If the coronavirus were an Olympic athlete, it would be smashing the best-ever marathon time by taking a sneaky short cut, or else heaving to a weightlifting record with a belly full of steroids. Yep – the vexatious virus is not playing by the rules, which puts paid to the notion that ‘recovery’ stocks such
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As Aussies continue to shift towards a cashless economy, Commonwealth Bank has confirmed it will be closing 10% of their branch network at lunchtime for reduced operating hours in response to declining foot traffic as we move all our banking and finance needs online. Where branches traditionally facilitated cash transactions, the declining use of cash
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The ongoing pandemic lockdowns may have been a boon to online commerce, but don’t presume the unprecedented tide of spending on the part of captive shoppers has lifted all of the ASX-listed ‘boats’. In reality, performance has been varied and it remains to be seen how the sector fares in the post pandemic era –
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Australia might not yet have the zero-cost broking model for local shares popularised by the US platform Robinhood – or not yet anyway – but that hasn’t stopped younger Australians from discovering the delights of share trading. Call them millennials or Zoomers, they’ve been using their latest lockdown time to good effect. What’s more, they’re
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