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.
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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Beware the linearity bias
We tend to think of our world in linear terms, where the output of a system is proportional and directly correlated to its inputs.
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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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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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Beware the linearity bias
We tend to think of our world in linear terms, where the output of a system is proportional and directly correlated to its inputs.
November 2, 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
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s international equity portfolio | EP19
David Ragan, co-manager of Mawer’s international equity strategies, discusses the current economic environment, what changes have been made to the portfolio as a result, and highlights holdings in the exciting worlds of nanotechnology, door locks, and pharmacies.
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Quarterly update | 3Q 2018 | EP18
This episode features insights from the third quarter by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s balanced and global balanced strategies.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global balanced portfolio | EP17
CIO and co-manager, Paul Moroz, discusses how to build the most resilient global portfolio possible and reveals Mawer’s four building blocks to risk management.
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Language matters in investing | EP16
Institutional portfolio manager, Rob Campbell, explains the concept of suitcase words: words into which people attribute—or pack—multiple meanings. He discusses how honing our language skills can contribute to better investing outcomes.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s emerging markets equity portfolio | EP15
Peter Lampert, lead portfolio manager of Mawer’s Emerging Markets Equity Fund, discusses the current investing environment for emerging markets, the importance of resilience, and reviews portfolio holdings in beer, security systems, and bakery ingredient distribution.
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP14
Co-manager of Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio, Grayson Witcher, discusses the impact of rising corporate debt levels, the importance of relationship building with management teams, and how fighting bias is key to Mawer’s investment process.
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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 international equity portfolio | EP19
David Ragan, co-manager of Mawer’s international equity strategies, discusses the current economic environment, what changes have been made to the portfolio as a result, and highlights holdings in the exciting worlds of nanotechnology, door locks, and pharmacies.
October 24, 2018
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Quarterly update | 3Q 2018 | EP18
This episode features insights from the third quarter by Greg Peterson, portfolio manager of Mawer’s balanced and global balanced strategies.
October 10, 2018
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s global balanced portfolio | EP17
CIO and co-manager, Paul Moroz, discusses how to build the most resilient global portfolio possible and reveals Mawer’s four building blocks to risk management.
September 26, 2018
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Language matters in investing | EP16
Institutional portfolio manager, Rob Campbell, explains the concept of suitcase words: words into which people attribute—or pack—multiple meanings. He discusses how honing our language skills can contribute to better investing outcomes.
September 12, 2018
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s emerging markets equity portfolio | EP15
Peter Lampert, lead portfolio manager of Mawer’s Emerging Markets Equity Fund, discusses the current investing environment for emerging markets, the importance of resilience, and reviews portfolio holdings in beer, security systems, and bakery ingredient distribution.
August 29, 2018
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Playing the plan: Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio | EP14
Co-manager of Mawer’s U.S. equity portfolio, Grayson Witcher, discusses the impact of rising corporate debt levels, the importance of relationship building with management teams, and how fighting bias is key to Mawer’s investment process.
August 15, 2018
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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
