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Is Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR) a ‘falling knife’, too risky to invest in or both? Or maybe neither?

Investors who bought Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR) during the depths of the pandemic would be please, but investors who bought at the start of 2024...not so much. The latest incident to have hit the company this year led to a 6% intraday fall and bought its losses for 2024 to over 30%. Is this a 'buy…

ByNick SundichDecember 18, 2024

Is a February rate cut from the RBA back on the table? There is hope

Mortgage holders hopefully of a February rate cut are a little more hopeful than they were a week ago, but how hopeful should they be? Their fears of a rate hike have all but disappeared, although they don't know when they will see rate cuts. Rates are at 4.35% and have been for more than a…

ByNick SundichDecember 13, 2024

ANZ Bank Has Got a New CEO: What Will It Mean for Investors?

ANZ Bank has got a new CEO! Earlier this week, the bank announced that Nuno Matos, the current head of Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC, will become the bank's chief executive on July 2, 2025. This is the end of nearly a decade of Shayne Elliott's tenure at ANZ, which is the longest current tenure…

ByUjjwal MaheshwariDecember 11, 2024

Where are Fortescue’s hydrogen ambitions at? This A$22m deal gives a big hint

Fortescue's hydrogen ambitions have been well known, but what hasn't been is how long it will take for the dreams to be realised. Fortescue, a company that makes all of its money from selling iron ore to China, is keen to diversify given iron ore prices have never reached 2021 highs again. Fortescue wants a part…

ByNick SundichDecember 11, 2024

Australian mortgage brokers write 75% of loans – here’s why that’s important to bank investors

Think of Australian mortgage brokers and the famous Aussie ads that concluded with John Symond's catchphrase, 'At Aussie, we'll save you!' Indeed they can save borrowers, because they (theoretically) shop around for the best deal for their customers. Everyone will name low interest rates as what they want, but it is also about other benefits offered…

ByNick SundichDecember 10, 2024

Here are 6 ASX CEOs who departed their companies in 2024

Here are 6 ASX CEOs who departed their companies in 2024 Larry Diamond - Zip (ASX:ZIP) Since Afterpay's acquisition, Zip (ASX:ZIP) has been the flagship BNPL company of the ASX. It managed to survive a cash crunch, a spectacular collapse in its valuation as interest rates rose, a merger attempt with Sezzle that ended…

ByNick SundichDecember 5, 2024

Here are 6 companies winding back DEI initiatives and if we’ll see more respond to the anti-woke backlash

There is an increasing number of companies winding back DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiatives, only a few years after implementing them. In June 2023, only 3 years after the murder of George Floyd, the US Supreme Court handed down its landmark judgement in Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard. It ruled that race-based affirmative…

ByNick SundichDecember 2, 2024

Light And Wonder (ASX:LNW): With PointsBet out of the picture, is this the best way to play the US sports betting market in 2024?

Light And Wonder (ASX:LNW) is now the best way to gain exposure to the US sports betting market on the ASX. Can it succeed where PointsBet failed? It certainly has a better chance, but is no certainty to succeed in a highly competitive market. Nonetheless, its 50%+ gain since its May 2023 'listing' on the…

ByNick SundichNovember 27, 2024

Elders (ASX:ELD): Is this figurehead of the ASX agriculture sector set for a more stable future?

If you thought mining & resources stocks were volatile, you probably haven't been watching the share prices of agriculture stocks generally, and of Elders (ASX:ELD). After a stellar period of growth between 2014 and 2019 (the first 5 years of CEO Mark Allison's tenure) where shares quadrupled, they are only up 13% ever since. Shares…

ByNick SundichNovember 26, 2024

ESG investing under Trump: As companies scale back ESG initiatives have anti-woke crusaders won, or is there still a future?

Is there a future for ESG investing under Trump? And if so, does it still appear as lucrative? Let's take a look at these questions. Recap of what ESG is Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework used to evaluate a company’s impact on the world beyond its financial performance. ESG criteria help investors assess…

ByNick SundichNovember 21, 2024

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Blue Chip Stocks

Is Karoon Energy (ASX:KAR) a ‘falling knife’, too risky to invest in or both? Or maybe neither?

Is a February rate cut from the RBA back on the table? There is hope

ANZ Bank Has Got a New CEO: What Will It Mean for Investors?

Where are Fortescue’s hydrogen ambitions at? This A$22m deal gives a big hint

Australian mortgage brokers write 75% of loans – here’s why that’s important to bank investors

Here are 6 ASX CEOs who departed their companies in 2024

Here are 6 companies winding back DEI initiatives and if we’ll see more respond to the anti-woke backlash

Light And Wonder (ASX:LNW): With PointsBet out of the picture, is this the best way to play the US sports betting market in 2024?

Elders (ASX:ELD): Is this figurehead of the ASX agriculture sector set for a more stable future?

ESG investing under Trump: As companies scale back ESG initiatives have anti-woke crusaders won, or is there still a future?

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