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Paul Rickard

Paul Rickard has more than 30 years’ experience in financial services and banking, including 20 years with the Commonwealth Bank Group in senior leadership roles. Paul was the founding Managing Director and CEO of CommSec, and was named Australian ‘Stockbroker of the Year’ in 2005. In 2011, Paul teamed up with Peter Switzer and Maureen Jordan to launch the Switzer Report, a newsletter and website for share market investors. A regular commentator in the media, investment advisor and company director, he is also a Non-Executive Director of Tyro Payments Ltd and PEXA Group Limited.

18 March 2021
Can Westpac get its “mojo” back?

After a horror year for shareholders in 2020, Westpac has started 2021 with arguably the best performance of the Big Four banks. So is this the start of Westpac getting its "mojo" back”?

11 March 2021
Is it time to buy beaten up tech stocks again?

High flying technology shares have taken a beating over the last month. Will this continue and if so what tech shares should you buy?

4 March 2021
What are the most shorted stocks on the ASX – and can we learn anything?

Love them or loathe them, short sellers are here to stay. Here is what we can learn from their actions.

25 February 2021
Woolies shows again why backing the ‘number one’ is the best strategy

Woolworths is now trading at an even bigger premium to Coles compared to three months' ago, but is this premium still justified?

18 February 2021
Can BHP and Rio keep paying “bumper sized” dividends?

While history is against you when it comes to buying resource companies for dividends, our leading iron ore producers could be about to challenge this convention.

11 February 2021
CBA’s big unanswered question

The big unanswered question from CBA’s profit announcement yesterday was “when will it announce an off-market share buy-back?”

4 February 2021
Could a GameStop ‘pump and dump’ happen in Australia?

What usually happens on Wall Street also happens in Australia, but should we expect a copycat 'pump and dump' to happen here?

28 January 2021
Reliance turns up the flow

Reliance Worldwide (RWC) is the latest company to announce an upbeat earnings surprise as part of 'confession season'.

21 January 2021
Is Telegram the next WhatsApp?

As WhatsApp sees an exodus of users over privacy concerns, Telegram could be set to give the messaging app a run for its money.

14 January 2021
Will 2020’s best performing stock market sectors do best again in 2021?

Here is my assessment of the likely performance of the 11 industry sectors in 2021 and how you may wish to bias your portfolio.

17 December 2020
Which stock market sectors will do best in 2021?

Let’s look at how the industry sectors performed in 2020 and the potential standout performers in 2021.

10 December 2020
Are short sellers being unfairly maligned?

I am going to have a go at defending the indefensible – short selling.

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