QAV 811 — Thinking About It

by | Mar 19, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

Tony and Cameron explore the mar­ket’s recent volatil­i­ty and recov­ery, exam­in­ing key per­for­mances in both their Aus­tralian and US port­fo­lios. They dive deep into the curi­ous case of Ramelius Resources, dis­sect­ing the com­pa­ny’s recent series of announce­ments that puz­zled investors and raised ques­tions around trans­paren­cy and dis­clo­sure prac­tices. Oth­er high­lights include a robust dis­cus­sion on small caps ver­sus large caps in the con­text of pas­sive invest­ing impacts, strong results from Perseus Min­ing and Met­als X, and an analy­sis of Shape Aus­trali­a’s promis­ing finan­cial posi­tion and future out­look. The episode wraps up with lis­ten­er ques­tions about port­fo­lio hedg­ing strate­gies and impli­ca­tions of the Ramelius and Spar­tan Resources merg­er.

QAV 810 — The QAV Magnificent 12

by | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this episode, we review recent half-year­ly results and mar­ket volatil­i­ty, dis­cussing notable move­ments in the dum­my port­fo­lio com­pared to the bench­mark, as well as sig­nif­i­cant shifts in com­modi­ties such as crude oil. We dive into report­ing-sea­son sur­pris­es from com­pa­nies like Qan­tas, Hel­lo World, Pep­per Mon­ey, and Karoon Ener­gy, explor­ing the lack of time­ly “con­fes­sion sea­son” dis­clo­sures and how that impacts invest­ment deci­sions. The top­ic of whether to pause stock pur­chas­es dur­ing report­ing sea­son is debat­ed, express­ing our frus­tra­tion over abrupt CFO depar­tures and earn­ings “shock” announce­ments. We con­clude with a “Pulled Pork” deep dive on min­ing ser­vices group Per­en­ti (PRN), ana­lyz­ing cash-flow quirks, fore­cast earn­ings, and over­all QAV met­rics.

QAV 809 — The Reporting Season Red Flag

by | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this episode, we review recent half-year­ly results and mar­ket volatil­i­ty, dis­cussing notable move­ments in the dum­my port­fo­lio com­pared to the bench­mark, as well as sig­nif­i­cant shifts in com­modi­ties such as crude oil. We dive into report­ing-sea­son sur­pris­es from com­pa­nies like Qan­tas, Hel­lo World, Pep­per Mon­ey, and Karoon Ener­gy, explor­ing the lack of time­ly “con­fes­sion sea­son” dis­clo­sures and how that impacts invest­ment deci­sions. The top­ic of whether to pause stock pur­chas­es dur­ing report­ing sea­son is debat­ed, express­ing our frus­tra­tion over abrupt CFO depar­tures and earn­ings “shock” announce­ments. We con­clude with a “Pulled Pork” deep dive on min­ing ser­vices group Per­en­ti (PRN), ana­lyz­ing cash-flow quirks, fore­cast earn­ings, and over­all QAV met­rics.

QAV 808 — The Value Investor’s Lament

by | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this episode of QAV, Cameron and Tony nav­i­gate the car­nage of report­ing sea­son, where many QAV stocks have tak­en a beat­ing. They dis­cuss the bru­tal mar­ket reac­tions to earn­ings miss­es, the under­per­for­mance of val­ue stocks rel­a­tive to growth, and what the lat­est results say about the over­all mar­ket sen­ti­ment. Despite the doom and gloom, there are bright spots, includ­ing Berk­shire Hathaway’s lat­est results and a few stand­out earn­ings reports. Tony also revis­its the con­cept of mar­ket tops and how investors should be posi­tion­ing them­selves.

QAV 807 — Half Year Havoc

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

Half year reports are play­ing their usu­al hav­oc on some of our stocks, as results dis­ap­point the mar­ket. But is the mar­ket over-react­ing in some cas­es? Tony thinks so. We’re also talk­ing about the RBA’s deci­sion to cut inter­est rates and how that affects our invest­ing deci­sions. Stocks cov­ered today include FND, AMP, CVL, PPM, and Tony’s deep dive is on FSF. He also answers a lis­ten­er’s ques­tion about bor­row­ing to buy shares. After hours includes dis­cus­sions about Baby­lon, the ACO, rac­ing updates and fast­ing.

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