For a profit reporting season that promised the first bloom of earnings recovery, August’s slew of disclosures lacked a bit of froth and bubble. The numbers themselves were ok, in the context of earnings rebounding from the Covid year But the outlook statements were unconvincing and investors had largely factored in the historical numbers. On
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This is just a quick refresh on the operations of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain. BTC commenced in 2009 with an original 10,500,000 Bitcoins mined. The maximum total BTCs to be issued is 21,000,000. Miners are rewarded for each Block they successfully mine, currently they are receiving 6.25 BTC as a reward. After every 210,000 Blocks
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The head of cyber filtering mob Family Zone (FZO), Tim Levy is bemused about the lack of cyber protection policies covering schools and parents when home schooling became the norm during the pandemic. In essence, because the schools administer the devices the parents can’t install the fileting tools (easily at least). Family Zone this month
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At a time of bumper dividend payouts from the likes of Rio Tinto and – presumably – BHP, most investors seeking a resources exposure would be happy to invest directly in the major producers. Of course, the history of resources is also about endless boom-and-bust cycles – and if history doesn’t repeat it sure will
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The $39 billion takeover offer for Afterpay highlights the stupendous potential of our home-grown digital-oriented fintech minnows, bearing in mind the towering buy-now-pay later (BNPL) oak tree was a mere acorn five years ago. Naturally, investor attention has turned to the slew of listed BNPL wannabes who are emulating the Afterpay model with various degrees
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Our Insider & Shareholders’ Transactions Monthly aims to understand the ‘actual’ sentiment of insiders (such as company directors and officers) and major shareholders (such as founders with significant holdings), towards a Company by analysing their transaction data, tracking and dissecting actual purchases and divestment of stock by these key stakeholders. In this report, we neatly
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