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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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | Vijay Viswanathan | EP13
Director of Research and Canadian equity co-manager, Vijay Viswanathan, discusses potential trade war impacts to the portfolio, Canada’s opportunity set, and dives deeper into holdings in the energy, e-commerce and insurance industries.
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Investing with your eyes: CIO insights from South America | Paul Moroz | Ep12
CIO Paul Moroz continues to travel the world doing fundamental research for the global equity and the global small cap strategies. This episode reveals specific observations from his recent research trip to South America and New York City.
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Quarterly update | 2Q 2018 | EP11
This episode features insights from the past quarter by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s balanced and global balanced strategies.
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Scuttlebutt and its dramatic effect on long-term investing | John Wilson | EP10
John Wilson, analyst on Mawer’s global small cap equity strategy, defines scuttlebutt and its competitive advantage for long-term investors.
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Underweight: Our take on Japan | David Ragan | EP09
David Ragan, portfolio manager of Mawer’s international equity strategies, reveals why the portfolio is—and has always been—underweight in Japan.
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Getting in alignment: Why investors need to pay attention to executive compensation | Jeff Mo | EP08
Jeff Mo, portfolio manager of Mawer’s Canadian small cap strategies, discusses the importance of executive compensation to long-term investment performance.
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Playing the plan: Mawer's equity philosophy in action | Christian Deckart | EP07
Christian Deckart, Deputy CIO and co-manager of global small cap and global equity strategies, takes us on a journey through the Mawer investment philosophy by walking us through the investment thesis of four of the global small cap strategy’s top 10 holdings.
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The competitive advantage of high performing teams | Vijay Viswanathan | EP06
Vijay Viswanathan, Mawer’s Director of Research, on the key characteristics of high performing investment teams.
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Supersize me: Province of Alberta goes large and issues first-time benchmark euro-denominated bond | James Redpath | EP05
James Redpath (JR), former Mawer fixed income portfolio manager, answers why the Alberta government issued a benchmark euro-denominated bond—four to five times the average deal size in Canada—and what it may mean for the Canadian debt market.
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Quarterly update | 1Q 2018 | EP04
This episode features insights from the past quarter (1Q18) by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s Balanced and Global Balanced strategies.
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Moneyball and automation: introducing "The Lab" | Justin Anderson | EP03
Features the investment insights of Justin Anderson, leader of “The Lab,” where Mawer applies new technologies to garner an investment edge and automation to streamline the investment process.
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China observations | Peter Lampert | EP02
Features the investment insights of Peter Lampert, Mawer Emerging Markets and International Equity portfolio manager, from his research trip to China.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | Vijay Viswanathan | EP13
Director of Research and Canadian equity co-manager, Vijay Viswanathan, discusses potential trade war impacts to the portfolio, Canada’s opportunity set, and dives deeper into holdings in the energy, e-commerce and insurance industries.
August 8, 2018
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Investing with your eyes: CIO insights from South America | Paul Moroz | Ep12
CIO Paul Moroz continues to travel the world doing fundamental research for the global equity and the global small cap strategies. This episode reveals specific observations from his recent research trip to South America and New York City.
July 25, 2018
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Quarterly update | 2Q 2018 | EP11
This episode features insights from the past quarter by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s balanced and global balanced strategies.
July 12, 2018
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Scuttlebutt and its dramatic effect on long-term investing | John Wilson | EP10
John Wilson, analyst on Mawer’s global small cap equity strategy, defines scuttlebutt and its competitive advantage for long-term investors.
July 4, 2018
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Underweight: Our take on Japan | David Ragan | EP09
David Ragan, portfolio manager of Mawer’s international equity strategies, reveals why the portfolio is—and has always been—underweight in Japan.
June 20, 2018
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Getting in alignment: Why investors need to pay attention to executive compensation | Jeff Mo | EP08
Jeff Mo, portfolio manager of Mawer’s Canadian small cap strategies, discusses the importance of executive compensation to long-term investment performance.
June 6, 2018
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Playing the plan: Mawer's equity philosophy in action | Christian Deckart | EP07
Christian Deckart, Deputy CIO and co-manager of global small cap and global equity strategies, takes us on a journey through the Mawer investment philosophy by walking us through the investment thesis of four of the global small cap strategy’s top 10 holdings.
May 23, 2018
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The competitive advantage of high performing teams | Vijay Viswanathan | EP06
Vijay Viswanathan, Mawer’s Director of Research, on the key characteristics of high performing investment teams.
May 9, 2018
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Supersize me: Province of Alberta goes large and issues first-time benchmark euro-denominated bond | James Redpath | EP05
James Redpath (JR), former Mawer fixed income portfolio manager, answers why the Alberta government issued a benchmark euro-denominated bond—four to five times the average deal size in Canada—and what it may mean for the Canadian debt market.
April 25, 2018
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Quarterly update | 1Q 2018 | EP04
This episode features insights from the past quarter (1Q18) by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s Balanced and Global Balanced strategies.
April 12, 2018
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Moneyball and automation: introducing "The Lab" | Justin Anderson | EP03
Features the investment insights of Justin Anderson, leader of “The Lab,” where Mawer applies new technologies to garner an investment edge and automation to streamline the investment process.
April 4, 2018
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China observations | Peter Lampert | EP02
Features the investment insights of Peter Lampert, Mawer Emerging Markets and International Equity portfolio manager, from his research trip to China.
March 21, 2018
