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In this regular quarterly analysis, we assess the key economic events of the March quarter and seek to identify key opportunities or drivers for the years ahead. Australia Government bond rates were the story of the quarter, with the Australian 10-year yield, an important input into property and other asset valuations, reaching a multi-year high…

Stylistic investing, or the concept of separating companies into arbitrary buckets due to the perceive growth, value or defensive characteristics tends to dominate discussions these days. Fundamental research and the many rules of thumb applied by investors were founded in a very different world where ‘cigar butt’ companies proliferated and the way we work wasn’t…

We recently hosted our latest Market Thinker’s podcast on the topic of ‘cloud computing’, which despite seeing double-digit growth for close to a decade, is still considered an emerging ‘theme’. The pandemic has forced businesses large and small to accelerate their adoption of cloud computing and other disruptive technologies, and the resulting growth rates have…

Tech sell off weighs on ASX, Challenger downgrades earnings, Latitude finally lists The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) moved further from a record close as a weak global lead and a bevy of early earnings updates sent the market 0.7% lower. The only highlight was the telecommunications sector which added 0.2%, with IT and healthcare falling over 1% each as…

ASX struggles to another record, Sims upgrades guidance, lithium giants to merge The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) struggled to another record close, finishing just three points higher as a sell off in the energy sector, down -1.4%, offset gains in the mining sector, +0.8%. The news of the day was the planned merger between Australia’s pureplay lithium miners, Orocobre (ASX:ORE) and Galaxy (ASX:GXY),…

This week we reviewed the ARK Invest Space Exploration and Innovation ETF. Despite only being in operation for a short time in financial market terms, ARK Invest may well be one of the most well known names in the ETF sector today. Run by the incredible Dr Cathie Wood, the group is reported to have…

Smartpay: A push on digital payments Executive Summary: Despite the potential risks, Smartpay appears to be executing well on its Australian expansion evidenced by its continued growth in active terminals and acquiring revenue. I think this upwards trajectory is likely to remain as small businesses continue to seek a lower cost EFTPOS solution with enhanced…

Rough day but positive finish, tech leads the way, iron ore’s new high, AMP’s new low The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) managed a small gain despite a volatile day on markets, finishing 0.1% higher on Friday taking the weekly gain to 1%. Once again, the tech sector is leading the way, jumping 4.4% over the week as it appears inflation…

ASX hits 13 month high, unemployment falls again, oil prices jump 5%  The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) is within just 100 points of an all-time, finishing 0.5% higher today and slowly catching up to a US market that is hitting new highs almost every other day. Today, it was all about the mining and energy sector, with US crude inventories…

ASX200 breaches 7,000 points, Zip Co raising $400m, Woodside gets new CEO The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finally breached the 7,000 point mark, adding 0.7% in today’s session with IT, healthcare, and materials once again the leaders adding 2.1%, 1.3%, and 1.2% respectively. The iron ore sector gained despite an apparent slowdown in Chinese demand, with gold miners taking off following news…

This year continues to deliver bumper IPOs one after the other, as companies tap both the local and US markets to raise capital at an opportune time. In total, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) recorded 113 new listings last year, totalling roughly $5.2 billion. On a global scale, markets raised almost $300 billion through floats…

Buy:  Macquarie Telecom (ASX:MAQ) $49.41 Macquarie Telecom owns and operates a 43MW data centre (DC) complex located 15 minutes north of Sydney’s CBD, as well as offering customers cloud and telecommunication services. We think the risk-reward equation for investors at the current share price is attractive, with the expansion of the DC complex set to…