Category: News

Wellness: It’s a $4.2 trillion industry. While things like vegan diets and meditation may have been considered somewhat bohemian a decade ago, wellness is a mainstream concept for consumers today. As well as practicing holistic lifestyles at home, people now expect to maintain and further explore wellness on their holidays.

Whole Foods, the US organic supermarket giant, named regenerative farming as the number one food trend of 2020. Meanwhile, brands like Patagonia and Dr Bronner are backing the new Regenerative Organic Certification. Certified producers will need to practice crop and grazing rotation and planting of cover crops.

According to an Australian Financial Review article last year, the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is now the ninth largest lender in Australia, accounting for more than $29 billion in outstanding home loans. This makes it bigger than Bank of Queensland, HSBC Bank, Citigroup and Teachers Mutual Bank.

This High Yield Convertible Note is an investment that has received a lot of interest with investors.

Many investors are concerned over potentially weak capital growth in Australian shares for the foreseeable future, and whilst the large cap ASX listed shares pay a fair dividend yield, we often get asked about using Options to generate additional returns.

Personalised medicine seems to be the way of the future; where patients receive tailored treatments to suit their individual needs and biometric traits. Medicine and healthcare have been slow to catch up with other sectors that have been personalising their offerings for a number of years now, primarily because of the complexity and regulatory considerations surrounding advances in medicine.

The uptake of smartphone-based credit cards is changing the way we use wallets. It’s predicted cash payments are to fall below 2% by 2022. Physical cards are also falling out of favour. As a result, younger people are now forgoing the traditional bifold wallet altogether, opting instead for smartphone cases with a few card sleeves.

Next week we have a placement for an exciting ASX technology business that’s winning huge contracts with some of the biggest and best companies on the planet.

IoT objects use WiFi, Bluetooth, LTE, or satellite connections to share data in real-time without human involvement.

Where is the future for tourism in Indonesia? If you immediately think ‘Bali’, you might want to think again. Due to the impacts of overtourism, Bali could lose its appeal in the coming decade.  Fodor’s Travel recently listed Bali as a no go for 2020. Fodor’s annual ‘no go’ list discourages travel to 13 destinations due to ethical, environmental, or social concerns. Bali joins Barcelona, Angkor Wat, and Big Sur on the list. 

The 2010s was the decade of big tech, smartphones, apps and the Internet. Social media blew up and evolved into more than just a space to chat with friends. Concepts such as influencer marketing, hashtag campaigns and “instagrammability” took the place of traditional marketing. 

High Grade Iron Ore Report Part 2. Could Australia ever become an energy superpower without a total reliance on natural resources? Economist Ross Garnaut suggests that this is a very real possibility.