Paul Rickard

Paul Rickard

Paul Rickard has more than 30 years’ experience in financial services and banking, including 20 years with the Commonwealth Bank Group in senior leadership roles. Paul was the founding Managing Director and CEO of CommSec, and was named Australian ‘Stockbroker of the Year’ in 2005. In 2011, Paul teamed up with Peter Switzer and Maureen Jordan to launch the Switzer Report, a newsletter and website for share market investors. A regular commentator in the media, investment advisor and company director, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Tyro Payments Ltd and PEXA Group Limited.

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How much higher can Telstra go?

Telstra’s full year profit result announced the other week of underlying EBITDA of $8.2 billion and full year dividend of 18 cents per share was bang on expectations. Let’s take a closer look and see what the brokers have to say and formulate a view on whether Telstra can go much higher.

August 26, 2024 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

Do the broker analysts see upside for CSL? If I can’t get an allocation of the new Macquarie Capital Notes, is there another way to invest in them? Why did the market like Brambles profit result? Is it too late to get out of CBA’s dividend re-investment plan and instead of taking more shares, get the dividend paid in cash?

August 22, 2024 · 2 min read
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CBA’s “solid” result – where to now?

Let’s take a closer look at CBA’s profit result and what the major brokers have to say. And I’ll give you my view on whether Australia’s biggest stock by market capitalisation is a sell.

August 19, 2024 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

Will Fortescue Metals re-bound? Should we consider winding up our SMSF? Why did the market react so negatively to Audinate’s trading update? Why is JB Hi-Fi paying a special dividend rather than just increasing its ordinary dividend?

August 15, 2024 · 3 min read
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Transurban – boring but reliable

Transurban (TCL) is one of my preferred stocks. At what price point would I be a buyer, and at what price would I be a seller?

August 12, 2024 · 5 min read
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Questions of the Week

Why can’t retail investors buy hybrid securities (bank capital notes)? Has CSL finally broken through $300? Why aren’t distributions from Transurban franked? What is the broker target price for Pro Medicus?

August 8, 2024 · 3 min read
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Questions of the Week

How does the EX20 ETF work? Do the brokers see any upside for Cochlear, which is hitting all-time highs? How can I track the prices of the major tech companies such as NVIDIA or Microsoft? What is the last day to buy Rio and get its big fully franked dividend?

August 1, 2024 · 2 min read
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Is Macquarie a buy over $200?

I’m a great believer in backing track record, so there’s no argument from me when it comes to Macquarie. It is, and remains, a core portfolio stock. The question however is where it sits in the current market: is this a point to acquire more, ease back a touch and take a profit on a small portion, or just sit back?

July 29, 2024 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

What do you think of the Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund that’s currently yielding 9%? What about the new ETF BANK, which invests in the debt of the major banks? Is ZIP doing a share purchase plan? What do the broker analysts think of Ampol, which is paying a fully franked yield of over 6%?

July 25, 2024 · 3 min read

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