James Dunn

James Dunn

James Dunn is a freelance finance journalist and media consultant. James was founding editor of Shares magazine, and formerly, the personal investment editor at The Australian. His first book, Share Investing for Dummies, was published by John Wiley & Co. in September 2002: a second edition was published in March 2007, and a third edition was published in April 2011. There have also been two editions of the mini-version, Getting Started in Shares for Dummies. James is also a regular finance commentator on Australian radio and television: he gives a daily finance report on Radio 3AW in Melbourne and is a weekly commentator on Sky Business.

Latest Articles

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Four Top 50 mining stocks

With our most popular mining stocks fully or over-valued and not appearing to offer much joy, here are four other big miners that appear to be offering good total-return value right now.

April 3, 2023 · 10 min read
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3 under $1

Here are 3 stocks trading at prices below $1 that look to be good buying.

March 27, 2023 · 5 min read
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Is South32 a buy?

At $4.12, is South32 worth buying for reasons other than simply having graduated to the S&P/ASX 20 index? Here’s my view…

March 20, 2023 · 5 min read
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4 oil & gas stars

Here are four of what I think are highly attractive oil and gas opportunities on the ASX.

March 13, 2023 · 7 min read
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My 3 Meditech picks

In my article today I want to look at the devices part of the biotech world: here are 3 examples of some of the wonderful technology coming out of Australia and being taken to a global market.

March 6, 2023 · 10 min read
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3 emerging copper stars

Companies bringing new copper production to the market over the next few years can expect to be looked upon very favourably by the market. Here are what I think are 3 outstanding prospects on the ASX.

February 27, 2023 · 5 min read
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2 stocks under 10 cents

Can there possibly be good buying in single-digit share prices? I’ve been trawling through the ASX-listed population looking for this kind of situation, and here are two single-digit share prices that I think fit the bill

February 20, 2023 · 6 min read
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4 biotechs with major news coming this year

The fact of biotech investing is that the share prices are at the mercy of news flow from drug trial results, partnerships with bigger companies, regulatory interactions and a wide range of other events that can point to the increased – or decreased – likelihood of the drug, medical device or diagnostic test ever reaching the market.

February 14, 2023 · 8 min read
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3 quality Kiwi stocks

There’s no shortage of world-class innovation coming out of our neighbour across the ditch. Here are three Kiwi stocks that I think are global standouts in their fields — and each of these, for various reasons, looks to be alluringly cheap right now.

February 6, 2023 · 8 min read
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3 ASX-listed overseas stocks

Here are three of the best (non-Kiwi) foreign listings: Block (Afterpay), Resmed and Zimplats.

January 30, 2023 · 6 min read

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