A quick lesson on what to look for (17/02/2016)
Roger Montgomery is the Founder and Chairman of Montgomery Investment Management. Roger has over three decades of experience in funds management and related activities, including equities analysis, equity and derivatives strategy, trading and stockbroking. Prior to establishing Montgomery, Roger held positions at Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming, BT (Australia) Limited and Merrill Lynch.
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Tony Vera
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Hi Roger
Totally understand where you are coming from however if you had brought Telstra back in August 2012 when you started your fund your total return including dividends would be around 85%. Telstra was trading around $3.50 in August 2012 and have distributed around 1.10 in dividends. This equates to a better return than you fund.
Cheers
Roger Montgomery
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Very true Tony…and if you’d picked any penny dreadful gold stock at the very bottom and it subsequently rallied 400% you would have done better too. But that isn’t investing. The reality is that few people pick the bottoms and most Telstra investors have bought at higher prices (for example after John Howard suggested every Australian should participate in the great company that is Telstra’s second sell down at $7.40).