MOBY DICK Fair to say its not an easy book to read. In my youth, I tackled some of the classics, mainly because I had to, I did English Literature at school back in 1980 and Melville’s classic was always one that proved just too hard to get into. I have watched the film and…
KEY THEMES FOR 2021 The highest probability prediction is that the themes that are trending at the moment will continue to trend. There is no point us heading off down some lonely contrarian road just because it’s 2021. Believe what is happening now, invest in that and the odds are that you will be more…
Marcus spoke to Patrick Poke from Livewire Articles for a two part Q& A with some great insights. Prepare for a quiet bull market In the first Q&A, Marcus contrasts his experience of broking with that of managing funds, shares some of the key themes to watch in 2021, and explains how he’s positioning portfolios…
IVE Group (ASX: IGL) – Scanning through the ALL ORDS spreadsheet for the top performers over the last month, IVE group stood out as one that has flown under the radar. Up an impressive 380% since its March low. Solid fundamentals and a recently simplified business structure. It is essentially a marketing company. The tagline from the website adds a bit more gloss and flavour but that is the long and short of it. Catalogue production/letterbox…
2020 is coming to an end. What a year it has been. It has been described as a hot mess, inside a dumpster fire, inside a slow-motion train wreck. Obviously, little has gone to plan. If someone at the start of 2020 was to tell you that you would spend the year inside your house,…
This week, we finish the year off with a sit down with an old favourite, Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners. Adam and Henry chat about 2020, some of the lessons learned, his top three picks for 2021 and what the ‘Black Swan’ event could be to upset the Australian economy and the market in…
In 2003 I bought a million shares in a stock called Paladin (ASX: PDN) at 1.6 cents. I sold them two weeks later for 3.2 cents having doubled my money and pocketed $16,000. Heroic. Except for the fact that three years later Paladin hit $9.57. Hindsight is a terrible thing. Financially I was done and…
Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC) – It’s one of the top performers in the ALL ORDS over the last six months. An attractive growth trajectory. Henry’s been onto this one for a while. About time we put it through the BHS filter. LYC is the world’s second largest producer of separated Rare Earths, and the only…
The Vaccine/Biden inspired rally and subsequent rotation into ‘value’ stocks struck down by the pandemic has helped the market print its best month since March 1988. It’s left a lot of investors wondering, what the Tech? Energy stocks have been the best performers last month, surging by almost 30% vs the market up 11.2%. The…
Less than four weeks to Christmas. The commentators are already talking about the “Santa Claus Rally” which is when the market seasonally rallies into the New Year. It is a well-accepted market phenomenon, and there is some logic behind it. A lot of financial decisions are made by companies and individuals at the end of…
