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Market outlook for 2025
Roger Montgomery
May 15, 2025
In this weeks video insight, I discuss two schools of thought regarding stock market forecasts for 2025 – one cautious, the other more hopeful. Continue…
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Perpetual bracing for impact
Roger Montgomery
May 14, 2025
In a May 2025 letter to clients entitled ‘Brace for Impact’, Perpetual Asset Management Australia (ASX:PPT) echoed the cautionary sentiments of legendary investor Paul Tudor Jones, warning investors to “brace for impact” as markets fail to price in an economic slowdown already underway.
Their letter highlights a precarious optimism in U.S. equity markets, despite looming threats from trade wars, elevated valuations, and diminishing diversification from traditional safe havens like U.S. treasury bonds. Continue…
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Impressive March quarter results sends Life360’s share price up 18 per cent
David Buckland
May 13, 2025
In response to Life360’s (ASX:360) March 2025 Quarterly update released on Monday 12 May, its share price has jumped 18 per cent from $23.58 to $27.85 in the past two trading days. Continue…
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REA Group Q3 FY25 result – yield resilience aids solid performance amid softer listings outlook
Roger Montgomery
May 13, 2025
Last week, REA Group delivered a broadly in-line third quarter result, highlighting the resilience of its pricing power and disciplined cost management, even as listing volumes soften into the final quarter.
Revenue for the period rose 12 per cent year-on-year to A$374 million, essentially matching market expectations, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) excluding associates increased 12 per cent to A$199 million, just shy of consensus estimates. Free cash flow was robust at A$132 million, marking a 19 per cent year-on-year increase. Continue…
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Woodside turns up the heat – LNG expansion, strategic partnerships, and hydrogen future
Roger Montgomery
May 12, 2025
Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) (formerly Woodside Petroleum Ltd) is Australia’s largest independent dedicated oil and gas exploration and production company. With its share price down 46 per cent since September 2023, it might pay investors to understand the transformation occurring at the company and the reason it is now a three per cent position in The Montgomery Fund and a 2.3 per cent position in The Montgomery [Private] Fund. Continue…
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Scratching your head about the stock market rally? It makes perfect sense.
Roger Montgomery
May 12, 2025
With the U.S. economic picture deteriorating, you might be wondering why the market is rallying. It’s simple if you remember that hope springs eternal.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s first chaotic days in office have been economically disruptive, thanks to a whirlwind 143 executive orders, a tornado of declared emergencies, and tariffs heralding a trade war – particularly the 135 per cent levy on Chinese imports. Continue…
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Will the rally continue?
Roger Montgomery
May 9, 2025
The recent relief rally in the S&P 500 is welcome, but is it sustainable? The stock market’s vulnerability is a weakness in Trump’s arsenal against China, and it’s also a barometer of his popularity. Meanwhile, the market and the U.S. economy are heavily reliant on consumer spending, with personal consumption expenditures accounting for approximately 70 per cent of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Continue…
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Labor’s big win and Buffett bows out – What investors need to know
Roger Montgomery
May 8, 2025
In this week’s video insight, I cover two major headlines that hit papers this week: Labor’s sweeping win in the federal election and Warren Buffett’s retirement as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Labor’s second-term agenda is set to reshape sectors like transport, energy, healthcare, and housing. With budget plans and reform drawing the line between winners and losers. Continue…
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