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Separating the value from the story

Currently, the market’s ‘story’ for the global banks is not a positive one. Increasing regulation, the threat of fines and lawsuits, and a general investor-apathy have...
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Time to switch back into retail?

Two years ago, retail stocks were performing well, while mining services companies were just about on life support. At the time, switching from one to the other looked...
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The biggest turnaround story in Australia

BHP has been an underperformer for over a decade now. Troy Angus, Head of Large Caps at Paradice Investment Management, says this has largely been due to “hideously...
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Buy Hold Sell: 5 global growth stocks

There are 323 million people in the US, 743 million in Europe, and 1.3 billion in China. When looking at Australia’s population of just 24 million coupled with a low...
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High conviction small caps, straight from the experts

After asking our panel of small cap managers what’s driving the stellar run in small caps, and the key themes to play, we asked them to nominate a high-conviction...
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Some good news for dividend investors

With the challenges facing leading dividend payers like CBA and Telstra, investors would be forgiven for being downbeat on the outlook for dividends. Telstra’s...
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Animal Spirits to the Fore

In March this year, copper miner MMG announced that it had sold its Century zinc mine in Queensland for the grand total of $1. That $1 didn’t go far though. MMG agreed...
Steve Johnson
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Using bad headlines to make great investments

At face value, the positions in the Schroders Global Recovery Fund may look very different, but they all have a similar thread, and that’s that people are scared. Nick...
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Fund manager fees and fallacies

Imagine you wrote an annual letter that was read by investors worldwide looking to you for guidance. What would you write about fund manager fees? When addressing the...
Andrew Macken
Montaka Global Investments
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Buy Hold Sell: 5 out-of-favour stocks

Everyone loves a bargain, but buying out-of-favour stocks can be a risky business. The five stocks discussed in today’s episode have fallen an average of 32% over the...
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What's driving the stellar run in small caps?

Small caps have surged in recent months. The Emerging Companies index (XEC), which includes stocks such as HUB24, Appen, Imdex, and Updater in its top ten...
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The dichotomy in business today

Technology is enabling businesses to start up at lower costs than ever before. Whether it’s renting server farms from Amazon Web Services, purchasing subscription...
Amit Lodha
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Fidelity International
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How is Bunnings’ UK expansion progressing?

There is no substitute for boots-on-the-ground research when researching companies. Greencape puts great emphasis on this process, seeing it as investment and not a...
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Buy Hold Sell: 5 cheap stocks

Unloved with low PEs and enticing yields these are the calling cards of cheap stocks and in a market that’s running hot, true value is hard to find. In this episode of...
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Assessing today’s dividend landscape

If income is your religion then prepare to meet your God! Dr Don Hamson is Managing Director of Plato Investment Management and specialises in seeking out the best...
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Can a2 Milk’s earnings match the hype?

In the space of just one month, a2 Milk added more than $1bn of additional market capitalisation, Wisetech Global not far short of $1bn, and Blackmores more than...
Martin Conlon
Schroders
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Taxation will be a big risk for FANGs

Risks often come from unexpected places. For global technology companies, the obvious risks might come from obsolescence and changing consumer preferences. We think...
Amit Lodha
Amit Lodha
Fidelity International
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One small cap with market leading potential

One attraction of investing small caps is the potential to uncover one of those rare gems that start small and go on to become big caps. Stocks like Magellan,...
Marcus Burns
Spheria
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Buy Hold Sell: Financials - old vs new

Financials are at a crossroads. On the one hand, banks and insurance companies are set to benefit from recovering global growth and higher interest rates. However,...
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The best place for value and momentum

After decades of disappointment, the investment environment is finally starting to look positive in Japan. Chad Slater, Joint CIO at Morphic Asset Management, says...
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Global investing: just buy the megatrend, right?

In this video I discuss if investing globally is simply a case of buying the right megatrend? Demonstrating a text book lesson in understanding a megatrend and...
Andrew Macken
Montaka Global Investments
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11 very different growth opportunities

Greencape Capital is able to invest right across the market, and we had the chance to ask Jonathan Koh where the fund was seeing the best medium-term growth...
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GE: Buffett’s Last Takeover?

I’m sure I’m not the only one running the ruler over capital goods giant GE (General Electric). Still influenced by the rein of Jack Welch from 1981-2001, the company...
Gareth Brown
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It’s time for value to shine

The market has favoured growth stocks in recent years, but that could all change according to Matthew Booker from Spheria Asset Management. In a cycle that’s been 10...
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Isentia Shows That “Good” Businesses Can be Risky Too

Isentia’s shares were trading at $3.50 this time last year. Yesterday the stock closed at $1.05. There’s nothing unheard of about a 70% share price fall. Forager...
Steve Johnson
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