The big picture view on Aussie equities

The big picture view on Aussie equities

In the under-researched and often illiquid world of small and mid-caps, stocks are largely driven by individual factors. If a company’s product or service succeeds and earnings improve, the stock price usually follows. But, as Matthew Haupt, Lead Portfolio Manager at WAM Leaders explains in the latest episode of The Rules of Investing, in the world of large caps, where stocks are heavily researched and traded by professionals, macro factors play a much larger role.

“Given the breadth of the revenues of these bigger companies and the slower growth rates, the macro factors are more of a driver.”

In this episode, he tells us how he uses macro analysis to help inform the stock picking decisions at WAM Leaders, we hear his views on a range of key ASX stocks and sectors, and he share his take on Jeremy Grantham’s prediction of a bubble in US equities.

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