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Buy Hold Sell is a fast-paced business and investing podcast, bringing you stock tips and investment ideas every Friday and every second Monday. Join Livewire’s Ally Selby as she quizzes Australia’s top fund managers and investment analysts on a range of local and global stocks, as well as ETFs. Learn about the forces moving equities markets, the potholes you should avoid, and the companies going from strength to strength - all in 10 minutes or less. Whether you are new to investing or a seasoned professional, this podcast will get you thinking differently about markets.
Buy Hold Sell: 5 stocks rallying hard
It’s an age-old debate - technical or fundamental analysis to source stock ideas. Or put another way, do you prefer charts or balance sheets?
The chartists out there will tell you that everything is captured in the price, so that and volume are all you need to pay attention to. On the other side of the debate, those who employ them will tell you that fundamentals drive prices and help you to determine intrinsic value.
Ultimately, both methods are used to research and forecast future trends in stock prices and, increasingly, investors are using both to determine whether a stock is up to muster.
In this latest edition of Buy Hold Sell, we're putting a handful of cap stocks to fund managers that are top right on the chart and have been rallying hard.
Should they be there and, more importantly, can they keep going or are they overcooked?
To answer that question, we’re joined by Ben Rundle from Hayborough Investment Partners and Will Granger, from Airlie Funds Management.
Note: This episode was recorded Wednesday 26 July 2023.
04:4503/08/2023
The secrets to picking a winning small cap (and 2 fundie favourites)
There is no perfect recipe for generating profits.
Value, growth, quality, momentum, long, short, large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, conservative, moderate, aggressive - the list of investment styles goes on. And the factors fund managers use to identify stocks that meet their investment style can be equally elaborate.
So in this episode of Buy Hold Sell, Livewire's Chris Conway is joined by two small-cap managers - Ben Rundle from Hayborough Investment Partners and Will Granger from Airlie Funds Management.
They discuss their favourite factors when assessing small-cap opportunities, as well as those that are misunderstood or overused by investors.
Those factors are then put to work, with our guests each naming a stock that ticks all their boxes.
Note: This episode was recorded Wednesday 26 July 2023.
06:2130/07/2023
Buy Hold Sell: 5 stocks with fantastic fundamentals
For nearly 30 years, Martin Roth has published the book ‘Top Stocks’, highlighting 100 ASX companies that are considered to be financially sound.
In conducting the analysis, the share price of a stock is ignored and the focus is on companies with strong balance sheets, profitability, low debt levels, and sustainable dividends.
More specifically, a "Top Stock" must be:
Publicly listed since 2017
A constituent of the All Ordinaries Index (i.e. Top 500 company by market capitalisation)
Boast a Return on Equity (ROE) ratio of at least 10% in the most recent financial year
Have a Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio of less than 70%
We’ve used similar criteria, with help from the Market Index website, to identify fundamentally sound small caps.
So, which stocks make the cut? And are they all worth buying right now?
To answer those questions, Ben Rundle from Hayborough Investment Partners and Will Granger, from Airlie Funds Management joined Livewire's Chris Conway.
And just because we know you love a stock pick, they also highlight their top stock with fantastic fundamentals.
Note: This episode was recorded Wednesday 26 July 2023. You can read an edited transcript below:
https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/buy-hold-sell-5-stocks-with-fantastic-fundamentals
04:3527/07/2023
Buy Hold Sell: 5 ASX stocks for the ”goldilocks” scenario
The most anticipated recession in history still hasn't turned up. All those calls about a US-led recession starting in 2023 have been pushed back. In some cases, those calls are being pushed as far back as the second half of 2024. Others, like Goldman Sachs, have just cut the odds of a US recession occurring altogether - it's now down to a 20% chance in its eyes.
Here in Australia, disinflation continues to occur with the headline print recently coming in at +5.6% year-on-year. Sure, it's not the RBA's cherished 2-3% target but it's a lot nearer than the 8% we were experiencing at the end of last year. The unemployment rate is still below 4% and the economy is still expanding.
Corporate earnings also continue to be resilient and earnings guidance statements so far this confession season continue to provide an impetus for this market to grind slowly but surely higher in spite of all the headwinds.
All of this begs an important question - what if the optimists were right all along? And if they are, what stocks do you want to own in that dream scenario?
In this edition of Buy Hold Sell, we're talking about which ASX-listed stocks you would want to own (or not own) in a Goldilocks scenario. Joining moderator Hans Lee are Andrew McKie from Elston Asset Management and Rob Crookston from WILSONS.
Note: This episode was taped Wednesday 12 June 2023.
09:2020/07/2023
How to find the highest quality large-cap stocks on the ASX
There are plenty of famous pairs in life. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Tom and Jerry, Mario and Luigi just to name a few. When it comes to investing and specifically investing in stocks, large cap stocks are generally paired with the term "quality".
That's because these companies tend to have sturdier balance sheets, larger and more reliable customer bases, and dominant market positions.
And as volatility and uncertainty have spiked across markets, investors have been running into these quality names in droves. But what does quality mean in this environment - and which large-caps are the most worthy of your cash right now?
Livewire's Buy Hold Sell is here to help separate the good from the bad and the great from the good in the large end of the market. Moderator Hans Lee is joined by Andrew McKie from Elston Asset Management and Rob Crookston from WILSONS to discuss how they find "quality" companies on the ASX.
And just to show our fund managers can put their money where their mouth is, we asked them to pick their favoured large-cap among five pairs of options.
Note: This episode was taped on Wednesday 12 July 2023.
13:5416/07/2023