Investor Insights

In the most traditional sense, mining companies are highly cyclical and require careful analysis by investors to avoid buying and selling at the wrong time. However, Deterra Royalties (ASX: DRR) provides exposure to the mining industry with much less volatility than owning a mining stock.

Securitisation plays a pivotal role in the global financial landscape, providing investors access to diversified pools of loan exposures, while allowing lenders to optimise their capital structure. Among the various types of securitisation products, residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and private warehouse securitisations stand out as prominent categories in the Australian market.

You always learn a lot hearing from seasoned investors. The beauty of the Montgomery business as it has grown is that these nuggets of wisdom through our partner managers are now spread across not only several asset classes but also across a number of geographies.

In this week’s video insight, I’ll be discussing the pleasing performance of both the Montgomery Small Companies Fund and the Aura High Yield SME Fund (for wholesale investors) in the September 2023 quarter. During this time stock markets observed widespread negative returns, mainly due to a significant increase in U.S. ten-year treasury bond yields.

The Reserve Bank of Australia provided an update on its “Recent Developments in Small Business Finance and Economic Conditions” series in the September 2023 bulletin1. The update touches on both the contribution of SMEs to the Australian economy and their access to finance (particularly small businesses), via traditional ADI (bank) funding and non-bank funding.

Some commentators, pointing to the price to earnings (P/E) ratio for major indices like the S&P500, argue the next decade will be terrible for equities. Are they right? There are always plenty of people happy to offer their opinion. The question itself is perhaps not right because most serious equity investors tend toward investing in companies, not the index.

Back in February 2020, and just before COVID-19 sent the world into a tailspin, GWA (ASX:GWA) shares were on a high, trading at nearly $4 each.

In this week’s video insight, David Buckland and Gary Rollo discusses the recent surge in uranium stocks. Gary explains the rationale behind their investments in uranium, emphasising the changing attitudes towards nuclear energy in the context of decarbonization. He highlights a supply-demand imbalance resulting from a decade of underinvestment in uranium production after the Fukushima disaster, making the commodity an attractive investment. They delve into one company they like, Boss Energy (ASX: BOE).

Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has highlighted a significant concern echoed by analysts like Leith Van Onselen of Macro Business. According to the latest ABS data, Queensland’s population has grown by 124,200 residents in just the past year, culminating in March.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released some important data points last week on the state of inflation and the national accounts. The headline figures did not demonstrate the signs of contraction the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is trying to achieve, however looking into the underlying causes and effects can provide some clarity and sense of optimism.

In this video insight, I am joined by Rob Forker, the portfolio manager of the Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund. We discuss Polen Capital’s strategy of selecting elite companies from a pool of 8000 global stocks based on their five guide rails. Rob also highlights Polen’s approach to investing across the growth spectrum, balancing slower-growing, stable companies like Cochlear with high-growth firms like Globant. Despite the challenging market conditions, Rob remains confident in their strategy, believing that earnings growth will ultimately drive long-term stock price appreciation.

Australian small companies can provide investors with opportunities to tap into global themes that we believe will drive investment returns in the future. One of these is what is the most effective solution for achieving decarbonisation in electricity production.