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The retailers that should weather the coming economic storm
Stuart Jackson
May 19, 2022
Conditions are about to get tougher for retailers as they face a perfect storm of falling incomes, galloping inflation, and rising interest rates. These impacts will crimp the discretionary spending power of many people. The one exception could be the under 25-year-old Gen Z demographic, who have fewer non-discretionary costs than other age groups. The retailers who sell to them could fare better than most. continue…
by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary.
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Polen Capital Global Growth portfolio updates
David Buckland
May 17, 2022
In their laser like focus on competitively advantaged global companies, the team running the Polen Capital Global Growth Fund, led by Damon Ficklin and Jeff Mueller, have used the recent market weakness to increase the portfolio weighting for Amazon, Automatic Data Processing and Siemens Healthineers at attractive prices. continue…
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Why Goodman Group remains sanguine about looming headwinds
Joseph Kim
May 10, 2022
The share price of Goodman Group (ASX: GMG) has plunged around 27 per cent since the start of the year as some investors began to price in headwinds for the commercial and industrial property business. Nick Vrondas, Group CFO, addressed these issues at the recent Macquarie Group investment conference, and explained why he is confident that growth remains on track. continue…
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Why Coles should benefit as food inflation starts to bite
Stuart Jackson
May 4, 2022
Suddenly we’re all talking about inflation – particularly food inflation, which has been spurred on by the recent floods. This ‘new normal’ should play well for the value end of food retailing, where the likes of Coles, Woolworths and Aldi are likely to grow market share at the expense of pricier retailers like Metcash. Coles’ recent sales update gives a glimpse of what’s in store. continue…
by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary.
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Share Prices within The Buy Now Pay Later Sector continue to struggle
David Buckland
April 27, 2022
Two months ago, I wrote about the tough conditions gripping the Buy Now, Pay Later sector and asked whether the agreed takeover scrip bid by Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) for Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL) at 0.98 ZIP shares for 1.00 SZL shares was a marriage of convenience or a marriage of necessity. Since then, the share prices of both companies have more than halved from $2.21 to $1.02 for ZIP and from $1.78 to $0.84 for SZL. continue…
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What to make of KKR’s bid for Ramsay Health Care
Andreas Lundberg
April 21, 2022
As you’ve probably read in the press, a consortium led by US-based investment behemoth, KKR & Co, has just lobbed a $20 billion bid for Ramsay Health Care (ASX:RHC), Australia’s dominant private hospital business. This values each RHC share at an all-time high of $88, well above the previous day’s close of around $64. So it’s potentially good news for RHC investors – including The Montgomery Fund. But what are the chances of the deal going through? continue…
by Andreas Lundberg Posted in Companies, Editor's Pick, Stocks We Like.
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Aeris Resources – drilling is the truth; and successful exploration is transformational
David Buckland
April 20, 2022
Aeris Resources (ASX:AIS) has had a successful drilling program and pleasingly increased its Copper production guidance at Tritton, about 50 kilometres north-west of Nyngen, Central NSW, from 19,000 tonnes in Fiscal 2022 to around 31,500 tonnes in Fiscal 2025, and importantly the life of the mine plan has been extended from three years to at least eight years. continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Companies, Editor's Pick, Energy / Resources, Stocks We Like.
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Two high quality businesses you should get to know
David Buckland
April 19, 2022
Montgomery Investment Management has partnered with US-based fund manager Polen Capital to help deliver superior returns for our investors. Polen’s team manages US$82 billion in total assets, and its longest-running flagship investment strategy has averaged double-digit annual returns for more than 30 years. Here I’d like to share with you two high quality firms in the Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund. continue…
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What to expect from bank net interest margins
Stuart Jackson
April 14, 2022
In this week’s video insight Stuart discusses the performance turnaround from the major banks, which is due to a change in the market’s outlook for net interest margins on the back of an expectation of rising rates. continue…
by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Financial Services, Video Insights.
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Tulla Resources – ambitions to become a diversified mining and investment house
David Buckland
April 14, 2022
I was watching an investor presentation from Mark Maloney, Executive Director of Tulla Resources (ASX: TUL), and an ex-colleague of mine. The company had a tough start to public life, floating on the ASX in March 2021 at $0.90 per share before a substantial de-rating to $0.40 per share six months later. continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Companies, Energy / Resources.
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