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Shares in Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) jumped higher next week after Zip said that it achieved record quarterly revenue of $102 million, up 88% year on year. The December revenue was $40.2 million, up 94%. The revenue growth was driven by record quarterly transaction volume of $1.6 billion, up 103% year on year. The…

Micro-investment platform Raiz Invest (ASX: RZI) capped off a stellar year by announcing the launch of its Custom Portfolio product this week. The option joins the seven existing automated investment portfolios that have seen one of Australia’s first FinTechs grow to over $600 million in assets under management. In a personal letter to shareholders and…

By now 5G has become more than just a tech buzz word. The fifth-generation mobile network is about to become reality for most Australians as major telco providers are well into their 5G infrastructure build. The new network will transform Australia’s entire telecommunications ecosystem into “smart cities.” This transformation allows people to connect not only…

The announcement this week that National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) will redeem (repurchase) all National Income Securities (ASX: NABHA) on issue has been a long time coming. Issued in 1999, the perpetual or never-ending preference share raised around $2 billion to assist the bank in meeting its ongoing capital requirements. After trading as low as…

What drove markets in November? Markets delivered an early Christmas surprise with November’s market performance delivering one of the best months of the entire year. The ASX 200 Index posted a whopping +9.96% gain while the Small Ords rallied +10.20%. In the US, it was a similar story with the S&P 500 Index posting its…

It has been an incredibly busy few months for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, with news this week that fund manager Pendal Ltd (ASX: PDL) had established positions in the currency. This follows a number of high-profile hedge fund managers including Stanley Druckenmiller and Paul Tudor Jones confessing their own allocations. Given the currency is…

It seems like National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB) is recovering from the impacts of COVID-19. Are NAB shares a buy for dividends? What has the NAB share price been doing? The NAB share price is still down 16.5% from where it was before the COVID-19 decline. But it has gone up 23% since the start of November and…

A big-spending budget focused on improving regional Victoria, health, housing, education, and transport infrastructure but at the same time pushing debt to eye-watering levels during a recession were the main hallmarks of the Andrews Government’s state budget. To sum it up, it is a Budget tilted towards rebuilding the state economy from the ground up….

Stock market volatility is arguably one of the most misunderstood concepts in investing, especially for new investors trying to dip their toes in.  Put simply, stock market volatility is a term used to describe fluctuations in the market, which may refer to factors like stock prices, the volume of trading or the amount of investors participating…

It is never a good feeling seeing the value of your shares tumble uncontrollably. Even worse is doing nothing about it until it is all but too late. This sometimes arrives in the blink of an eye; sometimes it’s a gradual process, almost unnoticeable. Even in a rising market, there is always a basket of…

The last few months have been an IPO bonanza for investors after a flurry of small-cap tech companies listed on the ASX at a most opportune time. A recovery rally, together with a COVID-19 inspired move to digital, saw both the tech and healthcare sectors boom. Simple logic would tell you, that listing during a…

I think there’s a chance that A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) shares could be the best pick in the S&PASX 200 today. Why I think A2 Milk is a good buy today A2 Milk is a really good business. It has lots of factors that can make strong long-term returns. There is a good international growth…