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Polen’s Rob Forker answers who are the most patient investors
Polen Capital
November 11, 2021
While individual small-cap stocks can be seen as higher risk, investing in the small-cap space – a breeding ground for breakthrough businesses – can be a thrilling pursuit that offers meaningful upside potential. The flip side is that many of these businesses can burn bright and fade fast, carrying more risk. continue…
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Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund has left the starting block
David Buckland
November 3, 2021
The Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund was launched on Thursday 21 October 2021, and at the time of writing, it has invested in 30 companies with a weighted average market capitalisation exceeding US$9 billion, across 12 countries. For context, this is a fraction of the big global names like Apple (US$2.25 trillion), Microsoft (US$2.0t), Amazon (US$1.7t), Alphabet (US$1.5t) and Facebook ($0.87t). continue…
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Profiting from small brands with big reach
Roger Montgomery
October 28, 2021
Packed the car and readying to take a re-opening road trip? Enjoyed a responsible G&T during lockdown? If you have, you may be familiar with some of the brands I am about to discuss. What you may not know is that these businesses, whose products you may already be using, are listed global small caps. You may also like to hear they’re owned in the Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund. continue…
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Better simpler strategy – how Etsy has survived and thrived
David Buckland
October 25, 2021
In this blog, Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee from the Harvard Business School, helps to explain how Etsy has survived and thrived from the potential Amazon onslaught. continue…
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3Q2021 Polen Capital Global Growth Commentary
Polen Capital
October 21, 2021
In this video Head of the Large Company Growth Team and Portfolio Manager Damon Ficklin discusses the reasons behind the decline in the MSCI ACWI during the September quarter. The most notable themes include higher inflation and the expectation for higher interest rates in the coming years. The market is digesting the expected change in monetary policy around the world and other key factors which include slowing growth, policy changes in China and the COVID-19 pandemic. continue…
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INTEREST RATES, THE BEST IT GETS. IT’S TIME TO DEPLOY CASH
Curious about the investment landscape in 2024? It appears that the current market offers a plethora of enticing opportunities for investors, a rarity not experienced since pre-pandemic times. This unique scenario stems from a confluence of factors, including elevated yields and comparatively rational equity valuations.
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Polen Capital Global Growth goes long ICON PLC
David Buckland
October 12, 2021
When David Polen established Polen Capital in 1979, I’m sure he could not have dreamed of an organisation that in 2021 is staff owned, with US$73 billion of funds under management, which comprises three strategies being run by three dedicated teams from three locations – Large Company Growth out of Boca Raton Florida, Small Company Growth out of Boston and Emerging Markets Growth out of London. continue…
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Just how small is a global small or mid-cap stock?
Dean Curnow
October 11, 2021
In the lead up to the launch of Polen Capital’s second strategy being offered to Australian and New Zealand investors, the Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund, I wanted to explore what is a global small and mid cap stock (herein SMID) and how this compares to some of the larger companies listed locally here in Australia. continue…
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What’s in a global equity benchmark?
Scott Phillips
September 1, 2021
The MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) organisation is arguably the best know provider of global equity indexes and provide an excellent insight into the investable equity markets around the world. The MSCI indexes are market cap-weighted indexes, which means stocks are weighted according to their market capitalisation—calculated as stock price multiplied by the total number of shares outstanding. continue…
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Why Polen Capital expect mid to high-teens EPS growth from Mastercard
Roger Montgomery
August 30, 2021
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) is the second largest processor of debit and credit transactions globally behind Visa. It has a market capitalisation of US$354 billion and is a top 10 holding in the Polen Capital Global Growth Fund. continue…
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SAP – a global powerhouse
Roger Montgomery
August 24, 2021
Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Germany, SAP is one of the world’s largest providers of fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, including finance, sales, accounting, human resources and supply chain management and perhaps most importantly, 77 per cent of the world’s transactions hit a SAP system. continue…
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