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Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX: WBC) – Capital Strength and Dividend Appeal in a Low-Growth Environment

Feb 26, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Westpac Banking Corporation is a systemically important bank with a strong mortgage franchise, solid capital buffers and a fully franked dividend. With modest 3–4% earnings growth expected, current valuations look full, making it more suited to income investors than deep-value buyers.

Silver’s On the Move Again: Is Investigator Silver (IVR) Worth Another Look?

Feb 26, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Silver has rebounded sharply after a brutal 30–40% pullback, driven by geopolitical tensions and renewed macro uncertainty. Against this backdrop, Investigator Resources Ltd (ASX: IVR) — whose share price has more than tripled over the past year — has pulled back from recent highs as traders de-risk. The key question now is whether silver’s renewed surge signals another leg higher, offering leveraged upside for IVR, or just more short-term volatility.

Ansell Limited (ASX: ANN) – Margin Recovery and Attractive Long-Term Support Zone

Feb 25, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

We argue that despite cyclical and integration risks, Ansell’s improving margins and disciplined capital execution support a stable medium-term outlook. Technically and fundamentally, the A$28–30 range appears to represent a key support zone and a potentially attractive long-term entry level, provided earnings stability is maintained.

BlueScope Steel (ASX: BSL): An Australian Industrial with U.S. Earnings Power

Feb 24, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

BlueScope is an integrated flat steel producer combining upstream steelmaking with higher‑margin, branded building products, giving it resilience across cycles. Around half of earnings are leveraged to the U.S. through North Star, where profitability depends on steel‑to‑scrap spreads rather than iron ore, providing structural margin support. In 1H FY2026, BlueScope delivered strong earnings growth despite weak HRC prices, driven by disciplined cost control and solid North American performance, underscoring its leverage to U.S. construction activity rather than pure commodity steel cycles.

How much lower could Hot Chili’s (ASX: HCH) recently started downtrend take the share price?

Feb 24, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Hot Chili Limited is a pre-revenue copper developer focused on its large-scale Costa Fuego project in Chile, supported by strategic water infrastructure and long-term exposure to the global copper supply deficit theme. However, its recent share price weakness has been driven by a discounted capital raising, ongoing dilution risk, high cash burn, valuation concerns, and broader copper-sector volatility. Technically, the stock has entered a correction phase, with downside support levels around A$1.25–1.30, A$1.15 and near A$1.00, while a sustained break below the A$0.80–0.90 zone would signal a deeper trend reversal.

Bega Cheese (ASX: BGA): A Turning Point After a Decade of Capital Expansion

Feb 23, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Bega Group has evolved from a regional dairy co-operative into a diversified branded food business spanning cheese, spreads and milk beverages, combining defensive staple demand with branded exposure. The investment case now hinges on whether recent operational improvements can translate scale and strong household brands into sustained margin and ROIC expansion. However, with limited product innovation and rising marketing spend largely aimed at defending shelf space, the company’s growth profile remains more defensive than structurally transformative.

REA Group (ASX: REA): A Digital Infrastructure Powerhouse

Feb 23, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

REA Group is not a cyclical advertising or media business but a durable digital infrastructure monopoly at the centre of Australia’s property economy, monetising the country’s most valuable consumer intent. The market’s focus on listings cycles, rates, and short‑term sentiment misses the point: REA’s core engine is yield, its moat is data, and its next phase of growth will be driven by AI‑led personalisation, deeper monetisation, and an expanding financial services ecosystem.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) Near All-Time Highs: How Much Good News Is Already Priced In?

Feb 23, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

CBA is trading near all-time highs, reflecting its dominant market share, strong 13.8% ROE, resilient earnings growth and fully franked dividends. While 1H26 results showed solid lending and deposit growth ahead of the broader economy, the stock’s ~30x earnings multiple leaves limited margin for error. At current levels, much of the good news appears priced in, with valuation risk emerging if margins compress or growth moderates.

Woodside Energy Group (ASX: WDS): With oil stabilising above key levels, is it a buy or a value trap?

Feb 22, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Woodside Energy Group currently looks more like a cyclical value income stock than a value trap, supported by a 6%+ fully franked dividend, reasonable valuation and low production costs, despite compressed free cash flow during its heavy investment phase. The key risks remain commodity prices and execution, with sustained strength above A$27 and firmer oil/LNG markets needed to confirm upside momentum.

Most lithium explorers are falling — why is Atlantic Lithium (ASX: A11) holding up, and what does it signal?

Feb 19, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Atlantic Lithium is holding up while many lithium explorers fall because it is further advanced toward production, with permitting progress at Ewoyaa, funding support, and improving lithium prices underpinning confidence. Strong drilling results and a clear path to FID differentiate it from early-stage peers. Technically, the stock remains in an uptrend with solid volume support, signalling accumulation rather than distribution and suggesting investors are backing execution, not just sentiment.

How much should we be scared of the recent gap down in CSL's (ASX: CSL) share price?

Feb 19, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

CSL Limited’s recent gap down reflects a sharp reset in market confidence rather than a collapse in its core business. The fall was driven by weaker-than-expected H1 FY26 results, plasma division margin pressure, policy headwinds in the US and China, a surprise CEO change, and earlier guidance cuts. While the stock is technically in a clear downtrend and deeply oversold, the long-term investment case now hinges on execution, margin recovery, and whether management can rebuild credibility.

Brainchip Holding's (ASX: BRN) downtrend is in full force. How much lower can it go?

Feb 18, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

Brainchip Holdings (ASX: BRN) is in a clear downtrend, with persistent selling pressure keeping it near lows and preventing sustained gains, as weak technicals and broader tech sector headwinds continue to weigh on the stock.

Rio Tinto (ASX/LSE: RIO) - A Global Materials Engine Re Accelerating into a New Cycle

Feb 15, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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.

Atlantic Lithium’s (ASX: A11) uptrend is holding amid heavy market turbulence. How significant is this show of resilience?

Feb 15, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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?

Feb 13, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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

Feb 12, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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?

Feb 11, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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.

Macroeconomic Report for the Week Ending 6 February 2026 – Australian Market Outlook

Feb 9, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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.

Atomo Diagnostics (ASX: AT1) uptrend is your friend!

Feb 9, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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?

Feb 6, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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?

Feb 6, 2026

Proactive Equities Team

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.