Mixed Bag of Results from Gold Giants
The report card for the country’s three major ASX-listed gold miners – Newcrest, Northern Star and Evolution Mining – for the six months to December can be regarded as a pass mark at best.
Read MoreThe report card for the country’s three major ASX-listed gold miners – Newcrest, Northern Star and Evolution Mining – for the six months to December can be regarded as a pass mark at best.
Read MoreAlbemarle shares saw their biggest ever fall on Thursday after its profit forecast disappointed investors who were expecting a bigger windfall from record-high prices of the key battery metal.
Read MoreBig global investors seem to be a pretty sanguine lot at the moment, judging by the way they view the threat to global stability from Russia, energy prices and economic activity across Europe.
Read MoreWarren Buffett has given investors a few tantalising clues about the way he sees the markets heading via his company Berkshire Hathaway’s 4th quarter investment report.
Read MoreThis week’s Insights column sees AMP’s Chief Economist Dr Shane Oliver discuss inflation, interest rates, Russia & Ukraine, the risk of a share crash, house prices and other issues.
Read MoreGlobal insurer QBE has boosted full dividends for its December, 2021 financial year to more than seven times the small 4 cents paid for Covid-hit 2020.
Read MoreAnother busy day on the Australian bourse. Here’s the latest from some of the companies at the bigger end of town – Woodside Petroleum, Wesfarmers, Telstra and South32.
Read MoreWhitehaven produced a set of record results for the December half on Thursday and returned to dividend payouts for the first time in two years, and yet the shares slid 6% at one stage.
Read MoreAnnuities specialist and fund manager Challenger is heading deeper into banking after posting a half-year profit of $282 million and lifting interim dividend 21% to 11.5 cents a share.
Read More2022 is set to be another challenging year, with governments and central banks facing tough decisions. Sarah Shaw and Greg Goodsell from 4D Infrastructure look at what this might mean for markets.
Read MoreOrigin Energy’s news about the closure of its huge Eraring power station in the Hunter Valley overshadowed the mixed bag of a half year result for the energy group on Thursday.
Read MoreThreatened with higher discount rates as inflation rises, investors are wondering if they should reposition their portfolios this year. ETF Securities looks at semiconductors in this context.
Read MoreOrigin Energy has shocked with a decision on Thursday that could see it close its huge Eraring coal fired power station in the Hunter Valley of NSW seven years earlier in mid to late 2025.
Read MoreThe market liked the solid interim results and higher rewards for shareholders from two of the biggest ASX-listed Trans-Tasman companies – EBOS and Fletcher Building.
Read MoreShares in Fortescue Metals eased yesterday as the company’s earnings took a hit from softer prices, higher costs and the weaker demand for lower-grade iron ore.
Read MoreOil and gas producer / exporter Santos more than tripled full-year profit in the 2021 financial year as it rode the crisis-driven 50%-plus surge in global energy commodity prices.
Read MoreBreville has overcome supply chain and logistics disruptions to report strong earnings growth for the six months to December, with shareholders being duly rewarded.
Read MoreThe Chinese dramas a couple of years ago must seem like a distant memory now for Treasury Wines, as their latest result shows the new diversification strategy is clearly working.
Read MoreRemote work is ensconced. A ‘Great Resignation’ is underway in the US. As Magellan Investment Specialist Michael Collins explains in this article, neither might last.
Read MoreShare investors have been experiencing a market selloff and clean energy is one sector that has been impacted more than others. VanEck’s Russel Chesler looks at why this might be.
Read MoreAs many analysts had forecast, constraints on plasma collection (especially in the US) led to a small dip in December half-year earnings for blood products colossus CSL.
Read MoreTuesday saw personal protective group Ansell confirm weaker guidance given a couple of weeks ago, while the news from property trust Dexus mixed the good with the bad.
Read MoreAccording to CoreLogic, Australian house prices increased +22.1% in 2021, led by Australia’s largest city of Sydney (+25.3%). Quay Global Investors take a closer look.
Read MoreNothing like having a better-than-expected result and a tasty reward for shareholders under the belt and so it was with BHP, with a big rise in profit and a record interim dividend.
Read MoreScrap metal merchant Sims has beaten market expectations with soaring results that included a 74% surge in December half revenue and a near quadrupling in net profit.
Read MoreHarnessing the power of data is critical for companies to maintain a competitive edge in a technological age. GAM Investments’ David Goodman looks at some companies doing so.
Read MoreFor reasons unclear, the market didn’t like what seemed a solid interim result from Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media, sending shares down more than 6% in Tuesday trade.
Read MoreThe year to December 2021 was a case of marking time for GPT, with no real growth in revenue, earnings or distribution – but management has high hopes for 2022 and beyond.
Read MoreWhile geo-political and supply chain issues have stoked some commodity price rises, Corporate Connect analyst Lawrence Grech believes something more fundamental is at play.
Read MoreOur research house Corporate Connect has today released a report on thermal coal producer TerraCom Limited, which has recently provided a number of positive updates to the market.
Read MoreA busy old Monday session on the ASX with a bunch of news out from various companies and sectors. Here’s the latest from Beach Energy, Boral, Aurizon and Carsales.com.
Read MoreInvestors loved the news that shareholders in consumer electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi will get a $250 million ‘gift’ via a buyback to help make up for a lower interim dividend.
Read MoreInvestors ignored a sharp slide in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s net interest margin and a slightly reduced dividend to send the shares up more than 4% in Monday’s ASX trading.
Read MoreCrown Resorts has agreed to be bought by funds associated with and controlled by US private equity giant Blackstone for around $8.9 billion.
Read MoreRiccardo Canevari – Managing Director & CEO – Radiopharm Theranostics has the ambition to become a leader in the development of radiopharmaceutical products for both diagnostic and therapeutic uses in areas of high unmet medical needs.
Read MoreKeren Paterson – Managing Director & CEO – Trigg Mining is exploring for the essential potassium mineral fertiliser, sulphate of potash or potassium sulphate, which provides necessary nutrients for agricultural production and human nutrition.
Read MoreSal Catalano – Executive Director & Secretary – Quantum Graphite is a producer of flake graphite products supporting applications from traditional markets to the emerging expanded graphite sectors and the fast-moving energy technologies sector.
Read MoreCatch up on the full webinar with presentations from Island Pharmaceuticals (ASX: ILA), Trigg Mining (TMG), Radiopharm Theranostics (ASX: RAD) & Quantum Graphite (ASX: QGL)
Read MoreAustralian iron ore exports have made a strong start to 2022 – a case of perfect timing as major competitor Brazil’s shipments were being hit by heavy rain and bad weather.
Read MoreAmid all the geopolitical turmoil, central bank meeting minutes in Australia and the US, inflation figures from the UK and China, and plenty of other factors will vie for investors’ focus this week.
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