A key question most investors ignore, do you?

Guest: Troy Angus, Paradice Asset Management.

Investors ask themselves many different questions when considering an investment thesis; how fast can the company grow? How expensive is it? How good are the management? But one question they general fail to consider is, 'am I wrong?' Troy Angus, Head of the Australian Equities Fund at Paradice Asset Management, says it’s important for investors to always consider the counter factual.

“When a stock goes up, and you don’t own it, prima-facie, you’re wrong. You should be constantly reassessing the investment case and wondering, ‘what did I get wrong here?”

This is a question they were forced to ask themselves again recently, as expensive technology stocks on the ASX have continued to rally.

Hear the rest of the story in this week’s episode of The Rules of Investing podcast. He also shares one thematic that’s a major beneficiary of recent policies, and his preferred exposure to that theme.