ASX:TCL

We spend a lot time analysing individual companies and the industries they operate in. There are two time horizons investors are focused on predominantly. Firstly, there is the short term, which is trying to assess the earnings trajectory over the next half yearly or yearly reporting season. In a perfect... Show More

Firstly, there was a good quote across my Bloomberg screen this morning that’s worth re-printing here – it sums up my thinking towards the market / investing / trading. Running portfolios for the last ~15 years, and writing a daily note for most of that can be a really rewarding... Show More

Champion Stocks all have a long term positive thematic, which should drive superior earnings growth and shareholder value over the coming years, notwithstanding inevitable disruptions in the economic and investment environment as well as some corporate stumbles from time to time.Therefore, we are not particularly concerned about the current year’s... Show More

They have seen the whites of the enemy’s eyes and beat a hasty retreat. Given the correlation of equity markets with the progression of quantitative easing, the prospect of tighter monetary conditions, particularly in the US, sent shivers through markets in the final quarter of 2018. Show More

Australian economy grows just 0.2% in Q4 and enters ‘GDP-per-person recession’ as auto sales crash; new study by S&P shows that investors are still being ‘fooled by randomness’, nearly 20 years after Nassim Nicholas Taleb first warned against it; and $US1.3 trillion asset manager, Legal & General, says quarterly earnings... Show More

There have been some astounding one-day moves this reporting season among the market darling midcaps, including Altium jumping 20%, Webjet soaring 30%, Blackmores plummeting 25%, and Bingo getting kneecapped by 49%. In this week's episode of Buy Hold Sell, we look past these wild moves to seek relative stability and resilience... Show More

Sellers tipped into the market early today however the weakness was short lived as news trickled across the Bloomberg that a tentative deal had been struck on border security (aka the Wall) that would avert a second government shutdown. That saw US futures rally +0.50% and our market put on... Show More

"Best in breed" JB Hi-Fi's results could be a harbinger of tough times for Australian retailers; Vanguard cuts its expected returns for equities over the coming decade; and George Soros says that Europe is "sleepwalking into oblivion". Here's what's happening in markets today. Show More

With the pace of reporting season increasing next week, you can access our updated full calendar here, which lists reporting companies in chronological order with forecasts and ratings. Show More

The public debate as to whether the US, and by extension the global economy, is heading for a recession has quickly fallen flat in early 2019. Very little works as reassuringly as rising share prices, and as the dire and gloomy final quarter of calendar 2018 has been followed up... Show More