Speaker 1: This is what the flucks. I'm Brett and it's fundated
Speaker 1: twenty fourth and Debruary, Doze Boy.
Speaker 2: Diamonds might be forever, but diamond prices are not. The
Speaker 2: price of a single carrot diamond has fallen by thirty
Speaker 2: seven percent over the past six years as demand for
Speaker 2: lab grown diamonds.
Speaker 1: Continues to skyrocke.
Speaker 2: So the next person that tells you that diamonds are
Speaker 2: a good investment of the long.
Speaker 1: Term, I'd recommend thinking again. Fox Am.
Speaker 3: Did you know every single day the banks does not
Speaker 3: pass on the cash right cart they make an extra
Speaker 3: ten million dollars.
Speaker 1: Wow.
Speaker 3: We run through why they delayed, how long they normally delayed,
Speaker 3: and what they've done in the past. So if you're
Speaker 3: a homeown at or looking to buy home, this is
Speaker 3: the perfect place to understand the ins and out of
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Speaker 1: Make sure to check it out in the Flux app.
Speaker 2: Three Understandable stories today, Dozzy Boy, let's do it for
Speaker 2: our first domain, the Digital Property Marketplace, has seen its
Speaker 2: share price skyrocket thirty seven percent after it received a
Speaker 2: takeover bid by.
Speaker 3: A US domain been lagging aria for yongksb Man. So
Speaker 3: this could be exactly what the doctor ordered, so tell
Speaker 3: me more.
Speaker 2: Well, Domain is the real estate marketplace actually started in
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six, and get this, it was a lift
Speaker 2: out part of Fairfax Newspapers. And in nineteen ninety nine,
Speaker 2: Domain's first website with digital property listings went live. But
Speaker 2: let's be real here, be Man.
Speaker 3: Domain has always played second fiddle to real estate dot
Speaker 3: Com dota you in the real estate industry.
Speaker 2: Yep, real estate dot com dot U has forty six
Speaker 2: percent more monthly unique visitors than Domain.
Speaker 3: In fact, well, Aria Group's share price has more than
Speaker 3: doubled in the past five years, Domains has pretty much flatlined.
Speaker 2: But jose wait, last Thursday, some mystery buyer brought up
Speaker 2: a twenty percent steak in Domain.
Speaker 1: Aka the Fixer Rupper, And on.
Speaker 2: Friday it came out that the mystery buyer was co Star,
Speaker 2: which is a company claiming to be the world's largest
Speaker 2: real estate information company.
Speaker 3: Interesting, Beman, and they've announced plans to submit a takeover bid,
Speaker 3: valuing Domain at two point seven billion dollars.
Speaker 2: Which by my calculations is more than forty two percent
Speaker 2: preme on its average share price from the past month.
Speaker 3: And be Man, no surprise here, but Aria Group share
Speaker 3: price film more than ten percent on this.
Speaker 1: News huge, So what is the key learning here?
Speaker 3: Market leaders can never allow themselves to get comfortable, no
Speaker 3: matter how big they are.
Speaker 1: When a casht up competitor enters the scene, it can
Speaker 1: really change everything.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Coastar is a global behemoth, it's worth fifty billion US.
Speaker 1: Dollars and interestingly juzzy boy.
Speaker 2: Last month, Aria Group CEO shared his secret for smashing Domain.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: He said they out invested Domain on everything from tech
Speaker 3: to product development to.
Speaker 1: People, but he's heard at all changes.
Speaker 3: Yeah, because with a potential new overlord, Domain could actually
Speaker 3: afford to drop prices, pump millions into marketing, and invest
Speaker 3: heavily into tech.
Speaker 2: And this is a blueprint that Costar has tried and
Speaker 2: tested around the world already.
Speaker 3: For example, it's spent one billion US dollars to take
Speaker 3: its homes dot com portal from number six in the
Speaker 3: US market to number.
Speaker 1: Two, and it also did the same in the UK.
Speaker 2: It acquired the second place property marketplace named on the Move,
Speaker 2: and five x it's marketing spend so b man it.
Speaker 3: This still goes through Oria Group and its investors might
Speaker 3: still have the same competitor, but in brand you Ama.
Speaker 1: For our second story.
Speaker 2: Guzman Egomez, the biggest IPO listing of twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: Mind You, says it's expecting to beat.
Speaker 2: Its prospectus forecast this financial year, but share price got
Speaker 2: whacked for one big reason.
Speaker 3: It's a very spicy jalapeno to swallow for GAG investors,
Speaker 3: So tell me more well.
Speaker 2: Guzmanigomez opened its first store in Sydney in two thousand
Speaker 2: and six as a Mexican fast food chain.
Speaker 1: The idea was to make fast food that was actually good.
