Bill McConnell

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Bill McConnell has 30 years’ experience in financial markets, principally as a derivatives trader and financial journalist. As part of the management team of Bulls N’ Bears, Bill has a keen interest in small cap ASX-listed companies and in investment markets more broadly.

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Did the lithium bubble really burst, or is it just deflated?

By Bill McConnell

Fuelled by little more than a curious mind and a well-stocked cellar, Dollar Bill has turned his gaze towards the role battery inventories played in the bursting of the lithium bubble – and the potential for recovery. It seems clear that battery manufacturers played a key part in both inflating and then bursting the bubble and now may be poised to inflate it again.

20 Mar 2024

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Uranium price hike tantalises ASX-listed juniors

By Bill McConnell

With the uranium price touching US$80 a pound, up from a low of US$20 just a few years ago, a bevy of ASX-listed small caps are lining up for a piece of the action. Geoscience Australia says Australia boasts almost half (46 per cent) of the global uranium resources which screams opportunity. Dollar Bill pontificates on potential for law changes and the future for uranium mining in Australia.

27 Dec 2023

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When it comes to cash, Dollar Bill is all ears

By Bill McConnell

It was a delight recently for Dollar Bill (sometimes known as Bill McConnell) to sit down and pore over the latest BDO Australia Explorer Quarterly Cash Update. For Dollar Bill, the report presented as a natural pairing with a fruity Chateau Latour and led to a wonderfully delicious and contemplative evening on the chaise lounge by the fire.

26 Sep 2023

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Are small caps set to come back punching?

By Bill McConnell

In the first of Bulls N' Bears’ new guest columnist series, Dollar Bill – sometimes known as Bill McConnell – gets down and dirty with the small cap sector that he says might be about to drag itself off the canvas. Dollar Bill says macro factors such as global GDP, the interest rate cycle and others all suggest an inflection point for ASX juniors.

18 Sep 2023

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