Hear the term 'Activist investors' and you might think of GetUp, the progressive activist group that forced Woolworths to hold an EGM in 2014 in an attempt to limit the maximum bets on poker machines to $1. Or perhaps even of ESG-focused fundies like Australian Ethical (ASX:AEF). The reality is a lot more complicated and…
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Diggers And Dealers is on this week! It is not the only conference for mining and resources companies, but it is arguably the most important. The key takeaway is that you should tune into the livestream when your company is presenting - if it is.
But here's what else you need to know about Diggers And…
Have you ever heard the term Dogs of the ASX? It can either allude to the worst stocks in the ASX generally, or perhaps the investment strategy of buying these worst performing shares at the start of a new year (either a calendar or financial year), thinking they will rebound.
Many will be considering this strategy,…
It is a New Financial Year, so it's time to outline 11 Top ASX Stocks to Buy in FY26. Why 11 you might ask? Because 11 is the number of 'GICS' (Global Industry Classification Sectors) on the ASX, and we're picking one from each sector.
Our 11 Top ASX Stocks to Buy in FY26!
Energy: Ampol…
Let's take a look at Australian Critical Minerals (ASX:ACM). And we'd like to do something we don't normally do when looking at junior resources stocks, but share with you how this stock came across our radar as one of interest. It all began with noticing ACM's jurisdiction, which we did last October at the International…
Addressing the ASX decline is a question that has been considered for many months now. In 2023-24, more companies left the ASX in the past 2 years than any 2 year period since the 1990s recession - whether being brought out by private equity or a big industry player, delisting to a penny stock exchange…
Last November, our colleagues at Pitt Street Research introduced you to Battery Age Minerals (ASX:BM8), whose potential company-maker is an old lead-zinc mine in Austria called Bleiberg.
A re-cap of Bleiberg
This project, if it works, will win big for Battery Age shareholders. The mine has been around since the Middle Ages, but the company's advisers…
When thinking of who are the most successful ASX mining executives, it is those who hit paydirt and have exited their company having created substantial wealth - either through an M&A deal or departing of their own accord.
But there's a question of where to next? Will they go to another sector, to another company or…
Every now and then in the mining game you meet people with a knack of finding more than one good project which eventually goes into production. While those people are always bankable, they're particularly bankable when the upside of their earlier discoveries is reaped by other companies, because that makes the original developers extra-motivated to…
After many decades at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett is retiring. After founding his empire in 1965, he built it into a US$1tn+ empire owning many of America's best companies and profiting off them. But of course, all good things must come to an end - at least a tenure led by the…
