This week we present a piece by Hamish Carlisle, analyst with the TAMIM Australian Equity Income IMA powered by Merlon Capital Partners, as they follow up a previous piece on the merits of value investing. While the long term returns from “value investing” are strong...
Market Insight
Chinese Property Market – One to watch out for…
This week Robert Swift takes a look at the Chinese property market and the effect it will have on Australia and the World. We have written on the China “marvel” before and continue to scratch our head on this enigma and the sustainability of it. You have to give them...
Will REITs be the epicentre of the next crisis?
This week Guy Carson takes a look at REITs and their potential role as the source of crisis in the Australian economy. A version of this article was published in The Australian on 21 October 2017. Back in 2007, the wheels began to fall off the global equity market...
Creative Accounting and non-payment of tax as a source of risk – the importance of fundamental oversight
This week Robert Swift and Roger McIntosh, of the TAMIM Global Equity High Conviction IMA, take a look at the tricky subject of creative accounting and how it must be factored into your stock analysis. Quantitative stock selection models such as our VMQ assessment,...
Evidente – Subdued volatility conditions belie tail risks
This week we present an article by friend of TAMIM Sam Ferraro as he examines the subdued volatility the Australian market has been experiencing. Market volatility conditions have remained subdued for some time. Daily return volatility of the Australian dollar Trade...
Amazon Not Introducing Internet to Australia
Adrian Lemme, analyst with the TAMIM Australian Equity Income portfolio, takes a look at the impending arrival of Amazon and the impact it should have on the Aussie landscape. Amazon Not Introducing Internet to Australia TAMIM Australian Equity Income - Merlon Capital...
Australia: The land of the rolling Boom
Guy Carson takes a look at the series of booms that have been propping up the Australian economy over the last decade and where we might be headed from here. Australia has just celebrated 26 years without a recession and the Government as well as the Reserve Bank of...
Brisbane Property – a damsel in distress or a diamond in the rough?
This week we take a look at the Brisbane property market. Is there an opportunity to be had or should we continue to flee the sinking ship? With the Australian cash rate at a record low, over the last 8 years we have seen a boom in property prices across the East...
What we look for in a management team
This week the small cap team take a look at the importance of a good management team when investing in a company. They take the time to spell out exactly what they look for when considering management. Summary: In our experience management quality is arguably the...
Prices, bad policy, Amazon, socially responsible investing and Thomas Hobbes – how on earth are they connected and why should I care?
Robert Swift presents his views on myths about deflation, Amazon and Socially Responsible Investing, and some folks that died a few hundred years ago. Prices, bad policy, Amazon, socially responsible investing and Thomas Hobbes – how on earth are they connected and...
So you’ve sold Telstra… Now what?
Remember the Tech Media Telecom (TMT) bubble of the late 1990s? Australia didn’t participate because of an absence of such companies on the ASX, but elsewhere it produced a frenzy of deals and some ludicrous valuations which mostly came unstuck. Although it eventually...
Five need to know factors for a successful retail property deal
Australia has a love affair with property, however you can’t go a week without seeing a newspaper headline proclaiming the next property crash. The low level of global and local interest rates over the last 9 years has caused property prices to go up significantly due...