Christopher Demasi
Christopher is a Portfolio Manager for the Montaka funds and the Montgomery Global funds. He joined MGIM at establishment in 2015.
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The Mathematics of Long/Short
Christopher Demasi
April 15, 2019
Over the past few weeks we have had the pleasure of meeting with clients and friends of the firm around Australia and New Zealand. We are fortunate to have such sophisticated advisers and investors as clients. It makes our discussions detailed and insightful. One subject of interest recently was the performance drivers of, and expectations for, long/short funds. In this article I will put some mathematics and meaning around the topic. Continue…
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What is a long/short to do?
Christopher Demasi
April 2, 2019
Over the past few weeks we have had the pleasure of meeting with clients and friends of the firm around Australia and New Zealand. The turbulent and challenging final quarter of last year was of great interest to many, despite, or perhaps because, of the quick rebound in stock markets in the first couple months of this year. As we expected the light was also shone on the performance of long/short equity strategies over this period. Continue…
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Electric vehicles in the fast lane
Christopher Demasi
March 21, 2019
Electric vehicle sales are finally accelerating, and our global funds are well positioned to take a ride in the fast lane. According to Visual Capitalist it took five years to sell the first million electric vehicles (EVs), and in 2018 it took just six months. Continue…
by Christopher Demasi Posted in Editor's Pick, Technology & Telecommunications.
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The World’s Most Valuable Brands Are…(Not Trump!)
Christopher Demasi
March 4, 2019
Last week Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony opened (again) the possibility that his former boss, US President Trump, lied, cheated and stole on his way to the White House. A lot of it we had seen and heard before in many ways. But a new piece of evidence submitted we had not seen or heard before – an appraisal of Trumps’ brand, valued at US$4 billion. Continue…
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Kraft Heinz is a warning to not always invest like Warren Buffett
Christopher Demasi
February 25, 2019
Jonathan Shapiro published an article in the Australian Financial Review where he discusses how one of Buffett’s biggest positions, Kraft Heinz fell 30 per cent after it made a host of horror revelations. Jonathan mentions how the Montaka funds have been actively betting against Kraft Heinz. Read here.
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The wide-body is dead, long live the wide-body!
Christopher Demasi
February 25, 2019
Airbus, one half of the global duopoly in passenger jets, recently released its financial results for 2018. Along with the release, the company announced that it will cease production of the world’s largest passenger airliner, the A380. That’s good news. Continue…
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Hearts & Minds investments: Montaka’s best idea and why
Christopher Demasi
February 15, 2019
Chris was previewed by the Hearts & Minds LIC (HM1). He articulates the investment thesis on Airbus which he pitched as a long idea at the Sohn Hearts & Minds conference in November last year and was selected by the HM1 Investment Committee as an investment in the LIC. Read here. Continue…
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Nasdaq is baq in 2019
Christopher Demasi
February 11, 2019
After running into a bear market late last year, the Nasdaq index which measures technology stocks in the US, is up almost 20 per cent and on its way to the second-fastest bounce back in history. Continue…
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Home prices back at peak levels…in the US
Christopher Demasi
February 4, 2019
After writing a piece on Aussie home prices last week, I thought it only fair to follow up with something closer to Montaka’s second home here in New York. While all our readers will be aware that Australian home prices have taken a turn down over the last 15 months or so, how many know what happened to US home prices since they tumbled in the turmoil of the financial crisis of 2008-09? Continue…
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Aussie houses, foreign buyers, where did everybody go?
Christopher Demasi
January 29, 2019
I hadn’t expected to arrive in our New York office in the depths of winter (minus 23 degrees with windchill last weekend) after enjoying Christmas in Sydney (30 degrees and shorts are a fond memory) to write about Australian houses. We run global funds, and Australia is still part of the world, so maybe I can justify it that way. Continue…
by Christopher Demasi Posted in Property.
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