Articles On Wam Microcap (ASX:WMI)

We’re already into February 2020 and I’ve got my eyes on the growth shares that I might buy this month. Hopefully February will be less eventful than January after a war almost starting between the US and Iran, the spread of the coronaviru...

You could find the best opportunities for growth on the ASX in the hunting ground of small caps.  It’s much easier for a business to double in size from $250 million to $500 million than it is to go from $2.5 billion to $5 billion. Over th...

Is now the time to be buying dividend shares like Transurban Group (ASX: TCL) and Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd (ASX: SYD)? Everyone is looking for yield these days. Earning less than 2% in the bank just isn’t going to cut it. No-one wan...

Geoff Wilson is one of the best and most experienced investors in Australia. He knows how to identify an opportunity and he’s not afraid to make a change to his own portfolio, or within one of the listed investment companies (LICs) that he...

It is totally possible to replace your entire wage with dividends from ASX shares. In my opinion, having excess cash in the bank earning interest at less than 2% just seems like a bit of a waste. Wage growth is at a very low level. Unless...

I think that small caps could be the best place to find shares that will outperform the market.  Small caps are not like blue chips. They are volatile, there are higher risks and they aren’t well covered by the investment community. But it...

Becoming a millionaire is totally possible for any average Australian with ASX shares. I’m not going to say that it’s easy. I’m not going to say it will be quick. But over time you can get there if you follow these four steps: Earn money T...

Diversification is one of the key parts to an investment strategy with ASX shares. Mitigating risk whilst still attaining high investment returns is one of the best things you can do for your portfolio. Being focused too much on one sector...

I think it’s important to always have a good idea of what shares you want to buy, a watchlist is a great idea. When your desired targets come up at a good price you can then buy them without trying to spend time narrowing down what shares...

Becoming a (self-made) millionaire is one of those things that most people should aspire to be. Being a millionaire should mean financial independence in most places in the world, giving you more freedom and allowing you to be more generou...

Having cash in the bank isn’t going to help you get rich with Australia’s official interest rate now under 1% and most bank accounts offering interest rates under 2%. I think the only option is ASX shares. If you left $1,000 in a bank acco...

A listed investment company or LIC has features of both managed funds as well as ASX-listed companies. LICs put money in different companies to give its shareholders cost-effective exposure to a variety of companies. As per Mr. Boyd Peters,...

Most people would like to become wealthy, but how big does your portfolio need to be before you can be considered wealthy? First, let me say that there is more to life than just the size of your share portfolio. I’d rather have a wonderful...

Replacing an entire wage with dividends from ASX shares is difficult but definitely possible and totally desirable! Earning a salary doing any form of work is a worthwhile endeavour to pay for life’s expenses and save for financial goals....

With current interest rates around the world being so low, it’s no wonder that investors are searching for ASX dividend shares that can fulfil income needs. Normally when I write these types of dividend articles I would throw a dividend sh...

I think one of the best reasons why shares are such a great investment is listed investment companies (LICs). I have already written that returns, dividends and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are three of the best reasons to invest in shares...

No-one wants to work their whole life and retire with nothing at the end of it. Shares have a wonderful ability to pay out cash dividends and keep growing profit at the same time. If you can earn $80,000 a year in dividends you’d be earnin...

Small caps have a good chance of producing the biggest returns for ASX investors. It’s much easier to double a business in size from $200 million to $400 million compared to growing from $2 billion to $4 billion. That’s why I’ve got my eye...

One of the toughest industries to make any decent money is retail. Local suburb shops are really struggling and large ASX retail businesses aren’t finding it much easier. According to reporting by News.com.au, yet another retailer has gone...

I believe that WAM Microcap Limited (ASX: WMI) could be one of the best ASX shares to own on the ASX. Small caps could be the best place to find those opportunities that most other ASX investors aren’t looking at. That means some of those...

Australia is one of the richest countries in the world. However, diversification is not utilised by a lot of ASX investors. Most people have a lot of their wealth tied up in one or a handful of properties plus bank shares. Therefore, I thi...

I believe that most people can become millionaires with ASX shares if they follow just four simple steps. The steps I’m about to talk about don’t involve taking on a large amount of debt. I’m not going to say “use equity to buy more proper...

I’m sure most people reading this would like to retire rich. It takes years and years for most people to earn and save enough money to be as rich as they’d like to be. There are some investment options that could help you get there steadil...

There’s a cohort of Australians earning a lot of money that work in the investment management world. These people are professional investors who spend their entire time thinking about businesses, doing research, meeting management and so o...

One of the best pieces of advice for any regular person is to start investing in a share portfolio. It can be a good strategy just to invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV). But whilst you get exposu...

