Laura Besarati

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22,504 appearances 296 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2024 last heard 5d ago

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

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

So I think that story will continue to develop as the week progresses. voice-verified

And it's really been weeks and weeks and months, really, that this has been going back and forth. voice-verified

So we'll wait and see what happens there. voice-verified

Absolutely. voice-verified

And I did mention that the last time our market hit a record high was in February and that was actually last reporting season. voice-verified

We hit the record high close to the end of the month and that was also right before the war started and we started sort of trending downwards, but we have picked up some ground since then and getting back closer to that record. voice-verified

So we'll see if we're able to have, you know, another record month this month during this August reporting season. voice-verified

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

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