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Fortress Balance Sheets: 3 Businesses To Weather The Storm

There’s no surer deflator of markets as uncertainty. It’s the key ingredient to any bear market; the more there is, the sharper the falls. That’s why the coronavirus is wreaking such havoc. No one really knows how far it will spread, how many deaths it will cause and how long it will last. The potential economic impact ranges from ‘sharp […]

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Galileo, the next Fraser Range nickel success story?

In December 2019, Legend Mining (ASX: LEG) catapulted to a $200 million market capitalisation after exploration drilling revealed a nickel-sulphide discovery at its Rockford Project’s Mawson Prospect in the Fraser Range nickel belt in Western Australia. The stock doubled in price in a single day on speculation that the exploration drilling was the first sign of Mawson being the region’s […]

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Creso Pharma brings its cannabis products to the Scandinavian market

Cannabis has a place in global economies, but it seems the companies that will survive will be the ones who have a solid product offering that benefits consumers and therefore has a positive impact for investors. One of these companies is Australian listed Creso Pharma (ASX: CPH). Creso’s aims to become the world’s most trusted supplier of cannabis and hemp […]

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MMJ Group’s Growing Portfolio of Cannabis Assets

There’s little doubt the cannabis sector is primed for massive growth: legalisation continues across the globe, the benefits of cannabis and hemp are receiving greater recognition, and market acceptance is improving. Canada has led the charge in change management and cannabis industry growth. Canada, specifically, houses the largest cannabis companies in the world and was the first G7 nation to […]

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NetLinkz helps Beijing government get people back to work

February has been a busy and very successful month for cloud network solutions group NetLinkz Limited (ASX: NET). NetLinkz is the creator of the Virtual Invisible Network (VIN), a globally patented network technology that allows organisations to quickly connect sites, devices and staff over the Internet through a unique network solution that is generally invisible. NetLinkz’s technology makes Fortune-500 security […]

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Nanosonics (ASXNAN) First Half Results

Infection control company Nanosonics (ASX: NAN) today released its first half results for the 2020 Financial Year. Nanosonics sells the Trophon EPR device for disinfecting ultrasound probes, as well as the consumable capsules required for each disinfection cycle. This can be thought of as a razor + blade business model. The bad news was that profit before tax was down […]

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Charlie-1 looms as potential company maker for 88 Energy

Alaskan focused oil and gas group, 88 Energy Ltd (ASX:88E) provided a further update on Monday regarding the progress of the group’s Charlie-1 appraisal well on the North Slope of Alaska. With the rig mobilised and drilling to start this weekend there is the potential for near-term market moving news. 88 Energy has the support of Premier Oil Plc which […]

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Coronavirus: what does it mean for investors?

Fears over the impact of the worsening coronavirus outbreak continue to drive global markets sharply lower. And, potentially, things could get a lot worse from here. For the long term investor, it’s easy to deride such moves as mere ‘speed-bumps’ along an otherwise sure and prosperous road. Insert a Buffett quote, add a long term chart of market growth and […]

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Vulcan makes zero carbon transportation possible

A global shift in capital allocations is underway. Trillions of dollars are flowing into sustainable or green investments, as the, ‘environmental, social and governance’ (ESG) sector shakes off its image as simply a feel-good investment class. New evidence demonstrates that profitability and environmental footprint are not mutually exclusive — but that ESG performance does in fact correlate with good financial […]

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Pursuit Minerals pursues European nickel targets to meet growing battery metal demand

By 2025, 500,000 tonnes of refined nickel will be used annually in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). This equates to a five-fold increase from the amount of nickel used in EVs in 2018. Seeking to capitalise on Europe’s rapidly expanding battery production capacity for both energy storage and use in electric vehicles, Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR) is taking steps to supply European […]