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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Where do the major banks go now?

Over the last 12 months, the major banks have been strong outperformers. Will this continue or is now the time to lighten? And which of the four majors do I prefer?

May 13, 2024 · 6 min read
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Questions of the Week

Are your recommending Pro Medicus at these prices? Is Woolworths a buy, yet? What does “neutralize” mean in relation to Westpac’s ordinary and special dividend? What is the last day to get ANZ’s 83c dividend?

May 9, 2024 · 3 min read
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Portfolios still outperforming despite April pullback

While our model portfolios lost ground with the share market pullback in April, they’re still outperforming the benchmark index. In this article, I look at how they have performed so far this year. To do so, let’s start by examining how the overall market has fared.

May 6, 2024 · 3 min read
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Questions of the Week

How can I play the copper boom? What’s happening with the takeover of Altium, it seems to have gone into an information blackout? Macquarie Telecom is raising capital, but retail shareholders aren’t being included. Should I be outraged? Have these three stocks bottomed?

May 2, 2024 · 4 min read
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Changes to super: how they’ll impact you!

In this article, I’ll look at the three changes for this year, and what we know about the new super tax on balances over $3 million (and if you’re impacted, what you may want to do).

April 29, 2024 · 5 min read
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Is there any value in the regional banks?

The market liked Bank of Queensland last week and its share price went up as the overall market tanked. So, does Paul think it’s time to forgive and forget BOQ’s past sins?

April 22, 2024 · 5 min read
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Questions of the Week

CSL doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. What do the analysts say? Are there any changes to the super rules next year? Is the recent pullback a buying opportunity? What do you think of the company that owns Dreamworld and WhiteWater World on the Gold Coast?

April 18, 2024 · 3 min read
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NEXTDC’s capital raising – should you take part?

NEXTDC is one of my favourite stocks. Institutions have strongly supported the offer attached to its latest capital raising and the brokers are positive. Here’s are my answers for retail investors to the following questions: Is this a “buy”. If you have the cash, should you take up your entitlements? What are my reservations? Am I expecting short term share price appreciation? What about the long term?

April 15, 2024 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

What do the analysts say about copper miner Sandfire Resources? Electro Optic Systems has a share purchase plan that appears to offer shares at a higher price than they’re trading on the ASX. Am I missing something? What is a quality ETF that focusses on mid-caps? Should I participate in ChemX’s share purchase plan?

April 11, 2024 · 4 min read
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Class actions: should you take part?

I thought it was time to have a look at shareholder class actions, with particular reference to the current BHP action relating to the Samarco dam collapse in Brazil.

April 8, 2024 · 5 min read

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