Articles On Wam Microcap (ASX:WMI)

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...

I think it’s particularly important these days to pay attention to where your dividend income is coming from. Dividends are not guaranteed things, we’ve seen from Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) in recent years. I think you can build a r...

Is your portfolio ready for lower interest rates? Every economist is lining up to tell us that Australian interest rates are heading lower later this year, perhaps as early as next month. This raises all sorts of questions about what invest...

Everyone would like to achieve a certain level of wealth for their desired quality of life. It’s quite ironic that if you ask nearly everyone in the world if they have enough money, they’ll say “just a bit more” would bring them closer to t...