Playing the plan: Mawer’s international equity portfolio | EP115
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.
The Art of Boring™ was created for curious and passionate investors. We share strategies, frameworks, and insights to help readers and listeners make better investment decisions. Our aim? To provide some bottom-up, long-term investing signal to cut through the short-term noise.
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An energy-fuelled debate: Are renewables actually becoming cheaper? | EP114
The team debates the thesis that renewables are becoming “cheaper” than traditional energy sources, unpacks why the ultimate cost to the end consumer shouldn’t be missing from the conversation, and delves into the investment implications.
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Quarterly Update | Q2 2022 | EP113
Inflation, interest rates, the valuation correction, bias creep, and “sticking to our knitting.” A full dive into Q2.
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How to make (good) decisions | EP112
CIO Paul Moroz unpacks the foundational components to better decision making for investing, business, and life.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian bond portfolio | EP111
Lead Portfolio Manager, Crista Caughlin, on what’s happening in bond markets, a look at inflation and interest rates, and the key scenarios we’re monitoring.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | EP110
Opportunities and risks we’re seeing in energy, rail, and financials; why we exited Shopify; and a few team learnings.
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Deep dive: DevOps | EP109
What DevOps is and why it’s a theme with investment potential.
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Creativity vs. Frameworks: How to build a better decision-making environment | EP108
On building a “global investment franchise” and balancing the trade-offs between creativity, efficiency, and process to build a consistent environment for better investment decisions.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s emerging markets equity portfolio | EP107
Russia, the potential parallels to Taiwan and China, and macro to micro portfolio considerations in an inflationary environment.
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Quarterly Update | Q1 2022 | EP106
CIO Paul Moroz shares his take on what’s happening in the markets, some of the underlying factors behind recent performance, and a reminder that the wheels of capitalism will continue to turn.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP105
Portfolio Managers Grayson Witcher and Colin Wong share market observations, industries where fundamentals are shifting, and a few recent additions to the portfolio.
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The quality conundrum
The conundrum for investors these days is the trade-off between the value of quality and price to pay for it.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s international equity portfolio | EP115
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.
August 3, 2022
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An energy-fuelled debate: Are renewables actually becoming cheaper? | EP114
The team debates the thesis that renewables are becoming “cheaper” than traditional energy sources, unpacks why the ultimate cost to the end consumer shouldn’t be missing from the conversation, and delves into the investment implications.
July 20, 2022
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Quarterly Update | Q2 2022 | EP113
Inflation, interest rates, the valuation correction, bias creep, and “sticking to our knitting.” A full dive into Q2.
July 13, 2022
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How to make (good) decisions | EP112
CIO Paul Moroz unpacks the foundational components to better decision making for investing, business, and life.
June 29, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian bond portfolio | EP111
Lead Portfolio Manager, Crista Caughlin, on what’s happening in bond markets, a look at inflation and interest rates, and the key scenarios we’re monitoring.
June 22, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | EP110
Opportunities and risks we’re seeing in energy, rail, and financials; why we exited Shopify; and a few team learnings.
June 8, 2022
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Deep dive: DevOps | EP109
What DevOps is and why it’s a theme with investment potential.
May 25, 2022
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Creativity vs. Frameworks: How to build a better decision-making environment | EP108
On building a “global investment franchise” and balancing the trade-offs between creativity, efficiency, and process to build a consistent environment for better investment decisions.
May 11, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s emerging markets equity portfolio | EP107
Russia, the potential parallels to Taiwan and China, and macro to micro portfolio considerations in an inflationary environment.
April 27, 2022
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Quarterly Update | Q1 2022 | EP106
CIO Paul Moroz shares his take on what’s happening in the markets, some of the underlying factors behind recent performance, and a reminder that the wheels of capitalism will continue to turn.
April 20, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP105
Portfolio Managers Grayson Witcher and Colin Wong share market observations, industries where fundamentals are shifting, and a few recent additions to the portfolio.
April 13, 2022
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The quality conundrum
The conundrum for investors these days is the trade-off between the value of quality and price to pay for it.
March 29, 2022
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What the end of Moore's Law means for the semiconductor industry | EP121
A deep dive—right to the atomic level—of how semiconductors work and the potential implications for the industry when Moore’s Law comes to an end.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP120
The deglobalization shift, long-term opportunities we’re seeing in utilities, and what’s interesting about gravel.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global equity portfolio | EP119
The “Swiss cheese” mental model for risk management, why we initiated in Moderna, and how to test if you have a variant perception from the broader market.
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Quarterly Update | Q3 2022 | EP118
Market swings, central bank moves, and rising interest rates. A look at Q3.
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Playing the plan: Mawer's U.S. mid cap equity portfolio | EP117
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.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global small cap portfolio | EP116
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.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s international equity portfolio | EP115
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.
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An energy-fuelled debate: Are renewables actually becoming cheaper? | EP114
The team debates the thesis that renewables are becoming “cheaper” than traditional energy sources, unpacks why the ultimate cost to the end consumer shouldn’t be missing from the conversation, and delves into the investment implications.
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Quarterly Update | Q2 2022 | EP113
Inflation, interest rates, the valuation correction, bias creep, and “sticking to our knitting.” A full dive into Q2.
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How to make (good) decisions | EP112
CIO Paul Moroz unpacks the foundational components to better decision making for investing, business, and life.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian bond portfolio | EP111
Lead Portfolio Manager, Crista Caughlin, on what’s happening in bond markets, a look at inflation and interest rates, and the key scenarios we’re monitoring.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | EP110
Opportunities and risks we’re seeing in energy, rail, and financials; why we exited Shopify; and a few team learnings.
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What the end of Moore's Law means for the semiconductor industry | EP121
A deep dive—right to the atomic level—of how semiconductors work and the potential implications for the industry when Moore’s Law comes to an end.
November 16, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP120
The deglobalization shift, long-term opportunities we’re seeing in utilities, and what’s interesting about gravel.
November 9, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global equity portfolio | EP119
The “Swiss cheese” mental model for risk management, why we initiated in Moderna, and how to test if you have a variant perception from the broader market.
October 26, 2022
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Quarterly Update | Q3 2022 | EP118
Market swings, central bank moves, and rising interest rates. A look at Q3.
October 18, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer's U.S. mid cap equity portfolio | EP117
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.
September 7, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global small cap portfolio | EP116
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.
August 24, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s international equity portfolio | EP115
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.
August 3, 2022
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An energy-fuelled debate: Are renewables actually becoming cheaper? | EP114
The team debates the thesis that renewables are becoming “cheaper” than traditional energy sources, unpacks why the ultimate cost to the end consumer shouldn’t be missing from the conversation, and delves into the investment implications.
July 20, 2022
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Quarterly Update | Q2 2022 | EP113
Inflation, interest rates, the valuation correction, bias creep, and “sticking to our knitting.” A full dive into Q2.
July 13, 2022
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How to make (good) decisions | EP112
CIO Paul Moroz unpacks the foundational components to better decision making for investing, business, and life.
June 29, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian bond portfolio | EP111
Lead Portfolio Manager, Crista Caughlin, on what’s happening in bond markets, a look at inflation and interest rates, and the key scenarios we’re monitoring.
June 22, 2022
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | EP110
Opportunities and risks we’re seeing in energy, rail, and financials; why we exited Shopify; and a few team learnings.
June 8, 2022
