Investment talks 2013

View presentations from industry experts on issues related to sharemarket investing


These presentations are suitable for people of all ages and across all levels of investor experience.

Below you will find audio, video and slides from ASX 2013 events.

Presentations for: 2012 & 2011.


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Reflections on Gold, Copper and popular stocks

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Regina Meani, Your Technical Analyst

Gold, Copper, and our most popular stocks. Listen to this respected analyst’s view on what the charts are telling us.

Recorded - Mon 27 May 2013.

Economic moats – which companies have them?

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Andrew Page, Team Invest

Andrew Page teaches about the importance of Economic Moats and how that can help spot attractive stocks in difficult sharemarket conditions. He talks about popular stocks – Woolworths, CSL, Coca Cola, Reckon, Cochlear and REA

Recorded - Tue 21 May 2013.

What do companies have to disclose and when?

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Kevin Lewis, Chief Compliance Officer, ASX

Continuous disclosure, trading halts and speeding tickets. It may seem like another language but it is all about making sure that listed companies release information to the market promptly.

Recorded - Tue 7 May 2013.

Investing through different cycles

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Julia Lee, Bell Direct

“Buy low, sell high”, sounds easy doesn’t it? Julia Lee explains how our emotions can hijack our investment decisions. Learn how to match the right strategy to the right stage of the market cycle.

Recorded - Thu 28 March 2013.

Investing in the Australian biotechnology sector

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Stuart Roberts, Bell Potter

Demand for biotechs continues to grow and Australian commerce is catching up with our scientific expertise. Industry expert Stuart Roberts explains the biotech sector, provides two interesting case studies and gives some tips on what you should do when evaluating biotech companies.

Recorded - Thu 28 March 2013.

Understanding market cycles and what lies ahead

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Alan Hull, educator

Popular and well regarded investment educator Alan Hull gives us some theory and practical advice. Alan talks to an audience about classic market cycles, the depression, the bear market of the seventies and the '87 crash. He argues that the pattern of these cycles is fairly predictable and that we can use this knowledge to assist in our investing strategy. Alan then has a look at the current markets giving us his view on the likely short-term trends.

Recorded - Tue 5 March 2013.

RBS Morgans explains the new Exchange-traded Australian Government Bond market

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Steven Wright, RBS Morgans

Australians love their shares but investing in bonds has never been a big part of their portfolios. The new Exchange-traded Australian Government Bond market makes investing in bonds as easy as buying and selling shares. Director of fixed interest at RBS Morgans, Steven Wright explains how AGBs work and some of the things you need to look out for.

Recorded - Wed 20 February 2013.

Tactical asset allocation according to JBWere

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Damian Moran, JBWere

Damian Moran explains the difference between strategic and tactical asset as well as JBWere's four models for client asset allocation strategies. He may surprise you on which were the best performing assets in recent times and concludes with JBWere's view on the outlook for asset classes for 2013 and their preferred tactical tilt.

Recorded - Tue 5 February 2013.

Value investing with the experts

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Roger Montgomery and Michael Glennon

What makes a successful value investor? Can value investors get it wrong? Tony Hunter of ASX explores these questions with fund managers and value investors Roger Montgomery of Montgomery Investment Management and Michael Glennon of Glennon Capital.

Recorded - Thu 3 January 2013.

Economic outlook for 2013

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Janu Chan, St George Bank

What are they key themes for the global economy in 2013? Tony Hunter from ASX, talks to Janu Chan about the debt in USA, the debt in Europe and China’s growth prospects. Closer to home, the yield curve is showing some signs of a slowdown however there are positive signs for our sharemarket.

Recorded - Mon 17 December 2012.

Stocks for your stocking

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Juliana Roadley, CommSec

What is the Santa Claus effect? What is the outlook for commodity prices and how might the next Federal election affect next year’s market? Juliana Roadley talks about these things as well as discussing 6 stocks that CommSec believe will be good stocks for your Christmas stocking.

Recorded - Thu 13 December 2012.

What is a Self Managed Super Fund and is it right for you?

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Nerida Cole, Dixon Advisory

By the end of Nerida Cole's presentation you should have a good idea of whether you would like to set up an SMSF, how to go about setting one up and what you need to be careful about.

Recorded - Tue 4 December 2012.

Stocks for your stocking

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Jeremy Hook, TMS Capital

As a regular presenter, Jeremy reflects on his track record of stock reviews. In this session he also introduces a couple of interesting mid-cap stocks for you to research this festive season.

Recorded - Fri 23 November 2012.

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