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Bernd Struben

Bernd Struben earned his BA in economics from the University of Michigan in 1991, with post-graduate studies in environmental economics at the University of Connecticut. Over the years he’s written about and analysed the tourism industry in the Caribbean; Europe’s commercial real estate markets; and, since moving to Australia in 2010, global and Aussie share markets. Bernd studies geopolitical and macroeconomic trends, alongside sector and company specific data, to gauge what he believes could be tomorrow's best investments. In his free time, you might find Bernd at the beach with his family or working on his next science fiction novel.

Recent Articles

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BNPL shares

Why is the Block share price charging higher today?

| Bernd Struben

The ASX buy now, pay later share acquired Afterpay in January this year.

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Travel Shares

'Reckless?' Why the $400 million Qantas share buyback is dividing experts

| Bernd Struben

The ASX 200 airline recorded an underlying loss before tax of $1.9 billion for the 2022 financial year.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Ethereum price just dropped 8% despite Merge progression

| Bernd Struben

Only two of the top 100 cryptos by market cap are in the green over the past 24 hours.

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Share Market News

The Bitcoin price just fell below US$19,000 What's happening?

| Bernd Struben

With the vast majority of altcoins sharply lower, the total crypto-sphere market valuation has sunk below the US$1 trillion mark.

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Energy Shares

Why is the Santos share price slipping on Wednesday?

| Bernd Struben

Nearly every ASX oil and gas share is in the red today.

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BNPL shares

Why has the Block share price dumped 24% in a month?

| Bernd Struben

Block has struggled since listing on the ASX in January, after completing its acquisition of Afterpay.

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Share Market News

Could this be a blow to the fortunes of Fortescue Future Industries?

| Bernd Struben

FFI has targeted producing 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030.

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Financial Shares

'Sweet spot': Citi names 2 ASX 200 shares that are 'inexpensive' right now

| Bernd Struben

While many companies are coming under pressure with soaring inflation, Citi says Aussie insurers are managing the consumer price rises…

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Energy Shares

What's the outlook for ASX uranium shares in September?

| Bernd Struben

France’s state-controlled energy company, EDF, is moving to restart 32 of the nation’s reactors.

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Economy

ASX 200 shares dip as RBA boosts interest rates by another 0.50%

| Bernd Struben

Today marks the fifth consecutive month of interest rate hikes from the RBA, following more than 11 years of easing.

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Gold

Why are ASX 200 gold shares having such a hard time of it in 2022?

| Bernd Struben

The S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Gold Index (ASX: XGD) – which also contains some smaller miners – is down 27.4% this…

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Travel Shares

Up 11% in a month, have would-be investors missed the flight on Qantas shares?

| Bernd Struben

The majority of analysts maintain a bullish outlook for the ASX 200 airline.

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Bank Shares

Own CBA shares? Here's the bank's warning on rapid RBA rate hikes

| Bernd Struben

The Reserve Bank of Australia's May interest rate increase marked its first rate hike since November 2010.

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Cryptocurrencies

Is El Salvador's great Bitcoin experiment fizzling or just getting started?

| Bernd Struben

The big price falls over the past 10 months have not spurred Salvadorans into rushing to embrace the crypto instead…

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Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum Merge first stage set for tomorrow. What can crypto investors expect next?

| Bernd Struben

Ethereum’s designers have spent several years working to transition the crypto’s blockchain from proof of work (POW) to proof of…

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Share Market News

August's RBA rate hike saw investors favour Macquarie and BHP shares. Here's what to expect in September: expert

| Bernd Struben

Fast rising rates, and the prospect of more ahead, have already wrought major changes amongst ASX shareholdings.

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Energy Shares

Why are ASX 200 coal shares smashing the market on Monday?

| Bernd Struben

New Hope and Whitehaven Coal shares are once again charging higher today.

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Travel Shares

What's dragging the Qantas share price lower today?

| Bernd Struben

Last year, the ASX 200 airline outsourced some 2,000 ground handling functions to third party companies.

