healthcare

It hasn’t been a great year for the healthcare sector, whether due to company-specific issues or the pressure of a strong Aussie dollar holding back what are predominantly overseas profits. Overall, the healthcare index is up 9.7 per cent for the year, but that’s a far cry from the rest of the market. The S&P/ASX…

Another weekly gain, inflation headwinds, Kogan canned, IPOs pulled The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished Friday on a positive note, up 0.2%, delivering a weekly gain of the same amount. For the day, only the materials and energy sectors finished lower, the latter on concerns of a boost in supply from Iran. The consumer staples and healthcare sectors were…

ASX delivers small gain, Future Fund leads renewables deal  The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished slightly higher, adding 0.1% to commence the week.  The IT sector continues to feel a great deal of selling pressure with Afterpay (ASX:APT) falling another 4.5% as investors continue to pivot towards more sustainable, undervalued sources of returns. The share price is now nearly 30% off…

ASX to open higher, strong US lead, Commonwealth Bank (ASXLCBA) hit with ASIC investigation The ASX200 (ASX:XJO) finished 1.7% higher to start the week, rebounding quickly from Friday’s so-called ‘bloodbath’. Once again, market volatility was met with reassuring language from central banks and positive news around the vaccine rollout. The Reserve Bank of Australia confirmed that they would be…

Amcor Plc (ASX: AMC) has announced its FY21 half-year result, revealing further profit growth. Amcor is a large manufacturer of packaging for food, beverage, pharmaceuticals and so on. It makes both flexible and rigid packaging. HY21 growth for Amcor Amcor said that its net income increased by 65 per cent to US$417 million ($548.7 million) while…

Airbnb, one of the largest online home rental companies, made a spectacular debut on the Nasdaq last Thursday, with shares more than doubling to give a US$100 billion valuation on its first day of trade. Shares in Airbnb began trading on Thursday at US$146 per share (A$194), rising 115% above its IPO price of US$68,…

A big-spending budget focused on improving regional Victoria, health, housing, education, and transport infrastructure but at the same time pushing debt to eye-watering levels during a recession were the main hallmarks of the Andrews Government’s state budget. To sum it up, it is a Budget tilted towards rebuilding the state economy from the ground up….

Markets to open higher, ASX up 1.3% on the back of CSL (ASX: CSL), National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) profit crushed, ‘Nirvana’ for sharemarkets. The ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) delivered another strong day as it became more clear that Joe Biden would be the next President of the United States. Despite the election still being…

The last few months have been an IPO bonanza for investors after a flurry of small-cap tech companies listed on the ASX at a most opportune time. A recovery rally, together with a COVID-19 inspired move to digital, saw both the tech and healthcare sectors boom. Simple logic would tell you, that listing during a…

A recent discussion on the likely local impact of the US election between three leading investment experts from ETF Securities (Kanish Chugh, Head of Distribution), Pitcher Partners (David Lane, Director and Senior Adviser) and Evans and Partners (Timothy Rocks, CIO) concluded with consensus advice for Australian investors to maintain their long-term strategy, have an allocation…