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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.

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4 interesting mining contractors

With mining commodity prices poised to push higher on the back of growing demand for metals, here are four interesting stocks that provide services to miners.

May 8, 2023 · 10 min read
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3 promising miners

Here are three situations where Australian mining hopefuls are well on the way to bringing deposits into production, to tap into these themes.

May 1, 2023 · 7 min read
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3 robust retailers

Here are three consumer discretionary stocks with very good and well understood market niches that position them well to navigate any broader pressure on spending, and therefore show healthy potential upside.

April 24, 2023 · 9 min read
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3 yield-plus-capital growth stocks

For investors prepared to look for extra income in the share market, there are some alluring prospects to give them a total-return arguably pitched in the 20% plus range. Here are three stocks I think are right in this sweet spot.

April 20, 2023 · 6 min read
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Two large cap bargains

Here are two stocks I think are beaten-down big-cap bargains.

April 17, 2023 · 6 min read
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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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