Episode 10: Australian property, selling Class and buying Webjet

Following the completion of a hugely successful institutional capital raise — for which the business tapped the market for an extra $317.2 million — shares in payments disruptor AfterPay (ASX:APT) have surged back towards their recent record high. That takes gains for the past 12-months to a whopping 208%. There’s no doubt that things are going well for the business […]

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 […]

We’ve been a bit distracted at Strawman HQ this week due to an office relocation. More accurately, I got evicted and have been moving house. So apologies for the radio silence on Strawman. Having now relocated 7 times in nearly 11 years I’m pretty much a black belt in the art of the move. And believe you me, it really […]

Health food is a booming industry

Here at Strawman, we like to poke around the lesser known corners of the market. And why not? There are lots of hidden gems to be found. In fact, there’s plenty of things to like about so-call ‘small cap’ stocks. More growth potential Less competition from other investors Less rational pricing (more opportunity to find significant mis-pricings) Better access to […]

With the latest half-yearly reporting season now over, it’s a good time to reflect on our investments. At least, that is, in a more considered way than is possible in the heat of the moment. The spray of numbers, often coming from multiple companies on the same day, can be extremely hard to digest. It’s like drinking from a fire […]

Reporting season is always a great opportunity to help separate the signal (business fundamentals) from the noise (share prices). As companies start to drop their half-year results, it’s worth framing up what it is you’re looking for. How you do that will depend on the particular investment strategy you employ but, if you have a longer-term focus, here are a […]

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