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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…

May is shaping up to be one of the most important months for dividend-focused Australian investors, with bank reporting season beginning on May 3, with Westpac’s interim result. The unexpected strength of the sector was brought to light this week after two of the three main ratings agencies upgraded their views on the sector, on…

Market volatility up as ASX finishes flat, Zip Co jumps 17%, Cleanaway’s new deal The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished flat for the day with gains in the IT sector, which was 2.2% higher, insufficient to offset weakness across cyclical businesses including energy, -0.7%, and utilities, -1.1%. The standout by far was Buy Now Pay Later firm Zip Co (ASX:Z1P) which…

Markets weaken, Webjet raises $250m, lithium jumps as production ramps up The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) fell 0.3% to begin the week, struggling to overcome a weak overseas lead with a lack of material announcements for the local market. All eyes were on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s 60 Minutes interview overnight in which he highlighted that the US economy is…

ASX delivers strong gains, gold shining again, travel hit by vaccine issues The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished the week flat but managed to deliver a strong 2.4% from just four days of trading. The initial driver was the Reserve Bank reiterating their accommodative policy settings, sending the technology sector including Afterpay (ASX:APT) up 15.1% over the week after a difficult few months….

ASX breaches 7,000, record highs all around, Westpac hit with ASIC case The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) delivered another positive day, finishing 1.0% higher spurred on by an improving global economic outlook. Market sentiment is overcoming growing issues with the vaccine rollout and risk of mutations, with materials the biggest beneficiary jumping 1.8% behind BHP (ASX:BHP) and Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) both of which…

Peter White, The Inside Network: Welcome to another podcast from Datt Capital. My guest today is Emanuel Datt from Datt Capital. Emanuel…Welcome and congratulations on a great year. ED: Thanks, Pete. Its been a very good year for us, thankfully, and we hope it will continue. PW: On my reading, you’ve scored over a 30%…

I have a bullish outlook for the Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN) share price for the long-term and I’m going to tell you why in this article. Kogan.com is one of the biggest online retailers on the ASX. It reported $638.2 million of gross sales in the first half of FY21, which is quite a lot considering it’s all…

ASX hits new high, value rotation continues, car sales spike The ASX200 finished another 0.6% higher on Wednesday, reaching the highest point since February last year but still some way off the all-time high of 7,199 points. Once again it was the energy and materials sectors boosting the market as a flood of more positive economic news…