The Parts are Wearing Out
Last year, we worked with a grandson and framed out a studio apartment in one of the barns near the house. We didn’t really need another bedroom, but it was a fun project. Elizabeth rounded the edge of the house. There, in the back yard were two of Pierre’s prize cows. Sleek. Fat. Muscled. They were the kind of limousine…
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Connecting the world through chips: a...
At a glance Asia is home to key manufacturers crucial to the global AI supply chain. Nvidia pays ~US$10 billion for TSMC to manufacture their AI accelerator chips. Chinese consumer technology companies are integrating their own AI models within core business segments. Many investors would be familiar with the Magnificent 7 megacap tech stocks given they have collectively been the…
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Long Shortz with Asra Minerals: High-grade...
Tylah Tully chats with Asra Minerals (ASX:ASR) CEO Paul Stephen about the promising high-grade gold results the company’s released from the Leonora South Project in WA. The drill program is targeting historic goldfields along a 15km strike, including the Sapphire and Orion deposits, with a focus on uncovering broader, thicker intersections. With multiple rigs active and new ground still to…
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Rise and Shine: Everything you need...
Everything you need to know before the ASX opens. Pic: Getty Images. Good morning everyone and welcome to Rise and Shine on Wednesday, July 22, 2025. Here’s what you should know before the ASX opens today… At 7am AEST, ASX futures were up 0.4%, a solid pointer to a green open on Wednesday. Here’s everything that went down while…
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AI-generated virtual influencers like Mia Zelu...
The Pimm’s looked real as the setting sun over a summer’s day in southwest London backlit the sliced cucumber, orange and strawberry that garnished the cocktail. In another shot, a woman played with a tendril of her blonde hair while seated beside an elderly gentleman – who, like Hugh Grant, appeared to be caught napping – in the stands at Wimbledon. Meet…
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Monsters of Rock: BHP’s big year...
BHP says commodity demand remains solid despite tariff fears. Pic: Getty Images BHP sees “resilience” in commodity demand amid trade stoushes Big Australian posts copper and iron ore records Lithium and graphite stocks rise with higher prices and US tariffs respectively BHP (ASX:BHP) CEO Mike Henry has shrugged off concerns about global trade, calling commodity markets resilient despite a porous…
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Gold Digger: Gold’s fundamentals remain strong...
Investors are stocking up on gold to seek shelter from the economic storm right now. Pic: Getty Images Safe haven demand has sent gold prices up 26% in the first six months of 2025 Even in a bear case, the World Gold Council suggests there is natural support at US$3000/oz If economic conditions deteriorate, gold could run 10-15% higher still…
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Criterion: Childcare abuse allegations overshadow value...
Even before a child sexual abuse scandal, issues afflicting the childcare sector have been piling up. Pic: Getty Images Share price rot across listed childcare operators began well before this month’s disturbing child sex abuse allegations A dwindling birth rate is contributing to the first post-pandemic supply glut Growth drivers include the government abolishing the work activity test for the…
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Barry FitzGerald: At Sky Metals you...
“Garimpeiro” Barry FitzGerald says tin junior Sky Metals could be two projects for the price of one. Pic: Supplied/Stockhead “Garimpeiro” columnist Barry FitzGerald has covered the resources industry for 35 years. Now he’s sharing the benefits of his experience with Stockhead readers. There’s been a known massive slug of tin-dominant polymetallic mineralisation sitting out the back of Bourke in north-west…
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Mushroom murders: Inheritance lessons for every...
Appetite for destruction: a Melbourne laneway mural of the infamous Erin Patterson. Pic via Getty Images The ‘mushroom murders’ case of Erin Patterson highlights important changes to Australia’s rapidly evolving estate planning sector that lawyer and financial adviser, Chris Hill, has been trying to focus investor attention on for years. Hill says Patterson, an heiress who has extensive financial interests, will now…
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