Many investors are asking what ASX Stocks to buy when interest rates fall. When exactly interest rates will fall is anyone's guess, until earlier today (February 18, 2025) when rates were cut from 4.35% to 4.1%. Argue all you like about whether the RBA could've gone further or should've stayed put, but it did what…
Retail
Chemist Warehouse is now ASX listed - 14 months since the plan to list was first unveiled. Australia's largest pharmacy chain had long been mulled as an IPO candidate. But - with IPO conditions less than ideal - it chose to list via a reverse takeover of Sigma Healthcare (ASX:SIG). The irony is that despite…
Nick Scali (ASX:NCK) is the second company we've written about this week that is trying to expand into the UK.
Nick Scali has doubled in the last 5 years, and a big part of this growth can be attributed to the furniture boom during the pandemic. Its sales have doubled from ~$250m to ~$500m in that…
5 struggling ASX retail stocks to avoid!
Autosports Group (ASX:ASG)
The wealthy have been less affected by the cost of living crisis, so you'd think a network of luxury car dealerships would stillbe a good investment...right? Either that is wrong, or Autosports Group is just an exception. Only two months since it expected a pre-tax…
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…
Will the RBA cut rates in February? That's the question on everyone's minds. The board will hold its first meeting for the year on February 17-18 and everyone wants to know if a rate cut will happen. Only time will tell. There are also some important metrics to be released in the next month including…
Here are our 6 Best ASX Stocks for 2025!
Opthea (ASX:OPT)
Its been a long wait, but 2025 will finally be the year Opthea (ASX:OPT) investors receive Phase 3 results. Opthea is an optometry biotech developing Sozinibercept - a drug fighting wet AMD. Wet AMD is the leading cause of blindness, impacting 3.5m people annually…
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…
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…
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…