Speaker 2: Quality, and since then it's grown to operate over two
Speaker 2: hundred and thirty stores in Australia, Japan, Singapore and the US.
Speaker 3: And last year b Man Guzmigomes listed on the ASX
Speaker 3: at a market cap of two point two billion baccarinis.
Speaker 2: But since then it's share price is more than doubled.
Speaker 2: Only people are willing to bet big on burritos. Be
Speaker 2: Man and now Gyg has said it's on track to
Speaker 2: beat its prospectus profit forecast this financial year.
Speaker 1: That's thanks to more Brecky sales and more delivery orders
Speaker 1: as well. That's good news for these new burrito kings.
Speaker 3: It is, but its share price actually more than ten
Speaker 3: percent on the news.
Speaker 1: Why do you reckon it happened?
Speaker 3: Juzi boy, Well, investors didn't really care about those Australian
Speaker 3: results because it's US stores weren't performing so well.
Speaker 1: Oh so what is the key learning here?
Speaker 2: A significant part of a company's valuation is often tied
Speaker 2: to its future growth prospect rather than its current earnings.
Speaker 2: For GYG, a substantial portion of its share price reflects
Speaker 2: investor expectations when it comes to a successful international expansion,
Speaker 2: particularly in the very lucrative US market. But the US
Speaker 2: franchise has flopped. Its US network sales dropped by twelve
Speaker 2: point seven percent.
Speaker 1: And the losses they're getting bigger as well.
Speaker 2: And investors a quick to react when growth markets fail
Speaker 2: to deliver juzzy boy like the US so Beman. For GYG,
Speaker 2: turning around its US operations is crucial, not just for
Speaker 2: revenue growth, but for maintaining.
Speaker 1: Its high valuation.
Speaker 3: For our third and final story, Apple has released its
Speaker 3: new iPhone sixteen E last week as it struggles to
Speaker 3: compete in the smartphone market against cheaper competitors.
Speaker 1: Can you smell that, jazzy boy? I tell you what
Speaker 1: it smells like. Apple's desperation right now, So tell me
Speaker 1: what is going on here?
Speaker 2: Okay?
Speaker 3: So Apple is the most valuable brand in the whole
Speaker 3: wide world with its slick designs, it's slick stores, and
Speaker 3: it's fancy products.
Speaker 2: From the iPhone to MacBooks, Apple watched air pods. It's
Speaker 2: got many customers wrap around its trillion dollar fingers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but b man, Apple's just done something very uncharacteristic.
Speaker 1: What's that juzzy boy?
Speaker 2: Well, normally in its annual Nerdfest, which takes place in September,
Speaker 2: CEO Tim Cook releases its latest products. But late last week,
Speaker 2: which was in February, Apple announced the launch of a
Speaker 2: new cheaper iPhone, the iPhone sixteen E and be Man.
Speaker 2: This one's got most of the software features in the
Speaker 2: iPhone sixteen, but at a much cheaper price point and jazzyboy.
Speaker 2: While Apple claims this has always been part of its plan,
Speaker 2: it might just be a bit of a hail mary
Speaker 2: after its iPhone sixteen didn't really drive upgrades during the
Speaker 2: holiday quarter.
Speaker 1: So what is the key learning here?
Speaker 2: In the battle for market share, sometimes even premium brands
Speaker 2: need a more accessible priced hack.
Speaker 1: Get this, be Man.
Speaker 3: Apple's iPhone sales declined in the December quarter by one
Speaker 3: percent compared to the previous year.
Speaker 2: Compare that to the expectations of a jump of one
Speaker 2: point four percent.
Speaker 3: And this new iPhone was meant to be the Bee's
Speaker 3: knees with all its sexy Apple Intelligence AI features.
Speaker 2: But still not enough to convince customers to take the
Speaker 2: nineteen hundred dollars plunge.
Speaker 3: You see, b Man Apples not only had a slow
Speaker 3: December quarter, but it's also losing market share to its
Speaker 3: cheap arrivals.
Speaker 2: Apple last one point five percent market share, while cheaper
Speaker 2: Chinese brands like Shaomi and Vivo scooped up and be Man.
Speaker 1: It's a bit of a delicate ballaced Apple.
Speaker 3: If they stay two premium, they risk losing customers to
Speaker 3: cheaper competitors, and of course, if they go too cheap,
Speaker 3: they dilute the brand's exclusivity flex amp. Did you know
Speaker 3: only one third of banks and lenders have passed on
Speaker 3: the right cut already? We cover everything in the Flux
Speaker 3: app who's passed on the right cut, when they'll be
Speaker 3: passing it on, and how much money banks are making
Speaker 3: right now in the interim period. If you want to
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Speaker 1: Cash rate cuts. Thanks for listening, and we'll see you
Speaker 1: on Wednesday.