Market Matters Q&A

Paragon Care Ltd (PGC)

Hi James & Team,

What a Topsy Turvy Year. Your timely Analysis & Reports helped me ride the waves.. Thank you and Merry Xmas to you all.

Paragon Care has completed its recent merger & acquisitio program and is successfully integrating their global reach throughout Asia

It is looking interesting with Analyst forecasts reading a strong uplift in EPS and growth. Although not widely followed.

The CEO assumes the MD post in 2026 with a management team now experienced in integration challenges.

Last reviewed back in 2022, I think it is time for an update.

I would appreciate your views and expectations

Merry Xmas

Richard

TPG Telecom Ltd (TPG)

Can I have your thoughts on TPG now that the capital return/dividend @ $1.61 has been paid. Would you take up the reinvestment offer they recently released? Thank you

Ian

iShares European Equities ETF (IEU) confusion

Hi Guys

I appreciated the write up last Friday on the 5 ETFs and like the look of IEU, esp with a claimed 0.09% fee. I do wonder though if there’s been a mix up, as the Factsheet for IEU indicates fees are 0.59% and AUM is cA$930M (rather than the US$6.5B referred to in the article)? Thanks

Brett

Your market terminology.

Firstly, of course thank you for your great service and help in navigating the market.
Secondly, I noticed that quite often you are using the term
“cautiously bullish”?

I am sorry, I am not trying to be picky, but I don’t understand it. In my experience one can be bullish (expecting rising market), bearish (expecting falling market) or neutral (hard to say what next). The “cautiously bullish” does not really help in my understanding of market. I would say I have only 3 options – I can buy, I can sell or just do nothing. The “cautiously bullish” does not match any of these criteria.
Can one also be “cautiously bearish” ?

Again, my apologies if that sound harsh. I am not trying to be difficult.
But whenever I see your “cautiously bullish” I don’t know what to think about it. I just take it as neutral. Maybe I am missing something?

So once again thank you for your support, reports and commentary.
I wish you all the best.

Robert

Robert

Your thoughts on royalty stocks

Hi,

Please forgive my asking questions 2 weeks in a row. I don’t want to take advantage of your kindness. However, I recently read an article about royalty stocks that reminded me of their potential usefulness.

Currently I own DRR and am doing well with it. However, as it is CURRENTLY solely into iron ore royalties it makes me mildly uncomfortable. Having said that, the the article I read made me think that there are many other resources that might be good to get into and there might be many more diverse royalty companies worth considering. I believe that resource stocks are about the most dangerous to own. They all cyclical and even during boom times can fluctuate violently. One has only to look at nickel and uranium as examples.

Are there any royalty stocks paying high dividends that you would consider buying? There is always some risk when buying any stock but I prefer, in the current market, lower risks than higher risks for obvious reasons. Also, since I have your attention, what are your views on DRR which I already own?

Thank you and keep up the great work,

Paul

Paul

Xero Ltd (XRO)

Hi James,
I have read some recent articles citing tough competition XRO faces in its US expansion, specifically Livewire’s November article, which names Intuit (INTU) as a significant challenge to XRO’s US plans. The article highlighted INTU’s scale and footprint, noting that its annual R&D spend exceeded XRO’s annual revenue and that a considerable portion of this spend was devoted to developing AI for its platforms. Seems like a tough ask of XRO to compete amongst players of this size and scale. Does MM have a view on this, and how does it impact or shape your investment thesis for XRO at these levels? I currently hold XRO at slightly higher levels than the last traded price.
Regards
Andrew

Andrew

DroneShield (DRO)

Hi James & Team,

I always enjoy your Saturday Q&A, which is informative.

Is the data feed from CommSec live, as the bid & offer are a little different from what I see on another site. I find the Form 603, Becoming a substantial holder, released by DRO on 25/11/25, hard to understand.

Has JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates lent the DRO stock to their clients for shorting purposes? Would you know the current short position in DRO, CAT& EOS, please? How can retail investors find out the short position of stocks? Thanks again

Sidney

sidney

National Storage (NSR)

Hi MM.
I remember Renee Rivkin advising never to accept the first offer. Do you agree and with respect to NSR, what price would consider a time to take profits.

Cheers
Alain

alain

ETF to track Mineral Stocks like ARU, ILU – rare earths.

Hi Gentlemen, in the morning podcast you share the performance of the global Commodity ETF’s to provide insight on how our local resource stocks may perform, is there a good ETF to track to predict how our Critical mineral stocks ie ARU,ILU May perform. Thankyou in advance. Regards Jeff

Jeff

Chrysos Corp Ltd (C79)

Hi Market Matters Team,
Could I have your view on C79 – Chrysos Corp. It has fallen over 12% so far this week following AGM and CSIRO reducing ownership. You have Chrysos on your hitlist for the emerging Co’s portfolio. Would you continue to hold. Are you close to buying C79?
regards
Debbie

Debbie