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Like, wow! Global Internet users just hit 3 billion
David Buckland
August 29, 2016
In what seems like the blink of an eye, the number of global internet users has just reached 3 billion – that’s just under half the estimated world population. And a third of the world owns a smartphone. The trends for activities like photo-sharing and e-commerce are just as explosive. Continue…
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Has GEM learnt lessons from ABC?
Roger Montgomery
August 26, 2016
Childcare operator, G8 Education (ASX: GEM), recently reported its first half 2016 results, and they were not inspiring. EBIT margins are deteriorating under the weight of rising wages and corporate overheads. We don’t yet see it as a repeat of the ABC Learning disaster, but we are keeping our eyes peeled. Continue…
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Editor's Pick.
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Sirtex goes from strength to strength
Scott Shuttleworth
August 26, 2016
Sirtex Medical (ASX: SRX) has just reported its FY16 results, and they were pleasing on every metric. We recently commented on the firm’s sales growth which the market took the news badly and subsequently the price of the firm’s shares fell. Continue…
by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Health Care.
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Cheap money is a signal that all is not well
David Buckland
August 25, 2016
With interest rates now at an all-time low, government bond markets have been perverted from a risk-free rate of return to a return-free rate of risk. This has never happened before. So how will it play out? The worrying answer is: nobody knows. Continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Global markets.
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Red flags fly as lessons from early learning re-emerge
Roger Montgomery
August 25, 2016
In this column published in the Herald Sun, Roger discusses G8 Education (GEM) and the recently reported first-half 2016 results. Read here.
by Roger Montgomery Posted in In the Press.
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