QAV AU 822 — Huawei to Hell: Investing When the World’s Upside Down

by | Jun 4, 2025 | Australia, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this week’s QAV episode, we sit down with the ever-dash­ing Tobias Carlisle, founder of The Acquirer’s Fund (ZIG, DEEP), author of The Acquirer’s Mul­ti­ple, and deep val­ue mav­er­ick, to dis­sect the state of val­ue invest­ing in the era of AI-dri­ven hype. We cov­er the bru­tal cycles of deep val­ue, AI vs. human deci­sion-mak­ing in funds, the mad­ness of quan­tum com­put­ing val­u­a­tions, and how Toby’s trip to Chi­na left him uncon­vinced by the West’s col­lapse nar­ra­tive. We also drill into oil, Ford ($F), and the impli­ca­tions of pas­sive investing’s stran­gle­hold on mar­ket direc­tion. Plus, Buf­fett wor­ship, civ­il war exit strate­gies, and why Amer­i­cans don’t get Aussie piss-tak­ing.

QAV America 007 — Tariffs, Towers, and the Telco Gamble in Africa

by | May 30, 2025 | America, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes, QAVUS, US Episode

In Episode 7 of QAV Amer­i­ca, Cameron and Tony unpack the roller­coast­er of IHS Hold­ing (NYSE: IHS), a tele­com tow­er oper­a­tor entrenched in the geopo­lit­i­cal chaos and eco­nom­ic tur­bu­lence of Nige­ria and beyond. They dive into IHS’s finan­cials, for­eign exchange expo­sure, and growth prospects, all while nav­i­gat­ing sov­er­eign risk, coups, and cur­ren­cy col­lapse. Along­side, the duo dis­cuss­es Trump’s new tar­iff threats, how macro­eco­nom­ic noise dis­tracts from fun­da­men­tals, and why ignor­ing the head­lines might be the smartest invest­ing strat­e­gy. It’s part deep dive, part real­i­ty check, and part investor ther­a­py.

QAV 821 — Roombas, Regulators & Rogue Traders

by | May 28, 2025 | Australia, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In episode 821 of the QAV Pod­cast, Cameron and Tony kick things off with tales of gas out­ages and cold show­ers before div­ing into the mar­kets. They review the port­fo­lio per­for­mance, explain the HLS sell-off, and unpack the lat­est antics of Don­ald Trump’s tar­iff diplo­ma­cy. Stocks under the spot­light include VVA (Viva Leisure) with their eye­brow-rais­ing stake in Goril­la X Labs, NRW’s legal wran­gle over the Whyal­la port, and a deep-dive pulled pork on ANZ. The ANZ seg­ment touch­es every­thing from exec­u­tive turnover, the bloat­ed One Plat­form app, sub­stance abuse alle­ga­tions, and the Sun­corp acqui­si­tion, to Cameron’s pre­dic­tion that the whole thing will be scrapped in favour of an AI-dri­ven rebuild. Sprin­kle in some talk about robot secu­ri­ty Room­bas, the lega­cy of Damien Brod­er­ick, Sparks’ new album, and Japan­ese punk, and you’ve got anoth­er vin­tage QAV ses­sion.

QAV AMERICA 006 — Blood on the Balance Sheet

by | May 21, 2025 | America, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes, QAVUS, US Episode

In this episode of **QAV Amer­i­ca**, Cameron and Tony dive into the volatile world of com­modi­ties, clas­sic val­ue invest­ing strate­gies, and a sur­pris­ing val­ue oppor­tu­ni­ty in **Ford Motor Com­pa­ny (F)**. They unpack how iron ore and wheat com­modi­ties are back in a buy state, dig into Rich Pzena’s invest­ing phi­los­o­phy from a **Tobias Carlisle** inter­view, and debate whether Ford is a deep val­ue play or a trap. With his­tor­i­cal nods to **Cis­co (CSCO)**, **GE (GE)**, and **U.S. Steel (X)**, the episode blends macro insights, per­son­al invest­ing war sto­ries, and a no-BS break­down of Ford’s finan­cials and risks.

QAV 820 — Wet Lettuce Watchdogs

by | May 20, 2025 | Australia, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes

In this episode, Cameron and Tony tack­le the polit­i­cal earth­quake caused by the breakup of Australia’s Fed­er­al Coali­tion, dig into the impli­ca­tions of the RBA’s lat­est rate cut, and explore how the U.S. cred­it down­grade might rip­ple through mar­kets. We hit hot top­ics from tax­ing unre­al­ized gains to a les­son in val­ue invest­ing resilience through the lens of a Tobias Carlisle inter­view with Rich Pzena. We close with a deep pulled pork on Cettire Ltd (CTT), the con­tro­ver­sial drop-ship­ping retail­er that’s either mis­un­der­stood genius or spec­u­la­tive flame­out. Plus: the ASX plays dumb, and Helen Mir­ren gets name-dropped twice.

QAV AMERICA 005 — Cayman Schemes and Chilean Dreams

by | May 19, 2025 | America, Blog, Investing Podcast, Podcast Episodes, QAVUS, US Episode

In this episode of QAV Amer­i­ca, Cameron and Tony wres­tle with mar­ket chaos as the US–China trade war hits pause. Cameron shares the chal­lenges he faced cre­at­ing a US buy list, dig­ging into sev­er­al inter­est­ing (and occa­sion­al­ly sus­pi­cious) tick­ers: a mort­gage REIT, a Chi­nese fin­tech with a Cay­man shell, and an impres­sive­ly renew­able-heavy Chilean util­i­ty. They debate gov­er­nance red flags, explore deep val­ue bets ver­sus gut instinct, and exam­ine why Enel Chile (ENIC) might be qui­et­ly pow­er­ing the future.

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