In 2017, emerging markets delivered some of their best returns since 2009. However, a series of headwinds – which include a stronger US dollar, lower liquidity due to rising US rates, China’s attempts at deleveraging, and uncertainty surrounding trade – have now hit. This has meant some of those gains... Show More
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 see why. But is the grass really greener out there? And if so, what are the risks and where is the value?... Show More
Graeme Carson from Cyan Investment Management nearly refused the initial meeting with this microcap, but was inspired to ‘do some digging’ after hearing the scale of the vision the management had. Today he believes the company is on its way to growing its value fivefold. Show More
A2M is up 9% in two days helped by the BAL earnings upgrade. It has also announced it will expand its brand throughout the North East of the US starting this month. The area is home to 60 million consumers which according to research from A2M accounts for 20% of... Show More
One of the businesses we believe is well-positioned for a strong 2018 is traffic enforcement technology provider, Redflex Holdings (ASX:RDF). Show More
It’s often said that Australians are a nation of travellers. One could stretch to almost any corner of the globe and stumble across an Aussie. Given the increasingly global context of business and economics, we would suggest that the intrepid nature present in individual Australian travellers is increasingly prevalent in... Show More
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 years in the making, companies have grown large and attracted high valuations while burning large amounts of cash. Show More
Investors can be drawn to small-caps because the segment often houses companies with unappreciated growth prospects. The challenge of course is to avoid the numerous failures and investment speculation from creeping into portfolios. Show More
In this Buy Hold Sell thematic discussion, the ‘two JB’s, Justin Braitling from Watermark and Julian Beaumont from Bennelong, discuss inflation, rates, and how important they are to equity markets. They finish by highlighting some sectors presenting opportunities, and some to stay clear of. Show More
Livewire recently asked Sean Fenton of Tribeca, Vince Pezzullo of Perpetual, and Simon Shields of Monash to share their views as to whether the trend that emerged last year, whereby growth stocks struggled and cyclicals rallied, could continue through 2017. Following on from their enlightening responses, we asked our three... Show More
We talked about high PE stocks this morning with the view to being very cautious around that part of the market. That said, there were still a number of them that are on our radar and indeed a few that we currently own. There’s no sugar coating it, this part... Show More
The lists of the best performing and worst performing stocks in the ASX200 during 2016 told a dramatic narrative of a reversal of fortunes between growth stocks and resource stocks. One month into 2017, and we have evidence of this continuing. BHP and RIO are up 11.2% and 14.4% year-to-date... Show More
Growth stocks have come under pressure in recent months, with a number of high-quality, high-growth companies quickly losing up to 30% in price. We asked Tim Hannon, CIO of Newgate Capital to explain the drivers and implications of this move: “We always wonder how you get a great quality company... Show More
One theme we have explored in the past is the search for stocks that have a good combination of dividend yield and earnings growth, the so called GARY stocks (Growth And Reasonable Yield). We think that continues to be a sensible strategy and have screened the ASX 100 universe for... Show More
The difference in valuation multiples between value stocks and growth stocks is at a level "without precedent," higher even than during the dot-com boom, explains Sam Ferraro, founder of Evidente. Stocks like CSL, Ramsay Healthcare, and Domino's Pizza are "in aggregate, trading at far higher multiples than they have in... Show More
In recent years, there has been an enormous shift towards passive investing and index funds, supported by academics, investment practitioners, financial advisors, and assorted pundits. While we don’t know if they’re right for you (speak to your financial advisor), are there any situations where managed funds may be a better... Show More
This is the question most prospective investors of our managed funds and anyone interested in small cap investing ask us. Identifying investment ideas, whether it is ASX listed companies or global companies can come about many ways. It could be we stumble upon them by trawling through all the companies... Show More
As the dust settles on yet another eventful reporting season, we believe it is important to take some time to pause and reflect on markets and our portfolio positioning. As a natural and ongoing extension of this process, we examine a range of companies that we believe are well positioned... Show More
NAOS recently attended the 36th Annual Canaccord Growth Conference in Boston where over 300 predominately US based companies presented. As the title suggests this conference is all about growth companies hence there was a strong presence of both biotechnology and technology companies presenting to investors. NAOS does not place an... Show More
Despite the common complaint that there’s too little growth, there are many companies and industries that are growing quickly. Outbound Asian (particularly Chinese) tourism is growing exponentially. Broadband usage is growing rapidly as we use more data for entertainment. Online flight and hotel bookings are also stealing market share from... Show More