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Ausbil’s Global SmallCap Portfolio Managers, Tobias Bucks and Simon Wood, discuss how they identify opportunities and the outlook for small companies going forward. Manny Anton: Hi, I’m Manny Anton for the Finance News Network, and today we are talking to Tobias Bucks and Simon Wood, who are the portfolio managers of Ausbil’s Global Small Cap Fund. […]

20 Sep 2023 – A snapshot of the stocks on the move, featuring QX Resources (ASX:QXR), Vintage Energy (ASX:VEN) and Alderan Resources (ASX:AL8).

QX Resources (ASX:QXR) announced that Bayrock Resources has confirmed highly encouraging nickel-copper mineralisation, some in thick intercepts, in eight drill holes within Bayrock’s Nickel-Copper Project In Northern Sweden. QXR has a 39% holding in Bayrock Resources. In response, QXR Managing Director Steve Promnitz commented: “today’s results confirm excellent mineralisation in a new area of interest,

Stocks retreated on Tuesday as Wall Street awaited the results of this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 106.57 points, or 0.31 per cent, to end at 34,517.73. The S&P 500 slid 0.22 per cent to 4,443.95. The Nasdaq Composite slid 0.23 per cent 13,678.19. Disney slid more than 3

The minutes from the final meeting, presided over by the recently retired Reserve Bank Governor, Philip Lowe, have sounded more warnings about potential interest rate rises. They also expanded on previous statements about the health of the Chinese economy. The minutes indicated that further interest rate increases might be necessary if inflation remains stickier than

This is set to become a regular news item in the coming years—a major car parts manufacturer attributing the closure of a factory, or even multiple factories, to the rising popularity of electric vehicles (EVs), resulting in the loss of hundreds, if not thousands, of jobs. Such is the case with the Italian parts maker

The two-day meeting of the Fed’s Open Market Committee (FOMC), which began in Washington overnight, is one of the four most crucial meetings each year. It is quarterly, bringing updated economic forecasts and, especially for markets, a new interest rate ‘dot plot.’ This ‘dot plot’ is the primary focus for markets, economists, analysts, and others

20 Sep 2023 – Stocks retreated on Tuesday as Wall Street awaited the results of this week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting.

Labor’s anti-nuclear stance has nothing to do with economics, as they would like you to believe; it’s all about ideology. And that should worry you. Yes, the much-maligned Gencost report, produced by CSIRO, is a convenient tool that produces an economic rationale to support the policy. It provides cover to Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen

The S&P/ASX 200 is trading 0.35 per cent lower at 7,205.40. Futures The SPI futures are down 27 points. Best and worst performers The best-performing sector is Energy, up 0.60 per cent. The worst-performing sector is REITs, down 0.7 per cent. The best-performing large cap is New Hope Corporation (ASX:NHC), trading 3.65 per cent higher