In this era, every company is trying to position itself as an AI play - even jewellery retailer Michael Hill (ASX:MHJ). Given the leadership vacuum with the deaths of former CEO Daniel Bracken and Sir Michael Hill, not to mention the subdued consumer environment...investors wouldn't be condemned for asking: What now? The company just held…
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A2 Milk investors sent shares down over 15% off the back of a negative trading update.
Despite reporting strong underlying demand across its infant milk formula (IMF) portfolio in China, the company disclosed a series of supply chain constraints that will materially affect fourth‑quarter sales, margins, and cash conversion.
The irony is that demand was not an…
Add a new term to your vocabulary: The Iran Ceasefire Rally. The rally on the ASX yesterday, that saw our bourse rise over 2.5% in its best day in several months, occurred amidst a 2 week suspension of hostilities in Iran. And the ASX was not alone with Asian markets and North American futures rallying,…
KMD Brands' 70% Discounted Capital Raise: What It Means for Investors
KMD Brands (ASX: KMD) lost more than half its value when shares resumed trading on 2 April 2026, after spending a week in a trading halt. The company behind Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz raised NZ$65.3 million (approximately A$54.5 million) in new capital, priced…
Australian Active Fund Managers are struggling, make no mistake. Hitting home the point yesterday were reports that Ox Capital Management — a boutique emerging markets specialist led by veteran investor Joseph Lai; had entered formal wind-up proceedings on March 27 2026.
This wind up was not the first, and likely won't be the last. So each…
The Koala IPO went off without a hitch. The furniture company hit the ASX boards earlier today (March 31 2026) and did well out of the gate, rewarding investors who secured an allocation in the offer as well as those who'd been around for years, one of whom was Steve Smith. As of 2.30pm Tuesday,…
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…
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…
Myer Lifts Profit 33%, But Margins Still Matter
Myer (ASX: MYR) spiked as high as A$0.34 in early trade on Monday after posting a 33% jump in net profit and declaring a fully franked dividend of 1.5 cents per share. But by the close, most of those gains had faded, with the stock finishing the…
There is a particular kind of corporate announcement that arrives not with spin, but with a kind of exhausted candour, and we saw just this when Synlait issued its 1H26 result yesterday.
"We are not going to attempt to dress things up," wrote Chair George Adams and CEO Richard Wyeth in their joint letter to shareholders…
