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Reporting season has delivered few surprises. This was again borne out by the results announcements from Woolworths, Reece, Flight Centre, and Afterpay, which are all exposed to consumer spending. No prizes for guessing which ones delivered strong results, and which one did not. continue…

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What do A.P. Eagers Automotive (ASX:APE) and Super Retail Group (ASX:SUL) have in common? Well, for starters, these firms have seen their revenues turbo charged by our changed spending habits since the start of Australia’s COVID-19 travel restrictions. continue…

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Reliance Worldwide (ASX:RWC), a global provider of water control systems and plumbing solutions, is a business we’re very happy to own. True to its name, the company’s latest earnings announcement was extremely positive, which led to a strong bounce in the share price. continue…

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When it comes to investing, we’re not big fans of airlines.  But in the case of Alliance Aviation Services (ASX: AQZ), we’re happy to make an exception. You see, Alliance operates fly-in fly-out charter services for Australian mining companies, and its flights are in demand. With high returning business and strong cash generation, we think there’s a lot to like. continue…

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Since launching in September 2019, The Montgomery Small Companies Fund has outperformed its benchmark the Small Ordinaries Index by 15.16 per cent to 31 July.  The Fund’s strong run has been driven by accelerating megatrends in e-commerce, enterprise migration to the cloud and digitisation of the economy.  Given the ongoing strength of these trends, I think there’s more solid growth ahead. continue…

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Property advertising platform, REA Group (ASX:REA), was one of the first businesses to announce its results this reporting season. Given the COVID-related restrictions on real estate transactions, it was a strong performance.  And, pleasingly for investors, the company will be paying a dividend. continue…

by Joseph Kim Posted in Companies, Property, Stocks We Like.

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In addition to the acceleration of e-commerce in Australia, COVID-19 has produced several themes that are generating retail winners; some are benefitting from the Do-Up-Your-Home-Because-You’ll-Be-Spending-More-Time-There theme, there are those benefitting from the boost to income from JobKeeper, JobSeeker and early Superannuation withdrawals, and there are those that will benefit from the additional A$45 billion spent locally that was previously spent on, or during, overseas holidays.  And many retailers of course are benefitting from all three themes. continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary, Stocks We Like.

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For more evidence that discretionary retail is absolutely booming right now, particularly the furniture and homewares category, look no further than Nick Scali’s (ASX:NCK) strong FY20 result and near-term outlook. NCK’s result follows hot on the heels of strong updates by key homewares peers, Temple & Webster (ASX:TPW) and Beacon Lighting (ASX:BLX), and reinforces our conviction in Adairs (ASX:ADH) heading into results season. continue…

by Dominic Rose Posted in Companies, Consumer discretionary, Stocks We Like.

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The current boom in equities is not as broad-based as it might first appear. Putting aside materials and gold stocks, the rest of the market can be divided into the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. And it may be more important than ever to be an owner of the ‘haves’.

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by Roger Montgomery Posted in Companies, Editor's Pick, Stocks We Like.

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Much has been made of the exorbitant share prices of the world’s largest technology companies – Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google. But, given the quality of their businesses, their market dominance and continuing growth prospects, are they really too expensive? continue…

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