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What many people thought was a term from an economic history book, “energy crisis” has returned to the headlines, as rising global energy demand encounters restrictions on supply – and geo-political spot fires aplenty, with the Russia/Ukraine border a particular focus. In the old days, when people were familiar with the term “energy crisis,” there…

To say the last quarter of 2021 was eventful would be an understatement. Quality continues to pay off for patient investors, as does traditional “value”-seeking behaviour. In this article, we provide a short update on some of the ASX’s most popular stocks. CGF – Annuity provider and fixed income manager 4.0% 6.0% Challenger’s role as…

The team at Plato Investment Management is confident the year ahead is going to be a good one. Global shares are tipped to rise, following what was a strong 2021.  The team recently released a report showing that dividend income was on the rise. According to the report, “North America & Japan were relatively flat,…

I think this ASX share market decline is a good opportunity to buy some leading stocks at much cheaper prices. Share prices do fall from time to time. But it’s rare for most businesses to see a decline all at the same time. In other words, the share market can be a good time to buy…

Blockchain is probably the biggest trend of this era. It’s hot right now and its exciting. Blockchain is the technology that underpins all cryptocurrency. It’s the digitally distributed, decentralised, public ledger that exists across a network. But Blockchain is no longer only relevant to cryptocurrency and can be used across a number of services. These…

Everyone involved in the share market understands – or should understand – that pricing an initial public offering (IPO) is not an easy task. The underwriters or lead managers are trying to ascertain what the market will pay: they will test the marketability of the company by discreetly querying major investors on how much they…

The Crown Resorts (ASX:CWN) board has announced its intention to accept the “revised non-binding proposal from Blackstone to acquire all of its shares by way of a scheme of arrangement at $13.10 cash per share. It’s been a long-running saga, with this the fourth bid from Blackstone, whose previous offers were deemed not compelling by…

The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price is on watch after the mining giant released its HY22 production numbers. BHP is currently producing a number of different resources including copper, iron ore, coal and petroleum. It also has plans for potash in the future. BHP’s HY22 production The huge resources business said that its Western Australian…

The Redbubble Ltd (ASX: RBL) share price just hit a 52-week low of $2.99. Is the e-commerce ASX share now a buy? Redbubble is an online retailer of a large number of different products (such as clothes, stationery, phone cases and so on) that have cool designs on them which have been created by artists. What’s going…

Iron ore is back. An unexpected recovery in the iron ore price has the industry punching the air in delight as its turnaround wasn’t expected for quite some time. It’s hard to believe such a recovery is taking place after iron ore’s recent crash. Late last year, Chinese demand for iron ore surged on the…

The Crown Resorts Ltd (ASX: CWN) share price has leapt 8% in morning trade after receiving a revised takeover bid of $13.10 per share from private equity outfit Blackstone. Currently, the Crown share price is at $12.55 per share, 4.2% below the indicative offer price. CWN share price Fourth time lucky In November, Blackstone proposed $12.50 per share for Crown, which was…

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is back. The 46-year old, $2.3 trillion-dollar company has had its status raised back to FANG rank, taking the place of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) in the Intercontinental Exchange NYSE FANG+ index. ETF Securities FANG+ ETF (ASX:FANG) was quick to make the change, replacing Twitter in the first reconstitution of the fund since it was…