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January 2, 2022

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 24: Half Year Portfolio Update 2021

Portfolio Performance Portfolio has done well again, managing to outperform my benchmarks by ~10% depending on which one you want to look at. Here’s a bit of background on the Benchmarks I’ve been using: VAS – Vanguard Australian Shares ETF – Tracks the S&P/ASX 300 Index – Best for comparison to the Australian market VOO – Vanguard S&P 500 – Tracks the United States...

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December 1, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 23: Trades for November 2021.

Quiet month, largely just continuing the consolidation of my portfolio, the selling down of reopening trades got derailed a bit with the omicron scare. Buys No buys this month. Sells Altium LTD – ALU.ASX – I bought these guys in the early part of the covid drop. Just a small amount as they were still really quite overpriced. I always felt...

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November 5, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 22: Trades for October 2021.

Another busy month, we’re getting close to reopening, with vaccines hitting the magical 80% target and the states setting roadmaps for reopening. I’m starting to get out of things that are linked to reopening, and I think are already overvalued. Buys No buys this month. Sells Shaver Shop Group – SSG.ASX – I initially bought these guys on a recent dip,...

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October 6, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 21: Trades for September 2021.

That was a busy month, lots of stock movements and lots of buying and selling. Guess the institutional investors were mucking about in the market quite alot. Buys DGL Group Ltd – DGL.ASX – These guys have been making waves in the industry. They’re making a big play for the chemical industry in Australia and have been on a major tear...

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September 2, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 20: Trades for August 2021.

Nothing to see here. Go read a book.

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August 3, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep19: Trades for July 2021

Buys Tassal Group – TGR.ASX – Have written about Tassal a few times. I think they’ve got ~10% base growth, with a 5% dividend, and a potential chaser of 2-3% efficiencies. On top of that the salmon price is rebounding, but this hasn’t caught up to the share price yet. Sells Mineral Resources – MIN.ASX – They’ve had a stellar run since...

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July 6, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 18: FY21 Reflection

Overall update – Story of the year This was a bumper stock market year, with both the US and Australian markets hitting all time highs and posting some record gains (The All Ords was up almost 30% this year!). It’s primarily driven by record low interest rates driving up valuations, and lots of new investors/traders starting their equities journey driving...

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July 2, 2021

Quiet Contrarian. Ep 17: Trades for June 2021

Just one buy this month… Buys Shaver Shop Group – SSG.ASX – Omnichannel retail, growing well into Grooming products primarily focused on Men, but trying to become more attractive to women (this will probably take a while, their stores are not attractive to the ladies from my read). Extremely well managed, though a relatively low margin business (5-8%). They definitely benefitted...

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