Did you know that Australia is the fourth largest holder of pension fund assets in the world?  It’s a staggering achievement, given that the idea of universal super for the whole workforce only began in 1983. Here are some fascinating facts about the current state of play. Continue…

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Today’s blog will most likely be our final with respect to Vita Group Limited (ASX: VTG). In a portfolio of 20-30 companies, we will make mistakes – and VTG is, in absolute terms, one of our larger ones. Importantly, despite this loss and others The Montgomery Fund has outperformed over the long term. We also maintain a continued focus on where and why we erred. Continue…

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Action hero and martial artist, Chuck Norris is widely associated with an internet meme that documents fictional and often absurd feats associated with him. Now, wouldn’t it be handy to have some of those supernatural powers when making investment decisions? Because the future is full of unpredictable events that can really play havoc with your investing. Continue…

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In this interview with Ross Greenwood, Roger Montgomery discusses the relative difficulty to find assets to buy at reasonable prices.

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Willem Buiter is the highly respected Chief Economist at Citigroup, and when he speaks, people tend to listen. Last week, in an interview with the ABC, Buiter sounded a strong warning about China’s debt bubble, and the ramifications for Australia. Continue…

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The Reserve Bank and APRA have just released their credit statistics for April. The numbers show a slowing in loan growth rates that was consistent with the recent major bank results to March 2017. The source of slowing is primarily from weakening growth in loans to the corporate sector, while mortgage book growth remains reasonably stable at around 7% year on year. Continue…

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