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A super new team member…?
Tim Kelley
May 23, 2013
I was intrigued to read in Wednesday’s AFR that a supercomputer has joined ANZ’s wealth management team.
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The recession in resources gathers pace…
Roger Montgomery
May 22, 2013
As you must well know by now, we have been suggesting investors be wary of mining and mining services companies for over a year and half. Now that the somewhat predictable recession is occurring, most of the commentary centres on the present malaise.
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A vision for Europe?
Ben MacNevin
May 22, 2013
Eurovision 2013 – a glittering spectacle where Europeans come together to celebrate national pride – has drawn to a close. What better time to release a study that shows just how differently each European nation views itself – and each other?
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Is caution being thrown to the wind?
Tim Kelley
May 20, 2013
The financial markets seem to have a lot of moving parts at the moment. Relatively swift changes to exchange rates, commodity prices, interest rates, GDP outlooks and share prices have made it increasingly challenging for a value investor to arrive at a clear view on how best to allocate investment funds. continue…
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Australia – on the precipice? (part one)
Roger Montgomery
May 18, 2013
Part one of a two part series on the demise of Australia
Last week’s year-six father and son breakfast was never expected to throw up any investment ideas. Indeed, I was so focused on the kids that I wasn’t even listening out for investment insights when one hit me, or, to be more accurate, brushed gently before me.
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The resources industry is in recession – so get ready to eat Kopi Luwak
Roger Montgomery
May 17, 2013
Kopi Luwak refers to the beans of coffee berries once they have been eaten and excreted by the Asian Palm Civet. Passing through a civet’s intestines, the beans are then defecated with other fecal matter and collected, dried and eaten or drunk… or perhaps eaten by drunks.
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They’ve done it again!
Russell Muldoon
May 17, 2013
Back in January (you can find our older post here), we produced the following table showing how, since 2010, Credit Corp Group (ASX: CCP) management have generally been conservative when providing initial guidance on the year ahead, and then how they have announced upgrades in a useful, if not predictable, way each November, February and May.
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High and dry?
Roger Montgomery
May 13, 2013
As you are no doubt aware, we have been keen followers of the mining services sector – before the wholesale sale of the Montgomery [Private] Fund’s exposure back in April last year.
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Thinking long and short term
Roger Montgomery
May 11, 2013
Seth Klarman is the author of an out-of print book on value investing that sometimes sells for several thousand dollars. He is also the founder and CIO at Boston-based fund manager Baupost. His latest letter has been excerpted across the internet and we thought the following section was relevant for those investors wondering how to make sense of the current boom in financial stocks, the bust in resources and whether the latest rate cut from the RBA makes any difference at all.
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New IPOs on the block
Russell Muldoon
May 10, 2013
Despite the buoyancy in the stock market over the past 12 months, it has been surprising to see so few new businesses apply for listing on the Australian Securities Exchange. Fewer still we would deem to be quality.
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