High conviction

Conviction can be infectious. Engaging someone who is genuinely passionate about markets, has the courage to plant their feet, and the commitment to follow through...

"High Conviction" is bandied about a lot in the investing world. But how does one actually find stocks that fit the bill? For Fidelity’s Anthony Srom, in large part,...

We expect a solid earnings season for the AREIT sector, driven by a strong recovery in retail which has been impacted by COVID; high earnings growth from the fund...

The sharp rise in long bond yields from 1.5% at the beginning of the year to 3.6% in June continued to create headwinds for long-duration assets such as REITs. The...

A-REITs have been a key beneficiary of cap rate compressions and falling interest rates in the past 10 years. With the RBA raising rates for the first time since...

Many would be familiar with Nike’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy, their ambition to generate the majority of sales through their own physical stores and online...

Firetrail's Anthony Doyle believes that if investors seek better than benchmark returns, their portfolios need to look entirely different to said benchmark. The team...

In case you missed it, Livewire's Ally Selby was joined by WaveStone Capital's Raaz Bhuyan and Perpetual's James Rutledge for a jam-packed episode of Buy Hold Sell....

Using a consistent structure in your investment process can help take emotion out of the equation. For Intermede Investment Partners' Barry Dargan, a "5-10-15" rule is...

The world is getting a lot more expensive. In the US, prices rose 7% in the year to December - the largest 12-month gain since June 1982. Here in Australia, that...

As global fund managers, one of the most important areas of focus for many of the companies we research is around talent acquisition and retention. This issue goes...

As the pandemic kept people at home, we saw a dramatic rise in at-home consumption of spirits and a shift in preferences towards more premium products. We believe...

An important issue all investors wrestle with is how closely aligned a company's management team is with ordinary shareholders. While there are countless ways to...

At Claremont Global, a 10 to 15 stock concentrated quality growth manager that invests globally, we look at the portfolio in terms of the 4Ps: People, Process,...

This month, Australia’s two largest economies started reopening after months of lockdown, with expectations that it could unleash a wave of consumer spending and...

Fund manager James McDonald at the Pengana High Conviction Equities Fund provides insight into some of the current opportunities arising for the fund. In particular,...

As we come out of lockdown, our focus turns to the two real estate sub-sectors which have been most affected, retail and office, and assessing how these sectors will...

Ivan from South Australia has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the share market. After getting burnt as a teenager during the 1969-1970 nickel boom, the...

Over the last 12 months the Australian equity market has been supported by a strong cyclical earnings recovery, unprecedented fiscal support and an extraordinarily...

Looking at the reporting season scorecard, there was a vast improvement compared to last year. 15 REITs provided either EPS or DPS guidance. Those withholding guidance...