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Top ASX Retail Stocks for 2025: Here Are Our 5 Picks!

Here Are Our 5 Top ASX Retail Stocks for 2025! Baby Bunting (ASX:BBN) Baby Bunting has bottomed out from a share price perspective, and while its results are recovering, this is yet to be reflected in the company's valuation. Shares shed 80% of their value from April 2021 to June 2023 leading to the departure…

ByNick SundichJanuary 24, 2025

Does the Closure of Hindenburg Research mean companies can breathe easier?

One of the most notorious short-sellers Hindenburg Research has announced it is closing its doors. Its founder Nate Anderson began it eight years ago but is closing it down. The reason he gave? Anderson said the plan had always been to 'wind it up once we had finished the pipeline of ideas we were working…

ByNick SundichJanuary 20, 2025

3 emerging markets for stock investors to consider, and 3 to avoid!

Let's take a look at Emerging markets for stock investors in Australia to consider. Australians looking to offshore markets may consider the US and New Zealand first, with perhaps Western Europe thereafter. However, if investors expand their horizons to emerging markets, there's plenty of additional opportunity. Investors can buy these companies directly or can invest in…

ByNick SundichJanuary 6, 2025

ASX stocks will need to Climate report from 2025: Is this a big deal?

Like it or not, ASX stocks will need to Climate report from 2025. In other words, they will need to include climate-related information in their financial reports. In late March 2024, amendments to the Corporations Act were tabled in parliament, facilitating this. 'A rigorous, internationally‑aligned and credible climate disclosure regime will support Australia’s reputation as an…

ByNick SundichDecember 31, 2024

Here are 6 ASX CEOs who departed their companies in 2024

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…

ByNick SundichDecember 5, 2024

EML Payments (ASX:EML): Investors are optimistic its onwards and upwards from here, but its a long way back to the top

EML Payments (ASX:EML) investors had a good day yesterday with shares rising 25% after a trading update. The company reaffirmed its FY25 guidance of $54-60m EBITDA, and it recorded very strong revenue and EBITDA growth figures for the September quarter. Investors are happy that the company has delivered on previous promises to turn things around…

ByNick SundichNovember 28, 2024

ESG investing under Trump: As companies scale back ESG initiatives have anti-woke crusaders won, or is there still a future?

Is there a future for ESG investing under Trump? And if so, does it still appear as lucrative? Let's take a look at these questions. Recap of what ESG is Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a framework used to evaluate a company’s impact on the world beyond its financial performance. ESG criteria help investors assess…

ByNick SundichNovember 21, 2024

Here’s how to assess sovereign risk when investing and why it is so crucial

Blind Freddy could tell you assess sovereign risk when investing is one of the most important things to do. But too many investors don't do it. The recent case studies of Leo Lithium (ASX:LLL) and Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) depict it. Now you could just say don't invest in countries where coups are almost a way…

ByNick SundichNovember 20, 2024

Here’s what Black Friday means for investors and which stocks will benefit from the $6.7bn bonanza?

Because it is coming up in less than a fortnight's time, let's take a look at what Black Friday means for investors in ASX stocks. You may think it is an obvious answer (hint: A bump in sales), but it is not that simple. What is Black Friday? And how did it spread to Australia? Black…

ByNick SundichNovember 18, 2024

Is the AI boom another dot com bubble?

Is the AI boom another dot com bubble? That is what many investors are wondering as AI (Artificial Intelligence) grows and companies left, right and centre announce plans to use AI. Will they really benefit as much as they claim they will? Or will history repeat itself? Will it be another dot com bubble? Is the…

ByNick SundichNovember 12, 2024