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News.com.au
10 hours ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Mum with prize unit reveals surprise dilemma
A Sydney mum has given an insight into the common dilemma facing ranks of the city's homeowners - who want to sell their properties but have also become emotionally attached to them. Natalie Wells snapped up her oversized one-bedroom apartment just before the Covid-era property boom and will go to auction Saturday. She revealed why she's walking away from a property she once saw as part of her retirement plan. Ms Wells bought the top-floor Newtown unit on Enmore Rd in 2019 for what she admits was 'more than it was worth' at the time. Now, she's set to cash in on years of capital growth — but said the decision hasn't been easy. 'It's unique,' Ms Wells told The Daily Telegraph. 'It gets incredible northern sun, it's bigger than most two-bedders, and it's got this massive wraparound rooftop veranda that looks over Newtown. It's hard to let it go, but it's time.' She bought the home as a city bolthole while raising her kids on the North Shore, but always planned to keep it as a long-term investment. That plan changed after a few unexpected years off work. 'I was thinking about retirement,' she said. 'But when I stopped working, I had to rethink everything. And now, well, the market's changed. Life's changed.' And so has Enmore Rd and the surrounding area. Once known for its cheap rent and student shadehouses, the area has exploded into one of Sydney's hottest lifestyle hubs. 'It used to be the affordable end of the inner west,' Ms Wells said. 'Now, it's wine bars, top restaurants, and premium properties. It still has the same soul, but it's grown up.' Adrian William's Michael White, the real estate agent listing the property, said the market has 'totally transformed' in the past five years – especially for one-bedroom apartments, which were hit hard during Covid but have bounced back strongly. 'This building's not your standard block,' Mr White said. 'This apartment is A-grade. High ceilings, loads of light, huge layout — it's even attracted buyers looking for two-bedroom homes.' He said the property's dual appeal to both investors and downsizers had driven intense interest since listing. 'It's one of those rare finds that suits everyone — from first homebuyers stretching their budgets, to couples downsizing from houses in the east.' According to him, the inner west shift is real. 'People who would've never considered this part of the inner west — Surry Hills and Redfern types — they're all here now.' Located on the top floor of a boutique block, Ms Wells' apartment boasts rare features: a full-sized kitchen, large bathroom, sprawling living area, and a rooftop-style veranda that wraps around the apartment. 'It's bigger than most two-bedroom units I've seen,' Ms Wells said. 'It just has that vibe.' 'It's going to be hard to let go,' she added. 'But sometimes, even when something's great, you know it's time.'
Gulf Business
2 days ago
- Business
- Gulf Business
Investing in 2025: Gulf Business panel to unpack UAE's hottest trends
Scenes from previous Gulf Business Breakfast Briefings. From booming IPO pipelines to surging interest in residence-by-investment schemes, the UAE remains one of the most compelling destinations for capital in 2025. To decode what's driving this momentum, Gulf Business will host its next flagship Breakfast Briefing panel event on June 25 at the Metropolitan Hotel Dubai, bringing together industry leaders for a morning of sharp analysis and forward-looking discussion. Under the theme 'UAE's hottest investment trends: what's driving growth in 2025' , the event promises a wide-ranging conversation on the forces shaping investor appetite — from shifting global mobility patterns and public listings to the impact of generational wealth transfer and digital disruption in finance. Set against the backdrop of the UAE's pro-investment policies and continued economic resilience, the panel will offer insights for both seasoned investors and new entrants looking to gain an edge in the region. A top-tier speaker lineup Among the confirmed speakers are: Yasmine Omari , head of wealth planning, Bank of Singapore Yogesh Khairajani , global market strategist, Century Financial Gemma Wild , head of global collaboration, MENA GPB, HSBC Manasvi Ghelani , associate director – customer engagement, Middle East Africa, Frost & Sullivan Muhammed Hassan , capital markets leader, PwC Dave Chaggar , sales director, Capital Club Limited Adel Mardini , CEO, Jetex Rahul Singh , managing director, Thrifty & Dollar Car Rental Claire Vuylsteke , director, Orbcom Karishma Hingorani , founder and podcaster, Karishma Konnect Three key sessions will headline the event: Global mobility & residence-by-investment Kicking off at 9:15am, this session explores how geopolitical uncertainty and changing tax landscapes are driving demand for alternative citizenship and relocation. Moderated by Orbcom's Claire Vuylsteke, the panel will discuss the role of residence-by-investment in securing personal freedom and capital diversification for HNWIs based in the UAE. IPO outlook: 2025 and beyond As Dubai and Abu Dhabi ramp up their listings strategies, this panel — moderated by Gulf Business Group Editor Gareth van Zyl — will explore what's next for capital markets in the region. Speakers from Century Financial, PwC and Frost & Sullivan will dissect the performance of recent IPOs, investor sentiment, and how the UAE stacks up against global exchanges. The great wealth transfer & new investment strategies With trillions of dollars set to shift hands globally over the coming decade, this final session looks at how family offices, private banks and platforms are adapting. Moderated by Karishma Hingorani, panellists from Bank of Singapore, HSBC and Capital Club will explore emerging investment behaviour among digital-native inheritors, and the future of wealth planning in the region. Invitation to investors and professionals The Gulf Business Breakfast Panel begins with registration and networking at 8:00am , followed by a welcome address and opening remarks. Attendance is free by invitation or registration, but places are limited. Whether you're a wealth advisor, entrepreneur, family office executive or institutional investor, this is a morning designed to help you make sense of the UAE's most powerful investment signals — and position accordingly.
