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

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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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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Questions of the Week

Is Treasury Wine Estate’s purchase of a US luxury wine maker DAOU a good deal? What do the brokers say about Liontown? What was the best performing sector in the market in October? How much profit is Westpac expected to report?

November 9, 2023 · 3 min read
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Our portfolios outperform in soft market

Here are my views on the best term deposit rates available now and what I think the direction of term deposits will be going forward.

November 7, 2023 · 4 min read
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Questions of the Week

Is Treasury Wine Estate’s purchase of a US luxury wine maker DAOU a good deal? What do the brokers say about Liontown? What was the best performing sector in the market in October? How much profit is Westpac expected to report?

November 2, 2023 · 3 min read
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Have term deposit rates peaked?

Here are my views on the best term deposit rates available now and what I think the direction of term deposits will be going forward.

October 30, 2023 · 3 min read
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Questions of the Week

Why did the price of bond fund NB Global Corporate Income Trust surge by 7%? Credit Corp has dropped by more than 30%. Is it a buy now? Is property fund manager Charter Hall Group a good buy? When do the major banks report their profits?

October 26, 2023 · 3 min read

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