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Polen Capital Emerging Markets Q12022 Market Commentary
Polen Capital
May 11, 2022
In this video Damian Bird highlights portfolio movements during the March quarter. A new position was added, TSMC, Taiwan’s leading semiconductor foundry. For more than 20 years, the company has delivered returns on its internally invested capital of approximately 20 per cent well in excess of its cost of capital. Despite the heightened levels of volatility we are currently seeing in the markets, we continue to expect our companies to report robust earnings growth as they move through 2022. Continue…
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Have bad calls eroded the credibility of Central Banks?
Roger Montgomery
May 11, 2022
Just over a year ago, the US Federal Reserve said inflation was ‘transitory’. Six months later, it said it would not need to raise interest rates above zero. Yet, just last week at its May meeting, the Fed announced it would need to raise rates 0.50 per cent in the face of soaring and persistent inflation. Is it any wonder many people feel the Fed is out of touch, and have lost faith in its policies and prognostications? Continue…
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Australia’s residential property market to soften
David Buckland
May 10, 2022
It never ceases to amaze me that when a sector that has enjoyed a roaring bull market starts to turn the ‘experts’ try to out-do one another in giving pessimistic forecasts. And that is now happening with Australia’s residential property market, where the general consensus is that prices could soon drop by 15 to 25 per cent due to rising interest rates. Continue…
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Why Goodman Group remains sanguine about looming headwinds
Joseph Kim
May 10, 2022
The share price of Goodman Group (ASX: GMG) has plunged around 27 per cent since the start of the year as some investors began to price in headwinds for the commercial and industrial property business. Nick Vrondas, Group CFO, addressed these issues at the recent Macquarie Group investment conference, and explained why he is confident that growth remains on track. Continue…
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Aura, Montgomery ink distribution deal
Roger Montgomery
May 10, 2022
Montgomery Investment Management will now distribute the Aura High Yield SME Fund on behalf of Aura Funds Management. The fund, which will be offered to wholesale investors, is a diversified portfolio of SME loans, 36% of which are in the agricultural sector. The weighted average loan is just shy of $145,000 with an average duration of four months. Read Jamie Williamson’s article here.
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Sky News; Markets remain difficult to predict
Roger Montgomery
May 9, 2022
Roger joined Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood on Thursday to discuss markets. Markets are set to remain volatile and difficult to predict on a day-to-day basis. A lot of companies have benefitted from what we call the COVID pull-through, so there’s a lot of COVID-related demand that was brought forward. Listen to the 5-minute interview in this video: Roger joins Ross Greenwood 5 May 2022
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Aura High Yield SME Fund: Letter to Investors 06 May 2022
Brett Craig
May 9, 2022
This week we saw the RBA introduce the first rate rise since November 2010, bringing the cash rate to 0.35% in response to the current inflation-driven economic environment. Continue…
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Are Australians becoming more honest in their loan applications?
Andreas Lundberg
May 9, 2022
In this week’s video insight Andreas looks at how honest people are when filling in their mortgage applications. The portion of people who say their applications contained some misrepresentation declined from last year’s level of 41 per cent but remains high at 37 per cent. All major four banks, apart from ANZ, also saw a decline in misrepresented applications.
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