The COVID-19 pandemic, and associated lockdowns, have impacted some businesses very positively, but been less kind on others. These impacts are coming to light in the current FY21 reporting season. Here, I’d like to highlight the results of six companies I’ve been following for a while. Continue…

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Over the past 12 months, the All Ordinaries index and the S&P 500 have risen around 26 and 35 per cent, respectively.  Not bad when you consider the economic ravages of the COVID-19 lockdowns. But despite these strong performances, there are three good reasons to believe sharemarkets will continue to climb over the coming year. Continue…

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In this week’s video insight David interviews portfolio manager of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund Gary Rollo to discuss the significant tailwind of decarbonisation and the ramifications for Lithium and Copper. The two stocks in focus include Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) and Aeris Resources (ASX:AIS) and which, on a combined basis, make up more than 5 per cent  of the Montogmery Small Companies Fund portfolio. Continue…

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Soaring house prices in Australia and overseas are but one aspect of the asset price inflation that is now gripping much of the world. While this may be good for the owners of those assets, it is leading to increased inequality within and between countries. And that’s a phenomenon that, history shows, often ends badly. Continue…

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When the Board of Directors suddenly sacks the CEO of a company ‘effective immediately’ the share price typically tanks as investors stampede for the exit, shooting first, asking questions later. However, in the curious case of Praemium (ASX:PPS), a subscale wealth platform player with a chequered history of tactical execution, such news instead sent the share price soaring, up almost 50 per cent over two months. What could this perhaps counterintuitive market reaction be signalling? We think the company has been put in play for potential corporate activity. Continue…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has dented the profits of Ramsay Health Care (ASX: RHC), Australia’s multinational healthcare provider and hospital network. The good news is that earnings are growing again across key regions as lockdowns and restrictions start to ease. And an increased final dividend signals that the company expects a better year ahead. Continue…

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According to a recent rent report by Domain, gross rental yields have dived to around 4 per cent on the back of soaring property prices. This makes direct investment in property less appealing than it once was. But there are other ways to profit from Australia’s obsession with property. And one of those is via online real estate advertising company, REA Group (ASX:REA). Continue…

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Macquarie Telecom (ASX:MAQ) is a data centre owner/operator with facilities in Sydney’s CBD, Macquarie Park in Sydney’s north, and Canberra. MAQ’s cloud services generated 46 per cent of the company’s revenues in FY21, while telecom services, in which it competes with Telstra, Optus, TPG and Vocus, and includes data, voice, mobile and colocation generated 47 per cent of revenues. The remaining revenue (6- 7 per cent) comes from data centre services for wholesale customers.

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In this week’s video insight David interviews portfolio manager of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund Dominic Rose to discuss two high growth Australian retailers with significant global expansion strategies. City Chic (ASX: CCX) and Lovisa (ASX:LOV) make up around 5 per cent of the Montgomery Small Companies Fund portfolio and Dominic identifies why their key prospects are looking better as key markets including the US and UK open back up post COVID-19 lockdowns. Continue…

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In this week’s video insight, Portfolio Manager of the Polen Capital Global Growth strategy, Jeff Mueller, discusses the results for the June 2021 Quarter. To remind readers, the Polen Capital Global Growth Fund appreciated by 10.9 per cent in Australian Dollars, outperforming the benchmark by 2.0 per cent, after expenses. Leading contributors were dominant tech-based companies and in this video Jeff talks about portfolio holdings Adobe, and the recently acquired AON. Continue…

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