Here are our 6 Best ASX Stocks for 2025!
Opthea (ASX:OPT)
Its been a long wait, but 2025 will finally be the year Opthea (ASX:OPT) investors receive Phase 3 results. Opthea is an optometry biotech developing Sozinibercept - a drug fighting wet AMD. Wet AMD is the leading cause of blindness, impacting 3.5m people annually…
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Here’s everything crucial for Australian investors to know about the Federal Reserve (or ‘The Fed’)!
The first central bank Australian investors will watch is our own RBA, but watching the US Federal Reserve should be second on their list - maybe even first. Actions it takes, from the setting of US interest rates to emergency money in times of crises, have implications not just for the US but the entire…
There is a stock market phenomenon known as a Santa rally. It doesn't happen every year, and when it happens, there's a lot of debate as to whether or not it is happening. Nonetheless, we thought we'd take a look at what it is, and whether there is a Santa Rally happening on the ASX right now.
What…
There are roughly 60 NZX companies on the ASX, equating to more than a third of the total number of stocks on New Zealand's bourse. Some of these are obvious companies that many investors would automatically assume as being listed in New Zealand too, such as Air New Zealand and Auckland Airport. Two of Australia's…
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…
Can companies face criminal charges? It is a complicated question, but not one that can be answered with a flat out 'no'. Woolworths (ASX:WOW) New Zealand was criminally charged by the New Zealand Commerce Commission earlier this week along with 2 individual Pak'nSave outlets. We thought this was the perfect chance to explore this question.…
What do investment banks do? It is a question worth considering as they are very big, and are very important to equity markets. In the economy generally, they act as intermediaries that help companies, governments, and other entities raise capital, manage risk, and execute various financial transactions. But let's look at what they do in…
It finally happened - the bitcoin price exceeded US$100,000. It has been a spectacular run in 2024 with the digital currency more than doubling this year, putting it well ahead of most stock market indices and most other investable assets generally. Its total market capitalisation, at US$3.8tn, exceeds even Nvidia (NDQ:NVDA) and Apple (NDQ:AAPL), the…
If you are a parent considering buying shares for your children, it may seem like a good idea. And it could be, because there are chances to generate returns impossible in any other asset class - you could pay for a house deposit, to pay off their HECS or maybe just to fund their Schoolies…
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…