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BNPL shares

Zip shares on watch amid ASX 200 ousting

| Bernd Struben

S&P Dow Jones Indices reviews and rebalances the stocks within its various S&P/ASX Indices every quarter.

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Energy Shares

Are ASX 200 energy shares a good investment right now?

| Bernd Struben

Fuelled by soaring energy prices, the ASX 200 energy index is up a remarkable 40% in 12 months.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why did the Dogecoin price tumble 12% in August?

| Bernd Struben

It may have been created as a joke, but Dogecoin has a total market valuation north of US$8 billion.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Bitcoin price tanked 15% in August. Here's why

| Bernd Struben

The tech-heavy NASDAQ, a solid proxy for risk appetite, fell 4.6% last month.

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Dividend Investing

27% of ASX 200 shares cut dividends during earnings season. What's next?

| Bernd Struben

BHP has become a monster dividend payer among ASX 200 shares amid soaring commodity prices.

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Gold

The gold price should be doing well, so why isn't it?

| Bernd Struben

Gold, the classic safe haven asset, historically does well in times of geopolitical unrest and general market uncertainty.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why the Ethereum price slipped but still outperformed Bitcoin in August

| Bernd Struben

The last weeks of August saw risk assets sell off as investors priced in a steeper interest rate hike cycle.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price resilience 'could be a promising sign': expert

| Bernd Struben

The prospect of more interest rate rises has sent risk assets sharply lower this week, yet Bitcoin has proven surprisingly…

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Resources Shares

Guess which ASX rare earths share is rocketing 13% on a 'resounding success'. Hint: not Lynas

| Bernd Struben

Investors are bidding up the rare earths explorer after the company reported a 328% increase to its core project’s exploration…

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Bank Shares

Why did the CBA share price go backwards in August?

| Bernd Struben

CommBank was the worst share price performer among the big four banks in August.

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BNPL shares

Why is the Zip share price tumbling 4% on Thursday?

| Bernd Struben

ASX buy now, pay later (BNPL) stocks are underperforming the benchmark today.

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Dividend Investing

Why is the AGL share price on the slide today?

| Bernd Struben

AGL shares are sliding harder than the ASX 200 in morning trade.

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Resources Shares

Could this new piece of legislation be a boost for ASX lithium shares?

| Bernd Struben

If the US state of California were a nation, its 2021 GDP would make it the fifth largest economy in…

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Technology Shares

ASX tech share Advanced Human Imaging share price frozen after rocketing 96%

| Bernd Struben

The human imaging company entered a trading halt at 11:23am AEST pending the release of an announcement related to a…

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Energy Shares

Could this tiny development add even more fuel to ASX uranium shares?

| Bernd Struben

Nations across the globe have reported they will extend or increase their use of nuclear energy.

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Why is the Bubs share price down 4% after reporting strong FY22 growth?

| Bernd Struben

After posting gains for the last three trading days, the Bubs share price is heading in the other direction today.

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Earnings Results

Link share price marching higher on revenue boost

| Bernd Struben

The admin services company did not declare a final or special dividend.

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Cryptocurrencies

Here's why the Bitcoin price just dipped back below US$20,000

| Bernd Struben

All but a handful of cryptos have lost ground since Friday as renewed risk-off sentiment takes hold.

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Technology Shares

ASX 200 tech shares are getting hammered on Monday. Here's why

| Bernd Struben

The S&P/ASX All Technology Index is down 4% heading into early afternoon trade.

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BNPL shares

Why is the Block share price plunging 8% today?

| Bernd Struben

Shares in the ASX BNPL company are following the lead of its NYSE counterpart.

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BNPL shares

Here's why UBS tips the Zip share price to halve

| Bernd Struben

The BNPL company reported a jaw dropping $1.1 billion loss from ordinary activities after income in FY22.

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Resources Shares

Why are Core Lithium shares seeing so much action in August?

| Bernd Struben

16 August saw more than 55 million Core Lithium shares change hands on the ASX.

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