If you've read some of our articles before, you might hear us talk a lot about consensus estimates. You may have heard the term 'missed consensus' when a stock reports results below that number. Just what is meant by this?
What are consensus estimates?
Consensus estimates refer to the predicted future performance of a particular stock,…
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Starting on July 1, the so-called stage 3 tax cuts will come into effect in Australia. These tax cuts, especially since they were altered by the Albanese government, will see a significant proportion of Australians with more money in their pocket - especially lower income earners.
What are the Stage 3 tax cuts? What do they…
How to make money in the stock market? Simply put, it is to buy a stock, whether on the ASX or another exchange, and sell it at a higher price than you bought it for - 'buy low, sell high'. You can also make money through dividends. That sounds easy enough, but how can you…
Sometimes, losing money in the stock market can occur due to bad luck, but other times it is due to mistakes investors make, particularly those ones that we think are top investing mistakes.
These mistakes are not the only ones investors make, but they are the most common that we see with ASX stocks. It was…
In light of his recent passing, you might be wondering why was Charlie Munger so famous? If you're reading this website, you're probably interested in stocks - so you know that it is because he was such a great investor. Although he was arguably overshadowed by his business partner Warren Buffett for much of his…
A stock's standard deviation is not something that many investors tend to look, even some professional investors. It is slightly more common to look at a portfolio's standard deviation. Our aim in this article is to convince you that you should pay more attention to it, just as is the case with other metrics. We…
When you see substantial shareholders selling their shares in their company on the ASX, whether all of them or just some of them (while still enough shares to net millions of dollars), it is certainly a cause for raised eyebrows. There's no suggestion that insider trading can automatically suspected generally, or that it is in…
Each AGM season, there are always a handful of ASX companies that endure a remuneration report strike. All companies have to hold votes on their remuneration reports and while this is usually a formality, it is not always.
First strike
If there is a no vote of over 25%, the company receives a ‘first strike’. If…
"The ASX is shrinking for the first time in 18 years" - say the headlines in much of the media. Fake news? No, it isn't.
Yes, the ASX is shrinking
This is so because the number of companies is falling (as companies are taken over and non-listed companies avoid listing on the ASX) and the market…
Yesterday we looked at bad ASX IPOs (and some foreign ones too) that bounced back. The lesson we hoped investors would draw is that all hope is not lost when IPOs do not work out, there is still hope for the company, even if the odds are stacked against it. The 2020 and 2021 classes…
