Afterpay Ltd (ASX:APT) is the owner of the popular “buy now, pay later” app. Afterpay has over 9 million registered users worldwide, making it one of Australia’s true technology success stories. Afterpay is trying to emulate its outstanding success in Australia by expanding its reach into the UK, using the ‘Clearpay’ brand name, and into the USA, where it has signed major social influencers to endorse its service.
We explore how today’s most buzzworthy investment choice can become tomorrow’s cautionary tale, and share some ETF ideas that can help investors navigate market shifts without getting burned by a single stock’s stumble or an entire acronym’s downfall.
Here’s today’s The Match Out report from Market Matters’ James Gerrish. Key point: the S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) finished down -0.071% to 7,173.30.
All Ordinaries (INDEXASX: XAO) and S&P/ASX 200 (INDEXASX: XJO) both gaining 1.1% with the energy sector the only detractor.
The Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest point in 11 months on Wednesday, hampered by a weak lead-in from Wall Street, and its interest-rate worries.
Luke Durbin is a Portfolio Manager of the Australian Equities Portfolio and a Director at Oracle Investment Management. He joins Raymond Jang on The Australian Investors Podcast to share his journey, the investing process and philosophy of Oracle Investment Management and ethical investing.
Volatility on the ASX share market is increasing. How are investors meant to handle share price drops in this environment?
A wide array of different ASX growth shares have been sold off in recent weeks and months. It looks to me like they’re on sale.
The Afterpay Ltd (ASX:APT) share price is on watch after the timetable regarding its merger with Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) was released.
In the fourth part of 22 ASX shares for 2022, we’ll be taking a look at 4 ASX shares (and 1 expected to list in 2022).
