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Emerging themes from the August 2019 reporting season
Stuart Jackson
September 5, 2019
In this week’s video insight Stuart wraps up reporting season and identifies common themes. Outlook statements provided by companies generally disappointed, with forecasts for 39 per cent of companies being downgraded as compared to just 18 per cent of company earnings forecasts being upgraded. In terms of sector performance, the most significant detractor was the mining sector, with the large iron ore stocks giving back some of their stellar gains for the calendar year to date.
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Money News 03.09.2019
Roger Montgomery
September 4, 2019
In this interview on Money News, Roger and John Stanley question whether retailers are a bit too optimistic about the future. The thematic seen through reporting season seems to be retailers are putting on brave faces with a deteriorating picture through lower foot traffic and less discretionary consumer spending. Although, there are still some companies demonstrating their quality and performed well even in tough conditions.
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Beware the fallout when the cheap money tap turns off
Roger Montgomery
September 4, 2019
Today, there’s a plethora of companies that would not exist but for the altruism of a tidal wave of high net worth investors running from low interest rates into the arms of private equity funds. Companies like Uber, Tesla and Lyft. But as night follows day, this too shall end. Continue…
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What did the August 2019 reporting season tell us?
Andreas Lundberg
September 3, 2019
Phew! So much anticipation. So much data to digest. One early conclusion to draw from reporting season is that consumer spending isn’t very healthy. Taking a look at the sector breakdown, consumer discretionary and consumer staples were the worst off. Continue…
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How long can the market’s ‘consensual hallucination’ go on?
Roger Montgomery
September 3, 2019
When I look at some of the absurd valuations of profitless companies – both here and in the U.S. – I wonder if the market is suffering from some form of consensual hallucination. I also wonder how long this induced state of bliss can go on. Continue…
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What does life cycle investing mean?
Dominic Rose
September 2, 2019
The small-cap universe (outside the ASX100) is vast and varied, comprising around 2,000 companies operating across a broad array of industries and ranging in size from just a few million dollars in market value to multiple billions. How do we profit from companies as they grow? Continue…
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How is Healius tracking?
Tim Kelley
September 2, 2019
Healius Limited (ASX:HLS) (formerly Primary Health Care) operates a suite of health care businesses including pathology, medical centres, diagnostic imaging and day hospitals. These are businesses that should enjoy reliable long-term growth in demand, and Healius generally has good market positions in the markets it operates in. It sounds like it should be a recipe for nicely compounding returns over an extended period of time, right? Continue…
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Reasons to be cheerful as more firms announce strong results
Roger Montgomery
August 30, 2019
AP Eagers, Prospa and Appen have all delivered strong earnings reports and upbeat outlook statements, which should cheer many investors. The update from supermarket giant, Woolworths, was also far from shabby. Continue…
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