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Spoke to a few banks today about parking a chunk of cash in a 6-12 mth term deposit...how bloody depressing. Curious to hear what opinions you might be considering for your cash in relation to chasing a “reasonable” interest rate?

So the last 5 years I only sleep 3-4 hours a day. I often worry about the health implications. I've gotten so use to it that the most I can sleep is generally 6 hours if I really force myself.Anyone else with similar sleep patterns?

The "not a real competition" is as such; Predict the opening price as at Friday 26/6/2020 for either or both; Z1P - Zip Co Ltd and APT -Afterpay Ltd. Entries accepted until end of Wednesday 15/1/2020, WST. Entrants are required to post in the individual stock thread at least 3 times, at any time...

Hi allWith banks offering around 2%, I have decided to invest savings of 300k in Vanguard ETFs for the short term, 6-8 months, possible longer. (which is when I will look into property if conditions improve)There's too many ETF options so seeking guidance on low risk + dividend option to...

Good morning everyone and welcome to the January 2020 stock tipping competition. The first competition of the new decade! :)This month's competition is proudly sponsored by FP Markets.FP Markets is an Australian owned and ASIC regulated broker with over 12 experience and 35 industry awards...

Hi again,Sorry for all the posts..I've been reading the barefoot investor and the author seems to like LICs.. He mentioned AFIC as one of his suggestions.So I looked up AFIC and compared it to the Index and saw how the Index is beating this LIC,So I have a question. Is there any logic in...

Shane Warne is putting his baggy green cap up for auction to help the bushfire appeal (good on him).The bid is already at $315,000.https://www.pi... can foresee the value of such items only increasing over time. It's one of a kind after all.Is it a good investment do you think ?

Hi all, I have found various stock websites/apps give different values for intrinsic value of Westpac Bank (symbol wbc). For example: unclestock.com = $15.75 simplywall.st = $21.21 gurufocus.com = $20.33My question is simple. Which is the one I use? In other words which site is the most...

Climate change: Electrical industry’s ‘dirty secret’ boosts warming – claims BBC https://tallbloke.wor... the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned.Sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, is widely used in the electrical...

Hello everyone,I am looking to find a good fund manager or a good financial advisor who could then advise me on which fund manager to use.The information on the web is overwhelming and I don't know enough about this subject to make an educated decision.All I know is I want to let a fund...

Hi,ASX listed trusts provide annual tax statements relating to distributions and taxable components for shareholders. However with Interactive Brokers, IB acts as a custodian so the actual customer does not receive these annual tax statements. How do other IB customers deal with this...

I have compiled a watchlist from the Top Picks in the 2020 Stock Picking Competition, looking for a next breakout stock.I am happy to share my work.A link to the watchlist portfolio is at the bottom. I have not included LICs and ETFs because they will never "breakout" and so there is...

Prince William and Kate and David Attenborough have announced a series of awards to kick start a world wide effort at turning around climate change as well as a raft of other critical environmental problems.Thoughts ?Earthshot Prize: William and Kate launch prize to 'repair the Earth'31...

Any accountants on here?The latest VHY div was $0.65794887 and from their statement:Franked - 79.61% - $0.523793095Unfranked- 10.77% - $0.070861093Dividends unfranked CFI - $0.020922774Interest subject to NRWT - $0.019672671Other income - $0.022699236...

For the last year or so I have been selling AAPL Covered Calls with a strike price about USD 10 above what the underlying is currently trading at and with an exercise date about 12 days ahead (I usually sell on a Monday for an exercise date of Friday of the following week). These are usually...

Hi basic questions here. Just wondering when do companies announce how much dividends they will pay, is it on the ex-dividend date or on the dividend pay date or somewhere else like financial report for that period? Cheers,

Hi folks!So I've signed up with CMC markets to have a crack at Forex. Been trading BTC solidly for about 6 months and starting to see some consistent profits (finally broke even after some heavy losses early on!).So yeah, opened an account with CMC CFDs.Thing is I'm used to doing my...

Hi Team,New poster - I'm looking at getting my hands on some historical "level 2" data for the ASX. I understand that norgate, premiumdata look like decent providers, however from my review it only appears that they have EOD related data?I understand that it would be possible to collect...

Little Green Pharma Ltd (LGP), together with its exclusive Manufacturing Partner and via its distribution arrangements, operates a vertically integrated medicinal cannabis business comprising cultivation, production, research and development, manufacturing, and distribution of medicinal cannabis...

COSOL Australia is an Australian-based IT and business services company founded in 2000. COSOL Australia utilises both proprietary software and services to deliver solutions for clients operating in asset-intensive industries, with a particular focus on resource and capital-intensive Enterprise...

WGX daily chart showing lower lows and lower highs, could indicate a trend change which may send it lower, but it also looks very much like a bull-flag which could see it go back to 2.50 and potentially break through the resistance there. The positive seasonality of gold for Jan/Feb would favour...

Emerald Clinics Limited is an Australian incorporated company that operates a network of specialist medical clinics and uses purpose-built software and technology to gather high quality clinical data from informed and consenting patients.Emerald is a clinical services and healthcare...

Beginner Options Trader looking for best options broker for Australian residents. Are there any negative tax implications if I use a US or international Broker? Intending about 10 small trades a month, high return, high risk NTM options. Options will have daily, weekly or monthly expiries. I...

I came across this tweet yesterday from Nick Radge and thought how true is this.I have been busy beavering away learning AmiBroker code and trying to develop a system that matches my style / psychology ( weaknesses ) and this was a timely reminder that I should be more distinct in defining my...

Cobre Limited is an Australian based and focused exploration company seeking to create shareholder value through the successful exploration of base metal projects. Advancement of the Company’s recent high grade copper and zinc Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) results at the Perrinvale...

Castile Resources is a public company incorporated in Australia on 8 March 2007, which is in the business of mineral exploration and development in the Northern Territory.The Company holds interests in the following Projects, which are all located in the Northern Territory:The Rover Project...

thedocyard Limited is a developer and provider of cloud-based software designed to allow all aspects of legal and financial transactions to be undertaken on the one central platform. It operates a Software as a Service (SaaS) business model with its main target clients being organisations that...

Livewire asked a number of fund managers their picks for 2020. Interesting result where the two cheaper ones rose immediately The more expensive ones moved only a little.Admittedly, the charts of the cheaper ones were looking a little more positive but likely the red cordial brigade helped...

Ok, so this could be seen as a gratuitous use of free advertising lol :D but @Knobby22 brilliantly suggested more advertising so hopefully this will do.Just in case the other thread might get missed by anyone interested in entering the comp and winning some free stuff for doing basically...

Sorry if this is a repost. I did a thorough search but couldn’t find any other thread which answered this.I’m interested in buying an XJO put however I cannot for the life of me understand the way these options are quoted on the asx website or in my brokers website.Everything I’ve read...

Virgo Resources Limited is a copper focused exploration and mineral project development company based in Perth, Western Australia with assets in Botswana and Namibia.Virgo has interests in three copper projects:The Hope Copper-Gold VMS Project in Namibia (70% Interest with option to...