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The Year Ahead, Tell Us What You Think – The Results
Dean Curnow
February 20, 2019
We recently asked our readers to answer three questions on where they think the best returns will come from and what risks lie ahead for equity markets in 2019. Here are the results. continue…
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What 2018’s IPOs are telling us about the Australian market
Roger Montgomery
February 19, 2019
The annual performance of IPOs can shed new light on the state of the share market. So the recently released 2018 IPO Watch report from HLB Mann Judd makes very interesting reading, and provides a pointer to the year ahead. continue…
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Again with Investment Risk
Tim Kelley
February 8, 2019
As regular readers will know only too well, one of my pet peeves in investment markets is a lack of understanding of the role played by chance. continue…
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REPORTING CALENDAR – HY2019
Roger Montgomery
February 4, 2019
The team at Montgomery have a busy month ahead with the half-year 2019 reporting season upon us. Over the coming weeks companies will provide a flood of new information for the market to pore over. continue…
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Analysis in selling could be just as important as buying
Joseph Kim
January 24, 2019
In the world of investing, there is significant attention spent on which stocks to buy and add to a portfolio – fundamental company and industry research, techniques to determine intrinsic value and financial analysis are just three potential areas of focus for a prospective investment. Rarely however, do you see much attention devoted to the other critical part of the equation – when to sell. continue…
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The Magic of Uncorrelated Returns
Tim Kelley
January 21, 2019
Most investors have an intuitive sense of the benefits of diversification: it’s easy to see how having all your eggs in one figurative basket could end very badly if the chosen basket were to hit the rocks at some point and most people are more comfortable spreading things around a bit to achieve more consistent and predictable results. continue…
by Tim Kelley Posted in Investing Education.
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Should you participate in a share buy-back?
Joseph Kim
December 12, 2018
The Federal Labor Party has stated it would change the dividend imputation system if returned to power in 2019. This is expected to see a spike in the number of off-market share buy-backs. The big question for investors is: should you participate? continue…
by Joseph Kim Posted in Investing Education, Market commentary.
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Managed accounts: What’s all the fuss about?
Dean Curnow
December 11, 2018
The buzz word in the platform space this year has been managed accounts. Larger financial planning licensee and planner groups are now considering or in the process of setting up their own managed accounts. Some of the platform providers with leading technology benefiting from this trend have been ‘the independents’ such as Netwealth and HUB24, amongst a handful of other providers. continue…
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Portfolio Puzzle – The Solution
Tim Kelley
December 10, 2018
In a recent post, we set out the following 20-stock portfolio, and invited readers to think about the investment style and process behind the portfolio. To recap, the individual holdings and weights were as follows. continue…
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How to invest in turbulent times
Tim Kelley
December 5, 2018
If current market volatility is causing you some grief, don’t worry – you’re not alone. A lot of quantitative investors are being hit. One of them, Cliff Asness, has some sage advice that should see you through even the toughest of times. continue…
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