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Is Retail Facing A Fiscal Cliff Or A Speedbump?
Australian retailers have overcome a number of hurdles in recent years, from challenging macroeconomic conditions and a slowing housing market to the trend towards e-commerce and, more recently, the impact from COVID-19. Despite this...
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The Afterpay Bubble
Are you a sensible investor? Then you are almost certainly having a few thoughts about technology stocks, including regret, regret at not holding technology stocks, and regret at not holding Afterpay which is up 856% from the low in March...
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New Funds on Fundmonitors.com
Here are some of the latest additions to our database. Follow the links to view each fund's profile, where you'll have access to their offer documents, monthly reports, historical returns, performance analytics, rankings, research,...
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C.R.A.P. (Can't Recommend A Purchase)
The broking house I worked for in 1990 lost their number one rated media analyst. We were in the UK and he had just written a brilliant piece of research on Maxwell Communications. The research lifted the lid on one of the most powerful...
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Market Rally Increases Equity Market Risk
Should the recent rally provide comfort or concern for investors?
The recent equity market rally has provided relief and hope to investors, but in the face of deteriorating fundamentals it increases the risk for equity investors.
The recent equity market rally has provided relief and hope to investors, but in the face of deteriorating fundamentals it increases the risk for equity investors.
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Not having cash can be costly, but so can sitting on it - how not to make that...
As I reflect on the financial year just gone past it goes without saying that navigating markets through the challenges of COVID has certainly been an experience.
But there was also a big lesson that I'm sure many investors can...
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Infrastructure Spending Emerging as the Focus
After the heavy contractions in GDP throughout the world following the COVID pandemic, governments are under a lot of pressure to directly boost GDP. With borrowing costs low, one area that is increasingly in focus is infrastructure where...
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Serial acquirers: A dangerous addiction or underappreciated compounders?
A widely accepted maxim in the value investing ideology is the notion that acquisitions destroy value. Indeed, few topics seem to enjoy such a cheery consensus amongst analysts, experts, and academics.
Despite the evidence that...
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Healthcare - An Attractive Opportunity
Demand growth for healthcare services is not tied to the economic cycle, which all else being equal, has historically made healthcare companies attractive investments, particularly during cyclical downturns. This downturn has been somewhat...
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Corporate bond investors should be careful what they wish for
Is central bank support for corporate bond markets truly unlimited? Our sense is decidedly not.
Corporate bonds are not a natural asset for central banks to own and investors need to be aware of the risk that central bank...
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