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Houses & Holes: the shape of the Aussie share market

Consisting of over 2100 individual companies, the Australian share market has a few interesting features. One of the first things a curious investor might notice is the significance of the major banks. There are only 21 businesses on the ASX classified (loosely) as banks, but the ‘Big 4’ — CBA, NAB, ANZ and Westpac — are the clear standouts. Combined, […]

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Strawman Mobile App

Strawman now has a a progressive web app. Essentially, it’s the regular Strawman website, but it’ll work more like a native app on your phone. Aside from providing a better mobile experience, it will allow us to offer improved functionality, such as customisable push notifications. Downloading the app is pretty straightforward, although please be aware that the exact process will […]

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Alf Ianniello, Codan (ASX CDA) CEO, Talks To Strawman Members

One of the perks of being a Strawman member is that I get access to the CEO interviews they do regularly. I’m pleased to share some key takeaways from the recent acquisition with Codan CEO, Alf Ianniello (with Strawman’s permission.) These notes should be thought of as an addendum to my longer article on Codan published just three months ago […]

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Shooting for 100 Baggers

I recently finished re-reading Chris Mayer’s ‘100 Baggers’, an updated study in the spirit of Thomas Phelp’s iconic book ‘100 to 1 in the Stock Market’, first published in 1972. Without question, it’s become essential reading for investors and I encourage others to dive into its simple and easy to digest wisdom. It impressed upon me some lessons I had […]

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Straker Translations (ASX:STG) Growth Marches On

Straker Translations (ASX:STG) is a translation services business based in New Zealand, so this article will refer to NZD unless otherwise specified. In the half to September 2021, Straker made a loss of $5.5m on revenue of $23.3 million. Since then, the company reported its cashflow statement for the quarter to December 202, achieving positive operating cashflow of $34,000 and […]

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Is it time to buy AVA Risk Group?

At the end of last month, AVA Risk Group (ASX:AVA) reported half year revenue down 43% to $20.2 million, but half year profit before tax up a whopping 198%, thanks to its gain on disposal of its services business. That gain put the company in a position to pay over 16 cents per share to shareholders, in the form of […]

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Tech Stocks Enter Bear Market

The Aussie market, as measured by the S&P All Ordinaries Index, entered a ‘technical correction’ this week, having fallen more than 10% from the record high it hit at the start of the year. Small cap stocks have fared worse, down about 14% over the same period of time according the ASX Small Ords. The situation for tech investors is […]

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Strawman index: what’s in the portfolio of Australia’s #1 investment club

The Strawman Index tracks the performance of the most popular stocks across the community. Since 2017, the index has achieved a 31% compound annual total return compared with a 9% gain for the broader market. In 2021, following a market sell off in late November, the portfolio is down 0.7% year to date. We took a closer look at the […]

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Being too early is the same as being wrong (or is it?)

They say that in investing, being too early is the same as being wrong. There’s a lot of truth to that — especially when it comes to things like shorting — but I’m not convinced it applies to growth investing. At least, that is, when the potential upside is large enough. If, after buying a stock, it goes sideways for […]