QAV AU 902 — Quintuple

by | Jan 14, 2026 | Australia, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this wide-rang­ing QAV Aus­tralia episode, Cameron and Tony move from bush­fires dev­as­tat­ing Vic­to­ri­an horse studs into geopol­i­tics, cen­tral bank inde­pen­dence, and the increas­ing­ly overt polit­i­cal pres­sure being applied to the US Fed­er­al Reserve. From Kevin Rudd’s exit as ambas­sador and Trump’s cam­paign against Jerome Pow­ell, the con­ver­sa­tion piv­ots into mar­ket con­se­quences, port­fo­lio per­for­mance, and a remark­able year for QAV Light port­fo­lios, which have dra­mat­i­cal­ly out­per­formed the index. The sec­ond half dives deep into prac­ti­cal invest­ing ques­tions from lis­ten­ers, cov­er­ing port­fo­lio con­struc­tion, gear­ing, draw­downs, and frank­ing cred­its, before clos­ing with a detailed “pulled pork” analy­sis of Kip McGrath Edu­ca­tion. Along the way, they explore com­pe­ti­tion dynam­ics in retail, the lim­its of diver­si­fi­ca­tion, and why growth has qui­et­ly dom­i­nat­ed returns over the past year.

QAV AU 901 — Broccoli Investing

by | Jan 7, 2026 | Australia, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

The first QAV episode of 2026 opens with a wide-rang­ing dis­cus­sion that blends val­ue invest­ing dis­ci­pline with geopol­i­tics, mar­ket psy­chol­o­gy, and one very detailed stock tear­down. Cameron and Tony debate the lim­its of guests who can’t tol­er­ate push­back, why val­ue invest­ing is the “broc­coli diet” of finance, and whether opti­mism in glob­al equi­ty mar­kets has reached dan­ger­ous lev­els. From US mil­i­tary actions in Venezuela and their impli­ca­tions for oil mar­kets, to Wall Street’s unan­i­mous bull­ish­ness for 2026, the episode cir­cles back to a core QAV prin­ci­ple: pre­dic­tion is frag­ile, process is durable. The sec­ond half dives deep into Fenix Resources, unpack­ing how ver­ti­cal inte­gra­tion can cre­ate a moat in iron ore, even at the small­er end of the pro­duc­tion scale.

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