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July 6, 2020

Mocker Monday. 6 July.

Just a couple of links featuring some of the Mocker’s favourites this weeks: Roger Montgomery and Ben Clark do a BHS on some of the most Googled stocks on the ASX. Some good insights into the balancing act of “Quality Businesses at Fair Prices”. 6 of the most Googled stocks (Livewire Markets – Youtube) Shane Oliver gives a comprehensive update...

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July 3, 2020

The Amateur Investor Ep.11: Small Picture, Big Picture

After writing the last issue, I decided to reward myself by going out to my local climbing gym for a socially distanced climb. It was a good session, my strength was largely there but the skin wasn’t keeping up. Afterwards I opted to go for a walk around a nearby soccer oval whilst stretching and listening to a podcast. My...

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June 30, 2020

BHS: Vista Group International – VGL:ASX

They provide a suite of software for cinemas and studios, mainly focussed on the latter end of the chain. From distribution to the moviegoer. From their site: Additional to Cinema Management software provided by Vista Cinema, the offers of the Vista Group of companies cover moviegoer data analytics, business intelligence solutions, box office reporting software, creative and marketing services to...

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June 29, 2020

Mocker Monday. 29 June.

Mocker Roundup The Mockers had a meeting with alot of discussion about some key points for Australia and the world. We should note that these are our opinions, and they may not be correct, but nevertheless they represent how we see the world at the moment. These are our big forecasts for the near future: The Coronavirus won’t have as...

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June 25, 2020

The Amateur Investor Ep.10: No Crystal Balls Here

In June of 2018, as part of some misguided attempt to see how far I could push myself, and inspired by Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker’s first ascent of Meru Peak, I signed myself up to an alpine mountaineering course. Hosted in New Zealand’s South Island, on Mt Cook, the course featured 5 days of avalanche training, snow craft, and...

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June 25, 2020

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 5: Lessons from Winners

This was a harder blog post to write, turns out, when you’re right you don’t really learn much. It doesn’t matter if your decision making was good or bad, the win covers all that up and your confirmation bias gets stronger. With respect to that I will try to reflect on some of my wins, and fully describe what I...

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June 22, 2020

Mocker Monday. 22 June.

Travel industry Good interview with the head of Flight Centre discussing how a company in one of the hardest hit sectors battened down the hatches. This also had some good insight into the expected recovery of the travel sector. ‘Survival was on the line’: Flight Centre’s near-death experience (Sydney Morning Herald) Coronavirus, the market, and the economy New fears of...

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June 18, 2020

Quiet Contrarian. Ep4: Lessons from Losses

Continuing on my review of past performance, I wanted to revisit a few of my winners and losers, and the key lessons I learned from them. This week I’ll start with my losses. Sunbridge Group Limited (SBB:ASX) – Sunbridge was a clothing retailer from China. By the books they were incredibly undervalued (from memory, I had their valuation at about...

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