As part of Netwealth’s portfolio construction webinar series I presented to an audience in February and shared my views on major economic trends currently affecting local and global markets, stocks and sectors best placed for growth and what investors should look for in 2017.

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The S&P 500 has surged around 10 per cent since Donald Trump’s election last November, boosted by expectations he would lower company tax, ease bank regulations and raise infrastructure spending.  Which is why his inaugural Speech to Congress earlier this week was so eagerly awaited by investors.  But will his talk be translated into action? Continue…

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Across the investment world, ETFs are on the rise. And for good reason – as Tim recently noted, ETFs outperform many actively managed funds. But the growing popularity of ETFs is having another consequence – it is making outperforming managed funds even more valuable, and pushing underperforming funds out faster. Continue…

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Retirees who appear to have been smart buying stocks with yields a little higher than term deposits will soon find their income fixed by the high payout ratio and the purchasing power of their income eroded by inflation. In this article for nabtrade Roger proposes an alternative approach. Read here.

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Ramsay Health Care produced a great result for the first half of FY17 and kept its tradition of upgrading full-year guidance. The market should have received this result well, particularly in light of weak industry activity, were it not for one bit of unexpected news – the retirement of CEO, Chris Rex. Continue…

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It’s 20 months since we launched the Montgomery Global Fund, and we’re pleased to report it has outperformed both the MSCI World Net Total Return Index – by 4.3 per cent after expenses – and most of our well-known peers.  The reason?  Careful stock selection.  Today, I’d like to discuss two of the key stocks in our portfolio. Continue…

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