After months of rumours, the possibility of a card surcharges ban was announced as a reality in 6 months time. The Reserve Bank of Australia published its long-awaited Conclusions Paper from the Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging this morning.
Now the headline ban on surcharges on debit, prepaid and credit cards across the…
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There are hard questions investors need to ask about their portfolio every now and again, because anyone telling you there's such a thing as a 'set and forget' investment is wrong. Markets evolve, company fundamentals shift, and macro conditions change, yet many portfolios are left largely unchecked. The most rational approach is to periodically interrogate…
Stocks with better fundamentals trail their peers - that's just the reality of the market. But why?
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Last week, it was another day another 4DX Medical (ASX:4DX) re-rating, all because the Mayo Clinic agreed to use its…
It is easy to think the Impact of The Iran War is simply businesses in the oil space or that use oil in their operations (for instance freight businesses). Or by extension, companies in the 'consumer discretionary' space that find due to higher energy prices (and interest rates), that their goods are more discretionary than…
Imagine this time 6 years ago that there could be a crisis 'worse than COVID'? Around this time, the ASX had crashed over 35% in just a few weeks, and the reason was COVID.
Well...in reality it was the uncertainty facing the global economy and business because it was right around this point that markets began…
You may hear a company talk about its gearing. Generally only when it has a low level of gearing, of course. But what is gearing, why are ASX-listed companies either under geared or over geared and what is an appropriate level?
In this article, we explore these questions.
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All companies listed on the ASX need to know about the ASX Listing Rules. The reason is obvious: Because there's trouble if your company does not abide with them. Shareholders have little control over companies abiding with the rules barring the hiring of board members and later firing of them if they fall afoul. But…
The Iran oil shock is not the first and won't be the last, but still has investors perplexed at what to do. It is said that those who don't learn from history repeat it, so we think the best thing to do is look at the past and see past oil shocks and predict what…
For Australian investors, the 10-Year US Treasury Yield can serve as an indicator of market volatility, global borrowing costs, equity valuations, capital allocation decisions...a lot of things but those are the main ones. At its core, US Treasury Yield is an interest rate and a return on US government bonds.
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There are a variety of options available for investors looking to invest in the stock market, with ASX ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) being one of the most popular.
According to BetaShares, the ETF industry was worth $330.6bn in early 2026 - a figure that was not even over $200bn just 2 years prior. It is growing at…
