The Argo Investments Ltd (ASX: ARG) share price is in focus after announcing a new on-market buy-back facility, with plans to repurchase up to 37 million shares over the next 12 months.

What did Argo Investments report?

• Maximum of 37 million shares to be bought back on market
• Total shares on issue: 758,789,060
• Buy-back will run from 2 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
• Macquarie Securities (Australia) Ltd appointed as broker
• Buy-back to be conducted in Australian dollars (AUD)
• No security holder approval required

What else do investors need to know?

The buy-back is intended as part of Argo Investments’ ongoing capital management strategy. By renewing its on-market buy-back facility for another 12 months, the company is providing itself an additional lever to support its share price and return surplus capital to shareholders when appropriate.

The buy-back does not specify a minimum number of shares to be purchased, giving the company flexibility to act in shareholders’ best interests depending on market conditions. Shareholders are not required to approve this buy-back.

What’s next for Argo Investments?

The buy-back program gives Argo Investments the ability to manage its capital more efficiently, potentially enhancing returns for existing shareholders. The company will review market opportunities throughout the year and adjust the pace and scale of buy-backs as needed.

Looking ahead, continued focus on disciplined capital management is likely to remain a core part of Argo’s strategy, with an eye on delivering steady returns for investors.

Argo Investments share price snapshot

Over the past 12 months, Argo Investments shares have risen 2%, trailing the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) which has risen 6% over the same period.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is up 6.9% over the past 12 months, with this ASX All Ords copper stock racing ahead of those gains.

The strongly outperforming miner in question is Aeris Resources Ltd (ASX: AIS), with shares leaping higher again today.

Aeris Resources shares closed on Wednesday trading for 54.5 cents. In morning trade on Monday, following the four-day Christmas holiday trading break, shares are trading for 58 cents each, up 6.4%.

This sees the ASX All Ords copper stock up a whopping 241.2% since this time last year. Or enough to turn a $10,000 investment into $34,120. Not bad for a year’s work.

Part of the meteoric rise can be attributed to the surging copper price. Copper is currently fetching US$12,163 per tonne, up almost 39% over 12 months. This comes amid rising demand for the red metal to meet the needs of the global energy transition at a time of limited new supplies.

But Aeris Resources has hardly been sitting on its laurels.

Here’s what’s piquing renewed investor interest today.

ASX All Ords copper stock rips higher on project go-ahead

The Aeris Resources share price is surging again today after the company announced that its Constellation Project has been granted development consent from the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

Constellation is a copper-gold-silver project located in New South Wales.

The ASX All Ords copper stock labelled the consent a “critical step” that enables Constellation to move towards development.

The project sits in the Cobar Basin Region, approximately 45 kilometres from the Tritton Processing Plant.

Management highlighted that the open-pit Ore Reserve Estimate includes a Probable Ore Reserve of 2.3 Mt at 2.0% Cu, 0.6 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag, containing 47 kt Cu, 49 koz Au, and 228 koz Ag.

(Note: Cu = copper; Au = gold; Ag = silver.)

The Total Mineral Resource Estimate for the project stands at: 7.6 Mt at 2.0% Cu, 0.7 g/t Au, and 2.5 g/t Ag.

What did management say?

Commenting on the development green light from the New South Wales government that’s boosting the ASX All Ords copper stock today, Aeris Resources executive chairman Andre Labuschagne said, “Receiving development consent represents a key milestone for the project.”

Labuschagne added:

Coupled with our recently declared Open Pit Ore Reserve, this places us in a strong position for Constellation to become the next major ore source for Tritton in the near term. We acknowledge and thank the NSW government for their continued support.

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If you are on the hunt for ASX 200 stocks with the potential to deliver big returns in 2026, then read on!

That’s because listed below are two that analysts are bullish on and believe could rise over 45% from current levels.

Here’s what they are recommending to clients:

Guzman Y Gomez Ltd (ASX: GYG)

Morgans sees major upside potential in this ASX 200 stock. The broker has a buy rating and $32.30 price target on the Mexican food focused quick service restaurant operator’s shares. Based on its current share price of $22.10, this implies potential upside of 46% for investors over the next 12 months.

