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Stratton the Saviour?
Ben MacNevin
January 30, 2015
We consider Carsales.com (ASX:CAR) to be one of the highest quality businesses on the ASX and has been favoured by Montgomery Investment Management for a number of years. Yet in September 2014, we exited our position based on a number of concerns which we detailed here. continue…
by Ben MacNevin Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education.
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Looking back but forward
Russell Muldoon
January 29, 2015
Here is a simple investing rule: share prices will follow a business’ profitability over the long term. In the words of Warren Buffett, “Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio’s market value”. continue…
by Russell Muldoon Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education.
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what looks attractive this year
Tim Kelley
January 20, 2015
In these highlights from Your Money Your Call, Tim Kelley discusses expectations around quantitative easing out of the European Central Bank and attractive companies in the Australian market. Watch here.
by Tim Kelley Posted in Companies, Insightful Insights, Investing Education, TV Appearances.
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What captured your interest in Q2 2014?
Roger Montgomery
January 7, 2015
Over the next few days, we will take a look back at 2014 and highlight the most popular articles based on your views and comments.
The mention of house prices falling and negative gearing was a popular post.
In May, we talked Coca-Cola Amatil share price having declined by 40 per cent, and the duopoly that makes up Australia’s grocery retail landscape has putting the company on a strict diet of shrinking volumes, values and loss of market share to Schweppes and more particularly, the category known as “Private Label” soft drinks.
The forecast Australian population growth from 23 million to 40 million by 2060 bodes well for self-storage providers – and small-cap National Storage is no exception. We take a closer look at how the third-largest self-storage provider is positioned. Note, you will need to log in as a subscriber to see this paper.
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Consumer discretionary, Insightful Insights, Investing Education, Property, Value.able.
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A quick look back Q1 2014, what occupied our thoughts?
Roger Montgomery
January 6, 2015
Over the next few days, we will take a look back at 2014 and highlight the most popular articles based on your views and comments.
In January, the most popular article was a white paper we wrote about the growth of technology disrupting the millon-dollar accounting software market and the impact on Reckon. We also covered Dulux Group and the challenging times ahead with uncertainty surrounding the housing construction market. continue…
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Investing Education.
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Key issues for 2015
Roger Montgomery
January 5, 2015
In December I wrote an article for the ASX Investor Update, I thought I would share my thoughts with you as a welcome back to the year ahead.
What you should be watching out for in 2015 and what to expect with property prices, index funds and shares. continue…
by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary, Energy / Resources, Financial Services, Insightful Insights, Investing Education.
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What risk are they managing?
Tim Kelley
December 23, 2014
One of our peeves at Montgomery is fund managers who ‘hug’ the index. A manager might for example take an underweight position in BHP by allocating 5 per cent of a portfolio to it, when BHP makes up around 7 per cent of the index. This leaves them with a 2 per cent underweight position, which can fund an overweight position in some other large cap stock. If they charge investors a fee of 100 basis points for this type of ‘active’ management, the investors are getting a raw deal. continue…
by Tim Kelley Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education, Value.able.
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Should you ignore the hype?
Scott Shuttleworth
December 19, 2014
TPG Telecom Limited (ASX: TPM) has been sold off sharply over the past few days presumably post the Government’s response to the Vertigan Panel’s review of the National Broadband Network & telecommunications industry which you can find here.
The report contains a lot of material, an analysis of which could extend for several pages, so below we attempt a more concise review of some of the changes and their potential implications for TPG as we currently see them. continue…
by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education, Technology & Telecommunications.
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Sirtex Medical vs BTG?
Russell Muldoon
December 18, 2014
We have watched the share price fall in Sirtex Medical over the past week with some interest, and whilst we don’t take our cues from price action alone, we did a fair amount on enquiry as to what had spooked investors over such a short space of time. continue…
by Russell Muldoon Posted in Health Care, Insightful Insights, Investing Education.
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Navigating 2014 – the winners and losers
Ben MacNevin
December 11, 2014
A key requirement to generating long-term returns is minimising losses, or what we like to call avoiding the landmines. As the latest results demonstrate, The Montgomery Fund has done a superb job at navigating the minefield that was 2014.
There was a clear divergence in the sectoral performances of the S&P/ASX 200 in 2014. Let’s first examine the sectors that are trading below the levels from the start of the year. continue…
by Ben MacNevin Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education.