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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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Questions of the Week

With my super pension, do I have to make a withdrawal every month? Should I cut my losses on rare earths miner Hastings Technology Metals? What do the broker analysts say about REA Group? Should I vote in favour of the proposal to delist NB Global Corporate Income Trust?

December 14, 2023 · 3 min read
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Look at what Santa bought you this Christmas!

In this article, I look at tax issues, road testing a kid’s bank accounts, buying shares and insurance bonds and how to surprise your grandchildren on Christmas Day!

December 11, 2023 · 10 min read
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Questions of the Week

What should I do with my Perpetual shares following the announcement of a takeover? What do the major brokers think of IDP Education? I have just found out that my Sunland shares have been delisted……what can I do? How can I track the lithium spot price?

December 7, 2023 · 3 min read
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Portfolios rebound following market rally in November

In this article, I look at how our two model portfolios have performed so far in 2023. To do so, we will start by examining how the overall market has fared. Let me add that both portfolios are now firmly in the black.

December 4, 2023 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

Why is Metrics Master Income Trust doing an institutional placement? How is the monthly CPI different to the quarterly CPI? Are you still fans of Xero? When calculating your super balance for an account based pension, should you include the franking credits that have been accrued but not yet received?

November 30, 2023 · 3 min read
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Is Xero too expensive?

Accounting software provider Xero is one of my favourite tech stocks. But does its failure to substantially penetrate the USA market mean that it is too expensive?

November 27, 2023 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

Should I re-invest into the Westpac Capital Notes 10 offer? Is there anything wrong if I just invest my portfolio in exchange traded funds (ETFs)? If NAB is paying a dividend yield that is 5 times higher than CSL, and trading on a much lower PE, why is CSL “the one”? What are the details of the Appen capital raising?

November 23, 2023 · 3 min read
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Should you be overweight or underweight banks?

Bank reporting season was somewhat underwhelming and with banks struggling to grow profits, an underweight position might be the go for those investors focussed on growth.

November 20, 2023 · 5 min read
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Questions of the Week

Should I hang on to my fixed interest ETFs, or invest in term deposits instead? Is Allkem (AKE) going to recover, or keep falling like Lithium stocks generally? Why isn’t ANZ’s dividend fully franked? I was a Newcrest shareholder and am now a Newmont shareholder. Will I need to complete a W8-BEN for the dividend?

November 16, 2023 · 3 min read
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Is Treasury Wines capital raising appealing?

Treasury Wines is a well-run company that was remarkably agile in developing new markets when China imposed its ban on Australian wine. But would I participate in this recent capital raising? Here are my thoughts.

November 13, 2023 · 5 min read

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