It thinks that the company’s focus on menu innovation will support sales growth in the medium time. Morgans commented:

GYG has launched its latest limited-time offer (LTO): the BBQ Chicken Double Crunch (BBQ CDC). Early feedback suggests the item is one of GYG’s more indulgent menu items and taste tests have been overwhelmingly positive. The product leverages existing ingredients, meaning no incremental complexity or cost for stores, a margin-friendly innovation that aligns with GYG’s operational discipline. Management has repeatedly emphasised that menu innovation is a key lever for same-store sales (SSS) growth, and this launch reinforces that commitment. We reiterate our BUY rating.

Nickel Industries Ltd (ASX: NIC)

Another ASX 200 stock that analysts are tipping to rise strongly from current levels is Nickel Industries. It is a growing nickel producer with assets in Indonesia.

Bell Potter recently put a buy rating and $1.20 price target on its shares. Based on its current share price of 80 cents, this implies potential upside of 50% between now and this time next year.

The broker likes the company due to its long life and low cost assets, as well as its positive production growth outlook. Commenting on its buy recommendation, Bell Potter said:

Nickel Industries operations are located in Indonesia and are long-life, bottom-of-the-cost-curve projects. In 1HCY26 we anticipate the delivery of major positive growth catalysts. These include ore production rampup to a 19Mtpa run-rate (pending permits) at the Hengjaya Mine and the commissioning of the ENC HPAL project for ramp-up to full production of +70ktpa in1HCY26. We expect these developments to increase production, margins and EBITDA. While nickel prices are under pressure, NIC has shown the ability to make money through the cycle, which is a key attribute of attractive long-life assets.

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Shares in 3d Energi Ltd (ASX: TDO) were trading more than 10% higher on Monday after the company announced its second gas discovery in as many months off the Victorian coast.

The junior explorer said in a statement to the ASX that its Charlemont-1 well, which started drilling on Christmas Day, “unexpectedly” hit a zone of gas above its intended target zone.

The company went on to say:

On 25 December 2025, the Charlemont -1 well intersected significant gas shows approximately 160 meters above the primary target. At 2,552 meters, pressures were higher than anticipated and drilling was temporarily paused to assess potential adjustments to the well design, including options to continue to drill to the primary target. Predrill evaluation of the Charlemont-1 prospect did not anticipate intersecting gas at this shallower level.

New well design might be needed

3D said activities were currently underway to assess potential adjustments to the well design to allow drilling to continue to the target zone.

3D Energy is a 20% equity holder in the drilling program, with the operator ConocoPhillips Australia holding 51% and Korea National Oil Company owning 29%.

The news follows 3d reporting in late November that ConocoPhillips had struck gas while drilling the Essington-1 well, also in the Otway Basin off the Victorian coast.

3D said in a statement to the ASX on November 17 that the Essington-1 drilling program had intersected two gas bearing reservoirs, with one having 58.5 metres of net gas pay while the second had 31.5 metres.

Analysis shows good recoverability

Follow-up testing of that discovery found that there was “moderate to excellent reservoir quality” at that site, “confirming the presence of moveable, producible gas-condensate within better- developed sandstone units of the Waarre A reservoir”.

3D chair Nowell Newell said at the time:

A gas-condensate discovery with strong support for reservoir deliverability in an incredible start to the Otway Exploration Program for the joint venture and 3D Energi shareholders. Ora testing has confirmed reservoir deliverability in key Waarre A intervals and delivered the type of high-quality subsurface data needed to progress our technical and commercial evaluation. This is the first time the Ora technology has been deployed in Australia, and its successful application has allowed us to acquire crucial reservoir insights while reducing environmental impact.

3D Energi shares traded as high as 14.7 cents on Monday morning, up 13.1% before settling back to be 7.7% higher at 14 cents.

The company was valued at $68.1 million at the previous trading day’s close.  

