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Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing, outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace. The company boasts an impressive 10 million users and 5 million projects. We wonder whether Freelancer.com has a network economy similar to other successful online marketplaces, such as Seek (ASX:SEK), REA Group (ASX:REA) and CarSales.com (ASX:CRZ)? continue…

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Sometimes it’s easy to identify the source of competitive advantage that drives the performance of a great business. For example, it may be intellectual property supported by large R&D investments in the case of companies like Resmed or Cochlear; it may be network effects and a dominant market position in the case of businesses like REA Group or Carsales; or it may be ownership of long life, very low cost resources for a mining company. continue…

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Brambles, the world’s largest pallet provider, has proposed to demerge its Recall business, which specialises in document management. The company has recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM), and the board had much to say about the value that would be created for shareholders from the transaction.

Question: is this concept of value creation different to how we consider it at Montgomery Investment Management? continue…

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When we last provided an update on AGI, the share price was progressing towards our $5.00 valuation at a pace that was taking us by surprise. continue…

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When the Labor Government proposed changes to the Fringe Benefits Tax in July, it sent shock waves through the novated leasing industry. While the Coalition rejected the proposed changes when it was subsequently elected, companies like McMillan Shakespeare (ASX: MMS) experienced a sharp decline in business activity during this period. It now seems however that conditions are returning to normal. continue…

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OzForex is an online platform providing foreign exchange transfer services for consumers and businesses. In this white paper we explain why the business meets many of our tests for an extraordinary business, but why price is the only stumbling block to our participation. continue…

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Much as we used to let our fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages, today’s customers and students now ‘Google’ it. There are many things that don’t work perfectly, but that hasn’t inhibited Google’s growth. The following picture from Statista provides a useful snapshot of Google’s footprint. continue…

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RogerMontgomery.com subscribers can read our in-depth analysis of OzForex in this month’s exclusive white paper later this week.

Despite the buoyancy in the stock market over the past 12 months, we have been surprised to see so few new businesses apply for listing on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rising markets, maturing term deposits and low cash rates are a good recipe for companies with IPO plans. Investors, who are likely to be more open about putting their hard-earned savings to work rather than reinvesting them in low yielding term deposits, may be keen to take on a little more by investing in companies that are angling to take the IPO plunge. continue…

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Since we wrote our first post here, G8 Education (ASX: GEM) has continued to be very active on the financing and acquisition front. We have adjusted our timeline of events for 2013 below to incorporate the new developments continue…

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Boart Longyear (ASX: BLY) owns the world’s largest fleet of drilling equipment, and in doing so has amassed considerable debt. The downturn in the mining sector brought the company perilously close to breaching its debt covenants, and while management was able to refinance the debt earlier this week, we are unconvinced that this has given the company a lot of breathing space. continue…

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