Laura Besarati

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22,177 appearances 292 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2024 last heard 10 Sep

Laura Besarati’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 116 in all, peaking in Mar 2026 with 22.

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CommSec Market Update · PM 04 Aug 26: ASX closing in on record · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

And Stevie, I'm glad you didn't give too much away when you were talking about reporting season because we did actually film a separate video, a reporting season preview, which you'll be able to find on our YouTube in the coming days if you want to know what's to come and some key themes to look at. voice-verified

But on reporting season, you're right, it has started fairly slowly, but we did get a full year result from Credit Corp today. voice-verified

And its share price is slumping by around 9% despite posting record profit results and a voice-verified

bigger dividend. voice-verified

So its dividend will be 45.5 cents per share. voice-verified

That compares with 36 cents per share the same time last year. voice-verified

But it seems its profits actually fell short of market expectations and its outlook suggests that profit growth will slow next year with most of its earnings expected in the second half. voice-verified

So at the midpoint, growth of around 8% is expected in the year ahead and that compares with roughly 12% growth last year. voice-verified

So investors were a little bit disappointed voice-verified

Looking on the other side of things, the top performer today has been DroneShield after a substantial shareholder up their stake in the company from a 5.2% stake to a 6.7% stake. voice-verified

So it shares up around 14.5%. voice-verified

But keep in mind, it was one of the worst performers last month, down roughly 30% as enthusiasm in defence stocks seemed to lose momentum. voice-verified

But again, voice-verified

Important to note that many defence stocks have had a really good run. voice-verified

So drone shield was up over 300% last year. voice-verified

Electro-optic systems saw double that with a gain of 600% last year. voice-verified

So not overly surprising that they were some of the biggest losers last month, especially since there were a few solid weeks where it looked like the war could be coming to an end. voice-verified

But today, both drone shield and electro-optic systems at the top of the winner's list. voice-verified

Lithium miner Liontown has been one of the winners today as well, extending yesterday's improvements after presenting at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Convention. voice-verified

So this is an annual event giving mining companies the opportunity to present their latest plans and also update investors. voice-verified

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