ASX recently launched a new index called the S&P/ASX All Technology Index to track 46 of Australia’s leading and emerging technology companies or “Unicorns”. The following charts show additional details about this index and constituents: Click to enlarge Source: ASX via Twitter Hat Tip: @LeldeSmits One of the popular Aussie tech companies listed on the NASDAQ …

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The popular “120 Years of Historical Returns for Australian Sharemarket” has been updated MarketIndex site with data for year 2019. The overall average annual total return just slightly increased to 13.2% per year since 1900. Update (5/30/21): The Total Return for the All Ordinaries Accumulation Index in 2020 was 3.64%. The Price Only Return was …

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Some of the developed economies in the world are natural resources-based. These economies are dominated by commodity companies and financials. Highly innovative and disruptive tech sector form a small part of these countries. Countries such as Canada and Australia fall int his category. The Canadian economy is dominated by mining, energy and financials. Similarly resource …

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Australian banks are going through some of the worst crises they have ever faced. Billions of dollars in shareholder equity has been wiped out due to recent scandals. More recently Westpac(WBK) is under investigation for money laundering charges. Total fines imposed on the bank may exceed $1.0 billion, With that intro, let’s take a look …

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Australian stocks have one of the highest dividend yields in the world. Many firms offer yields of over 5%. Over the long term rising equity prices together with high income,lead stocks to beat bank term deposits in terms of returns. With interest rates offered by banks at historical lows, the gap in return between the …

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