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Will the mania for EV stocks be a highway to hell for investors?
Roger Montgomery
September 30, 2020
What is it with investors and electric vehicle companies? I get that the demand for battery-powered vehicles is rising. And that the potential market is huge. But what we are seeing right now is a turbo-charged speculative fervour that is off the charts. And to me, that’s batty. continue…
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One company to benefit from a vaccine and reopening
Roger Montgomery
September 28, 2020
In this week’s video insight Roger discusses how to position for the possibility of a vaccine and reopening. When the global economy reopens further, there will likely be many more sectors returning to growth. We are looking for companies that are winners in sectors that have had their outlooks impacted. One of these is Corporate Travel Management which could take share from weakened competitors. Why is the Corporate Travel Management share price on fire right now? continue…
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California and VW go electric
Roger Montgomery
September 25, 2020
Back in 2015 I wrote about Tesla noting “In this era of creative destruction, transition and disruption, finding the winners can be a challenge.” That was when Tesla shares were $52 adjusted for splits. With Tesla post-split shares now trading at $380 it would seem Tesla has won. continue…
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The good, the bad, and the shorted
Dean Curnow
September 25, 2020
Last month Roger shared a wrap-up blog from the most recent reporting season and concluded that results were generally more good than bad for the majority of ASX companies that reported. This led to many companies’ share prices surprising on the upside. continue…
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How long will the shift in retail spending continue?
Stuart Jackson
September 23, 2020
One of the thematics from the last few months has been the material change in retail spending. With COVID-19 related lockdowns and restrictions on population movement and activity, the ability to spend on services such as out of home entertainment and activities has been significantly curtailed. continue…
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Deferred loan repayments are hitting the banks
Stuart Jackson
September 17, 2020
How badly has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our banks? A quick look at recently released data on hardship-induced loan deferrals tells some of the answer. And it’s a pretty bleak picture for most of our lenders. continue…
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Uniti Group ups the ante for OptiComm – and revises their bid to $5.85 per share
David Buckland
September 15, 2020
The team at Uniti Group must have been close to breaking out the champagne on another well executed transaction – detailed here – when the $130 billion First State Superannuation Fund threw a spanner in the works by bidding $5.85 per share or $610 million for OptiComm Limited. continue…
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Could PayPal’s “Pay in 4” prick the BNPL bubble?
David Buckland
September 15, 2020
The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) industry has exploded in Australia in recent years. The space has been admirably led by the Nicholas Molnar, who founded Afterpay Holdings Limited (ASX: APT) in early-2014 after designing the company’s business model from the back of his commerce lectures at the University of Sydney. At its recent high of $96 per share, APT reached a market capitalisation of A$27 billion. continue…
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Five retail winners from reporting season
Joseph Kim
September 11, 2020
One of the big winners emerging from the recent reporting season has been higher quality, small-cap retail stocks. These companies have benefited from increased spending in goods and durables, as spending generally ear-marked for services (including transport and travel) reduced with lockdown measures – i.e. “higher share of wallet.” continue…
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How much upside is left for NXT?
Gary Rollo
September 9, 2020
When we started the Montgomery Small Companies Fund 12 months ago, data centre operator NEXTDC (ASX:NXT) was one of the first businesses we bought. On our analysis, the shares were cheap. One year on and the share price has almost doubled. NXT continues to be a great business but, at current prices, is it still a good investment? continue…
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