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Tony Featherstone

Tony Featherstone

Tony is a former managing editor of BRW, Shares, Personal Investor, Asset and CFO magazines. He specialises in small listed companies, IPOs, entrepreneurship and innovation and writes a weekly blog for The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age on small companies and entrepreneurs.

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Three ETFs worth considering

So far so good with the Trump U-turn on tariffs, but uncertainty still prevails. Is cautious buying to take advantage of lower valuations therefore warranted?

April 10, 2025 · 4 min read
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Do Chinese equities have a trump card?

With Trump tariffs at this stage slugging Chinese goods with a 34% tariff, here are two exchange traded funds for investors wanting a sensible exposure to China

April 3, 2025 · 6 min read
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Two ETFs with exposure to the market’s best global companies.

Because there’s no substitute for quality, investors who ‘buy this dip’ should stick to the highest-quality companies that can withstand whatever Trump throws at the global economy and geopolitical landscape. Here are two ETFs that provide exposure to the market’s best global companies.

March 27, 2025 · 5 min read
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Military-focused ETFs to consider

You will recall I nominated defence as one of two key sectors to benefit from a Trump administration (the other sector was energy). This market sell-off provides the opportunity to consider military-focused ETFs.

March 13, 2025 · 5 min read
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Two earnings season opportunities

A LIC trading at an unusually large discount to its historic average could be a buying opportunity. AFIC, the market’s largest LIC is at an unusually large discount compared to its long-run average. The market’s second largest LIC, ARGO, is similarly placed. Is the widening discount of these two LICs warranted? Are these two LICs buying opportunities?

March 6, 2025 · 6 min read
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Two opportunities from earnings season

With index funds increasingly influencing momentum-based investment strategies, here are two ignored stocks that one day should have a big bounce back.

February 20, 2025 · 6 min read
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Two earning season opportunities

Over the next few weeks, I’ll cover stocks from this earnings season that catch my eye and give broader comments on what results say about market valuations. To kick off, here’s a large and small-cap stock to tempt patient long-term investors.

February 13, 2025 · 6 min read
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Two ways to play this tariff-fuelled market volatility

This tariff-fuelled market volatility presents an opportunity for long-term investors. I’d use any period of extended volatility to buy into market weakness, capitalise on lower asset prices, and add to portfolio exposures. Here are two ways I’d play this.

February 6, 2025 · 6 min read

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