One of the most debated topics in the financial markets around the world is the US Federal Reserve rate cut and how it resonates far and beyond the fringes of the American economy, including Australian stocks. It is a ripple effect where all sectors get affected. In this article, we discuss how this US rate…
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Blackstone Minerals (ASX:BSX): Summer is coming
Back in early 2022, Blackstone Minerals was riding high. The Perth-based resource junior, at around 60 cents a share, had a market capitalisation north of $250m, of which $60m was cash. The flagship Ta Khoa Nickel Project in Vietnam, 90% owned by Blackstone, was looking good on the early…
There are several economic indicators that impact stocks, both on the ASX and internationally. Whenever data is released, it can swing market indices in a particular direction, sometimes the opposite direction to where it had been heading earlier in the day. This is not only if the data changes from one period to another, but…
6 of the best performing ASX All Ords stocks in the past year
Clarity Pharmaceuticals (ASX:CU6)
Clarity is a late-stage clinical biotech, testing its Targeted Copper Theranostics (TCT) technology in a pivotal clinical trial. TCT is a radiation-based therapy that delivers treatment directly to the cells rather than the outside. This is the type of…
Here 6 ASX stocks that will benefit from lower interest rates!
AGL Energy (ASX:AGL)
You might think AGL is on this list because people will have an easier time paying their electricity bills. Not quite for two reasons: First, Blind Freddy could tell you that, and Second, people are still paying their bills. We were…
If you thought the recent correction was bad, you thought wrong - it pales in comparison to the worst stock market crashes of all time. Warren Buffett once said that the stock market is a device that transfers wealth from the patient to the impatient. What he was implying is that while markets generally go…
Investors fear a US recession - there's no denying it and there's no other explanation for the market correction in the last week. But are these fears justified?
Why investors fear a US recession
Because there are data points that are showing markets could be headed that way. There was a very fine tightrope central banks…
The list of ASX IPOs that bounced back is nowhere near as long as the list of IPOs that flopped and never recovered. This is because while it is easy to destroy investor confidence, with just one prospectus forecast miss, it is very difficult to win it back. It takes a lot of time and…
As the US presidential election looms later this year, investors are searching for 'Trump stocks' - stocks that will do well if the 45th President of the USA makes a return to the White House.
Investors ponder the question of which stocks will do well post-election every four years, although this time it is easier than…
China Australia Relations are on the mend - if you had any doubts, the recent arrival of Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Australian soil should have put them to bed. It was the first by a Chinese premier in nearly a decade, and it may very well signal a new era of cooperation between these…
