In this era, every company is trying to position itself as an AI play - even jewellery retailer Michael Hill (ASX:MHJ). Given the leadership vacuum with the deaths of former CEO Daniel Bracken and Sir Michael Hill, not to mention the subdued consumer environment...investors wouldn't be condemned for asking: What now? The company just held…
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Investing in Qantas (ASX: QAN) means dealing with the Middle East crisis, more so than any other share market industry. Up until now, the company had said little to investors, until it released a significant market update this morning (April 14 2026), revising its outlook for the second half of FY26 in response to the…
A2 Milk investors sent shares down over 15% off the back of a negative trading update.
Despite reporting strong underlying demand across its infant milk formula (IMF) portfolio in China, the company disclosed a series of supply chain constraints that will materially affect fourth‑quarter sales, margins, and cash conversion.
The irony is that demand was not an…
It is that time of year again when Amazon releases its annual shareholder letter (along with the 1997 letter all over again) and the bottom line was that Amazon is making returns from AI - real returns, $15bn in a quarter to be exact! In our view, that number reframes both Amazon’s trajectory and the…
A handful of ASX Stocks Benefit From the NDIS, but could lose if a long-cried for crackdown actually happens. We're not saying they'll go out of business, but the gravy train might slow down.
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The explosion of the NDIS
What began as…
Add a new term to your vocabulary: The Iran Ceasefire Rally. The rally on the ASX yesterday, that saw our bourse rise over 2.5% in its best day in several months, occurred amidst a 2 week suspension of hostilities in Iran. And the ASX was not alone with Asian markets and North American futures rallying,…
Almost every Guzman y Gomez trading update since it listed has resulted in volatile share price movements one way or the other. And today was no exception. But only weeks after falling 14% off the back of 1H26 results, today's Q3 sales figures sent shares up 20% in early trade. What's the story here? Have…
Ricegrowers (ASX:SGLLV), the parent company of the SunRice Group, sits in an unusual corner of the Australian agribusiness market. On the surface, it looks like a conventional exporter tied to the ebb and flow of agricultural cycles. But if you look closer, the picture becomes more layered. Its vertically integrated model, multi‑origin sourcing and cooperative‑derived…
ASX Consumer Staples Stocks are gaining as investors turn defensive
Consumer staples stocks advanced nearly 2% on Thursday, making it the best-performing sector on the ASX in a session where the broader market dropped 92 points. Two things drove that move: investors rotating into defensives following President Trump's warnings of intensified military action in the…
Australian Active Fund Managers are struggling, make no mistake. Hitting home the point yesterday were reports that Ox Capital Management — a boutique emerging markets specialist led by veteran investor Joseph Lai; had entered formal wind-up proceedings on March 27 2026.
This wind up was not the first, and likely won't be the last. So each…
