Stocks

There's no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a fortune. But the harsh …

Every investor in Image Resources NL (ASX:IMA) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. I generally like to see some …

How far off is Hazer Group Limited (ASX:HZR) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll take a look at whether the stock is fairly priced by taking the forecast future cash flows of the company and discounting them back to …

The simplest way to benefit from a rising market is to buy an index fund. But if you buy individual stocks, you can do both better or worse than that. Unfortunately the Harmoney Corp Limited (ASX:HMY) share price slid 45% over twelve months. That's …

If you want to know who really controls Pentanet Limited (ASX:5GG), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders. I generally …

Whilst it may not be a huge deal, we thought it was good to see that the Medical Developments International Limited (ASX:MVP) Non-Executive Director, Christine Emmanuel, recently bought AU$100k worth of stock, for AU$6.50 per share. Nevertheless, it only increased their shareholding by a …

When you buy and hold a stock for the long term, you definitely want it to provide a positive return. Better yet, you'd like to see the share price move up more than the market average. But Auswide Bank Ltd (ASX:ABA) has fallen short …