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is responsible for adding trillions of dollars in value to a handful of companies over the last few years. Nvidia, for example, briefly touched a $5 trillion market cap this year, thanks to its dominant position in the market for graphics processing units (GPUs). Four other companies sit firmly above the $2 trillion threshold as we approach the new year. 

But three AI stocks currently have similar market caps around $1.6 trillion as of this writing, and are vying to become the first new $2 trillion company of 2026: Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). Here’s my prediction for the next company to top the milestone, and it could come as soon as next year. 

Artificial intelligence is fueling all three

Meta, Tesla, and Broadcom have all seen their stock prices heavily influenced by advances in AI this year.

Meta stock climbed higher early in the year as its efforts to improve its recommendation algorithms bore fruit. Ad revenue climbed higher as time spent on its apps increased, and ads became more effective. However, the stock took a step back recently as management shared plans to increase its AI-related spending.

Tesla’s value is heavily tied to its robotaxi service and AI innovations. The stock received a boost over the summer when it launched its robotaxi pilot in Austin, Texas. Investors added to those gains on promising progress on the company’s next-generation AI chip for its vehicles.

Broadcom’s custom AI accelerator business has gained momentum in 2025, as the company signed big contracts with OpenAI and Anthropic, the latter of which is buying Alphabet‘s Broadcom-designed tensor processing units (TPUs). To that end, Alphabet and Broadcom are seeing excellent progress in shifting more developer workloads to TPUs, which offer greater energy efficiency and cost savings versus Nvidia’s GPUs.

Broadcom stock took a step back after its last earnings report, as many analysts were disappointed with management’s expectation that greater AI chip sales would come at a lower gross margin.

While all three of these stocks have a path to a $2 trillion valuation in 2026, I expect Meta Platforms to reach the milestone first. Here’s why.

AI-powered earnings growth at an attractive valuation

Even with its run rate of $200 billion in annual revenue, Meta is still growing its bottom line quickly. Adjusted earnings per share climbed 20% in the third quarter, and improvements in AI are the reason.

Meta has seen an increase in both ad impressions and price per ad for eight straight quarters. That indicates that it’s increasing user engagement and opening new places within its apps for advertising while making ads more effective.

Management attributes a shift in its recommendation algorithm to make it more general across formats as the primary reason users are spending more time on its apps. Meta has seen similar improvements by applying the same methodology to its advertising algorithm. In other words, bigger models have directly translated into more revenue.

That trend should continue in 2026, as Meta opens up more opportunities for advertising, including on Threads and WhatsApp. It could also begin monetizing Meta AI, its generative AI chatbot. The improvements in its algorithms over the last couple of years should enable it to ramp up advertising quickly without as much negative impact on its pricing as we’ve seen in the past.

The bigger opportunity for Meta in 2026, though, may be the expansion of its generative AI features. It’s reportedly working on an AI agent that can manage advertising campaigns for small businesses. CEO Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly talks about the opportunity to handle everything involved with creating, testing, and optimizing ad campaigns on its platform through an AI agent.

And chatbots specializing in sales and customer service for a company could open the door for more businesses to push Facebook and Instagram users to start messaging them through Meta’s chat apps.

With small- and medium-sized businesses accounting for the bulk of advertisers on Meta’s platform, these innovations have the potential to dramatically increase the amount they’re willing to spend on ads. If the overhead for these clients is much lower, they can increase their ad spending and scale up their businesses faster.

Those efforts should fuel another year of strong revenue growth. And while depreciation expense from the increase in AI-related capital expenditures could eat into earnings growth, Meta should be able to manage continued improvements in earnings per share with the help of share repurchases.

The stock trades for just 26 times forward earnings expectations, which is much lower than Broadcom’s multiple and less than one-tenth the multiple Tesla stock trades for. I expect Meta to fetch a higher earnings multiple as it proves its AI spending to be well worth it once again in 2026, pushing its valuation to $2 trillion. 

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Weebit Nano Ltd (ASX: WBT) shares are starting the week with a bang.