News.com.au
4 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Victorian suburbs where you can still buy and build wealth in 2025
With Melbourne buyers locked out of million-dollar markets, a surge of first-homebuyers and savvy investors are seizing their chance in Victoria's value pockets. New analysis from property forecasters Hotspotting has named Frankston, Bendigo and Wodonga among the top 10 best places in the country to buy in 2025, with strong capital growth tipped over the short to medium term. Hotspotting director Terry Ryder said Victoria was now leading the nation for future buying opportunities, after a sluggish 2024 that saw Greater Melbourne underperform much of the country. First-home buyers hit with $40k+ tax bill 'Melbourne is looking more promising than it has in years, with transaction levels in the December quarter at their highest since the Covid boom,' Mr Ryder said. 'Units made up around a third of all sales in that quarter, and both the near-city market of Yarra and the lifestyle-focused Frankston area are experiencing rising transaction levels.' 'These are not one-hit wonders. They've got the foundations to grow further, and buyers are recognising that.' Melbourne Property Advocates founder Simon Murphy said confidence had returned in 2025, and buyers were getting strategic. 'Frankston is evolving fast, especially with rezoning near the bay,' Mr Murphy said. 'Some even joke it's becoming the colder version of Surfers Paradise, give it 10 years and we'll see if they're right.' Mr Murphy said three-bedroom homes on larger blocks were disappearing quickly under $700,000, and investors were back in full force chasing yield and land. 'There's no such thing as cheap anymore, just smart buying,' he said. 'In this market, if you're not ready to act, you'll miss out.' The Melbourne Property Advocates founder said regional centres like Bendigo and Wodonga were now delivering rental yields of six to seven per cent, with fewer planning headaches and more flexible zoning. 'Bendigo councils are more open to development than many metro ones,' Mr Murphy said. 'And off-market deals are much more common.' In Wodonga, First National Bonnici & Associates' Harley Maclachlan said buyer activity had intensified below $700,000, driven by first-home buyers, investors, retirees and downsizers. 'You can still get a quality four-bedroom home around $600,000 here,' Mr Maclachlan said. 'That kind of lifestyle and price point just doesn't exist in Melbourne anymore.' With few rental listings and demand rising, Mr Maclachlan said many buyers were expanding their search to neighbouring suburbs. 'The growth is spreading, we're telling people not to ignore the fringe suburbs of Albury-Wodonga,' he said. 'That's where the spillover is landing.' In Frankston, Ray White's George Devic said homes under $850,000 were being fiercely contested, with first-home buyers, investors and Melbourne upsizers leading the charge. 'That's where the action is,' Mr Devic said. 'The energy has completely shifted from 2024, buyer activity is up about 25 per cent on last year and that's huge.' Mr Devic said more millennials and Generation Z buyers were trading inner-city aspirations for coastal lifestyle, value and space. 'With EastLink, it's not far from the city, and you're getting way more home for your money.'
