Canadian Small Caps, Energy, Risk Management, and Assessing Management Teams | EP131
This episode, we discuss our seven-point management assessment framework (with examples), our risk management approach, and overall thoughts on energy.
This episode, we discuss our seven-point management assessment framework (with examples), our risk management approach, and overall thoughts on energy.
Some of the main challenges facing the continent, what we gleaned from visiting over 45 companies, and ESG considerations that are front of mind for major European investment firms.
What we think about the newly proposed tax on share buybacks in Canada, a balanced take on the energy theme, and where we’ve trimmed, exited, and added in the portfolio.
How do investors figure out what a company is worth? (Especially in a higher inflationary and interest rate environment?)
The deglobalization shift, long-term opportunities we’re seeing in utilities, and what’s interesting about gravel.
What makes the U.S. mid cap investable universe unique, some key learnings since the strategy’s launch, and how inflation can be a “positive” for wealth-creating companies.
Why small caps may zig while large caps zag, the advantage of businesses that sell scarce skills (CBIZ, Insperity, RS Group), and why eyewear retail is harder than it…looks.
The impacts of inflation, interest rates, and sharp currency movements on the portfolio, and the importance of leaning in to process and keeping a long-term perspective.
What DevOps is and why it’s a theme with investment potential.
Russia, the potential parallels to Taiwan and China, and macro to micro portfolio considerations in an inflationary environment.
Portfolio Managers Grayson Witcher and Colin Wong share market observations, industries where fundamentals are shifting, and a few recent additions to the portfolio.
The conundrum for investors these days is the trade-off between the value of quality and price to pay for it.