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Monday Thoughts: Some ideas and commentary on last week and the weekend
sent to clients 9/10/23 Once again, we watch a tragedy unfold live and hope as much disaster can be averted as possible. It is my...

James Whelan
Oct 9, 20234 min read


Tuesday Thoughts: On talking your own book
sent to clients 15/5/23 Hello, Top of the arvo to you and it’s a short and sweet one to stay ahead of a week with lots of noise. Here’s...

James Whelan
May 16, 20234 min read


Market thoughts: market torn apart at the moment but there's always Artificial Intelligence!!
Sent to clients 1/5/2023 Good afternoon, And so we arrive in May. And as we are now officially in the “market goes down because it...

James Whelan
May 3, 20235 min read


Monday Thoughts April: There's lots to be complacent about but remember the rhymes
Writing to you from the second office in east Gippsland where I’ve escaped with my youngest (the jump rope champion) to work on some...

James Whelan
Apr 17, 20233 min read


The Trade That Paid #NVDA, FOOD, La Nina, Retail, PE & Good Books#
A few things this week in the form of links but firstly I should note that holding the line on Nvidia has proven fruitful thus far. I...

James Whelan
Aug 16, 20222 min read


Trade that Paid: Follow the money
Firstly China…wow. Whoever said Chinese data was too manufactured in a straight line? Chinese GDP last week was bad. Really bad. With a...

James Whelan
Jul 20, 20222 min read


The Trade That Paid!! November 29 #When we all learnt a little more about the Greek alphabet...#
Some notes on how easy it was to manipulate the market messaging on Friday last week and a new idea I'm looking at in Digital Infrastructure

James Whelan
Nov 29, 20214 min read


The Trade That Paid!! November 22, 2021 #On margins and spinning people into space#
We take a look at margin pressures of the US retailers going into the holiday season and where the trade is there. Also semi's update..

James Whelan
Nov 22, 20214 min read


The Trade That Paid!! November 15, 2021 #Turkey stuffed into the bbq#
On how maybe this market is like my BBQ and the valuations and expectations are like Thanksgiving turkey.
Also some great stats EOY

James Whelan
Nov 15, 20213 min read


The Trade That Paid!! November 8, 2021 #The McRib is BACK!!#
Some notes on what the McRib being back at McDonalds means for markets and some actual sense on investing for the future internet

James Whelan
Nov 8, 20213 min read


The Trade That Paid!! September 21, 2021
One podcast, 2 trade ideas and a great deal on a second hand fountain...

James Whelan
Sep 21, 20214 min read


The Trade That Paid!! September 1-3, 2021
Good Morning, Penned on Wednesday September 1 Been a long time between Trade That Paid's so thought I'd pour a glass of something my...

James Whelan
Sep 3, 20214 min read


The Trade That Paid!! July 20, 2021
Good Evening, Another excellent episode of The BIP Show released a few days ago and it's a brilliant insight into the current state of...

James Whelan
Jul 20, 20214 min read


The Trade That Paid!!
Some notes from the week that was and what may be ahead.

James Whelan
Jul 8, 20212 min read


The EM investment you have when you're not....(you get the idea)
This evening, 6th July 2021 at 1800 AEST I will be going live on BrightTALK with the interesting topic "Investing in Emerging Markets Withou

James Whelan
Jul 6, 20212 min read


The Trade That Paid: Tobin Gorey, CBA Agri Strat on The BIP Show
https://shows.acast.com/the-bip-show/episodes/cba-agri-strategist-tobin-gorey-global-food-land-prices Pretty straightforward podcast this...

James Whelan
Jun 10, 20213 min read


BIP Show Season 3 Returns: Rob Rennie brings the goods
Some notes on S3 ep1 of the BIP Show with Rob Rennie of WBC and how to benefit from the first class knowledge only he can bring...

James Whelan
May 25, 20213 min read


##On America needing to get back to work now(ish)##
Some light reading on whether or not America is going back to work and what it means if they do or don't and how to profit regardless.

James Whelan
May 17, 20213 min read


## On Stop Telling Me 'Yields Go Up When Bonds Go Down' ...##
Looks like the rotation that everyone said would be a thing has become a thing. Inches upon inches of newspaper thickness has been...

James Whelan
Mar 18, 20213 min read


A few things said recently in the media
On Ausbiz recently https://www.ausbiz.com.au/media/macro-monday-the-adults-are-leaving-the-room-?videoId=6140 There's always more and...

James Whelan
Dec 15, 20201 min read
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