So everyone is talking about silver right now – intensity and velocity has increased in recent days. Clearly silver is surging on the back of wallstreetbets retail investors looking to repeat their success with GameStop (GME) short squeeze. But to be fair to the fundamental guys, silver started to look interesting in 2020 and started
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A fact that is not widely known is that the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), under Basel lll, changed the risk weighting of gold that Banks hold on their balance sheets. The Bank for International Settlements is an international financial institution owned by central banks. BIS “fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as
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Australian retail investors have been prevented from taking a decent bite out of the fast food sector to date, which is a pity given its proven resilient qualities. Market leader McDonald’s is listed in the US, but not here, while Red Rooster and Hungry Jack’s are privately owned. KFC’s ownership is more complex. According to
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Traditionally, the world of investing can be broken down into value and growth stocks. Growth stocks tend to enjoy strong growth in at least revenues, but sometimes profits and other metrics as well. Value stocks are considered as such, because they tend to be cheaper; that doesn’t necessarily mean that each share is trading at
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With 13.2 million Australians suffering from long term eye problems, the rationale behind Healthia’s (ASX: HLA) $43m acquisition of The Optical Company was a logical opportunity to expand and investors have taken notice with HLA shares trading at all-time highs over the past month. While it may appeared a simple tack-on acquisition, such price movement
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For many years we have heard that global giants were poised to decimate the Australian retail landscape, that Amazon’s introduction to the country would spell doom for those Australian businesses still foolish enough to sell consumer goods. And yet today, after the greatest underlying hit to the Australian economy of the past decade, many Australian
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