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The great re-rating – defying gravity or yet another new normal?

A strong year for equity performance has seen the ASX200 increase more than 25% year to date. It’s all been driven by re-rating. It was recently put to us that this is...
BHP
Schroders Australia
Schroders
Equities

Cancer diagnostics and razor-blade business models

Here we take a look at the Medical Diagnostic industry, and the Pengana High Conviction Fund’s largest holding in the company Photocure – which has been a wonderful...
Pengana Capital Group
Pengana Capital Group
Equities

Measure what you value — so long as you don’t value just what you measure

Looking through The Sunday Times recently, I was confronted with the following headlines: “Fund managers face crackdown after Woodford scandal”, “Who needs a Woodford?...
William Low
Yarra Capital Management
Expert Insights

What you can learn from this Monster investment thesis

You’d think that one of best performing major companies in the US this century would be a tech stock. Interestingly, it’s energy drinks maker Monster Beverages, which...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Equities

Six stocks we're happy to be holding

2019 was a very strong year for the Australian sharemarket with ultra-low interest rates and record low bond yields pushing global sharemarkets higher. This was...
COL
CSL
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Daniel Moore
IML
Equities

Fundies' #1 picks: +59% in 2019

This time last year we invited five fund managers to pitch their #1 stock picks for 2019 and with just a handful of trading days left in 2019 it’s time to review the...
AQG
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James Marlay
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

An income investor’s top growth stocks

If you were to guess what’s in the portfolio of income specialist, Plato Investment Management, you probably wouldn’t have put growth juggernaut, CSL, on your list....
CSL
RMD
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
2020

With small caps, focus on the balance sheet

Sometimes the most basic principles can be the ones that are most easily overlooked. When investing in small caps, balance sheet strength is not only important for...
BGA
NUF
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NAOS Asset Management
NAOS Asset Management
NAOS
Equities

The New Criterion: ironing out the blight of money laundering

It may be cold comfort for shareholders of Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank, but our two biggest banks are not alone when it comes to breaching anti money laundering...
ID8
KYK
Tim Boreham
Tim Boreham
Independent Investment Research
Equities

Lights, Camera, Compounding

When constructing portfolios, we always remind ourselves to remain true to first principles in identifying stocks for potential inclusion. Specifically,...
Charlie Aitken
Charlie Aitken
Aitken Investment Management
2020

Own well-managed, ESG-focused, high-quality compounders

We like to say that there are two ways to lose money in equities, falling earnings and falling multiples. Two years ago, we were worried about the market’s multiple....
Bruno Paulson
Morgan Stanley IM
Equities

Fidelity: understanding emerging markets

EL&C Baillieu Chief Investment Officer Malcolm Wood expects improved investment returns for global emerging markets over the next 12 months, driven by:a likely...
Nicolas Burgess
Nicolas Burgess
EL&C Baillieu
2020

Double package of things to think about

As we step into the new decade, there are plenty of topics consuming investors’ thoughts including trade wars, Brexit, the Trump impeachment hearings, US presidential...
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Matthew Kidman
Centennial Asset Management
Equities

A blood test for cancer

A blood test for cancer is something of a holy grail in oncology, as it would allow cancers to be found and treated before symptoms show up, without surgery or...
Michael Frazis
Frazis Capital
Equities

The one chart that typifies current market conditions

Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is a US consumer goods giant, distributing mostly paper-based personal care brands like Kleenex, Kotex and Huggies.So why does its share...
Paul Moore
PM Capital
Equities

3 companies offering outstanding value

In November, we conducted a research visit to the UK, spending five jam packed days visiting over 25 companies across 6 sectors. The visit highlighted several...
Vince Pezzullo
Perpetual Asset Management (Australia)
Equities

Ten 'more' most tipped: + 43% for 2019...

Last week I revealed how the 'ten most tipped stocks' from our reader survey have recorded a +50% average total gain for the year. There was also a second group of...
AMI
AMP
+7
Alex Cowie
Alex Cowie
2020

The “gold rush” in China A shares

There is a growing buzz around accessibility of Chinese onshore (A) equity to a wider investor base (due to the further inclusion in widely used market indices)....
Rishi Patel
Rishi Patel
BMO
Equities

An Aussie small cap providing mission critical software

One of our largest positions is Bravura, which is also a newly disclosed holding. This is a company that we have followed for a long...
Joe Magyer
Joe Magyer
Lakehouse Capital
Expert Insights

More to financials than just the big 4

It’s unusual to see a more than 30% allocation to financials with virtually no big banks in the mix. We had a chance to ask David Poppenbeek from K2 to run through his...
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Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
Expert Insights

2 red flags growth investors should watch

While growth investors are used to paying for stocks trading at premium valuations, there comes a point when even the most rapidly growing business may not be a...
Livewire Exclusive
Livewire Markets
2020

Chinese and Indian middle classes flying high

While not a 2020-only issue the emergence of the Chinese middle class is one of the world’s great success stories of pulling almost a billion people out of poverty...
Curtis Cifuentes
Curtis Cifuentes
Avenir Capital
Equities

Rio spends $80m on Winu copper find, fuelling speculation of a new year maiden resource

More evidence that Rio is on to something special puts spotlight back on Winu nearology juniors Antipa and Sipa. Plus, Euroz barracks hard for Legend’s WA...
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Barry FitzGerald
Independent Journalist
2020

Where’s the euphoria to herald a market top?

Market forecasting is perilous at the best of times. We don’t know anyone in 2007 that predicted there would be $17tn of negative yielding bonds in 2019; or the large...
Bob Desmond
Claremont Global
Equities

Is the bull market about to break?

(Ed note: First published 13 Dec' 2019). 2019 was expected to be a challenging one for markets, however as the year-end nears, Australian indexes are up 20 percent on...
APT
+2
James Abela
Fidelity International
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