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Returns On Capital Signal Tricky Times Ahead For Dufu Technology Berhad (KLSE:DUFU)
What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. So while Dufu Technology Berhad (KLSE:DUFU) has a high ROCE right now, lets see what we can decipher from how returns are changing. AI is about to change healthcare. These 20 stocks are working on everything from early diagnostics to drug discovery. The best part - they are all under $10bn in marketcap - there is still time to get in early. Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. To calculate this metric for Dufu Technology Berhad, this is the formula: Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities) 0.28 = RM113m ÷ (RM451m - RM51m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2025). Thus, Dufu Technology Berhad has an ROCE of 28%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Machinery industry average of 7.3%. View our latest analysis for Dufu Technology Berhad Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Dufu Technology Berhad's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you're interested in investigating Dufu Technology Berhad's past further, check out this free graph covering Dufu Technology Berhad's past earnings, revenue and cash flow. In terms of Dufu Technology Berhad's historical ROCE movements, the trend isn't fantastic. To be more specific, while the ROCE is still high, it's fallen from 54% where it was five years ago. However, given capital employed and revenue have both increased it appears that the business is currently pursuing growth, at the consequence of short term returns. If these investments prove successful, this can bode very well for long term stock performance. In summary, despite lower returns in the short term, we're encouraged to see that Dufu Technology Berhad is reinvesting for growth and has higher sales as a result. However, despite the promising trends, the stock has fallen 41% over the last five years, so there might be an opportunity here for astute investors. So we think it'd be worthwhile to look further into this stock given the trends look encouraging. One more thing: We've identified 2 warning signs with Dufu Technology Berhad (at least 1 which doesn't sit too well with us) , and understanding them would certainly be useful. High returns are a key ingredient to strong performance, so check out our free list ofstocks earning high returns on equity with solid balance sheets. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. 擷取數據時發生錯誤 登入存取你的投資組合 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤
Telegraph
23-05-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
No stock can rise forever, but this one's making a solid attempt
Questor is The Telegraph's stock-picking column, helping you decode the markets and offering insights on where to invest. Rolls-Royce's share price surge shows little sign of slowing. It has risen by 17pc in the past month, 53pc in the past six months and is up by 95pc over the past year. Since our 'buy' tip all the way back in October 2018, it has generated a 168pc capital gain and outperformed the FTSE 100 index by 151 percentage points. Clearly, no stock has ever risen ad infinitum. Therefore, investors in the aerospace and defence company should not assume that the company's seemingly unstoppable share price surge will necessarily repeat itself. After all, the world economy's outlook remains highly uncertain despite apparent recent progress on trade talks, and with the firm's price-to-earnings ratio now at a dizzying 41.4, versus a relatively modest yet still lofty 23 at the time of our original tip, there appears to be limited scope for a material upward rerating. Despite this, Rolls-Royce still offers long-term capital growth potential in Questor's view and is well placed to capitalise on significant growth opportunities within its range of operating segments. In defence, which contributes 26pc of the firm's profits, military spending across Nato is likely to rise over the coming years. This is partly due to a fundamental shift in attitudes across major economies, notably Europe, in response to conflict in Ukraine and the discussion of potentially more limited security guarantees from the US. Defence budgets are also likely to further rise as the impact of a period of sustained interest rate cuts on GDP is fully felt, since military spending is typically expressed as a percentage of economic output. In civil aerospace, which accounts for 61pc of the company's profits, demand for air travel is forecast to increase at a brisk pace. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), for instance, global passenger numbers will rise at an annualised rate of over 5pc in the three years to 2027. This should equate to higher demand for the company's aircraft engines and their associated maintenance costs. The firm is also well placed to benefit from the world's push to reduce carbon emissions. The company's power systems segment, which includes battery energy storage systems and its small modular reactors, could prove to be increasingly popular as governments seek to successfully balance environmental concerns, energy security and minimal disruption to their electorate. Rolls-Royce's recently released trading update confirmed that it expects an upbeat outlook across its various segments to contribute to growth of 12pc in operating profits during the current year. Alongside this, the firm is in the midst of a £1bn share buyback programme, with £138m completed in the first quarter, which should have a positive impact on its earnings growth and share price. Over the medium term, the company expects its operating profits to increase at an annualised rate of 10pc in the three years to 2028. This suggests that, even if there is a lack of a material upward rerating resulting from the stock's high current market valuation, there is still scope for relatively strong capital growth over the coming years. Clearly, the aforementioned uncertain outlook for the world economy could weigh on profitability across the civil aerospace and defence sectors, but with Rolls-Royce maintaining a £475m net cash position, it is well placed to ride out periods of economic and industry-related turbulence. It therefore becomes the latest addition to our wealth preserver portfolio. It should undoubtedly have been added many years ago, given its strong financial and share price performance, but with capital growth potential ahead, albeit most likely on a smaller scale than in the recent past, we will use excess cash from recent sales to fund its notional purchase. Questor says: Buy Ticker: RR Share price at close: £8.39 Update: Urban Logistics Reit The Board of warehouse specialist Urban Logistics Reit has agreed to the terms of a prospective acquisition by LondonMetric. Subject to shareholder approval, the latter will pay 0.5612 New LondonMetric shares plus 42.8p in cash for each share of the former. While the combination could prove to be successful in the long run, we feel there are currently better value opportunities available elsewhere. As a result, Urban Logistics Reit will now exit our wealth preserver portfolio. It has generated a hugely disappointing 4pc total return since being added during August 2021. Questor says: Sell Ticker: SHED Share price at close: 154p
