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Commodities & MiningCommoditiesExports, tradeAustralian shares
Iron Ore – biggest driver of ASX market returns, profits & dividends – where are we now?

The iron ore price is the biggest driver of ASX market returns, profits and dividends, and the biggest contributor to the wealth of all Australians, but iron ore prices have sunk back below $100, taking the big miners with it. Where are we now in the cycle?  Why I am bearish short term but reasonably bullish longer term.   How I found a 'thousand-bagger' but am no longer invested.  

Ashley Owen Sep 05, 2024 1
Commodities & MiningCommoditiesAustralian shares International sharesWealth, Inequality
Australia: Most listed stocks per capita, and biggest gamblers in the world - Is there a link?

Australia has more listed companies per head of population than just about any other country on earth – and many times more than the US. Why? Is it because we have many times more viable business opportunities to pursue? Or is it because we have the wiliest stock promoters and spruikers, and we are the biggest gamblers in the world? Actually it is both!

Ashley Owen Aug 22, 2024
Wars & military conflictsExports, tradeChinaAustralian economyCommodities
Geopolitics case study - China: largest export customer + potential military threat - a problem?

Our largest export customer and source of wealth & prosperity - also a potential military threat - is this a problem? My answer is no, but for reasons you may not expect. Here is why I am bullish on Australia’s continued resource-based prosperity as global tensions escalate.  Australians have been masters at turning geopolitical shifts and crises into economic advantage!

Ashley Owen Jul 03, 2024
Exports, tradeAustralian economyAgricultureCommodities & Mining
RBA Deputy Governor opens speech with my chart!

A bit chuffed this week. RBA Dep Gov opened his keynote speech at a major economic forum - with one of my charts. What does he see as Australia's three main sources of wealth and prosperity (and why they matter in future)? How does he see monetary policy being managed in future? What are his observations on Australia - as a 'Stranger in Paradise'?

Ashley Owen Jun 28, 2024 2
Exports, tradeChinaCommoditiesCommodities & Mining
Chinese Steel Production - the Sydney Harbour Bridge Index

China builds another 'Sydney Harbour Bridge' worth of steel every 10 minutes!    That's 26,000 Harbour Bridges per year - with our rocks.       China's steel production has been single biggest driver of Australia's prosperity this century.      But with China's construction market collapsing and economy stagnating, how will that affect us?  ·       

Ashley Owen Mar 25, 2024
Wars & military conflictsStock storiesAustralian shares CommoditiesCommodities & Mining
Political Risk case study: Bougainville - richest gold mine in the world - but you can't touch it

This company is sitting on the richest copper-gold mine in the world, but it has been locked up for 35 years and can't touch it.    Political risk crippled what was once a highly profitable 'blue chip' stock.    All investing involves political risk, but political risks can be the most volatile, hardest to quantify, and most wealth-destroying.   Or perhaps wealth creating - in the right circumstances and at the right price!

Ashley Owen Mar 19, 2024 4
MoneyInflationCommodities
Gold: Curious case of the '31-year itch'?

Gold is hitting new highs lately, so everyone is looking to jump in. It's time to step back for a moment and look at the big picture: Gold goes through regular 31-year cycles - so where are we now in the cycle?  Why gold is a lousy inflation hedge most of the time. Is it cheap or expensive? When it is 'good value'?

Ashley Owen Mar 15, 2024 2
Stock storiesInvestment bubbles/busts, cyclesCommoditiesCommodities & Mining
Case Study 1969-70 Nickel boom-bust

In 2021 and 2022, when the prices of nickel and nickel explorers/miners were soaring, my inbox was flooded with emails asking which nickel stock(s) to jump into.  Since all mining booms follow a familiar pattern, and end the same way for the same reasons, I responded by referring to my story about the mother of all nickel boom-busts – Poseidon, involving the very same nickel mines.   How’s a one-year gain of 46,000% sound?

Ashley Owen Mar 13, 2024
Australian shares Australian economyExports, tradeWealth, InequalityCommodities & Mining
Reflections on Australia - lucky country for investors!

In Australia we tend to take a lot for granted. Australia is the richest country in the world per capita (a record we have held since 1890) - but why? It's not just resource riches and/or British colonisation - there are plenty of resource-rich countries, and plenty of ex-British colonies that are economic basket cases today.  How I personally got lucky - twice - in the great lottery of life.

Ashley Owen Jan 27, 2024 2
CurrencyCommodities
What drives the Aussie dollar Part 2: Commodities prices

This is the second in a series of articles looking at the four main drivers of the Aussie dollar

Ashley Owen Dec 13, 2023
CommoditiesEconomicsAustralian economyExports, tradeAgricultureCommodities & Mining
Australia’s bounty: 400 years of exports. Is it just ‘luck’? Or masterful ability to adapt and pivot

Commodities matter! More than half of the 2,200+ companies listed on the ASX are miners (the vast majority are explorers with little more than a map, a compass, and high hopes, but a small number of miners do actually produce something).

Ashley Owen Nov 15, 2023
Commodities & MiningStock stories
Case Study: 2003-7 Uranium-Paladin bubble & bust. Lessons from the last bubble-bust

With the lithium bubble bursting, I am now receiving emails from readers (and hot stock tip-sheets) about how to jump in on the latest ‘hot’ commodity – uranium, as a possible solution in the transition from fossil fuels.

Ashley Owen Nov 06, 2023
Australian economyCommodities & MiningChinaExports, trade
China builds another ‘Sydney CBD’ every 3 days – with our rocks!

Property construction has been the largest component of China’s incredible economic growth this century, and also the largest contributor to Australia’s export revenues, government tax receipts, corporate profits, and national wealth.

Ashley Owen Sep 15, 2023

 

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