It is challenging to stick to contrarian thinking, even when your data suggests you’re doing the right thing.

It is challenging to stick to contrarian thinking, even when your data suggests you’re doing the right thing.
A regime shift, in ecology, is defined as an abrupt and significant change in the behaviour and/or structure of a system.
With central banks distorting the time value of money through unconventional policies, investors can easily be lulled into lax balance sheet standards.
We believe a defensive posture fixated on minimizing risk will equate to a positive real rate of return over a long time horizon.
We emphasis bottom up fundamental research in our decision making, but it’s important to recognize that businesses and governments do not operate in a vacuum.
Last week we attended the annual Asian-focused CLSA Investor Forums in Hong Kong. It was a whirlwind of presentations, management sessions, and speeches.