Economic data releases play a crucial role in shaping trading activity on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), providing vital insights into the health and direction of the economy. As traders navigate the complexities of the ASX, understanding how key economic indicators influence individual stock prices and the market as a whole is vital. When significant
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In recent times, ASX-listed companies are increasingly adopting cost-cutting measures to navigate the challenging economic landscape – whilst its effect on companies bottom lines is possibly a reason to be quite bullish heading into reporting season. This trend has been driven by a combination of issues, namely; global economic uncertainties, inflationary pressures, and the need
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Just six months after undertaking a leadership transition to install a leading digital payment executive Mark Healy at the helm of Novatti Group (ASX: NOV), the Melbourne-based fintech has a clear line of sight to positive cash flow having undertaken an internal restructure. Novatti has strategically positioned itself to achieve its ambitious cash flow positive
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Seasons Greetings from the Team at The Sentiment! We’ll now be taking some time off to enjoy with our families but below are a few of the most popular stories of 2023 and look forward to returning in the New Year. ASX News Scarless healing one step closer as Fiona Wood-led clinical trials demonstrate collagen
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Over the past three years, cash payments have halved according to the Reserve Bank’s latest data, a societal trend being capitalised on by fintech company Novatti Group (ASX: NOV) which is benefiting through a 46% increase in their digital payments processing. Novatti has spent the last few years developing their digital payments ecosystem which allows
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Under the leadership of newly appointed CEO Mark Healy, digital payments company Novatti Group (ASX: NOV) is accelerating its pathway to profitability with an immediate uplift in their gross margins. Having spent the last few years developing and monetising their digital payment ecosystem, Novatti now has the revenue base to optimise its sales strategy by
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In the rapidly advancing field of quantum computing, Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) has managed to make groundbreaking progress. The Australian semiconductor company has been pushing the boundaries of quantum coherence times and making significant strides towards commercialising their qubit processor technology without the hype or overspending. Quantum coherence time, a critical metric in quantum computing,
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ASX-listed semiconductor company Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) has increased its global presence as an industry leader, joining the Academia-Industry Collaboration Program, with a team to be based in Switzerland.
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If you’re looking to rent out a city apartment in the coming months, you could get a lot more rental income by waiting for the massive influx of international students set to arrive in Australia in the coming weeks. The influx has been catalysed by a landmark edict declared in China where the Government will
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Quantum computing is an area of technology that you can expect to hear a lot more of in the next 10 years. The whole industry is immensely complicated, but major developments are accelerating, at least in the case of the only ASX-listed quantum semiconductor company Archer Materials (ASX: AXE). For the first time, Archer has
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If you’ve been following the war in Ukraine, one thing that the greater world has woken up to is the difference high-intelligence technology makes. The use of video communications for real-time targeting and troop movements by the undermanned Ukrainians has been astonishing. Looking to assist in this area (not for Ukraine), communications tech company Harvest
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To explain chronic wounds, the easiest example would be something like an ulcer that just won’t heal, or comes back far sooner than you had hoped. But in reality, the majority of sufferers deal with something far worse, even finding themselves completely debilitated and eternally frustrated as the wound refuses to heal, costing the healthcare
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To those wishing to purchase a new or second hand car in 2022, good luck. With supply shortages caused by COVID disruptions and the war in Ukraine making it simply impossible for buyers to walk away from a car purchase feeling like they received a good deal. Providing another option is Carly (ASX: CL8) which
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As we become expectant to be able to order just about anything same-day and know alarmingly accurately exactly where it is until the doorbell rings, delivery tech company Zoom2u Technologies (ASX: Z2U) looks set to benefit as their first FY results show, highlighted by a 63% increase in revenue to $4.63m Despite the rise in
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Covid, floods, staffing, supply chains. That’s what we call the 2022 disruption bingo, which has this morning been claimed by Woolworths liquor chain spin out – Endeavour Group (ASX: EDV). The owner of well known brands such as Dan Murphy’s and BWS has delivered positive results despite this extensive list of challenges however, with their
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“A looming eye health crisis” – these are the words used to describe the situation many Aussies will face if adequate investment is not made over the next five years, according to the peak professional body for optometrists in Australia. Optometry Australia is calling on the nation’s major political parties to take vision problems more
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Following the announcement of their stablecoin for instantaneous cross-border digital payments, fintech company Novatti Group (ASX: NOV) has confirmed that its AUDC coin will be integrated into one of the world’s biggest blockchain networks when it is issued on Ripple’s XRP Ledger. While Ripple may be best known for their XRP cryptocurrency, their underlying payments
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Shareholders of Bubs Australia (ASX: BUB) reveled in every small cap investors’ dream over the weekend – a direct shoutout from the President of the United States. And this morning the President issued a follow-up that will renew shareholders’ excitement – it might not quite get the attention of an incendiary ex President Trump tweet,
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Environmental intelligence company Envirosuite (ASX: EVS) has provided a promising update on its newest product, EVS Water, which has picked up new customers in Australia, Asia , Europe and the US with revenues ahead of originally forecast. The technology is close to achieving its initial goal of $1m in total sales, only one year into