In morning trade, the ASX tech stock is up almost 16% to $5.69.

Why is this ASX tech stock rocketing 16%?

Investors have been bidding the semiconductor company’s shares higher today after it made a couple of big announcements.

The first announcement reveals that the ASX tech stock has licensed its resistive random access memory (ReRAM) technology to Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN). It is a US$160 billion global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and sells analog and embedded processing chips.

According to the release, under the terms of the agreement, Weebit’s ReRAM technology will be integrated into Texas Instruments’ advanced process nodes for embedded processing semiconductors. The agreement includes intellectual (IP) licensing, technology transfer, design, and qualification of Weebit ReRAM in its process technologies.

Weebit ReRAM is a low-power, cost-effective non-volatile memory (NVM) that has proven excellent retention at high temperatures and has been qualified for AEC-Q100 150°C operation.

Commenting on the news, the ASX tech stock’s CEO, Coby Hanoch, said:

TI is one of the world’s foremost integrated device manufacturers, producing tens of billions of chips every year. This agreement is another strong signal that the industry is moving towards ReRAM as the successor to flash memory in SoC designs. It also reinforces Weebit’s position as the leading independent provider of ReRAM technology.

The company warned that this license agreement is expected to be long-term but its economic materiality is not known at this time. It stated that it views this commercial agreement as strategically important given Texas Instruments’ position in the global semiconductor industry.

Production orders and royalty payments will only commence in the medium term, at Texas Instruments’ discretion.

Texas Instruments’ Senior Vice President of Embedded Processing, Amichai Ron, said:

We are excited to collaborate with Weebit Nano to integrate ReRAM memory technology into our process technologies and products. The TI and Weebit Nano collaboration will enable our customers to get access to industry-leading NVM technology in performance, scale, and reliability which will enable us to enhance our position as a leading embedded processors provider.

Revenue guidance

In a separate announcement, the ASX tech stock revealed its revenue expectations for FY 2026.

It notes that in its annual general meeting presentation in November, it had a revenue goal of up to $10 million.

Following the signing of recent agreements, Weebit Nano now has IP licensing agreements with four fabs, as well as agreements with several product companies.

Based on these agreements, Weebit is now able to scrap this goal and announce revenue guidance for FY 2026 of a minimum of $10 million.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is up 0.1% today, with plenty of help from this surging ASX All Ords share.

The high-flying company in question is Metallium Ltd (ASX: MTM).

Shares in the precious metals recovery company closed on Wednesday trading for 94 cents apiece. In early morning trade on Monday, following the four-day Christmas holiday trading break, shares are trading for $1.02 apiece, up 8.5%.

This sees the Metallium share price up an eye-popping 343.5% over 12 months.

Here’s what’s grabbing ASX investor interest today.

ASX All Ords share surges on milestone achievement

The Metallium share price is leaping higher after the company announced it has commenced commissioning at its Texas Technology Campus (Gator Point).

This follows the successful and safe completion of the first chlorine flash using the ASX All Ords share’s proprietary Flash Joule Heating (FJH) technology. Metallium highlighted that this is “a major step” in de-risking its United States-based critical metals recovery platform.

Commissioning activities were reported to be progressing in parallel with ongoing construction works to support future expansion at Gator Point. Those activities include feedstock preparation and handling circuits; environmental control and gas-scrubbing systems; and process controls and safety systems.

The ASX All Ords shares said that commissioning is aligned with its staged ramp-up strategy toward Stage-1 nameplate capacity of 8,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) of inbound printed circuit board (PCB) E-waste.

The company is targeting Stage-1 throughput by the third quarter of calendar year 2026.

Those operations will be focused on the recovery of gold, copper, silver, and tin from PCB feedstocks. Advanced planning was also reported to be underway for a future gallium/germanium process line, which remains subject to Metallium securing the required feedstock supplies.

What did management say?

Commenting on the successful completion of the first chlorine flash that’s boosting the ASX All Ords share today, Metallium CEO Michael Walshe said, “It confirms that the core FJH process is operating as designed under real operating conditions and marks the formal start of commissioning at Gator Point, exactly as planned.”