I think that ASX dividend shares are even more important these days. Record low interest rates have driven yields down considerably. But, we need to be careful with our dividend picks. We’ve already see a dividend cut from National Austral...

Most people think that financial freedom or financial independence is impossible to achieve. But for plenty of people it is certainly possible, it just takes discipline and following some steps. Our personal finance situation is different...

If you’re like me you probably don’t like the idea of working until you’re 70 (or even older). In my opinion, the best way to replace your wage is with dividends from ASX shares. It’s not easy building the net worth necessary to support yo...

ASX small caps could outperform their large blue chip counterparts because of how much long-term growth potential they have. But you’ve got to be careful about the growth shares you pick, there are some real bad ones in there as well. Here...

Wilson Asset Management, a leading investment manager in Australia, has come up with its September 2019 update. Global Cues In September 2019, the MSCI World Index (AUD) firmed up 2% amid escalating tensions between the two largest economie...

When Wilson Asset Management gives its monthly portfolio updates to the market, many investors sit up and listen (this writer included). For a company that runs six successful listed investment companies (LICs), including one that has deli...

In this era of low interest rates it can be hard to know what to do with your money. ASX dividend shares seem like a good idea, particularly with the bonus of franking credits. But many people are also thinking the same thing. That’s why t...

The RBA has pushed interest rates to a really low level. I think the way to beat the rate gloom is to go for dividend shares that could help you build an annual income of $100,000 in dividends. If creating an excellent dividend stream is y...

City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX) has announced a potential acquisition, is it the best ASX small cap to buy? City Chic is a retailer specialising in plus-size clothing, accessories and footwear for women. City Chic has 104 retail stores...

In this era of very low interest rates I can understand why people are looking for income from shares. Many share prices have been pushed up, which unfortunately lowers the starting dividend yield. But listed investment companies (LICs) co...

Becoming rich is a difficult task, but staying rich could be even more difficult. There have been plenty of examples in the past of people who became rich but then lost a lot of it because nearly all of their assets were a single business,...

It’s always fun imagining what you’d do if you won the lottery. In a geeky way, my thoughts end up thinking about what shares I’d buy to be set up for life. To be set for life you’d need to win a large amount. $100,000 would be a life-chan...

I was fortunate enough to be able to catch the bi-annual Wilson Asset Management (WAM) investor conference call yesterday. In these calls, the WAM team, including founder Geoff Wilson, gives investors updates on WAM Listed Investment Compa...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided this week to keep the Australian interest rate at 1%, but this is still a record low. A 1% interest rate doesn’t help people with cash in the bank or people who own bonds. $1 million earning 1% o...

If you want to make a yearly income of $100,000 in dividends then you just have to follow the below steps: Step 1: Earn money and save it Sadly money doesn’t just magically appear, although banks like Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:...

Is it worth buying the WAM Microcap Limited (ASX: WMI) share price after it announced another special dividend? I think WAM Microcap is one of the best listed investment companies (LICs) on the ASX to consider, it’s run by the high-perform...

If you live in the colder parts of the country, you may be wishing winter to be over soon, perhaps you’re already planning a holiday. Why not use dividend income to pay for that trip? People who are really on top of their finances may some...

It’s getting harder to identify where to invest money these days, with how ultra-low interest rates have warped valuations. If I were lucky enough to be given $10,000 to invest into ASX shares, this is how I’d do it: Vitalharvest Freehold...

Having these ultra-low interest rates make knowing where to invest very difficult these days. The whole point of interest rates is to appropriately compensate for risk. Interest rates are so low it distorts markets and investing. Growth sh...

I think it’s getting harder to find good value dividend shares these days. The hunt for yield has pushed up the value of many ASX shares beyond what I’d be willing to pay for them, particularly the ones that are seen to have a defensive so...

For investors the micro-cap or small-cap end of the share market offers the chance to generate far bigger returns than large cap shares. Among other reasons this is because it’s much easier for a company to double its profit or market cap...

This is a very interesting time to be investing in ASX shares with interest rates so low. Interest rates have forced up the values of many shares on the ASX, particularly growth shares like Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) and defensive shares li...

The Listed Investment Companies (LICs) are a type of managed funds, which could be actively traded on stock exchanges. Investment objectives of such companies are pre-defined by the manager of the investment company. Besides, these funds pr...

A perfectly adequate strategy for some investors is just to invest in a simple exchange-traded fund (ETF) such as Vanguard Australian Share ETF (ASX: VAS). But by doing that you would miss out on investing in ASX small caps. I think there...

Is it a risky idea to use a combination of cash and dividends from Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares to solve the low interest rate problem? Commonwealth Bank of Australia or CBA is Australia’s largest bank, with commanding m...