Episode 9: Integrated Research, Xref and Mailbag

This week was the 10th anniversary of the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, the event that’s seen as precipitating the Global Financial Crisis. The milestone has many in the media questioning the current bull market, one that is starting to get rather long in the tooth and is showing more than a few red flags. In fact, parallels […]

What you need to know

Andrew reviews his public scorecard, Matt surveys the macro landscape and Claude talks about the perils (and opportunities) of investing in micro-caps.

Wall Street columnist Jason Zweig once remarked that his job is to essentially write the same thing 50 to 100 times a year, but in a manner that keeps it fresh for his readers. The reason, as Zweig points out, is that while markets are in a constant state of flux, the big ideas seldom change. “..while people need good advice, […]

In a 2014 interview, Lloyd Blankfein, then CEO of Goldman Sachs and part-time Bond villain lookalike, was asked a simple question: How far into the future can you see? Now, given Goldman’s reputation for spotting market trends before most, you’d expect a confident answer.  Instead, Blankfein deadpanned: “I don’t think I could see four inches into the future.” Not exactly […]

Shares in digital eLearning solution provider Readcloud (ASX:RCL) were down 14% by mid-afternoon on Monday, and are now down roughly 50% from their 52-week high. So, what’s going on? With no ASX-announcement to act as a catalyst, and only a small volume of orders, it looks as though the move is merely a reflection of the illiquid nature of Readcloud […]

There’s a lot to love at the smaller end of the ASX…

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