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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Two speculative miners

Here are two situations where the odds might be on the side of the speculators! But always remember the risk.

August 5, 2024 · 4 min read
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4 cancer fighting stocks

The ASX has a burgeoning life sciences cohort doing great work in a range of major diseases. Here are four interesting cancer fighters.

July 29, 2024 · 8 min read
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Earnings surprise 2024

Four situations where the news flow from the companies so far has generally been fairly good; and where a further positive surprise is not out of the question.

July 22, 2024 · 7 min read
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5 tech players

There’s a burgeoning array of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) devoted to the biggest thematic in the investment world – technology. Here are 5 ETFs for you to explore and also one extra – a listed investment company.

July 15, 2024 · 9 min read
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3 potential critical minerals miners

Any of these stocks that I discuss in my article today could rise in price quite significantly; but I’m talking about highly prospective situations. You must do your own research on these stocks.

July 8, 2024 · 8 min read
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A tale of two fund managers

Here are two businesses, apparently going in different directions on the funds under management (FUM) scale, but both could be interesting buying opportunities.

July 1, 2024 · 6 min read
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Three future AI stars

Here are three ASX-listed companies getting on the front foot with world-leading offerings in their respective fields.

June 24, 2024 · 9 min read
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Two excellent crucial mineral stocks

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is very much alive to the “critical minerals” theme. Here are two critical minerals stocks that I think have very bright futures in the critical minerals market.

June 17, 2024 · 6 min read
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Four Australian data centre players

Australia has four players in the data centre theme, and investors have already noticed the trend. Let’s take a look at whether there’s any value left.

June 13, 2024 · 9 min read
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Four 20% potential gains

If a good starting point for buying a stock is the expectation of a 20% return, here are four such situations on the ASX right now where analysts think that can be achieved.

June 3, 2024 · 8 min read

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