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9 factors to look at when selecting stocks

January 8, 2024 by Lauren Hua

Fundamental and technical characteristics are important when examining stocks. However, here are an extra 9 factors to consider when selecting a stock. Ownership: When executives of a company own a large portion of shares in a company, shareholders can see that there is a vested interest with the executives of the company to do well. It is also worth looking at whether the executive compensation is dependent on the performance of the business they are running. Growing Industries: Look for …

“Your Stock Request” – 21 December 2023

January 11, 2024December 21, 2023 by Michael Gable

“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:WES), (ASX:AGE), (ASX:CAR), (ASX:WOR), (ASX:AMI) Michael Gable is managing director of Fairmont Equities. Latest prices available on the ASX website. You can learn more about technical analysis in this article. An 8-week FREE …

When to buy small, mid and large caps?

December 21, 2023 by Lauren Hua

Stocks on the Australian share market are categorised by their market capitalisation – small, mid, or large cap. This is calculated by multiplying the company’s current share price by the total amount of shares on issue. Small, mid and large cap stocks perform best in different economic environments. Large Cap A large cap stock is classified as a company which has a market capitalisation of more than $10 billion. Large cap or blue-chip stocks are the largest companies on the …

Outlook and Opportunities for 2024

December 15, 2023 by Michael Gable

In terms of the share market, the past year has been one of the toughest for a very long time. Despite this, we have been able to identify some great opportunities in our weekly research report The Dynamic Investor. Now that we approach the end of the year, I wanted to run few a few topics of interest and provide an update on where I think the opportunities will lie in 2024. Whether you take advantage of these opportunities via …

What does stock dilution mean?

December 14, 2023 by Lauren Hua

Companies may need to raise capital and instead of borrowing, they can issue a share purchase plan or convertible securities. The benefit of these methods is that they do not take on more debt. However, the downside is that this can cause the stock to dilute. In this article we explain what a stock dilution is and the consequences when this occurs. Why do companies dilute their stock? Companies may issue share purchase plans to raise capital to fund a …