Steve Johnson has built a reputation for himself and the team at Forager Funds for uncovering value in dark corners of the market. But in recent years, he’s learned the need for patience in this area, as extreme opportunities are not always apparent. That’s why, when markets are functioning normally, he keeps a core portfolio of high-quality businesses that he’s happy to hold. But when markets start to get dysfunctional, like in 2020, and prices depart far from values, this capital can be recycled into some of these opportunities for outsized returns.
In this episode of The Rules of Investing podcast, we discuss how he’s balancing the portfolio to ensure performance in the good times and the bad, why Uber is misunderstood, and he discusses some Australian turnaround stories that the market hasn’t yet woken up to.
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Watling: Australian recession is still my base case
Steve Johnson: The search for extreme dislocations
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Ben Griffiths: Markets are at an inflection point
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Dr Philipp Hofflin: Beware of the widest moats
Tim Toohey's macro masterclass
A century of dividends
Platinum and Magellan: Inside the minds of Australia’s most successful global investors
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Investing in Global Disruption with Jeff Cole
Padley: The problem with buy and hold
Cooper reviews the Cooper Review
Platinum: The opportunity of a generation
Chris Stott: One last call
Fresh ideas from Future Generation
The value in being contrarian
Matthew Kidman: Uncut
Two small cap ideas with years of growth ahead
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