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30 Oct 2024
How to choose the best equity fund
Ausbiz: Jason Hall from Hamilton12 emphasises the importance of considering alpha and maximum relative drawdown when selecting equity funds. Alpha helps investors measure risk-adjusted returns against benchmarks. However, focusing solely on alpha may not guarantee future performance.
16 Oct 2024
Hamilton12 - Quarterly Review - September 2024
Hamilton12 - September Quarterly Review 2024, hosted by Richard McDougall and Jason Hall, presents key insights into the Australian Shares Income Fund. The review covers fund performance, long-term risk and return metrics. Jason also offers an outlook on economic trends impacting the market.
9 Oct 2024
Webinar - Tax Aware Investing
Hamilton12 hosted an insightful webinar that explored the vital role of after-tax investment returns in shaping effective investment strategies. This session provided investors with invaluable insights and practical approaches to optimise their strategies, focusing on the importance of after-tax outcomes in achieving long-term financial goals.
2 Oct 2024
APRA's hybrid review offers alternatives
Ausbiz: Hamilton12's Managing Director, Richard McDougall, explains why APRA plans to phase out hybrid securities by 2032. Starting in 2027, banks will shift to subordinated debt and common equity for capital raising. Hybrid securities, combining equity and debt, pose risks in financial distress.
3 Sept 2024
Surprising earnings season surprises
Jason Hall from Hamilton12 explains the divergence in earnings surprises post-earnings season. Jason details an extensive analysis of 1600 companies, divided into quintiles by earnings surprise. Results show stark variations, with bottom 20% facing average downside of 11% and top 20% seeing about 2% upside.
15 July 2024
Hamilton12 - Quarterly Review - June 2024
Hamilton12 - June Quarterly Review 2024, hosted by Richard McDougall and Jason Hall includes an in-depth analysis of the Hamilton12 Australian Shares Income Fund, featuring a new section detailing ESG grades. Additionally, Jason provides commentary on RBA-reported interest rates and economic forecasts.
21 Mar 2024
The Importance of Focusing on After-Tax Investment Returns
Join Hamilton12 Co-founders Richard McDougall, Managing Director and Dr Jason Hall, Chief Investment Officer, for an online seminar offering insights and strategies for effective investment management insights and strategies focusing on evidence-based investing and after-tax returns.
10 Jan 2024
McDougall's market predictions for 2024
Ausbiz: Richard McDougall discusses the role of dividends and excess franking credits in interpreting market forecasts and offers insight into the performance of the ASX 200 in the previous year, considering total returns when studying the price targets set by analysts.
29 Nov 2023
The three factors to consider when choosing an investment manager
Ausbiz: Jason Hall and Juliette Saly discuss how equity manager selection poses as many challenges as selecting equities for a portfolio. Persistent performance against benchmarks, moderate fees, and a high degree of active bets in tandem with a systematic strategy are pivotal for future success.
1 Nov 2023
Why Dividend Yield Matters
Ausbiz: Hamilton12 CIO Jason Hall underscores the significance and profitability of high yield and dividend-bearing stocks for an investor's portfolio. Jason's view points out that the market's fixation on interest rates could divert investors from advantageous potentials such as dividend yields.
23 Oct 2023
To pick a fund manager look beyond three year trailing returns
LiveWire: Selecting an investment manager is hard because we have limited data to separate skill from luck. Ranking on three years of past performance is analogous to tipping the winner of the NRL or the AFL after three rounds of competition.
18 Oct 2023
S&P's SPIVA Scorecard: 55% of equity general funds underperform to benchmark indices
Ausbiz: Hamilton12 CEO Richard McDougall explains the outcomes of equity general funds as per the S&P's SPIVA Scorecard. According to the scorecard, half of 2023 saw an underperformance of these funds in comparison to the benchmark index.
4 Oct 2023
Selecting investment managers - identifying skill from luck
Ausbiz: Jason Hall challenges the practice of selecting investment managers based on their three-year performance, emphasizing its limited predictive value. He suggests evaluating expected profits, 'active share,' fee structures, and consistent performance across market conditions to identify talented managers, cautioning against overemphasizing fees.
20 Sept 2023
Systematic investing: decoding the value of analyst price targets
Jason Hall of Hamilton12 discusses how research shows that analyst target prices have value relevance for one to two months subsequent to their release, provided they are formed with sophisticated, unbiased analysis. To identify the most value relevant target price revisions, he stresses the need to consider the timeliness of revisions and the extent of disagreement with the market.