Polen Capital has an enviable track record of delivering overall out-performance and averaging double-digit annual returns for more than 33 years. Headquartered in Boca Raton in Florida, USA, the firm manages $80 billion in assets.

The Inside Investor recently met with Simon Gregory and Paul Williams from the Polen Capital investment team to discuss the “Polen style” of investing. Speaking about the expansion into Australia, Williams says, “we launched the first fund, Global Equities, about twelve months ago and expanded that to take into consideration the Global Smaller Mid-cap fund, late last year.” adds Williams. Continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in In the Press, Polen Capital.

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We have been asked by clients whether the $234m acquisition by Aeris Resources (ASX:AIS) for Washington H Soul Pattinson’s (ASX:SOL) Round Oak Minerals is a good deal? Continue…

by David Buckland Posted in Editor's Pick, Energy / Resources, Stocks We Like.

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In this week’s video insight David discusses how rising interest rates will impact indebted households and the knock-on-effect. The psychological boost and wealth effect enjoyed from strongly rising house prices will likely be missing in the foreseeable future and this means indebted households are more vulnerable to Central Bank tightening late in this inflationary cycle. Continue…

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Our partnership with the U.S. based Polen Capital has evolved since we formally announced the relationship in March last year. Since then, we have launched two of their strategies in Australia with a third, the Polen Capital Global Emerging Markets Growth Fund, in the works. The first strategy, the Polen Capital Global Growth Fund, is now accessible to investors via the BT Panorama platform. The fund is accessible to investors via Netwealth and HUB24 IDPS and Super/Pension. Continue…

by Dean Curnow Posted in Montgomery News and Updates.

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We all know that equity markets don’t travel in a straight line, and that has been the case for equity markets over the last couple of years. Looking back at some of the major events that investors and equity markets have had to contend with, and we can list a global pandemic, massive monetary and fiscal stimulus in response, lock-downs like never seen before, then re-opening, supply constraints coupled with strong demand, a Russian invasion on Ukraine, now inflationary pressures across the globe, interest rates on the rise and meanwhile companies are adapting to the changing environment but ultimately trying to execute on delivering the best products or services to their customers and generate growing profits. Continue…

by Scott Phillips Posted in Montgomery News and Updates.

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Two months ago, I wrote about the tough conditions gripping the Buy Now, Pay Later sector and asked whether the agreed takeover scrip bid by Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) for Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL) at 0.98 ZIP shares for 1.00 SZL shares was a marriage of convenience or a marriage of necessity. Since then, the share prices of both companies have more than halved from $2.21 to $1.02 for ZIP and from $1.78 to $0.84 for SZL. Continue…

by David Buckland Posted in Companies.

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As highlighted in the preceding two articles, Macquarie Bank economists, Ric Deverell and Hayden Skilling, see darker times ahead for the US economy and equity market. But their outlook for our economy and equities is more nuanced. Australia will benefit from the race to decarbonise, with some commodities doing particularly well. For investors, it means careful stock selection will be the order of the day. Continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Market commentary.

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In their latest global economic update, Macquarie Bank economists, Ric Deverell and Hayden Skilling, paint a far from rosy picture of the year ahead. For the US they see rising interest rates, a slowing economy and a strong chance of a recession. And their views on returns in equity markets are bleak.  If they are correct, then it’s time for investors to be extra cautious, and to focus their portfolios on quality and growth. Continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Global markets, Market commentary.

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