners buying it out for $1.1bn after several months in the doldrums. JLG a restoration services company, repairing properties after damage by insured events, including weather and other impact incidents. This could (still) be one of the few companies that may be a beneficiary…

ByNick SundichJuly 11, 2025

ASX Real Estate Stocks Are Finally Out of the Doldrums: But These 6 Are Standing Above The Rest

FY25 was finally the year ASX Real Estate Stocks broke out of their post-COVID slump, netting an average return of 17%. Of course, there were losers too, but they were in the minority. Of 66 ASX real estate stocks, 38 were winners, 5 were flat, and there were 23 'losers'. But the sector has officially emerged…

ByNick SundichJuly 10, 2025

Meta Platforms (NDQ:META): With 3bn+ users, is it the dark horse in the rapid AI race? And can we trust it after the VR and metaverse flops?

Let's look at Meta Platforms (NDQ:META), a company that changed its name in 2021 thinking that the metaverse would be as big as the Internet. Well, there's some way to go there. Same with virtual reality. But if there's another 3bn+ social network, let's hear about it. Facebook may have 'lost its gloss' post the Cambridge…

ByNick SundichJuly 10, 2025

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Blue Chip Stocks

Capital Gains Tax on Shares: Here’s How It Works And Whether Or Not the 50% Discount Could Be Wound Back

As ASX Reporting Season for FY25 Looms: Here’s An Investors Ultimate Guide

Is it possible for an investor to ‘time the market’ or is it just a myth?

Is the ASX 200 index overconcentration really as big a problem as its made out to be?

Scope One And Two Emissions: What Are They And Why They’re Important for Investors to Watch

Here are 5 ESG metrics to look at to give you an edge in investing!

Here Are 4 Dogs of the ASX that will Bounce Back With a Vengeance in FY26, and 4 That Won’t

Johns Lyng Group (ASX:JLG): Taking the easy way out with a $1.1bn buyout

ASX Real Estate Stocks Are Finally Out of the Doldrums: But These 6 Are Standing Above The Rest

Meta Platforms (NDQ:META): With 3bn+ users, is it the dark horse in the rapid AI race? And can we trust it after the VR and metaverse flops?

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