In 2019 James was given the opportunity to contribute to ASX-small cap site Stockhead as a staff reporter, contributing news and features for its daily service.

He wrote about commodities, stocks, and the market to help make dry financial information interesting as heck.

You’ll find a few highlights below:

The How, What and Why of the NSX

Ever heard of the NSX? Neither had James, until he wrote this piece.

The NSX is attempting to become Australia’s secondary trading market, so he talked to some of the key players behind a renewed push to get it up and running in this feature/explainer.

Why are there so many damned resources companies based in West Perth?

It’s been a long-running joke that if you’re a resources company on the ASX, there’s a 50-50 shot you’re based in this humble Perth suburb.

James set out to find why, quizzing Perth property players to get the inside word on how West Perth emerged as a haven for small cap resources companies.

The first jobs of leading ASX CEOs

It turns out that you can do a fair bit with a SurveyMonkey form and curiosity.

James completed this piece looking at the first after-school jobs of people who now run multi-million dollar companies — from being an army cadet to a florist, these five CEOs demonstrate that where you start doesn’t dictate where you end up.

When China talks about rare earths, the world listens

In the context of the US-China trade war in 2019, James wrote this piece on how a humble group of metals emerged as a key point of leverage between the pair.

This is what he does best, taking a big and complicated idea and making it both easy to follow with compelling content.