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Investing insights, podcast episodes, and market analysis.
QAV S05E09 — Coat Lifters
War driving demand for precious metals; how to gross up the sell price of a stock going ex-dividend; tech pipe dreams; new consensus target date filter; Denis contributions; MML revenue drop and bad news; rebuying a stock you’ve just sold; using EMA and SMA or “price change 1 month” to calculate a Josephine; is performance better over reporting season?
Transcript QAV 508
QAV 508 Cameron 00:02 Welcome to QAV 508, TK. Are you doing better with age? Your t‑shirt says Tony 00:11 I’ve got my Murray Brothers’ Bourbon t‑shirt on. “It’s better with age,” exactly. Cameron 00:19 Your last day down at Cape Schanck today? Tony 00:22 Yes,…
Private School vs Investing
An interesting article just came out that asks the question: What’s better for your child — private school or index fund? Tony and QAV get a mention, talking about how to get even better returns than an index fund.
QAV S05E08 — The Sound Of Cannon
Markets and War; bank rate increase; MWY bad results; Construction collapse; Berkshire’s annual letter; GRR results; Portfolio average hold time; outdated consensus valuations; is five year relative strength important; calculating CAGR in Excel; red flag if DPR of greater than 100%.
QAV S05E07 — Overconfidence
This week we’re talking about Navexa portfolio issues, overconfidence in investors, Murph resigns from Berkshire, Berkshire invests in a crypto bank, Munger’s recent Q&A, BFG’s money laundering problems, HUM’s acquisition by LFS, CGF back on the buy list, S32 is Tony’s pulled pork, Ares buying into GMA, FMG is a Josephine, and then we answer your questions about Grantham’s bubble warnings, using trend lines to know when to cancel a Josephine, the iron ore sell price, buying stocks close to the sell line, using company market cap figure relative to Index Funds to determine whether a company’s share price could be at risk of a near future increase or decrease, kissing a few frogs to get a prince, holding on just for the takeover premium and FEX’s very low sell line.
Transcript QAV #506
QAV 506 Club Cameron 00:06 Welcome back to QAV, TK. Episode 506. We’re recording on the 15th of February, 2022. Happy Valentine’s Day for yesterday, Tony. Tony 00:18 Thank you, Cam. Happy Valentine’s Day to you. I’m in a separate state to my wife so I sent her some…
QAV S05E06 — The Pendulum
Copper is a buy again, why VUK’s audit it NOT qualified, ASX CEO resigns, the impact of petrol prices, portfolio update, SGR has a qualified audit, NUF is the pulled pork, how to work with a stock you inherit, why we have no cut-off for low Quality scores, Tony’s average holding period, Andrew’s sliding Rule 1.
Transcript QAV 505
QAV 505 Club Cameron 00:17 Welcome back to QAV. I think this is episode 505. We’re recording this Tuesday the 8th of February, 2022. It’s my wife’s 43rd birthday today, so I’d like to wish her a happy birthday even though she doesn’t listen to this or any of my…
QAV S05E05 — Scientific Fiddling
As we’re joined by special guest Taylor Reilly, we talk about flatulent labels, redefining how a stock comes out of being a Josephine, our portfolio performance for the FY, a pulled pork on CCP, Greenblatt and LEAPS, when to sell after a 3PTL breach, should MAM be on the list, what to do with stocks we get from a demerger, what to do with MXI, more about property v shares, and and whether or not we need to check for a qualified audit if it’s an ASX200/300 company.
