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Will Rogers infamously suggested real estate was the best investment in the world because no more was being made.  He obviously wasn’t considering how many apartments could be constructed on a postage stamp of land nor do I expect he had Singapore in mind; In the two photos following you can see that Raffles Hotel on Beach Road in Singapore is one block back from the beach.  Between it and the coast sits the Britannia Club building.  In the second image Raffles is partly obscured by the roof of a high rise building in the foreground but the Britannia Club now has a green painted roof in the section of land marked for sale. Continue…

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Volatility is a source of both risk and opportunity.  Volatility is typically heightened at, or coincides with, turning points.  Even substantial losses can accrue for investors who are ultimately proven right but are simply early.  Last week the Japanese stock market index, the Nikkei, fell 11 per cent.  Then on Monday of this week it rallied over seven per cent.  That’s volatility. Continue…

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Many years ago I would attend the Annual General Meetings of US company Wesco, in Pasadena California.  Its Chairman was one Charles T Munger, now 91 years of age, and who, in my opinion was the brains behind Berkshire’s success – Warren Buffett while no slouch in the IQ stakes also provided the temperament essential to being able to pull the trigger on very large bets. Continue…

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With reporting season underway, this is the time we get to revisit the assumptions behind many of our current portfolio holdings. Through large amounts of data crunching, we are also able to compare and contrast management teams and businesses we hold against others that we do not and potentially identify opportunities. Continue…

by Russell Muldoon Posted in Companies, Stocks We Like.

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Drop a pebble in a pond and eventually everything in the pond experiences the change in conditions as the waves radiate from the point of impact. Continue…

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Ever since GUD Holdings (ASX: GUD) acquired Brown & Watson International (BWI) in early July 2015, we have had the business on a watch, wait and learn brief.

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Australia has a love affair with property the likes of which the rest of the world may not fully appreciate. The 18^th top-ranked site in Australia is realestate.com.au, pipped only by sites operated by global powerhouses such as Google, Twitter, Ebay and Facebook. Continue…

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REA Group (ASX: REA) has just released their first half results for the 2016 financial year.

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Proverbs 18:16 warns “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” The verse is the source of the modern cliché and despite its notoriety many are indeed trapped. Continue…

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If you’re searching for an undervalued but high quality stock, Henderson Group PLC (ASX: HGG/LN: HGG) may be worth consideration. Continue…

by Scott Shuttleworth Posted in Companies, Financial Services.

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As the global commodity rout continues, investors are searching for sectors that can provide safe haven for their capital. Many are seeking exposure to the anticipated growth benefits of an ageing population, which has caused some healthcare stocks to trade at levels that are difficult to justify. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (ASX: FPH) is one such company, whose NZ$8.50 share price is factoring in considerable earnings growth, but such is its prospects we feel the company may present reasonable value. Continue…

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Recently we received a question in writing from one of our investors expressing concern about bank shares in which Montgomery Funds have recently acquired some exposure. Stuart Jackson devoted a little time to answer so we share it with you here. Continue…

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It’s common knowledge that for a well-diversified portfolio of “blue-chip” shares, expected returns are generally in the order of market returns less transaction costs. What might be surprising to some is how quickly said portfolio can drastically underperform if diversification is removed from the equation. Continue…

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Growth is an important component in any strategy designed to beat the market. But you may be surprised to hear that there is good growth and bad growth. Read on to find out more… Continue…

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It wasn’t that long ago, with the ASX200 stock market index at about 5700 points, that some magniloquent commentators were suggesting the ASX 200 index would be above 6000 points by the end of the year. Well here we are, on the cusp of 2016, and the index is below 5000. Continue…

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Understanding behaviour across and within generations plays an important role with investing. We’ve discussed this recently with media usage, and today we’ll discuss how millennials are utilising health care. Continue…

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It seems to many that the year about to conclude has been a tough one for investors. On a macroeconomic level the US Federal Reserve’s warnings of rate rises, followed by inaction, made uncertainty a given, while China’s deepening slowdown combined with a local chase for yield, set many investors up for a painful reckoning. Continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Insightful Insights, Investing Education.

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Vanessa Desloires writes an article about Australian investors’ love for high-yielding blue chips. She mentions Roger Montgomery and his approach to go for growing income, not the highest yield. Read here.

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We have previously written about the bubble in stocks (and inevitably property) inflated by the baby boomer’s desperate search for yield. We described the pursuit of yield as a fad. So, while we were not surprised to watch investors rushing into higher yielding banks and Telstra, we were shocked to hear of investors buying BHP for its ‘progressive’ dividend. Continue…

by Roger Montgomery Posted in Investing Education, Market Valuation.

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