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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Are any of these rare earth producers the next big thing?

Rare earth minerals are a crucial component of so many products that power our economy. Last Monday I looked at Australia’s two producers, Lynas Rare Earths and Iluka Resources. Today, I look at three companies best positioned to be our next producers, and I give you my choice of the three.

March 17, 2025 · 7 min read
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Two Australian rare earth producers

Rare earth minerals are a crucial component of so many products that power our economy. In the first of a two-part series, let’s first take a look at the state of play for two of Australia’s rare earths producers. Next week, I’ll look at which companies might become Australia’s – or the ASX’s – next rare earths producers.

March 10, 2025 · 8 min read
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3 under-valued stocks

While it has been a typical reporting season, there is a group of stocks where results were surprisingly good, but the market still appears to be under-valuing them. Here are three representatives from this group.

March 3, 2025 · 6 min read
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What’s the future for dividends for our three big miners?

The mining heavyweights have been a lucrative source of fully franked dividends and while last week was something of a shock for investors who rely on the dividend flow from the big miners, they do still boast attractive expected dividend yields, though it’s getting harder to find value. Here’s how analysts see the trio of BHP, Fortescue and Rio Tinto, for now.

February 24, 2025 · 5 min read
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Is Sigma Health a buy?

It made a massive splash last week, but is Sigma Healthcare worth buying?

February 17, 2025 · 5 min read
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Two good-value gold miners

The price of gold surged 34% last year and is already 9% higher this year, having notched a fresh record high of US$2,866.20 an ounce last month, making this a wonderful operating environment for gold miners. But investors have realised this, and most goldminers have been bid up by the share market to very full prices. But here are two ASX-listed miners where the analysts’ consensus price target implies that there’s still good value to be found.

February 10, 2025 · 5 min read
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Best of the top 20 stocks

Is there value in the S&P/ASX 20 right now? Here’s a look at four ‘buy’ prospects from the ASX’s top echelon: Telstra, Rio Tinto, BHP and CSL.

February 3, 2025 · 10 min read
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Two Medical Imaging Stars

Here are two Australian medical device companies doing impressive things in the medical imaging area in Australia and the US.

January 30, 2025 · 8 min read
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Two capital growth stocks

If you’re looking for capital growth, it can be quite rewarding to take a flutter on the more speculative end of the market, using funds you can afford to lose. Here are two of those stocks but remember the risk!

January 23, 2025 · 6 min read
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3 problem ‘children’ I like

Here are three stocks I like, but that have blotted their copybooks recently.

January 20, 2025 · 7 min read

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