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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

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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Questions of the Week

With lithium stocks being volatile, what do the brokers say about Pilbara Minerals? If I buy Resmed shares, do I need to lodge that horrible W-8BEN form? What are the implications about making a big one-off contribution to super using the ‘bring-forward’ rule? Can I change my mind about participating in BOQ’s dividend re-investment plan?

October 19, 2023 · 3 min read
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Origin & Liontown – how do you play these takeovers?

Let’s look at two current “takeovers”: The Brookfield Consortium’s bid for Origin Energy (ORG), and potentially competing bidders trying to takeover lithium miner Liontown Resources (LTR). How should you play them?

October 16, 2023 · 5 min read
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Questions of the Week

With the takeover for Origin Energy, is selling now a better option? I’m a shareholder in Pact Group, where the Chairman has launched a ludicrous takeover offer of 68 cents per share. What do the analysts think? How can I buy government treasury bonds? Is a crash coming?

October 12, 2023 · 3 min read

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