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Rio Tinto (ASX/LSE: RIO) - A Global Materials Engine Re Accelerating into a New Cycle
Rio Tinto appears to be enteri...
Feb 15, 2026 | Proactive Equities Team
Atlantic Lithium’s (ASX: A11) uptrend is holding amid heavy market turbulence. How significant is this show of resilience?
Atlantic Lithium has managed t...
Feb 15, 2026 | Proactive Equities Team
European Lithium's (ASX: EUR) share price has bounced off its support level nicely. How much higher can it go?
European Lithium (ASX: EUR) ha...
Feb 13, 2026 | Proactive Equities Team
Atlantic Lithium’s (ASX: A11) uptrend is holding amid heavy market turbulence. How significant is this show of resilience?
Atlantic Lithium has managed to hold its uptrend despite broader market turbulence, a sign of underlying strength in a weak environment for resource stocks. Steady buying at key support levels suggests confidence has not collapsed, supported by progress at its Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana. This combination of solid fundamentals and constructive chart behaviour highlights resilience in a volatile, sentiment-driven sector.
European Lithium's (ASX: EUR) share price has bounced off its support level nicely. How much higher can it go?
European Lithium (ASX: EUR) has rebounded from a well-established support level on its daily chart, a move that suggests buyers continue to defend this key zone. While the company’s Wolfsberg project underpins its long-term European battery supply narrative, the recent lift is largely technical, driven by market psychology and historical buying interest.
Appen (ASX: APX) - One of the few AI stocks on the ASX with a currently rising share price
Appen Limited (ASX: APX), founded in 1996 and listed since 2015, is an Australian AI data specialist providing dataset sourcing, annotation, and model evaluation. Operating the Global Services and New Markets segments, it serves major tech clients across multiple industries, leveraging a 1M+ global workforce that spans 180+ languages in 130 countries.
Arafura Rare Earths's (ASX: ARU) share price is trading at a strong support level, is it a buying opportunity?
Arafura Rare Earths (ASX: ARU) is trading near a key support zone after recent volatility, where buyers have previously stepped in. Strength in rare earth prices adds sector momentum. While this mix may signal opportunity, confirmation depends on support holding and the company delivering meaningful project progress.
Atomo Diagnostics (ASX: AT1) uptrend is your friend!
Atomo Diagnostics (ASX: AT1) is showing a steady uptrend after a long quiet phase. Rising prices from recent lows, backed by stronger volume, suggest buyers are gradually absorbing supply. This persistent move higher points to improving sentiment and a technically supportive trend for now.
Waratah Mineral (ASX: WTM) has made multiple higher lows. Is it building the base for another leg up?
Waratah Minerals, an Australian gold-copper explorer in NSW, has rebounded strongly from last year’s lows. A clear pattern of higher lows suggests growing accumulation, easing selling pressure and sustained market interest, positioning the stock to potentially break higher if a catalyst emerges.
Why is SportsHero's (ASX: SHO) share price rising and how much higher can it go?
SportsHero (ASX: SHO) is an early-stage Australian sports gamification and media company focused on mobile-first prediction and gaming platforms across Southeast Asia, primarily Indonesia. It offers leveraged exposure to regional digital gaming growth but carries high execution, funding and profitability risk typical of small-cap platform build-outs.
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How much higher can Korvest (ASX: KOV) share price go after the recent breakout?
Korvest Ltd (ASX: KOV) is a South Australian industrial manufacturer specialising in cable and pipe support systems and corrosion protection services, with earnings linked to infrastructure, resources, energy and industrial activity, as well as ongoing maintenance demand.
Xero Limited (ASX: XRO): From Accounting Software to Global Small Business Operating System
Xero is transitioning from a high-growth SaaS accounting platform into a global small business operating system with improving earnings quality and rising operating leverage. FY26 interim results show resilient revenue growth, margin expansion from cost discipline, and deeper monetisation across payments, payroll and financial services. We believe the market still applies an outdated growth-at-any-cost lens, underestimating Xero’s emerging cash generation and embedded optionality.
Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1), Re-Establishing Structural Growth Leverage
Megaport has evolved from a cash-intensive growth story into a more disciplined, cash-generative digital infrastructure business, with FY25 marking a clear structural turning point as costs reset, churn stabilised and balance-sheet risk reduced. While the market still views the company through outdated perceptions, we see improved unit economics, renewed credibility and emerging operating leverage, positioning Megaport for growing free cash flow and ongoing relevance in an increasingly hybrid, multi-cloud world.
Rio Tinto (ASX/LSE: RIO) - A Global Materials Engine Re Accelerating into a New Cycle
Rio Tinto appears to be entering a strategically attractive new phase, evolving beyond its historic reliance on Pilbara iron ore into a diversified, multi-commodity growth platform. With expanding exposure to copper, lithium, high-grade iron ore and aluminium, alongside a stabilising cost base and strong balance sheet, the company increasingly looks positioned for asymmetric upside through 2026–2028 rather than a mature, iron ore–centric producer.
