Investing in IPOs offers the opportunity for investors to make gains they couldn't make with any other company, but also offer a risk of making significant losses which you may not be able to recoup. They're also a major milestone for companies involved, as they not only provide access to significant amounts of capital but…
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What is the best US tech stock to buy now if you're an investor? Or perhaps the best Magnificent Seven stock? We think it is Alphabet (NDQ:GOOGL), which is the parent company of Google. With a US$2.1tn market cap, you might think any company of that size can't get any bigger - but we would…
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) was in the SaaS/cloud space so long ago that back at that time (in the early 2000s) it was not even a thing. Most in our Australian audience will have heard of this company and used its software, which since 2021 has included Slack. They may also know it has a 55-storey office…
Investors asking themselves, 'Should I buy Apple shares from Australia,' are not just considering buying shares any company, but the world's largest. Capped at over $3tn, the Silicon Valley-based tech (and arguably luxury) company has risen to spectacular new heights since the departure and death of Steve Jobs, surpassing $1tn in August 2018, $2tn in…
'The investor who says, "This time is different," when in fact it’s virtually a repeat of an earlier situation, has uttered among the four most costly words in the annals of investing'. This quote was said by John Templeton’s in his work '16 rules for Investment Success'.
Why Templeton thought 'This Time is Different' was…
TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) claims to have broken its profit and revenue records for 16 straight years. Not many other companies can claim that, even those you could call long-term success stories.
But investors still need to ask whether the growth is enough to justify TNE's current share price, especially considering there are other opportunities in this space.…
Forget the FAANG stocks, or even the WAAAX stocks...these days, it is the Magnificent Seven stocks that reign supreme. These have become synonymous with success and stability. Typically growth stocks are seen as riskier than value stocks - not so with these stocks. They are at the top of their industries with very little competition…
Xero (ASX:XRO) is one of the ASX’s best-performing tech stocks over the last decade, offering accounting software helping SMEs do business. After halving between November 2021 and November 2022 amidst the Tech Wreck, it has gained 150% since then and is still sitting in positive territory in CY25.
Xero (ASX:XRO) share price chart, log scale (Source:…
XPON Technologies (ASX:XPN) achieved something on Monday May 5 that few companies achieve - rising more than 200% in a single day. Shares peaked at 2.7c, >300% up from the 0.6c per share it closed Friday at before ultimately closing at 2.0c (up 233%). Even so, the ASX penny stock is only capped at $4.4m.
Why…
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…
