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A Not-So Super Future?
Ben MacNevin
June 12, 2014
Every Australian should have an interest in their retirement income. At Montgomery we have written a great deal about the power of quality businesses to generate the sort of income that maintains an investor’s purchasing power. continue…
by Ben MacNevin Posted in Insightful Insights.
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The Reject Shop: Where to next?
Scott Shuttleworth
June 11, 2014
As I’m sure many of our readers are aware, The Reject Shop (ASX: TRS) announced yesterday a revised profit forecast for the financial year to June 2014 of $14.5 – $15.5 million, down around 15 per cent from the previous guidance of $17 – $18 million. The Reject Shop IS NOT a holding in The Montgomery Funds. continue…
by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights.
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A spotlight on Beacon Lighting
Scott Shuttleworth
June 11, 2014
One stock that had excellent performance on its first day as a listed company was Beacon Lighting (ASX: BLX) which had its IPO in April of 2014 with a $142m valuation. continue…
by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights.
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Sitting pretty
Scott Shuttleworth
June 10, 2014
If you are looking for evidence that a high quality business can do well over time, you need look no further than Nick Scali (ASX: NCK). Between FY06 and FY13, an investment in Nick Scali has yielded a compound return of 11.6 per cent per annum (without reinvestment of dividends). This return may not sound high, note that our investment horizon covered one of the most difficult economic period since the Great Depression. continue…
by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights.
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China watch….it’s only just begun
Roger Montgomery
June 10, 2014
China’s property slump appears to be deepening. It might not be on the front pages of our papers nor leading the business radio and TV reports but efforts in recent weeks to kick-start housing sales are failing. continue…
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Insightful Insights, Property.
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Shadows from the Chinese property market
David Buckland
June 4, 2014
Representatives from Deutsche Bank recently visited several companies in China, and concerns over the slowing property market dominated discussions with the predominately bearish outlook for steel consumption and production. continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Insightful Insights, Property.
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Making sense or losing cents?
Roger Montgomery
June 3, 2014
If you’re a smaller shareholder in either Westfield Group (ASX: WDC) or Westfield Retail Trust (ASX: WRT), then you might be forgiven for thinking you’re in the middle of World War Three. continue…
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights, Property.
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Japanese CPI growth hits 23-year high
David Buckland
June 2, 2014
The make up of consumer price index (CPI) data in many countries is not necessarily closely related to the cost of living. For example, in the US, ‘everyday’ consumer expenditure on food and energy has less than a 25 per cent weighting on their CPI, and is excluded altogether from a ‘core’ inflation. continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Economics, Foreign Currency, Insightful Insights.
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Just in case you were thinking of looking at the Resource Service Sector…
David Buckland
May 30, 2014
Yesterday, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics released their biannual Resources and Energy Major Projects—April 2014 report, providing analysis on resources, energy, infrastructure and processing projects. continue…
by David Buckland Posted in Energy / Resources, Insightful Insights, Whitepapers.
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Looking to: SAI Global
Ben MacNevin
May 29, 2014
SAI Global (ASX: SAI) is a company that we’ve identified as having some attractive investment prospects, but one that we prefer to watch rather than invest in. Since it has recently received an indicative and non-binding proposal from private equity, was it the correct decision to wait on the sidelines? continue…
by Ben MacNevin Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights.
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