Clearly pleased, Walshe added:

Having a three-crucible demonstration line already dry and wet commissioned gives us a powerful platform for ongoing R&D, feedstock qualification and partner engagement while we commission the wider plant. Securing our TCEQ Permit-by Rule provides a key regulatory milestone and enables us to advance commissioning with confidence.

In parallel, we are in advanced negotiations to secure long-term PCB feedstock supply arrangements to support Stage-1 operations. Securing high-quality, contracted feedstock is a critical pillar of our operating strategy as we scale toward 8,000 tonnes per annum of inbound PCB capacity.

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Despite the rate-cutting cycle almost certainly coming to an end, Bell Potter says it “remains constructive” on the real estate investment trust sector.

In a note to clients on the broker’s tips for 2026, the Bell Potter team said there were a number of reasons to be positive on the sector, “and expect that macro-driven weakness could be met with valuation support”.

This was because they expected earnings growth to come from a variety of factors, including growth in rental incomes, the potential for debt-funded acquisitions, and stable underlying property fundamentals with occupancy rates strong across most sectors except for offices.

So who do they like in the sector?

Aspen Group (ASX: APZ)

This real estate investor targets the provision of “affordable accommodation” to households with income of less than $100,000, Bell Potter says, adding that it is a “very defensive” market segment.

It went on to say:

The national undersupply equation means that this will remain a crucial pillar of the housing market and will be upheld by robust demand and government subsidy for the foreseeable future.

The Bell Potter team said they see “strong runway ahead” for Aspen, which upgraded its earnings outlook in its first-quarter update, and there was “further risk to the upside” for the remainder of the year.

Aspen is a recent ASX300 inclusion but remains under-owned across the market, and recent inclusion into EPRA NAREIT should underpin additional index/ passive buying.

Bell Potter has a $5.95 price target on Aspen shares compared with $5.57 currently.

Centuria Industrial REIT (ASX: CIP)

Centuria, the Bell Potter team said, is Australia’s largest pure-play industrial real estate investment trust, with $3.9 billion in total assets.

The trust’s portfolio is 85% metro infill, mostly on the eastern seaboard, diversified across 87 assets altogether.

The Bell Potter team went on to say:

The capital transaction market for industrial has improved significantly across calendar year 2025, and indeed, we see strong runway for the sector and in turn valuations into calendar year 2026 with material levels of dry powder capital already raised awaiting deployment.  Centuria provides access to a best in class, scaled, east coast portfolio of industrial property yet trades at a circa 14% discount to net tangible assets.

Bell Potter has a $3.65 price target on the shares compared with $3.37 currently.

Region Group (ASX: RGN)

This company is Australia’s largest landlord of neighbourhood shopping centres, Bell Potter said, with its 100 or so assets providing “highly resilient” income, with about 90% of rent derived from non-discretionary tenants.

The Bell Potter team went on to say:

As a result Region has historically (and likely will continue to) outperformed the market during volatile equity markets – a characteristic we find particularly attractive in the current climate.

The analysts said there were several positive signals in the market, including robust population growth, strong non-discretionary tenant sales, an undersupply of retail floor space, and increased capital appetite for the sector.

They added:

Whilst the immediate catalyst is valuation uplift, we also see a strong case for medium-term rental growth.

Bell Potter has a $2.70 price target on the shares compared with $2.44 currently.

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Most investors hope 2026 delivers calm markets, steady growth, and rising share prices. And I think there’s a good chance it will.

But history tells us that share market corrections are not a question of if, only when.

Corrections are uncomfortable, unpredictable, and rarely feel safe in the moment. Yet they are also when long-term wealth is often built.

Prices fall, sentiment turns negative, and high-quality ASX shares temporarily trade below what they are really worth.

If that happens in 2026, these are three ASX blue chip shares I would be watching closely.

