Insightful Insights

Coca Cola Amatil (ASX: CCL) reported its half year results during the week. The company has been under pressure for some time. The consensus view is that a combination of the growing market power of the major supermarkets, combined with a consumer shift away from soft drinks, has resulted in a downward spiral in volumes and earnings over the last 3 to 4 years. continue…

by Stuart Jackson Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights.

• save this article
• POSTED IN Companies, Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights

Whilst some companies are hitting hard times, The Reject Shop Limited (ASX: TRS) has had a comparatively good earnings season. continue…

by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Insightful Insights.

• 4 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Insightful Insights

In a recent video blog we discussed that while Carsales is a high quality business, we felt the growth profile implied by the share price at the time was quite optimistic. Our thesis remains unchanged following the release of their 2015 full year result. continue…

by Ben MacNevin Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights.

• 6 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Companies, Insightful Insights

Streaming services from Netflix and Hulu have dramatically cut the viewer numbers of the top US cable companies. According to Nielsen, the aggregate audience of the top six US cable channels declined 21 per cent from 11.8 million in July 2014 to 9.3 million in July 2015. So far this summer, (free to air) broadcast and cable channels are averaging 94.7 million viewers, down 3 per cent year on year, and down 6 per cent on the 2013 numbers. continue…

by David Buckland Posted in Insightful Insights, Technology & Telecommunications.

• save this article
• POSTED IN Insightful Insights, Technology & Telecommunications

We have discussed the mean reversion of Australia’s Terms of Trade on numerous occasions. After peaking at 118.5 Index Points in the September 2011 Quarter, the series seems to be doing the round trip back to its five and a half decade average of sub 70 Index Points. continue…

by David Buckland Posted in Foreign Currency, Insightful Insights.

• 4 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Foreign Currency, Insightful Insights

Reporting season is well underway now, and if you had to sum up progress to date in a single word you might choose something like “disappointing”. continue…

by Tim Kelley Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights.

• 6 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Companies, Insightful Insights

Jeremy Grantham heads the Boston based investment manager GMO with over $115 billion under management. We have quoted him here before because he has presciently called some of the defining market crashes of our time including the end of the dotcom boom and the GFC. As an aside your author also called those two but success was probably the result of forecasting often rather than accurately. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Insightful Insights.

• 6 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Insightful Insights

Who wouldn’t want to see their investment go up with everyone else, but not down when everyone was?

The Upside/Downside Capture chart reveals the ability of The Montgomery Fund, since inception, to shepherd investors through months that have been negative for the broader market.

continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Insightful Insights.

• 2 Comments
• save this article
• POSTED IN Insightful Insights

Sirtex Limited (ASX: SRX) is a key holding in both domestic Montgomery funds and we have discussed its developments and our thoughts numerous times in the past on this blog. More recently we took a look at the 2015 full year results which in our view, have been the strongest so far this reporting season (by some margin). continue…

by Russell Muldoon Posted in Health Care, Insightful Insights.

• save this article
• POSTED IN Health Care, Insightful Insights

We recently received an interesting email, that we thought we should share with our blog subscribers.

continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Insightful Insights.

• save this article
• POSTED IN Insightful Insights