Episode 10: Australian property, selling Class and buying Webjet

Why higher prices are bad for stocks

Are shares a buy?

Shares have more than doubled over the past year, but has the market gotten carried away?

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 […]

Tennis legend Roger Federer recently delivered the commencement address at Dartmouth university, and it’s well worth a watch. He is, as always, a class act. Roger isn’t exactly known for his investing prowess, although let it be noted he has had considerable success on that front. Over the years he earned around $130 million in prize money, but the majority […]

No matter what approach you take with investing — and here at Strawman we’re certainly a broad church — it’s impossible to avoid the narrative bias. That is, our tendency to interpret a set of facts or events in terms of a story. A story helps us connect things together, and gives them meaning. It sets out an arc that helps us make predictions […]

The Australian stock market is less than 2% of the entire global equities market and doesn’t contain any of the world-renowned high flying stocks like Apple, Amazon or Facebook. So why then is there huge upside potential in investing down under? Three main reasons give us Australians a huge advantage when it comes to buying stocks in our own backyard.  […]

Let’s talk about gold. That shiny yellow metal that’s captivated humans for thousands of years. Traditionally seen as a ‘safe haven’ asset, its recent price action is more akin to that of a meme stock. Which is unusual in itself, but especially so when all other assets are likewise on their way to the moon. So, what gives? Maybe it’s […]