Out of the oven

Patience is a resource that is becoming relatively scarce in capital markets. We recently received good news about a long-standing position in this portfolio: HoldCo.

Misstep or side-step? 

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is currently an impasse. Will it continue to hike interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve? Or will it choose to take a divergent path? And what might the consequences (of either approach) be?

“Gilty” as charged

The Australian market fell by a whopping 8% over the past two weeks. However, it’s set to end the week higher than it began.

We try to draw some lessons from a wild, but ultimately uneventful few weeks in markets.

Stage 5?

Better than feared. That’s how several analysts have described the August reporting season in 2022.

We wrap up this year’s Profit Reporting Season as we ponder the outlook for 2023.

Ruling off FY-22

The last week of company profit reports proved to be as busy as the week that preceded it.

We detail results from PointsBet, Aurelia Metals, Costa Group and Perpetual amongst others.

Raining Results

With Profit Reporting season ramping up, we switch our focus to reports from clients’ companies.

Sell first (ask questions later…)

Billion-dollar companies have disappointed the market. We question whether in the midst of uncertainty, investors’ timeframes are being truncated.

Confirmation, confession and celebration

In May there’s a window where this year’s profit numbers are almost tallied. CFOs and CEOs alike look nervously up at the scoreboard asking: are we about to meet market expectations? 

De-equitisation

While the headlines are vocal about shortages across industries they have been silent about the reducing pool of investible, large companies in the Australian market.