On the Couch with Henry Jennings and Alex Pollak This week in ‘On the Couch’, Henry is chatting to Alex Pollak the CIO and founder of a global technology fund, Loftus Peak. Alex has over 25-years experience in investing in disruptive business models and was instrumental in bringing both SEK and CAR to the market.…
A WIN FOR AUSTRALIA You may have read that the AOFM (Australian Office of Financial Management) just pulled off the biggest bond issue in Australian corporate history. They just sold $19bn of November 2024 Government Bonds. The initial issue size was $13bn and they saw $53.5bn worth of bids at a coupon of 1.02%. There…
The ASX 200 recovered a 101 point fall to close up 19 yesterday. An Australian win on a Government bond issue (see below) helped the turnaround. But we will be tested today. That's two days of the US market falling 2% a day. Corrections start fast. Momentum fading. This is the ASX 200 chart –…
On the Couch with Henry Jennings – Arbitrage, Hedging and 3 Stocks This weekend Henry is on the Couch with himself – what you may not know about Henry is that he used to run a multi-million dollar book at a major investment bank involved in index arbitrage and hedging. For those of you looking…
We have been working away behind they scenes on an exciting new education offering. This is one of the sections that will be in there that "Tells it as it is" about Exchange Traded Funds. All will be revealed in due course but if you would like to be the first to know then email…
A RANT Got caught on the ABC Radio Adelaide this morning. They were talking about the boom in online broking accounts that CommSec are reporting and ASIC is warning about (being conservative is their job). Of course there’s been a boom, everyone’s looking for something to do in isolation plus we are in the middle…
SPI down 7 but Dow Futures down another 300. A few strategy points to make this morning. TECHNICALLY One bad day…or a new trend – Friday’s 5% drop at first sight risks being the start of a bigger correction (corrections start fast) although all Friday did was negate the previous two days and whilst one…
In this episode, Henry catches up with his good friend, Julia Lee, who is probably well known to many through her media appearances. Julia Lee is the Chief Investment Officer at Burman Invest. She has 20 years of experience in financial markets. Her passion for investing combines fundamental and technical analysis to analyse companies and…
POINTS OF INTEREST The geared recovery sectors are bottoming in the US – Energy, Small companies, Airlines some of the best performers – same will happen here. Financials also leading the recovery – up 5-6% in the UK and leading in the US as well. Our banks appear to be bottoming. Resources not left behind…
The “Restart” theme continues. Bondi Beach is about to open, various States in the US are planning their re-openings and its fair to assume that the dominant theme for the stock market amidst the horrific/predictable/discounted economic headlines is getting the local and global economies back on the move. Generally happy to be in the market.…
