Quay mid-month update
With markets moving quickly, we want to keep our investors up to date with how we are managing risk and our broader thoughts around the portfolio.
Investment Perspectives: In global real estate, does size matter?
In this issue of Investment Perspectives, we investigate the risks associated with investing in small / medium sized REITs and determine if the size of the company really does matter.
Investment Perspectives: Six reasons we believe the global REIT market is inefficient
In this issue of Investment Perspectives, we cast a skeptical eye over the valuation, operational and risk metrics embraced by the market, which we believe can lead to poor long-term investment returns.
Investment Perspectives: 30 years of investment lessons from Japan, and the implications for real estate
Imagine a person of prime working age (~40 years old) seeking investment advice for long-term financial security, and ultimately, a comfortable retirement. The potential investment advice may look something like this:
Investment Perspectives: Aussie QE may be coming, but it will probably do nothing
As Australian interest rates head toward zero, many market commentators are now speculating that the central bank will be forced to adopt “unconventional measures” to support the economy, including Quantitative Easing.
Investment Perspectives: So, what happens if there is a recession?
One of the many rewarding aspects of our job is the opportunity to meet current and prospective investors – discussing our investment strategy and philosophy, and portfolio positioning.
Investment Perspectives: Negative bond yields - what does it mean, and what’s the end game?
Since the beginning of this year, financial markets and expectations have turned decidedly bearish. Concerns about a Sino-US trade war, along with the so-called ‘inversion’ of the US yield curve, have heightened apprehension of a US-led recession.
Investment Perspectives: Five lessons & observations from our first five years
Time flies. On 30 July 2014 we launched the Quay Global Real Estate Fund
Investment Perspectives: Where profits come from, and the vulnerabilities in Australian corporate earnings
Equity investors rejoiced in June as the Fed signaled it may cut interest rates, but interest rates do not drive long run equity performance - profits do. We take a look at why investors should spend less time thinking about or predicting what the Fed will do, and more time thinking about the purse strings controlled by Congress.