Transurban Group (ASX: TCL)- Infrastructure Quality at Scale: Cash Flow Compounding Through Cycles
Transurban is a high-quality global infrastructure franchise with long-duration, inflation-protected cash flows, strong pricing power and irreplaceable assets. The market remains overly focused on macro headwinds, overlooking the durability of its concessions, recovering mobility and improving cash-flow conversion. As operational risk declines and cost pressures fade, Transurban is well positioned to deliver asymmetric upside through FY26–FY28 via compounding distributions and operating leverage.
Telstra Group (ASX: TLS) - A Defensive Cash Compounder with Embedded Digital Optionality
We view Telstra as a highly resilient, structurally advantaged cash-generating business within the Australian equity market, offering strong earnings quality and downside protection despite limited headline growth. Its focus on network leadership, disciplined capital management and monetisation of digital and infrastructure assets supports stable free cash flow and reliable capital returns, particularly in a softer macro environment. We believe the market continues to undervalue Telstra’s leverage to long-term data demand, the durability of its mobile economics, and the embedded optionality in InfraCo and enterprise digital services.
Fortescue (ASX: FMG)- A Tier One Iron Ore Cash Machine with Deep-Cycle Energy Optionality
In our assessment, FMG is neither a simple iron ore beta nor a speculative green-energy experiment. It is a structurally low-cost, high-free-cash-flow industrial platform that deliberately uses surplus mining rents to accumulate long-dated strategic options in energy and decarbonisation. FY25 and the September 2025 quarterly update reinforce our view that Fortescue remains one of the most financially resilient miners globally, even as it operates in a more volatile commodity and macro environment.
National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB)- Business Banking Leverage, Deposit Power, and a Re-rating Setup into FY26–FY27
We believe National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB) is entering a structurally more attractive phase of its earnings cycle, one that the market is only partially pricing. FY25 confirms that NAB has completed a difficult multi-year transition from remediation-heavy execution towards balance-sheet-led growth, operational leverage, and disciplined capital deployment. In our view, National Australia Bank is no longer just a “solid major bank.” It is increasingly a business-banking-centric compounder, with improving margin resilience, strengthening deposit mix, stabilising asset quality, and credible technology-driven productivity optionality.
Collins Foods (ASX: CKF) - Why We Think CKF Is Entering Its Strongest Earnings Cycle Since Pre-COVID
We believe Collins Foods (ASX: CKF) is entering a multi-year earnings recovery cycle anchored by margin repair in Australia, operational rejuvenation in Europe, clear line-of-sight to double-digit EBITDA growth, and an improving balance sheet that gives management options rather than constraints. The HY26 results demonstrate that CKF is moving decisively out of the inflation shock period that suppressed margins and elevated operating costs between 2022–2024. With commodity and utilities inflation easing, labour efficiencies improving, and price/mix still resilient, we see structural tailwinds forming beneath the company’s operating base.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) - Why We See Structural Strength in Australia’s Premium Bank
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) remains the undisputed heavyweight of the Australian financial system, dominant in retail banking, advantaged by scale, and well-positioned to monetise the next phase of household re-leveraging as rates peak and credit growth stabilises. Our view is simple: CBA’s franchise resilience is undervalued. While the macro backdrop remains mixed and competition in mortgages remains intense, the bank continues to deliver sector-leading returns, defend margin leadership, and maintain one of the strongest balance sheets globally.
NRW Holdings (ASX: NWH)-Positioned for Growth in FY26 and Beyond
NRW Holdings is emerging from FY25 with strengthened financial performance, record order book visibility, and renewed momentum across its mining, civil, and MET (Maintenance & Engineering) segments. With EBITDA growing, margins stabilising, and a robust pipeline supported by long-life Tier-1 resources projects, NWH has entered FY26 well-positioned for continued earnings expansion. The company’s durability across cycles, combined with strong cash generation and rising recurring revenue streams, reinforces the investment case for long-term holders.
Embark Early Education (ASX: EVO) Is Offering 6.8% Fully-Franked Dividend Yield, Should You Buy Its Shares?
We see HY2025 as the first genuinely credible step in EVO’s multi-year turnaround. Not a cosmetic clean-up. Not a one-off bounce. A real shift. Occupancy is climbing, labour stability is improving, centre-level margins are widening, and cashflow finally has the shape of something we can underwrite. Management has been making tough decisions — cutting deadweight centres, fixing staffing inconsistencies, and rebuilding trust in local communities — and the P&L now reflects it.
Accent Group (ASX: AX1) — A Scaled Retailer Mispriced for What It Can Deliver
We continue to view Accent Group (AX1) as one of the few genuinely scaled, defensible retail platforms in Australia and New Zealand. In a sector where earnings volatility is the norm and brand power often trumps execution, AX1 stands out because it has quietly built a multi-brand ecosystem that gives it pricing control, data-driven consumer reach, and operational leverage that smaller retailers simply cannot replicate.
