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Monica O'Shea

Monica is a journalist with experience working for Daily Mail Australia in Sydney and the Port Pirie Recorder and the Flinders News in South Australia. Monica completed a journalism cadetship in 2013. She also hold a B.Science (Biotechnology) with Honours from the University of Adelaide. Monica has worked in government at the local, state and federal level. Monica has a keen interest in finance and the share market and enjoys exploring the highs and lows. When not writing for Motley Fool Australia, Monica enjoys travel, sport, music, and likes to play the violin in her spare time.

Recent Articles

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Cannabis Shares

Can ASX cannabis shares ever fully recover?

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We take a look at ASX cannabis shares.

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Energy Shares

Why is the Woodside share price sliding today?

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Woodside shares are falling, why?

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Materials Shares

Cobre share price zooms 40% higher on new copper discovery

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We take a look at what this ASX mineral explorer discovered.

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Materials Shares

Guess which ASX mining share just exploded 30% on a new gold discovery

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We take a look at what this explorer discovered.

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Earnings Results

Temple & Webster share price soars 21% on revenue lift

| Monica O'Shea

Investors are responding positively to the homeware retailer's results.

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Share Gainers

Why has the Ragusa Minerals share price exploded 136% in a week?

| Monica O'Shea

Ragusa shares lifted on lithium news.

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Materials Shares

'Thrilled': Why this ASX critical minerals share surged 30% on Monday

| Monica O'Shea

What's impacting this critical minerals explorer today?

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Materials Shares

Why are ASX lithium shares having such a cracking start to the week?

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What's impacting ASX lithium shares on Monday?

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Resources Shares

3 ASX mining shares soaring between 6% and 20% on new finds

| Monica O'Shea

We take a look at what these three ASX mining shares discovered.

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Earnings Results

Beach Energy share price tumbles 9% as production slides

| Monica O'Shea

What did Beach Energy report?

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BNPL shares

Is this ASX 200 BNPL player focused on growth or less risk?

| Monica O'Shea

What's going on at Block?

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Travel Shares

Qantas share price unimpressed despite $15m solution to 'well-publicised challenges'

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What's the latest at Qantas?

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Share Gainers

Here's why the 5E Advanced Materials share price just rocketed 20%

| Monica O'Shea

Why is this materials share lifting today?

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Materials Shares

Magnis share price rockets 36% on New York lithium battery plan

| Monica O'Shea

Investors are responding positively to news out today from the lithium battery company.

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Earnings Results

Avita share price dives 16% on net loss

| Monica O'Shea

The medical technology company's shares are falling following today's financial results

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Technology Shares

Is the Megaport share price a buy following the company's latest results?

| Monica O'Shea

Could Megaport go higher?

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Materials Shares

How are ASX copper shares performing after Monday's surge?

| Monica O'Shea

How are ASX copper shares performing after yesterday's huge rise?

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Retail Shares

What's impacting ASX 200 retail shares today?

| Monica O'Shea

What is the latest consumer data showing?

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Energy Shares

ASX coal shares in the spotlight amid fresh supply warnings

| Monica O'Shea

Could this be an opportunity for Australian coal company's.

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Earnings Results

Megaport share price rises as revenue lifts 40%

| Monica O'Shea

Investors appeared to react positively to Megaport's results.

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Healthcare Shares

'Excited about the pipeline': Why Wilson says the CSL share price is in the buy zone right now

| Monica O'Shea

Could the CSL share price rise?

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Resources Shares

ASX copper shares explode by up to 34% following BHP takeover bid

| Monica O'Shea

Copper shares are shooting the lights out today. What's going on?

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Travel Shares

Qantas share price descends as management recruited for ground-handling work

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We check the latest on the airline.

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Earnings Results

Aurizon share price slips as dividend cut by 24%

| Monica O'Shea

Aurizon reported mixed results today.

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Resources Shares

'We are in for the long haul': Rio Tinto CEO defends future spending in the face of recession fears

| Monica O'Shea

What's ahead for the mining giant?

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Resources Shares

Exploding 600% in a month, what is going on with the Cobre share price?

| Monica O'Shea

Why is the Cobre share price doing so well?

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Bank Shares

First mover: CBA share price rises amid interest rate changes

| Monica O'Shea

Australia's largest bank is lifting interest rates for home and savings accounts.

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BNPL shares

Why is the Block share price charging 10% higher on Thursday?

| Monica O'Shea

What's going on with the digital payments company's shares today?

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Travel Shares

Are Qantas shares worth buying ahead of this month's earnings result?

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What's ahead for Qantas?

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Financial Shares

Is the NAB share price a buy ahead of next week's quarterly update?

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Here's what one expert predicts in the bank's upcoming results.

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Own A2 Milk shares? Here's how the company is battling to rebuild lost daigou sales

| Monica O'Shea

The milk and infant formula company has a plan to revive its fortunes.

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Materials Shares

Why are ASX lithium shares having such a top run on Wednesday?

| Monica O'Shea

One lithium company reports a lithium market that is "surging".

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Travel Shares

Own Flight Centre shares? Here's why the boss is predicting more pain for the travel sector

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What's going on at Flight Centre?

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Resources Shares

'Unlocks hidden value': Rio Tinto share price slides despite $525 million payday

| Monica O'Shea

What has Rio Tinto just sold?

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Financial Shares

What could a tighter household budget mean for NIB shares?

| Monica O'Shea

At least one broker is optimistic on the health insurer's outlook.

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Energy Shares

Why is the Santos share price lagging the ASX 200 on Tuesday?

| Monica O'Shea

We check what's dragging on the ASX energy giant's shares on Tuesday.

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Resources Shares

3 ASX mining shares soaring higher on new discoveries today

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We take a look at why these mining companies are soaring today.

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Resources Shares

Exploding 400% this year, Galileo share price climbs further as work kicks off at 'exciting new discovery'

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We take a look at Galileo's latest drilling program.

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Materials Shares

The Newcrest share price tumbled 8% in July. What went wrong?

| Monica O'Shea

We check what's been happening with the global gold and copper miner.

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Top brokers say Domino's share price has loads of extra topping in it, here's why

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What's going on with this pizza company's share price?

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