Cochlear Ltd (ASX: COH)

Hearing solutions leader Cochlear is a blue chip ASX share I would buy if it pulled back meaningfully. It operates in a niche but lucrative global market, has dominant technology, and benefits from powerful long-term trends such as ageing populations and improving access.

When broader markets sell off, Cochlear shares are often dragged down with everything else, despite its long-term outlook remaining intact. While unnerving at the time, a market correction that pushes Cochlear to a more modest valuation could be exactly the sort of opportunity that I think investors should be using to their advantage.

Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG)

Another blue chip ASX share to buy on a correction could be Macquarie. It is one of Australia’s most resilient financial institutions, with a business model that goes well beyond traditional banking. Its exposure to infrastructure, asset management, and global markets has allowed it to grow earnings through multiple cycles.

While market downturns can temporarily reduce deal activity or asset values, Macquarie has consistently proven its ability to adapt and generate returns over time. In addition, buying Macquarie shares when sentiment is weak has historically rewarded patient investors. Given the quality of its businesses and management team, I expect this trend to continue long into the future.

ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD)

ResMed is another blue chip ASX share where long-term fundamentals matter far more than short-term noise. Sleep apnoea remains vastly underdiagnosed globally, and ResMed continues to invest heavily in technology, data, and connected healthcare solutions.

Corrections are often caused by concerns over short term economic weakness, but demand for ResMed’s products is not cyclical in nature. Sleep apnoea needs treating whatever is happening in the economy.

So, if market volatility were to push ResMed shares materially lower, I think it could present a compelling entry point for investors thinking five or ten years ahead.

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At the start of each week, I like to look at ASIC’s short position report to find out which shares are being targeted by short sellers.

This is because I believe it is well worth keeping a close eye on short interest levels as high levels can sometimes be a sign that something isn’t quite right with a company.

With that in mind, here are the 10 most shorted shares on the ASX this week according to ASIC:

• Boss Energy Ltd (ASX: BOE) remains the most shorted ASX share with short interest of 25.93%, which is up week on week. Short sellers have increased their positions after the uranium producer released a very disappointing update on the Honeymoon Project.
• Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP) has seen its short interest rise slightly to 17.9%. This pizza chain operator has been struggling in recent years and short sellers don’t appear to believe its performance is going to improve meaningfully in the near term.
• Guzman Y Gomez Ltd (ASX: GYG) has short interest of 13.4%, which is up slightly week on week again. This may have been driven by valuation concerns given the sky-high multiples the burrito seller’s shares trade on.
• Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX: PDN) has short interest of 13.4%, which is up slightly week on week again. Some short sellers appear to be betting against nuclear power adoption and a uranium bull market.
• IDP Education Ltd (ASX: IEL) has 12% of its shares held short, which is up week on week. This language testing and student placement company’s shares have been crushed in the last two years amid concerns over student visa changes.
• Polynovo Ltd (ASX: PNV) has short interest of 11.4%, which is up since last week. This medical device company’s shares are trading on high price-to-earnings multiples. It seems that some investors don’t believe this is justified.
• PWR Holdings Ltd (ASX: PWH) has short interest of 11.2%, which is down since last week. This motorsport products company is going through a transitional period, which is impacting its growth.
• IPH Ltd (ASX: IPH) has seen its short interest remain flat at 11.2%. This intellectual property services provider is battling weak trading conditions, which is weighing on its financial performance.
• Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: TLX) has short interest of 11%, which is down week on week. It has been a tough year for this radiopharmaceuticals company, with delays to FDA approvals and regulatory scrutiny.
• Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd (ASX: FLT) has short interest of 10.8%, which is down week on week again. Short sellers have started to close positions after the travel agent reported a positive start to FY 2026 and a new acquisition.

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Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has positions in Domino’s Pizza Enterprises. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, PWR Holdings, PolyNovo, and Telix Pharmaceuticals. The Motley Fool Australia has positions in and has recommended PWR Holdings. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Domino’s Pizza Enterprises, Flight Centre Travel Group, IPH Ltd , PolyNovo, and Telix Pharmaceuticals. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.