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Macroeconomic Report for the Week Ending 6 February 2026 – Australian Market Outlook
Markets faced a “soft-landing but sticky” backdrop: growth held up, yet inflation and policy uncertainty kept risk elevated and dispersion high. The US stayed resilient but uneven as labour demand cooled and the Fed remained cautious. The ECB stayed meeting-by-meeting. Australia felt higher-for-longer, rotating into defensives.
Can the recent rally in nickel prices last, and where can one get exposure on the ASX?
Global nickel prices have surged to near US$18,000 per tonne on supply concerns, particularly around potential production cuts in Indonesia and regulatory uncertainty. The rally has been amplified by speculative flows and broader base-metals momentum, despite elevated inventories and mixed demand fundamentals.
Zinc prices are quietly rising - which ASX stocks can benefit the most?
Zinc prices are edging higher as physical markets tighten, supported by steady demand from steel, infrastructure and renewable energy projects alongside shrinking exchange inventories, particularly on the LME. With supply growth limited and visibility low, declining stocks are increasing concerns around future availability, which can underpin higher prices. For ASX investors, this environment favours zinc-exposed producers, developers and explorers, as well as diversified miners with meaningful base-metal exposure, all of which stand to benefit from improving project economics and margins as zinc’s outlook strengthens.
The reason tin prices are rising and 3 ASX stocks that provide the best exposure
Tin prices have been climbing sharply because the metal is suddenly caught between rising demand and tightening supply. Electronic devices, artificial intelligence hardware, solar panels and electric vehicles all rely on tin-based solder and components, pushing consumption higher just as long-neglected supply struggles to keep up. Production has been disrupted in key regions by political instability, mine closures and regulatory crackdowns, and underinvestment means new sources aren’t coming online fast enough. In this article we discuss some of the ASX stocks that can benefit the most from the rising tin prices.
Why silver prices keep soaring, and how you can benefit from it on the ASX?
Silver has quietly moved into a powerful uptrend, and it’s not happening by accident. The metal is being pulled in two directions at once, as a financial haven and as an industrial workhorse. For ASX investors, this creates an opportunity. Exposure comes through producers, developers, and explorers whose revenues and valuations tend to rise as silver prices strengthen, offering leverage to a market driven by both fear and future-focused demand.
Macroeconomic Report for the Week Ending 5 December 2025 – Australian Market Outlook
Global data point to a softening but still mixed growth backdrop, with US manufacturing in mild contraction contrasted against resilient services activity. Labour indicators such as ADP employment and continuing jobless claims show cooling private hiring and more challenging re‑employment conditions, reinforcing expectations of earlier and deeper Federal Reserve rate cuts. Core US PCE inflation is running at a steady, moderate pace, allowing the Fed to stay on hold while waiting for clearer evidence that inflation is durably converging to the target.
3 ASX Stocks with Bullish Charts
When you spend enough time around the ASX, you start to notice a certain rhythm in how strong charts behave. Some stocks creep for weeks, building energy in tight ranges, and then, almost without announcement, they begin flashing early signs of strength. In this review, we focus on three ASX-listed companies whose price action suggests further upside.
Lithium Price Is on the Rise. Which ASX Lithium Stocks Offer Better Opportunities?
Lithium prices are rising again, which tends to lift investor interest in ASX-listed producers. Thanks to growing demand for batteries (EVs, energy storage) and tightening supply, analysts suggest the recent price upswing, roughly 20–25% month-on-month, may mark a turning point. In that context, some ASX companies with solid operations and cash flow stand out as offering relatively better risk-adjusted opportunities. Still, it’s not a guaranteed path: lithium remains a volatile commodity, and gains now reflect renewed optimism rather than long-term certainty.
3 ASX Stocks with Recent Bullish Breakouts
When you track the ASX day after day, you eventually spot those moments when a stock stops drifting and suddenly kicks into gear. A clear breakout, the kind that pushes past weeks of hesitation, often tells you buyers are finally taking control. In this article, we’re looking at three Australian companies whose share prices have recently surged through key resistance levels. These aren’t just quick spikes or one-day wonders. Each chart shows a pattern of tightening ranges, rising volume, and a decisive move that suggests momentum may continue.
Macroeconomic Report for the Week Ending 28 November 2025 – Australian Market Outlook
The global macroeconomic backdrop shifted notably in the week ending 28 November 2025, fuelling a renewed "risk-on" sentiment that propelled a decisive recovery in Australian equities. In the United States, softening labour market indicators—specifically an acceleration in weekly ADP job losses—combined with a cooler-than-expected Core PPI reading and dovish commentary from Federal Reserve officials, led to a sharp repricing of interest rate expectations, with markets now pricing in an ~85% probability of a December cut. This pivot abroad overshadowed sticky domestic inflation data, allowing interest-rate-sensitive growth sectors to lead the S&P/ASX 200 higher, even as uncertainty persists around the Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy path.
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