As the dust settles on the Big Tech earnings season, we look back on what we’ve learnt from covering the leading tech companies in Magic Markets Premium in the past year, including recent shows on Meta, Amazon and Apple.

The fight for eyeballs is dominating this industry. The “attention economy” is lucrative and technology platforms have found various ways to monetise it, ranging from advertising to subscription business models.

If you are interested in uncommon insights, then this show is for you. Instead of focusing on the obvious elements of Big Tech earnings, we highlight some of the trends and themes that can only be identified through doing detailed research.

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Magic Markets listeners are familiar with the wonderful team at AnBro Capital Investments. We regularly welcome Justine Brophy and Craig Antonie to the show to talk about the growth stocks in the Unicorn portfolio.

In Episode 101 of Magic Markets, there’s exciting news from the team at AnBro. Chief Investment Officer, Craig Antonie joined us to talk about the Dynamic Compound portfolio, a new investment product that brings more of a value flavour to AnBro’s toolkit.

With a focus on compounders (companies that have disciplined capital allocation track records) that have proven to be resilient dividend payers, the Dynamic Compound portfolio gives investors a way to access global investments through a JSE-listed structure. Alongside Unicorn, this gives investors a choice of investment styles when investing with AnBro.

Learn about this exciting portfolio by visiting https://www.dynamiccompounding.com/ for more information.

Episode 101 of Magic Markets is brought to you by AnBro Capital Investments, an authorised Financial Services Provider FSP number 48371.

In our centenary show of Magic Markets, it was fitting to celebrate market milestones with a fellow entrepreneur in the market.

In the Intellidex Top Securities Brokers in South Africa 2022 report, Herenya Capital Advisors was awarded 1st position as broker for the 'Traditional Investor archetype'. That wasn't all. The team also achieved 2nd position in the 'People’s Choice Award' and a solid outcome of 5th Overall among 101 competitors in this space! 

Regular listeners have gotten to know Petri Redelinghuys and his style in building the community within Herenya. In this show, we chat through the secret sauce at Herenya and the success of many of the traders. We also talk about recent market movements and have our usual amount of fun.

As the founder of Herenya Capital Advisors, Petri is committed to upskilling traders and helping people find success in the market. To learn more about their offering, visit the Herenya website and follow them on Twitter. Herenya Capital Advisors is an authorised financial services provider, FSP number 47080.

In the latest episode with the team from Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management, Richard Asherson joined us from the UK to talk about market conditions on the ground. The UK has been extremely topical this year and macroeconomic challenges are felt in private and public markets.

Apart from asking whether his money was on Liz or the lettuce, we touched on a number of fascinating topics:

• What does it mean to look for asymmetrical returns in a debt-led structure?
• How do current rates in the UK compare to long-term averages?
• What are the impacts of inflation on dealmaking and debt in company structures?
• How do private company portfolios perform in this environment?
• To what extent are UK consumers and businesses under pressure?
• How does Westbrooke add value to partners?
• How do exit strategies evolve over time?

There’s a great deal to learn from this podcast.

For more information on Westbrooke’s alternative asset strategies, be sure to visit www.westbrooke.co.za to find out more. Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management is an authorised Financial Services Provider, FSP number 46750.

We love engaging with our audience on Magic Markets. This week, we asked on Twitter for people to send through their questions.

Other than the classic “when moon?” for crypto (which we opted to ignore), there were great questions around our portfolio strategies and position sizing. We also answered fun questions like what we would go back and tell our 20-year-old selves.

With a mix of solid investment insights and some light-hearted fun, we loved recording this episode and we hope you enjoy listening to it.

In this episode of Magic Markets, we decided to look at some of the common mistakes made by investors and traders in the market.

We covered topics like:
• Not knowing whether you are a natural trader, investor or hybrid of the two
• The risks of not diversifying into different asset classes
• The trouble with panicking during tough times
• Checking your portfolio too often
• Assuming that certain industries are always a good investment
• Focusing too much on dividends without looking at how they are funded
• Not critically assessing the strategy of the entity and only focusing on the numbers instead
• The importance of flexibility, openness to new ideas and information and the conviction to follow through

We all make mistakes in the market. The more we talk about them, the better we all become.

One of the greatest challenges in the market is to maintain a cool head and a consistent strategy even when it feels like everything is against you. Clearly, this has been a terrible year for technology stocks. By focusing on the fundamental growth drivers rather than the share price movements, investors can identify the winners of the next decade.

In this episode of Magic Markets, Justine Brophy of AnBro Capital Investments joins us to talk about why he feels good about the future. With specific examples of stocks that they are looking at, there’s always so much to learn from the team at AnBro.

Episode 96 of Magic Markets is brought to you by AnBro Capital Investments, an authorised Financial Services Provider FSP number 48371.

Invest in the future. Invest in growth. Visit investinunicorns.com for more information.

One of the benefits of trading is that you can make money in a bear market, as long as you are either prepared to take short positions or wait for an elusive bear market rally. Those rallies can disappear as quickly as they arrived, taking many victims with them along the way.

In this markets discussion with Petri Redelinghuys of Herenya Capital Advisors, we talked about everything from his oil view through to the risks in the UK property market. We also discussed the advice he gives most of the traders at Herenya, which is to be careful during a bear market and err on the side of caution.

As the founder of Herenya Capital Advisors, Petri is committed to upskilling traders and helping people find success in the market. To learn more about their offering, visit the Herenya website and follow them on Twitter. Herenya Capital Advisors is an authorised financial services provider, FSP number 47080.

Alternative assets have been a key discussion point for us this year, as a means to diversify the portfolio as well as hedge against listed assets through achieving uncorrelated exposure.

We’ve had a fantastic time learning about the various alternative asset strategies with Westbrooke. We've welcomed the team over several episodes since the first appearance on Episode 59. 

We’ve covered a great deal of ground since that show, so we thought it would be useful to our listeners to take a more holistic view and wrap this into a recap of some concepts while probing developments in the market so far this year.

In this episode, we ask Dino Zuccollo to reflect on whether demand for alternative assets this year has been in line with expectations. We also talk about trends like local vs. offshore allocations in this space.

With reference to the eight previous shows, we recap elements of the alternative asset strategy. Of course, we couldn’t resist discussing our favourite Westbrooke shows thus far and why!

For more information on Westbrooke’s alternative asset strategies, be sure to visit www.westbrooke.co.za to find out more. Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management is an authorised Financial Services Provider, FSP number 46750.

The US CPI print was slightly different to market expectations, though you would never say so based on the mayhem that ensued. The sell-off was brutal, hitting tech stocks the hardest. Risky assets (like the rand) also took a knock.

In this episode, we discuss macroeconomic concepts not just around inflation in the US, but also around China and Europe. For bonus points, we also touch on South African companies that have exposure to Europe.

Magic Markets is your invitation to be part of the dealing room conversations that are usually closed off from public ears. Join us and learn!