Should you use your tax cut to invest in stocks? With another unexpected round of tax cuts starting from the middle of next year, unveiled in the federal budget earlier this week, this is a question facing many. This round isn't that large - only $536 a year and little over $10 a week by…
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Very few Australians wouldn't have either heard of SPC Global (ASX:SPG) or consumed some of its products (whether they know it or not). It sells canned and tinned fruits, particularly tomatoes as well as mangoes and peaches (amongst others) all grown and harvested in Victoria's Goulburn Valley. But now, there is a lot more to…
The biggest news on the ASX yesterday was that James Hardie is buying Azek for US$8.8bn/A$14bn. To say it is a peculiar move is an understatement, because it represents significant diversification and could even mark a change in direction.
James Hardie (ASX:JHX) has a shameful past where it made building composite known as fibro-cement, which used…
Reece shares (ASX:REH) represent ownership in one of two plumbing companies in the ASX 200 - the other being Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC). Both companies have benefited from the home renovation boom during the pandemic and the ability of companies to pass increased costs on to their companies.
A year ago, we wrote on Reece stating it…
Guzman y Gomez (ASX:GYG) investors lucky enough to buy in at the $22-per share IPO are still sitting on a hefty gain. Those who bought at above $40 per share, where it was sitting not too long ago, would be disappointed. GYG shares retreated after its 1HY25 results, even in spite of the company announcing…
Some investors are worried that Peter Dutton wants to break up insurers. Not just because he is in with a chance at the forthcoming federal election, but his ambitions appear legitimate. You cannot say at least some investors are worried - Suncorp (ASX:SUN) fell over 20% in a single day earlier this week. How legitimate…
Many investors are asking what ASX Stocks to buy when interest rates fall. When exactly interest rates will fall is anyone's guess, until earlier today (February 18, 2025) when rates were cut from 4.35% to 4.1%. Argue all you like about whether the RBA could've gone further or should've stayed put, but it did what…
Chemist Warehouse is now ASX listed - 14 months since the plan to list was first unveiled. Australia's largest pharmacy chain had long been mulled as an IPO candidate. But - with IPO conditions less than ideal - it chose to list via a reverse takeover of Sigma Healthcare (ASX:SIG). The irony is that despite…
Nick Scali (ASX:NCK) is the second company we've written about this week that is trying to expand into the UK.
Nick Scali has doubled in the last 5 years, and a big part of this growth can be attributed to the furniture boom during the pandemic. Its sales have doubled from ~$250m to ~$500m in that…
Every time you enter a supermarket, do you become overwhelmed by all the available choices? Australian supermarket giant Coles has addressed customer choice overload by cutting its product range by 10 per cent. The goal? To enhance both efficiency and simplicity for its shoppers. The issue is whether Coles has made a future-oriented business move…
