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Investment Insights Webinar – 12 August 2026

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“Your Stock Request” – 13 August 2026

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“Your Stock Request” is a weekly video where we analyse share price charts for stocks on the Australian market (ASX) as requested by you! Email us at mail@fairmontequities.com with your stock request. Limit of one per person, no guarantee of a mention. This week’s stock request: (ASX:AVH), (ASX:RHC), (ASX:BMN), (ASX:BCM), (ASX:ALK) Michael Gable is managing director of Fairmont Equities.   CLICK HERE to read our Testimonials. Latest prices available on the ASX website. You can learn more about technical analysis …

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Why Central Banks Raise Interest Rates During Supply-Driven Inflation

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When inflation rises because of supply-side problems, it may seem strange for a central bank to respond by raising interest rates. After all, interest rates cannot produce more oil, repair damaged supply chains, increase crop yields, or make factories reopen. If inflation is being caused by a shortage of goods and services, the obvious solution would seem to be fixing the shortage rather than making borrowing more expensive. However, central banks sometimes raise interest rates during supply-driven inflation because their …

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Is this a turnaround in Nufarm?

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Nufarm (ASX:NUF) appears to have navigated a series of challenges that have weighed on sentiment over the last 18 months. These include a falling agricultural chemical prices, margin pressure in key crop protection markets and challenges in Seed Technologies. This has led to a recovery in the share price since the release of results for the six months to 31 March 2026 (1H26) in May. Accordingly, we recently researched the Company in The Dynamic Investor to assess whether NUF is …

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Why Companies Care About Market Capitalization

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Market capitalization is one of the most important measures of a public company because it represents the total market value of the company’s outstanding shares. It is calculated by multiplying the company’s current share price by the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if a company has one billion shares outstanding and each share is trading at $100, its market capitalization is $100 billion. Although this number is often used by investors to classify companies as small-cap, mid-cap, or …

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