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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What goes down, may just stay down
Christopher Demasi
June 5, 2019
For over a decade the debate around US interest rates has been around when they would finally rise again, rather than if. Now that sense of inevitability is being shaken hard, or at least pushed out indefinitely once more. Continue…
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Googling Alphabet’s Earnings
Christopher Demasi
May 24, 2019
I thought it would be worth spending some time addressing Alphabet’s most recent quarterly financial result, not only because it’s businesses are massive in scale and value, with operations that are important to billions of people around the world (FYI Alphabet owns Google and YouTube), but also because Alphabet is an important holding in the Montaka long portfolio. Continue…
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Alibaba keeps growing strongly
Christopher Demasi
May 22, 2019
Last week Alibaba, the world’s largest retailer and e-commerce company, reported financial results for the final quarter of its fiscal year 2019. Alibaba’s Chinese online retail platform continued to grow strongly and drove astounding performance. Continue…
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More Trump?
Christopher Demasi
May 7, 2019
As the race to determine the Democratic nominee in the 2020 US presidential elections heats up, President Trump’s chances of a second term may be improving. Across the board Democratic candidates appear to be campaigning on more extreme liberal policy and rhetoric. While this provides a clear contrast to Trump’s positioning, it may ironically hand the President a win late next year. Continue…
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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…
by Christopher Demasi Posted in Investing Education.
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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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