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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As you know we have long been short Iron Ore. That was clever! “…long been short…”?
Jokes aside, many investors are still buying mining and mining services companies. Their reasoning is that they have underperformed the financials and non resource cyclicals. The rationale is that because they have under performed it is time for them to catch up. Well as you know, I think that is a bit like entering a Formula 1 race with a billy kart and a couple of friends to give you a push. Just because the billy-kart has lost the last 1000 races doesn’t mean its time for it to win. An F1 car accelerates from zero to 150kmh in 1.4 seconds. No matter how hard your friends push, your billy cart simply isn’t going to match it.
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In this article, published in The Australian, Roger talks about growth in local Aussie companies. What does the future look like according to Roger? Read here.
In this column for the Herald Sun, Roger talks about commodity prices and the continued growth of the Chinese economy. Read here.
In discussion with Ticky Fullerton on ABC1’s The Business, Roger highlights the poor performance of NAB over the past 10 years – and also provides his insights into whether now is a good time to invest, and the unchanging nature of the television market in Australia . Watch here.
This program was broadcast on 13 March 2013.
Question to the world’s biggest property developer: Is there a bubble [In China]?
Answer: Yes of course.
Watch this video broadcast by CBS last week.
Watch here.
In discussion with Ross Greenwood on Radio 2GB, Roger discusses how on a total-return basis the Australian stock market is back to pre-GFC levels, and also provides his insights on Silverlake resources. Listen here.
This program was broadcast 12 March 2013.
If you are fan of pizza – I am but only the home made variety I grew up with in inner northern Melbourne – you may have seen Domino’s Pizza promoting its “biggest announcement in twenty years”. The social media campaign caught our interest because the company made a $15.4 million net profit for the six months to December 2012 but enjoys a market capitalisation of $800 million. We wanted to know what their “game changer” was going to be. As one Facebook fan wondered, it could be GPS guided pizza missiles.
Dominos have done an amazing job of harnessing the internet and social media to radically change the fast food industry but this campaign backfired badly. Believe it or not, the “Gamechanger”/”biggest announcement in 20 years”, was the release of new toppings and rectangular pizza bases. In a press release at the weekend Dominos announced:
“In the biggest and tastiest announcement in Domino’s 20 year history, Domino’s Pizza have revealed their new Chef’s Best™ Range…
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If you are an investor in ARB or any listed business exposed to car sales such as Super Retail Group or Automotive Holdings, you may be interested in the latest Vfacts stats below that were kindly sent to us by our friends at broker Taylor Collison.
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