Deciphering Earnings Reports
For many investors checking out full year financial results is akin to a return to the days spent as the “kids in the candy store” with some money in their pockets. The question for the kids was the same as the question for adult investors – what should I buy and what should I reject?…
The Lure of the IPO
Investing in shares of publicly traded companies has seen an influx of new retail investors over the last few years, with trading levels accelerating during the pandemic and stock trading apps springing up. Many of these investors are new and lacking in knowledge of markets. Of the many oddities encountered in their search to learn,…
Due Diligence – Fundamentals and Beyond
The ASX Australian Investor Study 2020 corroborated a trend noted on multiple financial websites in the last several months. The COVID 19 Pandemic seems to have fueled further increases in new investors. The latest study highlights some surprising trends, among them the following: The increase in new investors over the last few years has seen…
Due Diligence by the Numbers
Social media platforms have played a major role in attracting the flood of new investors to share markets over the past year. Seasoned market experts have expressed concern many of these new investors lack the know-how to perform their own “due diligence” on a potential stock to pick to start or add to their investment…
Six tips for better behavioural investing
At a turbulent time for global markets, Nick Kirrage, Co-Head of the Value Team, recently sat down with the Investor Download podcast. We discussed the current state of financial markets, reflected on the behaviour of investors and how they might best navigate the current turmoil. Below are six key points. 1. Understand what’s driving market volatility…
How To Analyse Company Financials
For many investors financial analysis forms the foundation of their investment decision. In their minds, it is the essential component in the process of evaluating a company as a potential share market investment. By digging into the crown jewels of a company’s annual report -the income statement; the statement of comprehensive income; the balance sheet;…
Are share buybacks a positive or negative sign?
I have mixed feelings on share buybacks. The good: they suggest a company believes its shares are undervalued. The bad: the company is running out of growth options and relying on capital-management initiatives to prop up the share price. As a follower of small- and mid-cap companies, I like high-growth companies that reinvest profit, to…
7 Principles For Successful Long-Term Investing
1 – Plan On Living A Long Time Thanks to advances in medicine and healthier lifestyles, people are having longer lives. This chart shows the probability of reaching the ages of 80 or 90 for some who are aged 65 today. A 65 year-old couple may be surprised to learn that there is a 51%…
Being a successful investor
In 2008, John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, said in a speech to a conference of Financial Planners: “Investing to me, is all about the long-term ownership of businesses, focussed on the gradual accretion in intrinsic value that is derived from the ability of our corporations to produce the goods and services that our…
10 Tips for Succesful investing
To be a successful investor over the long term, we believe it is critical to understand, and hopefully overcome, common human cognitive or psychological biases that often lead to poor decisions and investment mistakes. Cognitive biases are ‘hard wired’ and we are all liable to take shortcuts, oversimplify complex decisions and be overconfident in our…
