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Winning by not losing

Human emotions and biases affect all investors. Left unchecked, these emotions can sabotage financial decisions and generate suboptimal investment outcomes. But...
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Bruce Apted
State Street Global Advisors
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Building a sustainable income portfolio

Since 2010 traditional blue-chip yield stocks have become notoriously unreliable for consistent income. Take for example NAB's dividend, which peaked at $1.98 in FY 14...
BHP
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Livewire Markets
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Media Worth Consuming – September 2020

A monthly wrap-up of interesting and informative media on finance, economics, politics and society that you might have missed. Finance An American shopping mall CMBS...
Jonathan Rochford
Narrow Road Capital
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The death of coal has been greatly exaggerated

A ‘Materially’ Different Take on Infrastructure: Betting Big Behind the Scenes on Coronado Global Resources (CRN.ASX) +20% in 2 Weeks with More to Come!...
Michael Goldberg
Collins St Value Fund
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60/40 is wounded

They say justice is slow as well as blind: ‘Justice limps along but gets there in the end’ - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Trends in financial markets can be like that,...
Chad Padowitz
Talaria Asset Management
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The barbell effect of COVID-19

Throughout history, financial crises have been caused by an economic shock or a fundamental demand/supply imbalance. This crisis is different. When the pandemic hit,...
Sinéad Rafferty
Fidante
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Bonds and Your Investing Health

I’m often asked why I'm fixated on bonds rather than following the herd with shares and cash. I blame this fixation on my age and sentiment. I am also a control...
Ray Trevisan
Ray Trevisan
OTG Capital
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Central banks don’t dispense “Stimulus” – they peddle poison

Do Low Rates of Interest Really Support Markets? On 10 September, I concluded that they don’t. This article explores one of this result’s major implications: investors...
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
Rapid Fire

Value and growth traps: How to avoid both and beat the market

Previously an actuary, Andrew Martin knows the importance of “valuing future financial risk" within investing better than most, especially in a world of relentless...
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Five fundies managing $3.5bn of LICs and active ETFs share their insights

This week at Pinnacle’s Investment Summit, $3.5bn of FUM in LICs and ETFs was on show across five boutique fund managers debating their best practice initiatives to...
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Chris Meyer
Pinnacle Investment Management Limited
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Tips for using ETFs in an investment portfolio

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are growing rapidly in popularity among Australian investors. The ~240 ETFs on the ASX hold nearly $70 billion in assets. Of course, not...
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Livewire Markets
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How to find the next CSL of fund managers

We all wish we had invested in CSL back in the float. Investors that did the legwork involved in finding and then backing the opportunity at its listing in 1994, would...
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Anthony Murphy
Lucerne Funds Pty Ltd
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Building a Portfolio with Resilience in Mind

Resilience /rɪˈzɪlɪəns/ noun 1. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. “the often remarkable resilience of so many Australian institutions” 2....
Camilla Love
eInvest
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Our best buy ideas in Resources

Last week, Market Matters hosted a Resource Round Table to give an overview of the commodity market, and then delve into picks that give exposure to it, big and small....
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BHP
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James Gerrish
Market Matters
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What two decades of private equity investing has taught us

One of the pioneering local private equity investment programmes sits within MLC Asset Management. With 23 years of private equity experience Jonathan Armitage, the...
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How ‘market timing’ can cost you

Many investors go to a lot of effort trying to pick market (or individual share price) lows and highs, in an attempt to time their entries and exits. It’s a strategy...
Ilan Israelstam
Betashares
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Two long term trends just taking off

My process of global investing focuses on seeking undervalued management talent in growing industries at reasonable valuations. While the bulk of my time is spent...
Amit Lodha
Amit Lodha
Fidelity International
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Do low rates of interest really support markets?

Do today’s minuscule rates of interest justify stock markets’ sky-high valuations? Bulls often imply – and sometimes boldly assert – that they do, and mainstream...
Chris Leithner
Leithner & Company Ltd
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Hiding in plain sight

As a fund manager in global equities, we are often asked about stock selection, especially at times like now when there has been a frenzy of investors that have piled...
Chad Padowitz
Talaria Asset Management
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Lessons from 5 decades of investing

I recently caught up with Equity Portfolio Manager Claudia Huntington and she shared with me the idea that most successful investment decisions hinge on a single...
Matt Reynolds
Matt Reynolds
Capital Group
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3 mistakes to avoid when picking a fundie

There has rarely been a more urgent time to assess whether your money is being optimally managed. Market valuations are close to all-time highs while risk levels are...
Jerome Lander
WealthLander
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Six Tips When Assessing Collateral

I’m often surprised how many investors take no notice of what is securing their money (aka collateral), when they happily lend their life savings out to any Tom, Dick...
Ray Trevisan
Ray Trevisan
OTG Capital
Expert Insights

Nimble, diverse and scarce

What do a garden centre, an Indian food company, an IT service provider and a video game maker have in common? According to Jonathan Armitage, chief investment...
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The scariest times yield the best rewards

Value stocks have copped a hammering in recent years, but there are several reasons why the investing style isn't fundamentally broken. The last decade or so has not...
Nick Kirrage
Schroders
Expert Insights

Challenging markets, attractive opportunities

2020 has thrown up plenty of challenges making it a testing time for investors and managers of companies. Jonathan Armitage, Chief Investment Officer of MLC Asset...
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