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Lessons from Warren Buffett's mentor

It’s rare to see investors agree on a topic, but when Livewire recently reached out to Roger Montgomery, Ben Rundle, and Jason Teh to find out which ‘super investor’...
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How to Invest in Emerging Markets

A few months ago, local brokers in Manila were wondering what was I doing in their city. Apparently I was a year late. While in 2017 the local bourse jumped 25%, since...
Alvise Peggion
Alvise Peggion
Forager Funds
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Benefiting from bad news

One of the most fundamental principles of capitalism tells us that large am ounts of competition drives down returns. Investing is no different. Justin Koonin,...
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Five myths of diversification

Diversification is one of the basic principles of finance, but it’s also often misunderstood. As one of the few genuine ‘free lunches’ in finance, it’s worth busting...
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Turn a threat into an opportunity

‘Economic moats’ allow companies to maintain their competitive advantage, so are essential for long-term profitability, but also for responding to a structural threat....
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10 questions with Chris Prunty from QVG Capital

Small companies continue to attract attention from investors while large caps deal with sector specific and macro headwinds. I took the opportunity to fire 10...
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
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The hardest part of being contrarian (& how to deal with it)

Very few activities in life are both worthwhile and easy, and investing is no exception. While jumping on the latest high-flying momentum stock might win you the...
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The Rules of Investing: What makes a good business?

After a chance meeting with legendary stock picker, David Paradice, today’s guest, Kevin Beck, joined Paradice Investment Management to head up their successful Global...
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The biggest structural value trap today

If you can find a cheap stock in this market, are you buying value or buying a value trap? In this video, Warryn Robertson, Portfolio Manager at Lazard Global Equity...
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Timing is everything

Timing is everything. This fact of life is true with just about every decision we make. Many investors believe timing the market is everything. Selling out of equities...
Patrick Hodgens
Firetrail Investments
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Buffett’s late cycle strategy

We’ve heard a lot from investors around the world about late-cycle investing in recent times. The consensus tells us that the end of the bull market is not too far...
Patrick Poke
A Rich Life
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Where the bush fires start

When looking for potential problems in a company, the first place to look is the balance sheet. Amit Lodha, Portfolio Manager at the Fidelity Global Equities Fund,...
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5 investment lessons that stand the test of time

Claudia Huntington, a veteran portfolio manager at Capital Group, reflects on her 45-year career analysing companies, issues and trends in the investment industry and...
Paul Hennessy
Capital Group
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How to fix Financial Services

It ain’t over yet. Round 6 of the Financial Services Royal Commission, set for September, is going to focus on insurance. An investment in the Forager Australian...
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Steve Johnson
Forager
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The perfect deal and how to find it

An unconditional offer is the holy grail of mergers and acquisitions, but such deals are rare, says Luke Cummings, CIO at Harvest Lane Asset Management. In this short...
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The three ingredients of successful investing

Scott Haslem started his career in 1991 as an economist working alongside the likes of Glenn Stevens and Bernie Fraser at the RBA. Today he is the Chief Investment...
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Stacking the odds in your favour

When looking for mispriced opportunities, it’s important to separate what a company says from what it actually does. Simon Shields from Monash Investors Limited...
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Make the hard decision

Even Warren Buffet only gets 6 out of 10 calls right. So investors of all stripes should be prepared to respond appropriately for the calls they will get wrong. In...
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The Rules of Investing: A bright future for growth investing

For decades, traditional wisdom held that value investing is the only way to outperform, and with good reason. Until the GFC, value had outperformed growth in all but...
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Screening out the noise

If there’s one thing the market’s not short of, it’s noise. With newsreels looking for a quick sugar hit, it’s easy to get clouted in the latest headlines. For...
Alva Devoy
Alva Devoy
Fidelity International
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Airlie: Finding quality at the right price

Emma Fisher's Grandfather introduced her to investing when she was just 19. With $500 from her part-time job at Woolies, she bought a parcel of QBE shares. Constantly...
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A Case for Concentrated Investing

It is our view that concentrated portfolios offer superior risk-adjusted returns over the long term. In this piece, we put forward the rationale for a concentrated...
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NAOS Asset Management
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Global investing: Is the grass really greener?

ABS data recently showed that global investing flows have overtaken those for local investing. With the ASX lagging global peers for the last decade, it’s not hard to...
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IPOs: Sorting the winners from the losers

The average return on new listings in 2017 was over 60%. Having some exposure can add to your returns, but there are plenty of landmines to avoid. Cyan is active in...
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Where the market’s got it wrong

Expectations are critical in investing, and at no time is their importance higher than during reporting season. Even a strong result can see a stock price tumble if it...
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