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What was only a rumour yesterday has been confirmed this morning, with major construction company Probuild going into voluntary administration following the discontinuance of financial assistance from its parent company Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO). This leaves a score of disgruntled tradies and other contractors unpaid, not to mention all those folk waiting for their buildings
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If Australians have reservations about the use of medicinal cannabis to cure their ailments, there will soon be a low-cost option to trial cannabis products, with Althea Group (ASX: AGH) to launch a new range of low dosage oils to give first-time users an affordable entry point. The new ‘flexi’ cannabis oil products, as the
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While Americans battle to manage an array of health concerns sweeping the elderly, hearing loss may not be one of them with medtech company Nuheara (ASX: NUH) granted US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its new wireless hearing aid, IQbuds² PRO. The PRO version expands the Company’s range of wireless, low cost hearing
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Leveraging their artificial intelligence capabilities for use in healthcare, medical imaging and research company Resonance Health (ASX: RHT) has received CE marking for its fully automated AI liver fat assessment software enabling commercialisation of their tech throughout Europe. This certification will allow HepaFat-AI to be sold in the European Economic Area, joining recent approvals in
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Medicinal cannabis and research company Althea Group (ASX: AGH) has today announced that its Canadian subsidiary, Peak Processing, has received a binding purchase order from WeedMD Rx (A subsidiary of canadian listed company WeedMD Inc, TSX-V: WMD). The CAD$130,000 order will see Peak perform a variety of services for WeedMD, including hydrocarbon extraction of fresh-frozen
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Not to be confused with BNPL, hummgroup (ASX: HUM) have now launched their Business Now Pay Later ‘BuNPL’ product hummpro, a new cash flow offering designed for small to medium businesses (SME’s) allowing them to access up to $30,000 as they invest and grow with trading conditions during the pandemic recovery phase. hummpro allows business
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Computing technology company DUG Technology (ASX: DUG) will soon be entering the UK university research sector, today announcing it has signed Imperial College London to use its high-performance computing as a service (HPCaaS). The agreement will see Imperial College gain access to the Company’s private cloud based service DUG McCloud, allowing the university to significantly
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Venture projects company Strategic Elements (ASX: SOR) has announced the key development of a ‘Sensor Fusion’ stack that will allow for the creation of a completely new generation of autonomous robotic security vehicles (ASVs). The breakthrough integrates a number of different sensors in order to allow the ASV to respond with a more human-like thought
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Amidst the release of its strong Half-Year results highlighted by a 29% rise in EBITDA and a 2.5 cent fully franked dividend, accounting and compliance software company Class Limited (ASX: CL1) has announced the strategic acquisition of Reckon Docs and its 2,000 business customers. The acquisition is the third by the Company since January 2020
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Continuing to ride the recent demand for state-of-the-art cybersecurity, software company archTIS (ASX: AR9) has leveraged its recent acquisition of Nucleus Cyber by extending its annual software subscription with the Australian Department of Defence. The subscription is for the NC Protect product, part of the Nucleus acquisition completed at the end of 2020, which gave
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Highly publicised tragedies always seem to summon the most despicable of fraudsters. To the rage of many, we saw during the Australian bushfire disaster over 400 fundraiser scams being reported. It appears the coronavirus pandemic is no different, with stories of phishing emails, fraudulent calls and text messages, and even false claims of vaccine cures.
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Following the company’s successful $15 million IPO capital raising, Australian craft beverage company Founders First (ASX: FFL) has announced the acquisition of Kangaroo Island Distillery (KIS) for $1.5 million. The company has been busy since listing back in December 2019, with similar sized acquisitions in Hunter Valley and Moonee Ponds, and a significant convertible note
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Australian medicinal cannabis and healthcare company Little Green Pharma (ASX: LGP) has this morning announced a key purchase agreement with Berlin-based DEMECAN for the sale and export of up to 1000kg of dried cannabis flower or 48,000 units of medicinal cannabis per annum. The agreement makes LGP one of the first few companies to export
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With the much anticipated launch of new streaming services Disney+ and AppleTV, and strength of upcoming competitor services in HBO and Comcast, the fight for your subscription is set to enter new heights. Whilst it certainly makes sense for these historically traditional pay-TV model companies to enter the streaming space, it means every offering needs
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The recent failures of IPO hopefuls WeWork and Latitude Financial have brought the magnifying glass upon the longstanding IPO process itself. The traditional IPO hasn’t changed for quite some time, and with the way things are going, a breaking point could be on the horizon as private investors get increasingly frustrated. The alternative being discussed
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Some would argue the absurd remuneration of top level company managers is the root cause of many of the economic issues we are seeing today. But data shows just how out of hand it has become. Using a ratio that compares wages of the average CEO versus the average unskilled worker, a study from 2014
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The wild-west-like days for Binary Options and CFD’s could be seriously numbered in Australia. The eye of ASIC is now glaring at these investment products that have seemingly gone under the radar as compared to other derivatives. The regulatory body has proposed both a ban on the sale of Binary Options (to retail clients), and
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The Undoing Project is a novel by bestselling author Michael Lewis, perhaps better known for the books that lead to critically acclaimed box office hits such as The Big Short and Moneyball. The book is about two psychologists, Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who went on to challenge common thinking in the field of behavioural psychology. The pair highlighted
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