Magic Markets Ep27: Beyond the Multiples

Craig Antonie of AnBro Capital Investments is no stranger to regular Magic Markets listeners. He was the guest on Episode 11: Tech Truffles and Unicorns, where Craig discussed the approach taken in their Unicorn Global Growth Fund. The recent market sell-off has been painful for growth investors. In this episode, Craig explains why the future still looks bright and why the …

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Magic Markets Ep27: Beyond the Multiples

Craig Antonie of AnBro Capital Investments is no stranger to regular Magic Markets listeners. He was the guest on Episode 11: Tech Truffles and Unicorns, where Craig discussed the approach taken in their Unicorn Global Growth Fund. The recent market sell-off has been painful for growth investors. In this episode, Craig explains why the future still looks bright and why the …

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Magic Markets Ep13: Disney vs. Netflix

It’s an investment rumble in the jungle, as the House of Mouse takes on Netflix. Although Netflix gets all the credit for being a techy platform company (and included in the FAANG group), Disney+ already has nearly 100 million subscribers vs. just over 200 million at Netflix. Of course, there’s so much more to Disney than Disney+, like the entire …

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Magic Markets Ep11: Tech Truffles and Unicorns

In Episode 11 of Magic Markets, hosts The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) go on a search for truffles – tech truffles! Oh, and unicorns. With the assistance of special guest (and stock-picking expert) Craig Antonie, the hosts unpack a simple framework to help identify the winning companies of tomorrow. There’s also a discussion on value vs. growth investing, …

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Magic Markets Ep11: Tech Truffles and Unicorns

In Episode 11 of Magic Markets, hosts The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (Moe-Knows) go on a search for truffles – tech truffles! Oh, and unicorns. With the assistance of special guest (and stock-picking expert) Craig Antonie, the hosts unpack a simple framework to help identify the winning companies of tomorrow. There’s also a discussion on value vs. growth investing, …

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IBM evolves once more

As you probably know, IBM is one of the original tech companies. The company can trace its roots back to 1911, admittedly to a time when it manufactured and sold machinery including commercial scales and cheese slicers. There’s a well-known saying in the corporate world: “Nobody gets fired for buying IBM.” It means that IBM was such a safe bet …

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Not all tech companies are created equal

You know by now that the lockdown period was great for many tech companies. Although “tech” is used as an umbrella term all the time, it’s something of a misnomer to do so. The companies that did well typically offer consumer apps or enterprise cloud solutions. Some software companies also did well and there were of course outliers like video …

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Not all tech companies are created equal

You know by now that the lockdown period was great for many tech companies. Although “tech” is used as an umbrella term all the time, it’s something of a misnomer to do so. The companies that did well typically offer consumer apps or enterprise cloud solutions. Some software companies also did well and there were of course outliers like video …

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Banking: a sunset industry?

This may sound like I’m about to wax lyrical about Bitcoin. Trust me, that’s the last thing you’ll ever read about from me. I write about real assets i.e. the kind that generate cash flows. There was a time when the smartest kids at university fought over jobs at banks. Investment banking careers, like corporate advisory or proprietary trading, were …

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PBT: Big data, bigger accounting adjustments

The word “trading statement” is typically the intro line to a horror movie on the JSE at the moment. Companies need to release a trading statement when they have reasonable certainty that the results for the upcoming reporting period will differ by at least 20% (up or down) from the prior period. Think of it as either an early celebration …

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