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How to navigate the IPO market (and 2 on the way up in 2022)

There were a whopping 163 initial public offerings in 2021, up from just 67 in 2020 and 64 in 2019, according to IPO watch. There have already been six in the first...
CXO
+3
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Reporting Season

FNArena reporting season monitor: February 2022 – Week 1 (10 stocks covered)

The FNArena Reporting Season Monitor is back! The Monitor reports ratings, consensus price target changes, and briefly summarises the responses from FNArena's database...
Rudi Filapek-Vandyck
FNArena
Equities

Hang on to your hats. Insurance just got interesting

Insurance is complex, technical, mundane and outside of the actuarial community is thought to be incredibly boring. But as Yarra Capital Management's Edward Waller...
SUN
Edward Waller
Yarra Capital Management
Reporting Season

Does the weakness in Pinnacle (ASX:PNI) shares present a long-term opportunity?

There was a lot to like in first half results from Pinnacle Investment Management (ASX: PNI). NPAT hit $40.1 million, a 32% improvement on the first half of...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Equities

Which retailers have weathered the market storm?

In response to recent trading updates, the share prices of many listed retailers have been hit for six. With retail sales falling short of expectations, supply chain...
ADH
AX1
+6
Stuart Jackson
Equities

EU’s support for nuclear power fuels bullish outlook for uranium

There is growing recognition that nuclear power is key to meeting both the energy and decarbonisation challenges. But the supply side of the uranium equation is yet to...
BOE
+3
Barry FitzGerald
Independent Journalist
Buy Hold Sell

Buy Hold Sell: 5 stocks for weathering stormy markets

2022 has started off with a bang, and not in the way investors would have hoped. The S&P/ASX 200 has fallen around 7% since the beginning of the year, while the Small...
AMC
COH
MTS
+2
Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Equities

What higher rates mean for Aussie equities: 3 stock prices that will still stack up

Anton Tagliaferro from Investors Mutual believes that despite the possibility of further stress on the healthcare system, the worst of the pandemic is behind us, and...
ORI
Anton Tagliaferro
Fundamental Investment Management
Equities

Why now is the time for small-cap growth stocks (and 7 ripe for foraging)

You don't have to wait for the entire market to bottom to take advantage of the opportunities within global small-cap growth stocks, says Forager's Steve Johnson. In...
Ally Selby
Livewire Markets
Reporting Season

Bell Potter reporting season calendar February 2022

As the February 2022 reporting season gets into full swing, the analyst team at Bell Potter has compiled a calendar featuring ~200 ASX-listed companies, highlighting...
AMC
AMN
+32
Bell Potter
Stockbroker
Equities

Opportunities in overlooked parts of the market, as risk is repriced

One month in to 2022 and when it comes to global equities, some of the best performers of 2021 have been some of the worst performers of the year so far. Quite simply,...
Jacob Mitchell
Antipodes
Reporting Season

Credit Corp: a cut above its peers

Credit Corp is the first cab off the rank this reporting season. And what a company to start with. It's the kind of company that lets its investors sleep soundly at...
David Thornton
Livewire Markets
Equities

Why this business lender looks set to prosper

Business loan books are growing at their fastest rate since the GFC, as firms start investing again and government support is pared back. One lender that is making hay...
PGL
Stuart Jackson
Equities

City Chic Collective – outperforming in a challenging environment

Following the release of a recent trading update, Dominic Rose from Montgomery Lucent Investment Management looks at a small cap retailer that just posted 50% sales...
Dominic Rose
Montgomery Lucent Investment Management
Equities

Chart of the week - bank stock break out

Global Banking Stocks: The banking sector has been counted out and dismissed by many investors — partly due to thematic narratives e.g. the rise of crypto/defi...
Callum Thomas
Topdown Charts
Equities

Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm - 30 January 2022

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I hand-picked from around the web and post on Twitter. The purpose of this blog post is to add some extra...
Callum Thomas
Topdown Charts
Equities

Bruised, but not broken

Welcome to 2022! If you weren’t strapped in and hedged you have probably been thrown around and ended up with some cuts and bruises. But amongst the rubble we can now...
Nick Dekker
Nick Dekker
Fiftyone Capital
Equities

Revival of the fittest? The 2022 outlook for post-pandemic emerging markets

2021 was a challenging year for emerging markets due to slowing global growth, the spread of new COVID-19 variants and the impact of China’s regulatory tightening. New...
John Malloy, Jr
John Malloy, Jr
redwheel
Equities

The upcoming earnings season – like drinking from a fire hose

Despite the best attempts of forecasters, it's impossible to accurately predict how the market will respond to a company’s earnings. However, Spatium Capital's...
Nicholas Quinn
Nicholas Quinn
Spatium Capital
Equities

A structural growth company on a single-digit P/E

NZME is New Zealand’s most established media business, reaching a total audience of more than 3.4 million (around 85% of Kiwis). Its portfolio includes the nation’s...
NZM
Tim Carleton
Auscap Asset Management
Equities

Big opportunities for small-cap investors in IPOs and secondary placements

2021 was an exciting year for initial public offerings and placements. 55 companies with an offer price greater than A$20 million made their debut on the ASX during...
DGL
PEX
+2
Matthew Fist
Firetrail Investments
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Buy Hold Sell: The hottest global stocks for 2022

Investing in global stocks opens up a world of opportunities, literally. For instance, the MSCI World Index returned an impressive 22.35% last year, while your top 10...
Buy Hold Sell
Livewire Markets
Equities

Booming mineral sands prices illustrate shortage-of-everything scenario driving commodity prices

Industry giant Iluka shows how resources shares and commodity prices have diverged of late while juniors such as Strandline now offer even greater leverage. Broad...
BHP
+2
Barry FitzGerald
Independent Journalist
Equities

Netflix Q4 results were not a horror story

Some of the share price action over the last month has been strange, to say the least. So we weren't entirely surprised when Netflix sold off a few days ago after...
Lachlan Hughes
Swell Asset Management
Equities

2 stocks with rock-solid balance sheets

It’s a tug-of-war. Aussie corporates table their half-yearly earnings reports, as they’re legally obligated to do. And investors try to make sense of it. We see it...
PTM
Glenn Freeman
Livewire Markets
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