The Art of Boring

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.

'Twas the week before Christmas

‘Twas the week before Christmas, (and you know it’s true), COVID looms large in our annual review.

December 18, 2020 2 Mins

Holiday Special: Mawer's Annual Poem | EP77

Our three hosts narrate Mawer's timely variation of "'Twas the week before Christmas"—an annual review of the year. Stay for the bloopers!

December 18, 2020 5 Mins

Game on: A deep-dive into the gaming industry | EP76

Front-of-mind investment learnings from equity analysts Justin Anderson and Joshua Samuel on the dynamic, evolving gaming universe.

December 9, 2020 48 Mins

Nuances to portfolio construction | EP75

Mawer U. S. Equity Portfolio Manager, Grayson Witcher, takes us through how the team approaches portfolio construction.

November 25, 2020 33 Mins

Playing the plan Mawer Canadian equity portfolio EP74

Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian equity portfolio | EP74

A deep dive into three new holdings: Stella-Jones, Ritchie Bros. , and Granite REIT, and what we mean when we say “winning by not losing. ”

October 21, 2020 31 Mins

Quarterly update | Q3 2020 | EP73

A review of the quarter: the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on economic activity, continuing fiscal and monetary stimulus, and the run-up to the U. S. election.

October 12, 2020 17 Mins

Playing the plan Mawer Canadian bond portfolio EP72

Playing the plan: Mawer's Canadian bond portfolio | EP72

Crista Caughlin, lead portfolio manager of Mawer’s fixed income strategies, discusses potential impacts of increasing global debt in a low interest rate environment and the three economic scenarios top of mind for the bond team.

September 30, 2020 19 Mins

'Twas the week before Christmas

‘Twas the week before Christmas, (and you know it’s true), COVID looms large in our annual review.

December 18, 2020 2 Mins

Mawer’s autumn reads 2020

The onset of autumn means ‘tis time for some recommended reads.

September 2, 2020 3 Mins

(Not) boring finds for June 2020

Howard Marks sent a memo; Ray Dalio explained the last 500 years as they related to empires and reserve currencies; we learned a new word, “shoshin”; and scanned a lot of charts about U. S. advertising revenue trends.

June 30, 2020 2 Mins

The enemy is us: Mitigating confirmation bias

Back in March, as physical distancing practices were being implemented globally, I was bemused by contrasting provocatively titled articles published within a day of one another.

June 10, 2020 16 Mins

(Not) boring finds for May 2020

A podcast about decision-making theory, a global fiscal policy tracker, a blog about market assumptions, and an infinite monkey theorem experiment. The ideas springs have sprung.

May 27, 2020 1 Mins

Mawer Market Update—March 20, 2020

Over the last week, the world has seen a continued increase in COVID-19 cases and, consequently, a greater effort to contain the virus.

March 20, 2020 3 Mins

Market Update – March 13, 2020

Throughout the week, governments around the world have continued to take more significant measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.

March 13, 2020 4 Mins

Playing the plan Mawer emerging markets equity portfolio EP70

Playing the plan: Mawer's emerging markets equity portfolio | EP70

Building resiliency while finding opportunities in emerging markets.

August 19, 2020 21 Mins

Investment potential within the payments industry | EP69

A deep dive into the themes, fundamentals, and opportunity sets in the payments industry.

August 12, 2020 36 Mins

Playing the plan: Mawer’s Canadian small cap portfolio | EP68

The impacts, risks, and potential opportunities from the COVID-19 crisis fallout on the Canadian small cap universe, and why valuations are ultimately a “blunt tool. ”

July 29, 2020 22 Mins