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Organisational cyber attacks are up by 450% this year. as hackers take advantage of vulnerabilities in a more complex, remote workforce.

“Asymmetric investing is intuitively simple; produce above average returns with below average drawdowns.  To do this, you need to find good investments, and don’t lose money along the way of realising those good investments” – Kenny Arnott

Australian data analytics firm Pureprofile (ASX:PPL) is ready for sizeable growth following a recapitalisation of the business.

The company has opened a Share Purchase Plan (SPP) seeking to raise $3.75 million to support Marenica’s ongoing exploration on the 730km2 Namibian tenement, as well as at several other key sites.

A series of internal changes has left market research and data analytics company Pureprofile (ASX:PPL) ready to benefit from the massive growth forecast for the sector. Industry revenue is expected to grow to US$274.3 billion ($386.6 billion in AUD) by 2022, up from only US$189.1 billion ($266.5 billion in AUD) in 2019, based on Statista data.Pureprofile is looking to tap into that rapid expansion under the direction of newly-appointed CEO Martin Filz.

The news headlines in March were dire. Forecasted peak unemployment was going to hit 20%, we were facing the impending doom of a ‘September cliff’ and major Banks were forecasting property prices to fall by 30%. These frightening headlines were coupled with images of Centrelink queues out the door and around the corner.

A few months ago, I made my case in a video interview with Livewire as to ‘Why the bulls are wrong’. Last week, Livewire reached out to me last week as part of a special series, to expand on my view of what is wrong about the bull case. You may have seen some of my summarised responses in the wire Why you should fear the big bad bear by Patrick Poke.

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As the world’s population becomes more urbanised and modernised, the demand for electricity is forecast to grow exponentially. At the same time, governments are moving to reduce emissions, particularly from coal-fired power stations.

A SPAC is a special purpose acquisition corporation, also known as a blank-check company. They are companies that have no commercial operations and are formed as a vehicle to raise capital through an IPO for the purpose of acquiring a targeted company, quite often from private equity.

COVID-19 has changed everything for SMBs. Chances are, these businesses have been having difficult conversations with their staff, their partners, and their bank managers. 

Gaming is big business these days. It’s also competitive. More than 500 mobile games are launched each week around the world. With 350 million gamers playing 318 mobile games, iCandy (ASX: ICI) is one game developer that knows how to stand out from the crowd.